littletiger
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I don't rate him at all. I would be happy to get rid of him or reserve grade. He frustrates me because he seems to have a lack of urgency. like that terrible try broncos scored with the two mini kicks. he just watched the ball! do something apart from watching it! Then again most the team is average at the moment. coach potter has inherited a mess i guess he is doing the best with what he is got?
southerntiger
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@willow said:
And this is the problem. The guy simply isn't a first grade footballer. Slow and skinny doesn't belong on an football field.
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He made the most metres of everyone bar Woods and Teddy. I've said this before, but Blake is worth persevering with this year. A lot of his hard work goes unnoticed. At the beginning of the year, we were all up in arms about the number of tries scored down Lawrence and Koro's wing. What we failed to recognise was the lack of tries down Reddy and Ayshford's. He's solid in defence, and with proper service from his halves, he's very hard to tackle. With a good side around him, he's very good. We just need to get ourselves a good side first…
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hybrid_tiger
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Another average player. Overrated. Couldn't pass go in monopoly.
I think Ayshford is a useful player with a deceptive skill to make ground but very different fro your normal centre, he plays like a second row forward with a strange inability to pass the ball. In fact when at training when they practice ball movement I wonder what he does ? In fact you wonder if he has been coached not to pass. Having said all of that old Halatau went a complete season without EVER passing the ball ,by the stats
tig_prmz
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@hybrid_tiger said:
gee sorry did you expect him to score 5 tries and have 10 line breaks in his first game in over a month and a half??
@tig_prmz said:
Fair enough if it was a one-off but it's been a while since he had a good game. He's been respectable at best and poor far too often. Lawrence is in a similar boat. They're both in big danger of being overtaken by the younger brigade at the WT.
tig_prmz
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@Yossarian said:
agree with that but you can't expect a centre to do much if he isn't getting quality ball. even simona looked hopeless until the penrith's try. after that he's been full of confidence and looks like beating defenders comfortably.
the problem with lawrence is more mental than physical imo. with ayshford, he needs to be persisted with. he's done it at thi level before
@tig_prmz said:
True but then again Simona did make that break. I'm struggling to remember the last time Blake busted the line. The service has been poor but he's just got to do better.
hybrid_tiger
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@tig_prmz said:
Obviously I'm not just referring to his last game, am I?
Average player. Can't remember the last time he's passed or made a break and he's slow.
happy_tiger
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@willow said:
Unfortunately due to the five eight we have he doesn't have much choice Willow
When you have a five eight running towards you instead of taking the opposition line on it isn't helping at all
Why can't Marshall realize that straightening our attack up and playing direct will make his game soooo much easier and create more room on the outside :brick:
One thing Iosefa does do is help straighten our attack up
stevetiger
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Blaming Marshall for Ayshford's poor performance. Thats a good one. I suppose there are all sorts of excuses for Benji's poor performances.
Ayshford got plenty of good ball against the Broncos. He just didn't have the ability to take advantage of it. It was his first game back but I'm not sure if he has it in him anymore and he was never really that good.
Ayshford got plenty of good ball against the Broncos. He just didn't have the ability to take advantage of it. It was his first game back but I'm not sure if he has it in him anymore and he was never really that good.
I'll be watching him very closely over the next 6 weeks. He was great in 2011, had a real breakout year then. 2012 though he struggled to repeat it. In 2013 I thought he showed some signs he was getting back to his best but then he did the Syndesmosis injury. I still feel the jury is out on Blake. Touch wood he can get through the rest of the season unscathed and build some form up. He needs to remember though that he's far more effective going through people and not around them. He has quality footwork.
S
system
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Have been talking to batboy and others for ages and we have always thought the promotion of Nofo would bring out the best in Ayshford and I think it is steadily becoming the reality. He has real confidence in the kid to pass too in tighter situations. Something he has lacked in his outside men for some time
Great to see
Great to see
1_4_chicken_chips
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Nofo is all class .
Our injury crisis as forced quite a few players to be promoted to the top side and when all are fit we will be travelling well . We just need patience , it probably won't happen this year , but it will happen
Our injury crisis as forced quite a few players to be promoted to the top side and when all are fit we will be travelling well . We just need patience , it probably won't happen this year , but it will happen
