Re: Todays match v Huddersfield : Tue Aug 30, 2022 10:57 am  

Gazwire wrote:

I'm not having a pop at him, he's shown promise. I agree too that a better organized defence would help, but it won't always negate a well executed kick. Put it this way, there are other players who are going to be dealing with those situations better and he does appear to have been targeted by opposing teams with a degree of success.

He is definitely not dealing with high kicks well and quite simply he is not going to get picked at FB or Wing unless this aspect improves. Hence I will continue to bang on about a change of position for him. He is such a talented runner.
He has obviously had great success playing at Full Back at junior level but the standard of kicking & the pressure is at a different level in Super League.

Re: Todays match v Huddersfield : Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:11 am  

I agree with this. If Thewlis can't improve parts of his game to suit FB or Wing then Powell needs to fashion a new position for him because he is too talented to be wasted. I've heard that Thewlis trains very hard so I've no doubt he will set about improving these aspects of his game.

Re: Todays match v Huddersfield : Tue Aug 30, 2022 1:52 pm  

Thewlis was a much better player last year, and currently seems to have had the confidence knocked out of him.

Re: Todays match v Huddersfield : Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:45 pm  

MorePlaymakersNeeded wrote:

Thewlis was a much better player last year, and currently seems to have had the confidence knocked out of him.

In addition he wasn't being placed under so much pressure last year.

Re: Todays match v Huddersfield : Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:53 pm  

Perhaps we could do with somebody like Charnley on the right wing .

Re: Todays match v Huddersfield : Tue Aug 30, 2022 5:12 pm  

Smiffy27 wrote:

In addition he wasn't being placed under so much pressure last year.

Nor last year was he FB, dropped, left out, brought back in as a right winger, dropped, left out, brought back in as FB, dropped, left out, brought back in as a right winger, dropped, left out, brought back in as a left winger. Couple that with a lack of kick protection as a winger (which is a waste of his talent as he's a FB), no wonder his confidence is shot. We also have Dufty from the latter part of this year, so Thewlis is now waiting for him to get injured to get the FB shirt, only to be dropped, left out and repeat. No wonder he's lacking in confidence.

I was baffled with Dufty's signing, as FB didn't look like a position that we had a problem with, but he has come to play and has an attitude we've not seen in some previous signings who just played under their reputation. He's showing his class, but that creates a void for Thewlis.

Re: Todays match v Huddersfield : Tue Aug 30, 2022 5:48 pm  

I heard today from a bloke who went the game that Luke Thomas was excellent. Although he is slightly biased where he is concerned! . Can anyone on here who went comment on how he played? He does seem to be getting a good reputation as a prop for someone so young.

Re: Todays match v Huddersfield : Tue Aug 30, 2022 6:01 pm  

Watched both his away 1st team games, I endorse what you have heard.

Still very young and underweight for a Super League prop but very strong and fearless.

Re: Todays match v Huddersfield : Tue Aug 30, 2022 6:40 pm  

MorePlaymakersNeeded wrote:

Nor last year was he FB, dropped, left out, brought back in as a right winger, dropped, left out, brought back in as FB, dropped, left out, brought back in as a right winger, dropped, left out, brought back in as a left winger. Couple that with a lack of kick protection as a winger (which is a waste of his talent as he's a FB), no wonder his confidence is shot. We also have Dufty from the latter part of this year, so Thewlis is now waiting for him to get injured to get the FB shirt, only to be dropped, left out and repeat. No wonder he's lacking in confidence.

I was baffled with Dufty's signing, as FB didn't look like a position that we had a problem with, but he has come to play and has an attitude we've not seen in some previous signings who just played under their reputation. He's showing his class, but that creates a void for Thewlis.

Agree with every word.