Pritchard : Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:30 pm  

Am I the only one rapidly losing patience? far from the worst import we've ever had, but far from the 'marquee' player we were expecting. Frequently injured, knocks on a lot and we haven't seen the 'barge over the line with 3 defenders struggling to hold-on' stuff we saw from Willie Manu back in the day.

He's not the scapegoat for tonight, as I felt all 17 had poor to average games..but he needs to start justifying his place in the team and hefty salary.

Re: Pritchard : Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:43 pm  

Dissapointing the last few weeks. Kept hoping he'd step up but just not happening.

Re: Pritchard : Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:43 pm  

UllFC wrote:

Am I the only one rapidly losing patience? far from the worst import we've ever had, but far from the 'marquee' player we were expecting. Frequently injured, knocks on a lot and we haven't seen the 'barge over the line with 3 defenders struggling to hold-on' stuff we saw from Willie Manu back in the day.

He's not the scapegoat for tonight, as I felt all 17 had poor to average games..but he needs to start justifying his place in the team and hefty salary.

But he needs to be played in the correct position and not used as another prop.
He is most effective running wide.
You dont see Ben Currie taking drives down the middle he is used correctly by Smith staying wide using his power and pace and scoring tries.
Play him wide left with Tuimavave at left centre to play off him and the tries will come

Re: Pritchard : Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:58 pm  

does ok, but not what I expected, tonight after each drive he was bent over blowing out his arris, but as others have said needs to be running out wide

Re: Pritchard : Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:58 pm  

bonaire wrote:

But he needs to be played in the correct position and not used as another prop.
He is most effective running wide.
You dont see Ben Currie taking drives down the middle he is used correctly by Smith staying wide using his power and pace and scoring tries.
Play him wide left with Tuimavave at left centre to play off him and the tries will come

Absolutely spot on...He should not be played through the middle..

Both Pritchard and Fonua need quick early ball, so they can use their power
to a more devastating effect..

We need a skills coach, our passing is woeful, we need to employ set moves
near the oppositions try line.

Re: Pritchard : Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:00 pm  

weaver93 wrote:

Absolutely spot on...He should not be played through the middle..

Both Pritchard and Fonua need quick early ball, so they can use their power
to a more devastating effect..

We need a skills coach, our passing is woeful, we need to employ set moves
near the oppositions try line.

I agree that the passing needs work, its been an issue for many years now not just under Radford. Surely with our Wembley windfall we can afford a specialist skills coach?

Re: Pritchard : Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:12 pm  

to me sometimes we just pass the ball along the line, whereas other teams have runners left right and centre

Re: Pritchard : Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:24 pm  

Id cash him in for a 6 .

Re: Pritchard : Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:25 pm  

If things don't change drastically no way want the 3rd year option. Even 'out of position' he's not anywhere close to VFM. Poor mans Minichello and by a distance.

Re: Pritchard : Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:58 pm  

UllFC wrote:

I agree that the passing needs work, its been an issue for many years now not just under Radford. Surely with our Wembley windfall we can afford a specialist skills coach?

The passing throughout the squad is simply not up to standard, -IMO.

When we get near the oppositions try line, we look as if, we dont know what to do,
we need more than a kick from Sneyd, or a piece of individual brilliance from Fonua.

We need to appoint someone like Deacon, even (Cooke) Brough, as a skills coach,
these guys could bring another dimension to our attack...