Re: First choice 17 : Fri Oct 22, 2021 2:13 pm  

fanstanningley wrote:

Not short a centre at all.Newman,Suttcliffe,Broadbent and Briscoe who has shown can fill in if needed. We also Hall and Edwards who is one of the best prospects in SL who should get some game time next season.

Briscoe as a fill in says it all .

A decent centre is needed , yes i am sure Broadbent will make it at some stage , how much longer are we going to wait for Sutty to come of age .

We can all guess what will happen , the new signing will finish up at centre with Briscoe on the wing

Re: First choice 17 : Fri Oct 22, 2021 2:16 pm  

ArthurClues wrote:

Assessing players on performance!!!! Have a word with yourself, Jim. Far too sensible for this forum.

Yep asess on performance means Myler is a shoe in as he has been our best performer and at full back the last 2 years

Re: First choice 17 : Fri Oct 22, 2021 2:37 pm  

ploinerrhino wrote:

Briscoe as a fill in says it all .

A decent centre is needed , yes i am sure Broadbent will make it at some stage , how much longer are we going to wait for Sutty to come of age .

We can all guess what will happen , the new signing will finish up at centre with Briscoe on the wing

Next season there will be no need at all for Sutcliffe to be moved around and I am pretty certain we'll be talking about why he should be in the England squad at centre.

Re: First choice 17 : Fri Oct 22, 2021 3:34 pm  

The biggest (not only) weakness Sutcliffe has as a Centre is a lack of pace for the position. His defence should be Ok, and his hands should be OK (as long as he passes and doesn’t drop his shoulder and go for the line all the time), I’m not worried about his positioning, so its pace for me.

Let’s hope he doesn’t get gassed by many and he should be OK.

Re: First choice 17 : Fri Oct 22, 2021 3:49 pm  

The Ghost of '99 wrote:

Next season there will be no need at all for Sutcliffe to be moved around and I am pretty certain we'll be talking about why he should be in the England squad at centre.

Re: First choice 17 : Fri Oct 22, 2021 7:21 pm  

1. Myler
2. Fusitu'a
3. Newman
4. L.Sutcliffe
5. Handley
6. Sezer
7. Gale
8. Oledzki
9. Leeming
10. Prior
11. Mellor
12. Martin
13. Bentley

Subs
14. Dwyer
15. Tetevano
16. Holroyd
17. Austin

I'd like us too Use Tetevano off the bench for impact he's done that all the way through his career in NRL that's his best use for me as a impact prop. I also wouldn't start him in same starting 13 as Bentley I'd rotate them both there both aggressive players and try too be enforcers on the pitch but I wouldn't want them both on at same time I'd stagger them both so that we get good levels of aggression throughout the full game. The bench is gonna be tough too choose for Agar I think Cam Smith, Broadbent and Gannon probably deserve too be in the 17 somewhere most weeks but if everyone is fit and in form some players will be disappointed I reckon.

Re: First choice 17 : Sat Oct 23, 2021 5:59 am  

Jrrhino wrote:

1. Myler
2. Fusitu'a
3. Newman
4. L.Sutcliffe
5. Handley
6. Sezer
7. Gale
8. Oledzki
9. Leeming
10. Prior
11. Mellor
12. Martin
13. Bentley

Subs
14. Dwyer
15. Tetevano
16. Holroyd
17. Austin

I'd like us too Use Tetevano off the bench for impact he's done that all the way through his career in NRL that's his best use for me as a impact prop. I also wouldn't start him in same starting 13 as Bentley I'd rotate them both there both aggressive players and try too be enforcers on the pitch but I wouldn't want them both on at same time I'd stagger them both so that we get good levels of aggression throughout the full game. The bench is gonna be tough too choose for Agar I think Cam Smith, Broadbent and Gannon probably deserve too be in the 17 somewhere most weeks but if everyone is fit and in form some players will be disappointed I reckon.

I like that team and bench, only change I would make is Dwyer out and smith in. I also think Walker will get back to being starting full back. I don’t think we need Dwyer from the bench with Gale, Sezer and Austin. We should focus less on Dwyer injecting something and focus on quick play the balls and using the quality we now have out wide to score points. Dwyer stunts that game plan as he can’t pass and he disrupts the rhythm of the team when he is on.

Re: First choice 17 : Sat Oct 23, 2021 8:22 am  

Whatever 17 Agar picks, please can we just have Tetevano as a prop and stop messing about with him at 13. Swap him with Prior.

Re: First choice 17 : Sat Oct 23, 2021 10:25 am  

Some really strong looking selections and it's hard to argue with any of them. One name who I don't think figures in any is James Donaldson. He wouldn't be in my team either, but I reckon he's pretty short odds to be in Agar's first seventeen of the season.

Re: First choice 17 : Sat Oct 23, 2021 12:02 pm  

Swoggy Loiner wrote:

Whatever 17 Agar picks, please can we just have Tetevano as a prop and stop messing about with him at 13. Swap him with Prior.

Don’t think either should play 13. Both are here as props so that’s where they should play. We have smith at 13, also bentley could play there as well I think.

Most agree we are a prop light, the way to combat that is to play props we have as props and rotate them as the game goes on.