: Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:52 pm  

good reply. but all the talk on here of it is like they are 2 specialist positions . its nonsense its just like your two Centre backs in footy or your two centre midfielders in footy. a good player can play both roles 6+7 no danger.

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:54 pm  

getdownmonkeyman wrote:

I've never seen what the big hoo-ha is about Dobson. Good kicker and that is it.

Your joking right He's 3rd in this years top try assists for a start.

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:20 pm  

Just a quick question,i thought you was only allowed 3 aussies on your quota,if so how could we keep monas and get orford now hicks has signed and presuming king is staying how would this work

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:23 pm  

cheeseywire999 wrote: Just a quick question,i thought you was only allowed 3 aussies on your quota,if so how could we keep monas and get orford now hicks has signed and presuming king is staying how would this work It's not 3 aussies. See: 2009 Squad Thread at top of this forum SEB wrote: QUOTA RULES 2009 At least 6 "home grown" players No more than 5 overseas quota players No more than 8 "overseas trained" players inc 5 OQs Rest of squad to be from players trained within same Federation

cheeseywire999 wrote: Just a quick question,i thought you was only allowed 3 aussies on your quota,if so how could we keep monas and get orford now hicks has signed and presuming king is staying how would this work It's not 3 aussies. See: 2009 Squad Thread at top of this forum SEB wrote: QUOTA RULES 2009 At least 6 "home grown" players No more than 5 overseas quota players No more than 8 "overseas trained" players inc 5 OQs Rest of squad to be from players trained within same Federation

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:26 pm  

SEB wrote: It's not 3 aussies. See: 2009 Squad Thread at top of this forum Thanks for that looks like quite a few young home grown players on there too.

SEB wrote: It's not 3 aussies. See: 2009 Squad Thread at top of this forum Thanks for that looks like quite a few young home grown players on there too.

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:33 pm  

If we are to replace Briers it needs to be with a player who can pass to their right. It is easier said than done. If you look at a lot of the other teams in SL the main try scorers are the left wingers. Saints buck that trend because of Gidleys (And Lyon's before him) brilliance, We have also had an advantage in this area because of our right hand side over the last few years.

If your right sided half back cannot pass to their right that well (or not as good as some) then they need to have other tricks up their sleeve, Pace to burn, great footwork, Awesome dummy combined with great hand off etc. Briers does not have some of these but he can pass to the right and can kick.
If you think about it a kid might pick up a ball at the age of 5, by the time he is 15 he might have passed the ball to his left on average 10 times a day for 10 years, that is 36,000 times minimum. It takes a lot of catching up to get that good at passing to the right.

I am sure the club are looking at the 15, 16, 17 year old half backs we have and developing their skills. The holy grail would be to have 2 halfbacks that have the lot. The evasion skills and speed of Burrow, the power of Pryce, the passing ability of Briers (Right) and Cooke (Left) the defence of monaghan and a kicking game. Oh and vision

The only player that gets close to that job spec is Johns.

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:08 pm  

Inside Knowledge wrote:

:lol:

Your joking right He's 3rd in this years top try assists for a start.

How many have come from kicks?

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:12 pm  

Dawson wrote:

Someone on the Salford forum said we are definitely getting Myler. We are going to be class with Orford, Myler, Briers and Monaghan, Bridge can fill in when required.

I can't see Briers or Monaghan being here next year ,I can however see Orford being here and I know for a fact that Myler was down at the HJ twice last week so read into that what you will !

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:18 pm  

SPIRIT OF 74 wrote:

I can't see Briers or Monaghan being here next year ,I can however see Orford being here and I know for a fact that Myler was down at the HJ twice last week so read into that what you will !

Are you sure he wasn't after the mark downs at Tesco?

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:43 pm  

SPIRIT OF 74 wrote:

I can't see Briers or Monaghan being here next year ,I can however see Orford being here and I know for a fact that Myler was down at the HJ twice last week so read into that what you will !

Your not LWF are you lad?