: Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:11 am  

Joel Monaghan isn't going to be coming to SL, he's re-signed with Canberra http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 66,00.html

Joel Monaghan isn't going to be coming to SL, he's re-signed with Canberra http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 66,00.html

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:16 am  

sally cinnamon wrote: Joel Monaghan isn't going to be coming to SL, he's re-signed with Canberra http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 66,00.html No surprise; he always said he wanted to play in the same team as his brother.

sally cinnamon wrote: Joel Monaghan isn't going to be coming to SL, he's re-signed with Canberra http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 66,00.html No surprise; he always said he wanted to play in the same team as his brother.

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:23 am  

thankfully that won't be here.

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:44 am  

sally cinnamon wrote: Joel Monaghan isn't going to be coming to SL, he's re-signed with Canberra http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 66,00.html Doesn't he play centre for Canberra and wing for Australia? I'll bet he's a crap centre.

sally cinnamon wrote: Joel Monaghan isn't going to be coming to SL, he's re-signed with Canberra http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 66,00.html Doesn't he play centre for Canberra and wing for Australia? I'll bet he's a crap centre.

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:42 am  

If you look at Australian test sides, their back line tends to always be composed of centres

ie in the world cup 08

Monaghan
Tate
Folau
Inglis

Wingers have to be exceptional, eg Sailor to get a start

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:08 am  

A lot of Aussie backs are versatile and move across the backline, they are less hung up about player x playing this position than we are over here.

In Australia you would never get people stressing about Matt King's not a centre he's a winger etc. Look at Minichello, he's played across the back line, so's Inglis, Hodges, Tahu even lesser known players like Schifcofske, Stuart Kelly, Luke Burt, etc they are all comfortable playing wherever in the outside backs. Darren Albert came over here and played a good part of his Saints career as fullback, with no fuss.

Over here Chris Riley plays a couple of games at fullback (where hes played all his junior career) and fans and the media start getting their underwear twisted because a winger is a winger and can't play anywhere else in England.

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:03 pm  

I disagree with that statement to some extent.
To be a top class centre you need certain 'skills' that Chris Riley will never posess. Joel Monaghan doesn't either for mine and Matt King definately doesn't e.g. Footwork and pace.
Most of the players you mention have all the necessary skills to play in all of those positions, Inglis, Hodges et al could play anywhere from 1-6 to a decent standard. Chris Riley couldn't.

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:13 pm  

Israel Folau would be ideal at Wire and Clint Greenshields

and any decent half back
i think wire would be sorted then

we could get thorman on the cheap and get rid of Briers
should keep us under the cap

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:19 pm  

Dico wrote:

I disagree with that statement to some extent.
To be a top class centre you need certain 'skills' that Chris Riley will never posess. Joel Monaghan doesn't either for mine and Matt King definately doesn't e.g. Footwork and pace.
Most of the players you mention have all the necessary skills to play in all of those positions, Inglis, Hodges et al could play anywhere from 1-6 to a decent standard. Chris Riley couldn't.

The fact that Chris Riley doesn't possess those certain 'skills' is an indictment on junior and youth development in the UK. We should be producing players with a full set of core skills in every position on the field.

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:22 pm  

The skills a world class centre needs aren't taught.
They're inherited.
Same with Wingers.
Aaand all our best athletes are playing soccer for mine.