Ayshford's future?
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@ragedmachine said:
He outstreaked Carney to the tryline in 2010 in the semi final.
He fended away from Hayne and streaked 50m metres to score out pacing the Eels backline to do it.
No Footwork? No passing?
The is the same Ayshford who stepped through the Warriors backline in 2011 to put Marshall over to score when we were being smashed - probably a turning point of the game?
The same Ayshford who was the centre to Beau Ryan during 2011 who was also our highest try-scorer that year? obviously he didn't pass the ball to him…..
Get a grip lads. He's a good quality player who has had a year filled with interruptions, and stop and starts. Give the kid some stability and he'll rampage.
I honestly hope we haven't lost him - as he would be a bigger loss long term than Heighno, and Ryan.
1_4_chicken_chips
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hey Underdog , what did he do in 2012? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, how long do we persist with part timers ?
mikey
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Could have had soemthing to do with the coach? Letting Gibbs go? It seems pretty obvious in hindsight but Camp Concorde did not have the most jolly of years and a lot of fallouts in friendship and team cameraderie occurred.
Whetehr we should keep him or not would depend on his attitude and desire to play for us. I think he will come good if he regains the pride he had for the Tigers.
Whetehr we should keep him or not would depend on his attitude and desire to play for us. I think he will come good if he regains the pride he had for the Tigers.
EggButterRoll99
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Blake Ayshford has been released there is an article on fox sports to prove it so just type it into google and it should come up. I don't understand why they would release him he is a good player so he had a shit year this year but over the years he has filled dean collis' spot very well since he left the tigers.
GNR4LIFE
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@tigersrule4life said:
No it doesn't mean that at all. Again playing darts blindfolded
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic
GNR4LIFE
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@EggButterRoll99 said:
And again, another blindfolded darts player. The only thing that proves a release is official word from the Tigers, not a an article on the fox sports website laced with speculation. The article your referring to is a month old btw
GNR4LIFE
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@EggButterRoll99 said:
Ayshford hasn't been released
Joel Helmes
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@EggButterRoll99 said:
@underdog said:
I thought Ashford was very poor in 2012\. I'll grant you he got poor ball this year. but he missed way too many tackles and gave away a lot of penalties.
until this year I was a big fan and hope he can regain form. but feel to blame others for his poor year is not quite right.
tig_prmz
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centre is the hardest position to defend at.
he was effed around all season and then had players who have played in the same position run at him at different sorts of angles, players who have build combos with their halves all year run at him.. it becomes very hard.
his defense was not at his best this year, no two questions on that, but the way he was moved around and that last year his defense was top notch doesn't mean at all that he is CRAP and MUST be moved.
he was effed around all season and then had players who have played in the same position run at him at different sorts of angles, players who have build combos with their halves all year run at him.. it becomes very hard.
his defense was not at his best this year, no two questions on that, but the way he was moved around and that last year his defense was top notch doesn't mean at all that he is CRAP and MUST be moved.
supercoach
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Work with a guy who has connections with the Tiger_Sharks and he tells me they are trying to find cap space for Blake and are very keen to lure him down their. Not sure if it has legs but it would make sense, they are very low on 3s and 4s
tigersrule4life
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@supercoach said:
Well if thats the case we must be close to signing Jennings which i hope we do.
G
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@tigersrule4life said:
Well no, that's not the case. We don't have the coin for Jennings.
milford_magic
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@underdog said:
While I wouldn't mind Ayshford staying, I think too many people talked the guy way too much after 2010 and 2011\. 2011 He had a good year, but a lot of people labelled it "amazing" and "rep worthy", when really other than a dominant display vs NZ, it was just solid/good.
On pace, he might have it when he gets into space, but the issue is he is very slow off the mark, doesn't run onto the ball and doesn't get going. Every player out there is generally quick once they are in space (I.E - Did you see when Pearce scored vs the Dragons this year and the commentators said, I didn't realise Pearce was a speedster). And the issue with Ayshford is he very rarely gets into space and takes an age to get going. So I think labelling him slow is a fair call. And despite your stat on Ryan, Ayshford has a terrible passing game. Ayshford is just a ball runner, he never looks to pass. I don't remember one time ever (and happy for you to provide examples), where Ayshford legitimately set up his outside man.
On the up side, he has handy footwork and his defence is good. He misses tackles here and there, but so do most centres. Defence is not the issue. He COULD turn out to be a bigger loss than Heighno/Ryan, as unlike those two, Ayshford actually has a few pretty good attributes. But Pace and passing are not one of them.
