Alex Twal #206

[pawsandclaws1]

Twal is a very good player and questions need to be asked why even our experienced players have gone backwards. I believe it is obvious but the Board prefer not to act. Something has to happen this week,

 

[TCL]

Punt him

 

[Demps]

Twal is a very good player and questions need to be asked why even our experienced players have gone backwards. I believe it is obvious but the Board prefer not to act. Something has to happen this week,

I fear nothing will happen...

It looks like they're happy to continue plodding along and hope our fortunes change next year with the addition of two new players and most of the pack walking out the door.

Extreme silence from the club and Sheens' support of Madge, along with Madge's little media campaign.... the whole thing is a circus.

 

[twentyforty]

I fear nothing will happen...

It looks like they're happy to continue plodding along and hope our fortunes change next year with the addition of two new players and most of the pack walking out the door.

Extreme silence from the club and Sheens' support of Madge, along with Madge's little media campaign.... the whole thing is a circus.

I really wasn’t expecting any significant change to the playing group the first year of Sheens arrival, so the new coaches and the 2 quality signings for 23 gave me a higher expectation.
The really disappointing part of our on field performance is the lack of effort, the misguided passes, the clumsy penalties, the poor kicking from our halves.
Watching Nofa under the high ball is pure torture, especially considering the $525k x 4.
Watching Brooks throw wayward passes at $1.1m x 2 is painful.
My 321.
3. Tamou. Tried hard
2. Ofahengaue. Ditto
1. To’a. His 2 try saving tackles early in the game should get him the FB spot for next week.

 

[Todd Packer]

Twal is another Maguire victim.
Maguire takes confident, talented players and systematically destroys their self belief until they become quivering little shells.
He's a rugby league serial killer.

 

[twentyforty]

Twal is another Maguire victim.
Maguire takes confident, talented players and systematically destroys their self belief until they become quivering little shells.
He's a rugby league serial killer.

Are we talking about professional NRL players here?

 

[batboy]

Unappreciated.

Does a lot of the clean up work.
Important piece of the defensive machine, a lot like Elijah Taylor was.

Needs to be unleashed from the coaching aspect as he has more to offer but always seems to be playing restricted.

Restricted.... by 2 coaches?
ET finished his career in reserve grade.
You need to take the cedar goggles off man,
He's slow and lacks any impact at all....

Most of the tackles he makes is because the other team runs directly into him while he's stationary, waiting for them.
If he's an important part of the machine, It would explain one of the many things wrong with the Machine.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

This is the fourth year Tragic of this type of performance and coaching. Sheens has been back for this year.

 

[Geo]

Twal allows post contact metres and opposition offloads more than any other forward in our team.. doesn’t miss many tackles granted but rarely if ever stings the opposition ball runner..

 

[jadtiger]

At best Twal would be a fringe first grade player at any other club but ours which just shows how poor our forwards are.He has a high workrate but zero impact on the field.
We need better than him.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

With news that Hastings might be moving to lock, he should move back to the bench.

 

[twentyforty]

Something I’m having trouble reconciling? If Twaly was doing what the coach wants from him, then why bench him?

 

[Muffstar]

He runs like a fence paling and gets snapped like one too.

 

[twentyforty]

At best Twal would be a fringe first grade player at any other club but ours which just shows how poor our forwards are.He has a high workrate but zero impact on the field.
We need better than him.

Not many of our players are in high demand at other clubs.

 

[Cobarcats]

I'm curious..What is the go with him..

Was our Mr reliable big minute middle .that allowed the more impact forwards to rotate...in all 3 games he has been used for minimal minutes and 2 stints

Hasn't really provided any impact off the bench.. defence while solid hasn't had any sting at all allowing both PCM and opposition to offload..

Is he carrying injury..?

He's not an impact forward that's for sure.
In attack he runs so upright. Post contact is not good.

 

[Geo]

Something I’m having trouble reconciling? If Twaly was doing what the coach wants from him, then why bench him

He started from the bench in every game bar 1

 

[twentyforty]

He runs like a fence paling and gets snapped like one too.

TBF, he has improved one part of his game, he gets to the ground faster.

 

[batboy]

TBF, he has improved one part of his game, he gets to the ground faster.

Which is pointless when it takes forever and a day to get up....

 

[batboy]

Twal allows post contact metres and opposition offloads more than any other forward in our team.. doesn’t miss many tackles granted but rarely if ever stings the opposition ball runner..

It's like the Ball isn't a thing in his tackles...
Just waiting on it to come out.

When he half fumbled the ball that Fifita lost yesterday - No one was more surprised than him.

He should be our David Gower... First up when you're down on troops.
I don't know he gets a gig in any other top 17. (Not that he's on his own there)