Re: Tommy Makinson : Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:23 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

That performance gives the new coach plenty to think about. IMO on that evidence he's a better fullback than Lomax is.

I disagree, he offered not very much at all in terms on chiming into the line. Then again, there was no halfbacks so it's unfair to judge. You'd have to play them both behind Walsh and Burns to truly find out who's the better full back. I think Lomax would come out on top though.

Re: Tommy Makinson : Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:36 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

I disagree, he offered not very much at all in terms on chiming into the line. Then again, there was no halfbacks so it's unfair to judge. You'd have to play them both behind Walsh and Burns to truly find out who's the better full back. I think Lomax would come out on top though.

Not at all convinced about J-Lo. A classy player, but his conditioning worries me. It'll be interesting to see how he goes next year, particularly in terms of how many games he plays.

Re: Tommy Makinson : Mon Oct 13, 2014 11:16 am  

I think Swift could be a better FB than both Makinson and Lomax.

Re: Tommy Makinson : Mon Oct 13, 2014 11:27 am  

Absolutely outstanding display from Tommy on Saturday night, bordering on faultless actually. Both he and Sia definitely ran Robes close for MOTM.

Re: Tommy Makinson : Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:32 pm  

Carlos Alberto wrote:

I think Swift could be a better FB than both Makinson and Lomax.

I think so too, can beat a man easily and he has amazing pace from a standing start

Re: Tommy Makinson : Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:35 pm  

Swift can become a better running full back than both.

Tommy can become a better defensive full back than both.

Jonny can become a better organising and play making full back than both.


All have pros and cons but I think the more rounded and better across all areas is Lomax.

Re: Tommy Makinson : Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:11 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

Swift can become a better running full back than both.

Tommy can become a better defensive full back than both.

Jonny can become a better organising and play making full back than both.


All have pros and cons but I think the more rounded and better across all areas is Lomax.

Lomax is my preferred option at fullback but with us having Burns, Walsh and Wilkin who can ball play, we we now require lomax to be a different fullback than he's been?

He's played as a 2nd or 3rd pivot this year as we've very rarely had Wilkin, Walsh or lance on the field at the same time.

I thought the fact he played as a pivot was crucial to our game but that may not be needed so be interesting how we will use him.

Re: Tommy Makinson : Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:33 pm  

St pete wrote:

Lomax is my preferred option at fullback but with us having Burns, Walsh and Wilkin who can ball play, we we now require lomax to be a different fullback than he's been?

He's played as a 2nd or 3rd pivot this year as we've very rarely had Wilkin, Walsh or lance on the field at the same time.

I thought the fact he played as a pivot was crucial to our game but that may not be needed so be interesting how we will use him.

It's always handy to have extra options. Keep certain moves in the bag for tight games.

Re: Tommy Makinson : Mon Oct 13, 2014 10:44 pm  

Good point Pete.

This is what makes me nervous about the next coach. Will he be good enough to make these sorts of tactical decisions? Brown showed that he could make the decisions (even tho they were prob very obvious!) but he made them work in our system.

Lomax's role will be interesting. Hopefully we have a few games before the wcc to get the combinations going.

I would assume that Walsh will not be fit so lomax will prob play his normal 3rd pivot role alongside burns and hohaia?

But when Walsh comes back we will have to adapt. Which will be good. Evolution is good after a dominant season.

Re: Tommy Makinson : Mon Oct 13, 2014 10:51 pm  

Albion wrote:

Good point Pete.

This is what makes me nervous about the next coach. Will he be good enough to make these sorts of tactical decisions? Brown showed that he could make the decisions (even tho they were prob very obvious!) but he made them work in our system.

Lomax's role will be interesting. Hopefully we have a few games before the wcc to get the combinations going.

I would assume that Walsh will not be fit so lomax will prob play his normal 3rd pivot role alongside burns and hohaia?

But when Walsh comes back we will have to adapt. Which will be good. Evolution is good after a dominant season.

Hohaia will be out for the WCC as well. We'll have Burns and Flanagan at halves against Souths