Brandon Wakeham #267

Produced a great 4020
A bloody awful brain fade on not finding touch off the penalty kick [shades of benji]

And he got damn lucky on his won short drop out

Overall solid game
 
Produced a great 4020
A bloody awful brain fade on not finding touch off the penalty kick [shades of benji]

And he got damn lucky on his won short drop out

Overall solid game
Don't know what he was thinking on his bomb at the end either. Should have just kicked it dead for a second tackle set like last week. Brooks was left of the ruck waiting for it...Could have given Dragons one more chance in broken play.
 
Brooks has looked a lot better without AD....

Wakeham missed kick to touch could have easily cost us the game. Lucky boy.
Ok. Well he kicked two terrific conversions, kicked a 40/20, kicked a perfect 10 meter dropout, and could have had 2 more try assists from his kicks if they had been grounded or not knocked on.


Our new and (hopefully) settled spine won the game for us. But yea. Lucky boy.
 
Wakeham,i like the lad,better than Brooks ?lol? at a 1/4 of the price
 
He had no contract we gave him a lifeline & now he's grabbed the opportunity with both hands increasing his value week by week & increasing his chances for a contract extension
 
Astute or at least thereabouts near the opposition goal line. Repeat sets don't hurt. Can only improve. Prefers wet tracks. Takes focus off Brooks. Maybe a marriage made in heaven. Time will tell. They have time to gel.
 

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Puts his body on the line defensively and has a serviceable kicking game.

The issue for me is his attack. He rarely take the line on, doesn’t dig into the line before passing as well. I would think teams know that Wakeham will pass early meaning the focus are on his ball runners and makes it easy to defend.

Without a running game, he is no threat with ball in hand. Defences need to worried about whether he will pass, run or kick. In this instance 2/3 is a fail.
 
Along with Brooks he lacks creativity & that’s why we are not scoring he needs to go back to reserve grade Sheens should just try another combination Brooks & Laurie for next week.
 
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