OFFICIAL Blake Austin [Discussion]
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Austin deserves a starting spot that's for sure…
happy_tiger
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Austin is playing well but he is still a one trick pony
He looks good against weak teams , but you know he will run 98 v times out of 100
Would love the Tigers to hire a halves coach solely to work on Austin's passing game
I'll be honest if he can get his passing game to a very good level he could go further than Brooks or Moses imo
He has so much potential
He looks good against weak teams , but you know he will run 98 v times out of 100
Would love the Tigers to hire a halves coach solely to work on Austin's passing game
I'll be honest if he can get his passing game to a very good level he could go further than Brooks or Moses imo
He has so much potential
MacDougall
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@cktiger said:
He's a running five-eighth and he frequently busts the line when he does run it, I'm happy for him to hog it if he keeps breaking the line.
beachtiger
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Like many others I am a massive fan of Austin and I also agree with many that at this point in time he is our best option at 6, whole hearted player that bleeds for his team. However I do also think he needs to let the ball talk a bit more than his feet and needs to be a "ball player" more than a runner if he is to stay at 6.
I honestly think his best position now is in the centres, noticed tonight he is tipping scales at 101kg so no problems there, has great footwork and clearly has a brilliant football brain but I think there is only one thing stopping him from switching to centre…..he thinks he is a five eight!!
I remember seeing an interview with him earlier in the year and he said he would play wherever he needed to get in the team but he saw himself as a number 6 and this I believe will be the thing that stops him turning into a brilliant centre. At the end of the day he will play centre to be in first grade but long term if he is given an opportunity at another club to play in the 6 jersey we will end up losing him.
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I honestly think his best position now is in the centres, noticed tonight he is tipping scales at 101kg so no problems there, has great footwork and clearly has a brilliant football brain but I think there is only one thing stopping him from switching to centre…..he thinks he is a five eight!!
I remember seeing an interview with him earlier in the year and he said he would play wherever he needed to get in the team but he saw himself as a number 6 and this I believe will be the thing that stops him turning into a brilliant centre. At the end of the day he will play centre to be in first grade but long term if he is given an opportunity at another club to play in the 6 jersey we will end up losing him.
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stevetiger
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@MacDougall said:
I agree that our best halves pairing on form is Moses and Austin. In saying that I'd play all of them out there and put Austin at lock.
stevetiger
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@Defiant said:
Yep. The difference is huge. I also don't get why Brooks was considered better than Moses or that he would slot into first grade better because Moses at this point is better than Brooks.
MacDougall
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@stevetiger said:
I think most people rated Moses higher than Brooks coming through the grades but when the whips were cracking and one was able to show their wares for a first grade op Moses was injured and Brooks was not.
I've heard a lot about this bloke on this forum, but every-time I've seen him play for us I've thought he was one of our better players.
IMO this guy has the goods. I just hope this dysfunctional club does not ruin him. He can run, pass and do it all. When he runs and jinks with the ball in front of him he really gives the defence problems. He was very unlucky to not score a 2nd try tonite after banboozling the defence. IMO he is 2 years ahead of brooks and moses ATM and will be invaluable to us next year.
Apart from that I thought we were pretty good tonite apart from the fact that we cant catch, cant tackle, continually turn the ball over, continually make dumb mistakes,…...its hard to win a game of football on that basis. I donot know who is responsible for this rubbish....but they need to go.
Talk about a club sabotaging its own season.....should hang their heads in shame.
IMO this guy has the goods. I just hope this dysfunctional club does not ruin him. He can run, pass and do it all. When he runs and jinks with the ball in front of him he really gives the defence problems. He was very unlucky to not score a 2nd try tonite after banboozling the defence. IMO he is 2 years ahead of brooks and moses ATM and will be invaluable to us next year.
Apart from that I thought we were pretty good tonite apart from the fact that we cant catch, cant tackle, continually turn the ball over, continually make dumb mistakes,…...its hard to win a game of football on that basis. I donot know who is responsible for this rubbish....but they need to go.
Talk about a club sabotaging its own season.....should hang their heads in shame.
stevetiger
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@MacDougall said:
This makes sense because to me Moses looks the better prospect. I still rate Brooks though.
I think though we all need all 3 of them out there.
Black_n_White
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Brooks and Moses are very different players who compliment each other, one composed, the other unpredictable… though both highly rated.
Could you imagine how difficult Brooks year would have been, seeing his entire career up to now he had a competent halves partner instead of the likes of Anasta. This year we have watched as seasoned vets crumbled, unable to keep it together with the shambolic state we are in, yet many here expect Brooks in his debut season to play at a higher level, with greater duties seeing his halves partners have often been missing in action. It was the year he needed support to cut his teeth, poor bloke did well for the circumstances.
Could you imagine how difficult Brooks year would have been, seeing his entire career up to now he had a competent halves partner instead of the likes of Anasta. This year we have watched as seasoned vets crumbled, unable to keep it together with the shambolic state we are in, yet many here expect Brooks in his debut season to play at a higher level, with greater duties seeing his halves partners have often been missing in action. It was the year he needed support to cut his teeth, poor bloke did well for the circumstances.
