Kieran Dixon - Good Enough or Not? : Fri Apr 08, 2016 1:17 pm  

Another Dixon horror show last night, with 3 of the first 4 tries attributable to his soft and spineless defensive ineptitude and poor positioning.

Personally, I don't want to see him in a Rovers shirt ever again. I've seen enough. He is Italian Army surplus. Time to give the youngsters a go.

Am I being too harsh?

Re: Kieran Dixon - Good Enough or Not? : Fri Apr 08, 2016 1:41 pm  

He can take Tilse with him for me.

Dixon has great pace obviously but unfortunately that's it, too small, too light, too many errors.

[Mild Rover]

Re: Kieran Dixon - Good Enough or Not? : Fri Apr 08, 2016 3:16 pm  

Could do with a pep talk from Kevin Penny, perhaps. It tells it's own story that he lost the battle for the third spot in the back three with Cockayne and then was overtaken by Shaw as well.

The problem goes much wider than KD, though. Fair enough, it is was far from our strongest 17 - but if (hypothetically) we released the players who played yesterday, how many would be able to quickly secure a move to another SL team, even as a squad player? And ignoring quota issues.

I'd estimate 10 yes (maybe 6 as first choice), 3 maybe and 4 no. That's why we're struggling.

Re: Kieran Dixon - Good Enough or Not? : Fri Apr 08, 2016 5:23 pm  

I would not play Dixon again unless he comes on has a water carrier he is hopeless then again if he brought the water on he would drop the Bottle

Re: Kieran Dixon - Good Enough or Not? : Fri Apr 08, 2016 5:24 pm  

cravenpark1 wrote:

I would not play Dixon again unless he comes on has a water carrier he is hopeless

Re: Kieran Dixon - Good Enough or Not? : Fri Apr 08, 2016 5:51 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

Could do with a pep talk from Kevin Penny, perhaps. It tells it's own story that he lost the battle for the third spot in the back three with Cockayne and then was overtaken by Shaw as well.

The problem goes much wider than KD, though. Fair enough, it is was far from our strongest 17 - but if (hypothetically) we released the players who played yesterday, how many would be able to quickly secure a move to another SL team, even as a squad player? And ignoring quota issues.

I'd estimate 10 yes (maybe 6 as first choice), 3 maybe and 4 no. That's why we're struggling.

Interesting perspective. My views below:

First Team SL Quality (11) - Sio, Minns, Thornley, Blair, Walker, Lunt, Allgood, Greenwood, Green, Mulhern, Clarkson
Not First Team SL Quality (3) - Marsh, Dixon, Cockayne (now past it)
Questionable / Maybe (3) - Tilse (good in patches), Lawler (another 10 games needed), Moran (way too early to tell)

As things stand, I think that Matty Marsh could make it in SL if he switches to centre and if he bulks up a bit. For now, he hasn't the speed of thought, the game smarts, variety of kicking and attacking skills and most importantly the personality to make impact as a SL starting halfback, despite what Campo and Webster say.

Re: Kieran Dixon - Good Enough or Not? : Sat Apr 09, 2016 9:28 am  

Pickering Red wrote:

Interesting perspective. My views below:

As things stand, I think that Matty Marsh could make it in SL if he switches to centre and if he bulks up a bit. For now, he hasn't the speed of thought, the game smarts, variety of kicking and attacking skills and most importantly the personality to make impact as a SL starting halfback, despite what Campo and Webster say.

From what I have seen of Matty Marsh he looks a prospect or the best we have had in a while. The only way he will get the skills you want to see is by playing! there by hangs the British dilemma where will he get game time? by the time I was his age I had been playing twice a week through a long winter seasons since aged 10 about 500 games (crude estimate) we also played on a night with mates in the streets or at play time with any old ball we could find that's what honed our skills (not mine I was rubbish) I would make a guess that he will have played less than 200 games in his life especially if he came from a school that did not play rugby. My whole point is we have to give him & the team time or we will be forever grabbing what aged Aussies that are willing to come.

Re: Kieran Dixon - Good Enough or Not? : Sat Apr 09, 2016 9:39 am  

dixon is rubbish. I'm sure the coaching staff know and I doubt he'll get a contract renewal when the time comes

Re: Kieran Dixon - Good Enough or Not? : Sat Apr 09, 2016 10:35 am  

Jake the Peg wrote:

dixon is rubbish. I'm sure the coaching staff know and I doubt he'll get a contract renewal when the time comes

Re: Kieran Dixon - Good Enough or Not? : Sat Apr 09, 2016 10:44 am  

Not.