moto748 wrote:
Have you seen Mitchell Moses this season, Itchy? He has been terrific for Parramatta. But I don't think we've seen that kind of class in SL since Danny Brough. But yeah, Lino has been great in their last few games, including today.
Every team should have at least 2 players who can kick with precision and with depth.
Today we had a free kick deep in our 20 at an acute angle on the left hand side of the pitch after defending for I think at least 2 sets of six. We’d been under the cosh for a while and needed some respite. We needed a good 30 metre punt into touch. We got a 10 metre plop from a left footer kicker in Cust. It screamed out for a right footed kicker to give it some leather or Cust to have the technical ability to kick long from the the left with his left foot. It just irritates the hell out of me. It’s a simple skill to acquire a good results but to gain excellent results it needs years of repetitive training. I never hear or see any young players want to acquire such skills. I never hear a coach compliment a good kicking game or even suggest the desire to develop such skills.
As a sport (in the uk) I can’t think of one player who kick with a consistent quality. Lino is the best I’ve seen for a while but his kicking into touch from a free kick is pretty average.
Strength, fitness and tackling ability are the “gods” of rl but kicking is an afterthought. It isn’t coached or I would suggest even encouraged.
Your knowledge of nrl is infinitely superior to mine so I accept your comments on Moses but would ask how many other players in the comp even get close to him?
I’m an owd fart Moto but a Bill Ashurst today with the 40/20 rule would be an absolute world beater.
