Re: Steve Price : Tue May 18, 2021 3:54 pm  

Didn't England rugby union used to have a move called Wires or Warrington where they ran angles and ended up creating space for a centre? Think is was a Briers/Gleeson move.

Imagine what a "Wires" move would be called if they looked at the current set up. Perhaps 5 drives and a loving massive bomb in the hope that someone drops it.....but at any one time only have 1 player chasing

Re: Steve Price : Tue May 18, 2021 3:59 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

There’s absolutely no way on Mother Earth that Paul Cullen or Shaun Wane would have lost that first game at home with fans after over a year.

That’s about it really.

You're spot on, I can't think of any other coach from the last 5 years who would get nilled in the first 40 either

Re: Steve Price : Tue May 18, 2021 5:50 pm  

Inglis himself said he needs at least 2 months to get back in swing. Don't write him off yet....

Re: Steve Price : Wed May 19, 2021 10:41 am  

Philth wrote:

Didn't England rugby union used to have a move called Wires or Warrington where they ran angles and ended up creating space for a centre? Think is was a Briers/Gleeson move.

Imagine what a "Wires" move would be called if they looked at the current set up. Perhaps 5 drives and a loving massive bomb in the hope that someone drops it.....but at any one time only have 1 player chasing

Briers to the right side. Stuart Lancaster I think who wanted to copy it?

Re: Steve Price : Wed May 19, 2021 10:44 am  

Shabino wrote:

Inglis himself said he needs at least 2 months to get back in swing. Don't write him off yet....

That's true, but on reflection is it worth sacrificing team performances in the first two-thirds of the season in order to benefit in the last third. Inglis is and always will be a legend, I'm just not sure it will pay off for us when he's here for one year only, He's showed glimpses of class and not done anything wrong personally, but is shoehorning him in causing too much disruption?

Re: Steve Price : Wed May 19, 2021 11:42 am  

Where's this idea that we are shoehorning Greg Inglis into the side coming from?

He was brought into replace Gelling. All that has happened is that his understudy Mamo had a few games and is now , bizarrely, seen as irreplaceable.

If people are seriously suggesting that Mamo should get in the centres ahead of Inglis, then they need their heads examining - Imagine describing that scenario to Aussie RL fan ... It's like signing Messi and playing Emile Heskey ahead of him!!

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Steve Price : Wed May 19, 2021 12:44 pm  

Sorry don't agree with your assessment.

Here's another way of looking at it, get a neutral observer without any knowledge of reputations to assess each player's contribution thus far....you are not dropping Mamo and it's certainly not "bizarre".

Re: Steve Price : Wed May 19, 2021 1:14 pm  

Uncle Rico wrote:

Sorry don't agree with your assessment.

Here's another way of looking at it, get a neutral observer without any knowledge of reputations to assess each player's contribution thus far....you are not dropping Mamo and it's certainly not "bizarre".

You don't fetch in Greg Inglis &, despite his injury situation, start 'shoehorning' him into the side. If anyone has to be shoehorned then it's Mamo.

I like Mamo. He's a good player to have in your squad, but, if he's a first choice centre, then we aren't getting anywhere close to any trophies this season.

You play your best players in their best positions. Inglis, even at 50% of what he was, will be our best centre - Play him there.

Re: Steve Price : Wed May 19, 2021 1:40 pm  

For all his detractors, Gelling was one of our better players last season.

Re: Steve Price : Wed May 19, 2021 2:27 pm  

easyWire wrote:

That's true, but on reflection is it worth sacrificing team performances in the first two-thirds of the season in order to benefit in the last third. Inglis is and always will be a legend, I'm just not sure it will pay off for us when he's here for one year only, He's showed glimpses of class and not done anything wrong personally, but is shoehorning him in causing too much disruption?

I really think he is a distraction at the moment. The ball never flows whenever he is involved. I saw it first week and though it has improved he's not helping the team performance. Sorry ...cos we'd all love him to be a real success.