Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Sun Mar 26, 2023 7:21 pm  

tell you what though. his handling and positioning were supurb but that last try when he broke through it looked like his was wearing concrete boots....not many miles left in those legs

Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Sun Mar 26, 2023 7:37 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

tell you what though. his handling and positioning were supurb but that last try when he broke through it looked like his was wearing concrete boots....not many miles left in those legs

Myler is really good at what he’s good at - he’s skilful, smart, brave… but his passing isn’t all that (forward pass denied one try and his pass to Sezer which he finished off later had Sezer stopped dead in his tracks again)… and he lacks pace.

Been a good servant during a turbulent period of Leeds history but he isn’t what we need in the future except maybe as a cheaper squad filler to cover injuries. Credit to him for making such a good switch to FB so late in his career though.

Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Sun Mar 26, 2023 8:57 pm  

Assuming JoC and CJ make a good fist of Hooker between them, we need to replace at least two of Fullback, Stand Off and Scrum Half next year with younger players with genuine pace.

We have plenty of cap available if we want it and can afford some good players.

Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Sun Mar 26, 2023 9:55 pm  

batleyrhino wrote:

Assuming JoC and CJ make a good fist of Hooker between them, we need to replace at least two of Fullback, Stand Off and Scrum Half next year with younger players with genuine pace.

We have plenty of cap available if we want it and can afford some good players.

Do we think Sinfield is good enough to be one of the two? From what I’ve seen of him he’s looking stronger and has good skills. Doesn’t look particularly fast, elusive or big though (but that didn’t hinder his dad too much).

Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Sun Mar 26, 2023 11:16 pm  

rollin thunder wrote:

Oconnor is highly rated and getting better all the time, think he has found his position, and will be our 9 for a decade or more cannot see us wasting quota on a 9 at all.

Can't fault his progress at Hooker and he was sensational in this game...but I remember Sutcliffe keeping Sinny out of the team and a few others besides.
We need to be patient over the next year and see how he goes longer term as our main hooker. I hope he becomes the player he could be.
Great for us and Ireland / England.

Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Sun Mar 26, 2023 11:22 pm  

I hope with Sinfield we ease him in over the next few years for the obvious reasons.

I'd sign Austin again if he keeps up this season but Sezar needs replacing,hopefully with a good organising 7 that JS can learn from

Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:06 am  

Emagdnim13 wrote:

Can't fault his progress at Hooker and he was sensational in this game...but I remember Sutcliffe keeping Sinny out of the team and a few others besides.
We need to be patient over the next year and see how he goes longer term as our main hooker. I hope he becomes the player he could be.
Great for us and Ireland / England.

We do but you can already see that O'connor has a determined mentality a few levels above sutcliffe.

Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:41 am  

Emagdnim13 wrote:

I hope with Sinfield we ease him in over the next few years for the obvious reasons.

I'd sign Austin again if he keeps up this season but Sezar needs replacing,hopefully with a good organising 7 that JS can learn from

Yes agree with that. It’s unlikely we will be able to replace both halves in one offseason also, out of the two Austin has been by far the better. Sezer has had his moments when he’s looked good but he’s been too inconsistent far too often to date.

Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:08 am  

Simmo71 wrote:

Depends what our other options are.
Given the cap increase in NRL, we're not getting top level blockbuster forwards any more (maybe with the exception of Vaughan, who looks like signing of the season already).
Yes, Tet has been poor and not worth the money, but I think he's benefitting from a more solid, stable pack and could see him offered a deal on reduced terms.
But it will be Hurrell all over again. Someone else will offer him more. Then we need to replace him.
I definitely think we'll offer Austin another year. Not many players like him around. Yeh, he's inconsistent and frustrating, but he has the odd game like yesterday in him.
Can't see Sezer getting another deal on current form tbh, unless he turns it around. And again, we'll be fishing in a small pond for a replacement.
Brooks is an interesting one, but doesn't look to be the organiser we need.
Cam Smith already looks a shoe in for player of the year. Not bad for Championship standard......

I remember the Championship comment but cant recall who wrote it.Does the same poster still holds these views because for mine he's been consistently good now for sometime.

Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:21 am  

Leeds played well on the weekend, however, it is the consistency which concerns me at the moment. We need to play well over 5-6 games. When at our best, I think we can compete with most sides but it isn't anywhere near often enough.

Warrington we were dire. Hull we were a bit better but still poor. Saints we played well but it had a feel of we aren't confident here so lets throw the ball around with nothing to lose. Wakefield for 50 minutes we were dire and Castleford for 80 minutes we were dire.

We seem to raise our performance for the better teams then lower it for the lesser sides.