Re: Chissy : Mon Apr 10, 2017 6:26 pm  

Bullnorthern wrote:

Absolutely no need to apologise - Never crossed my mind.
It's obvious you will know more about the Eagles than anyone on here and equally obvious you treat that inside knowledge with respect and caution.
Incidentally - I thought you were a bit over- critical of your son's performance yesterday!

I can be a bit critical simply cos I know he can play a lot better. He played very well week before against London and the team played a lot better as well. Against London they got the ball out early to big Menzie and he caused lots of problems, can't remember them doing much of that yesterday

[Bullseye]

Re: Chissy : Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:08 pm  

If Lilley is going back to Leeds the need for a halfback was by far the most pressing issue. No way could Leon play both games on his knees.

Chisholm may be a bit of a maverick but he's easily the best available. Hopefully it'll be confirmed officially.

The need for forwards remains - hopefully the issue with visas might see us bring in some antipodeans soon.

Re: Chissy : Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:04 am  

He can as has been said be a bit of a maverick, Rohan acknowledged this as a price to be paid as he can be a match winner, Toovs as a coach is more of a tougher task master and would expect a better disciplined approach and Team ethic without stiffling his creativity, an interesting plate spinning analogy, if he does return I hope he can work well within the frmework now in place!

Re: Chissy : Tue Apr 11, 2017 5:34 am  

BeechwoodBull wrote:

I am Spartacus

I'm Spartacus

[Bulliac]

Re: Chissy : Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:10 am  

roger daly wrote:

I can be a bit critical simply cos I know he can play a lot better. He played very well week before against London and the team played a lot better as well. Against London they got the ball out early to big Menzie and he caused lots of problems, can't remember them doing much of that yesterday

I think playing Ethan at centre, whether the intention was to keep Yere 'quiet' or not, was a master stroke. Ethan may have missed a couple of tackles when he broke the line, but even then he was near enough to disrupt the play, so mission accomplished. His defence in general against Yere was almost Scott Naylor like and I can't give higher praise than that. So, not so much that your lad didn't have a good game Roger, more that it was wasted when the man he passed to was closed down.

Re: Chissy : Tue Apr 11, 2017 11:13 am  

Could this be the start of Ethane move to centre?

Those that watch the academy will know wether or not he played there in his junior days.

Anybody know if those at the club see him at centre long term?

Re: Chissy : Tue Apr 11, 2017 11:18 am  

Chisholm is a SL quality halfback and if we can do a reasonable deal, we'd be mad not to. What a great signing from young Keyes' perspective too. Amazing if this comes off.

[Bullseye]

Re: Chissy : Tue Apr 11, 2017 11:49 am  

Ethan was a centre originally IIRC. He did well against Yere on Sunday as Bulliac said. Even though he flew out of the line sometimes and got knocked off he did enough to stop the threat each time.

Slightly more concerning was Oakes and Caro's partnership. A few times when we were rocking Oakes's opposite number just ran past him without a finger being laid on him.

Re: Chissy : Tue Apr 11, 2017 11:51 am  

Bullseye wrote:

Slightly more concerning was Oakes and Caro's partnership. A few times when we were rocking Oakes's opposite number just ran past him without a finger being laid on him.

And more often than not, Caro wandered inside leaving Blackmore totally open on his wing. Caro's positioning on the wing is bloody awful too often.

Re: Chissy : Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:18 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

Ethan was a centre originally IIRC. He did well against Yere on Sunday as Bulliac said. Even though he flew out of the line sometimes and got knocked off he did enough to stop the threat each time.

Slightly more concerning was Oakes and Caro's partnership. A few times when we were rocking Oakes's opposite number just ran past him without a finger being laid on him.

I think it was Jake Spedding (on loan from Saints?) TBF i think he would have skinned most people, the guy was lightening. Oakes hasn't let anyone down defensively so i'll count it as a one off.