Curtis and Freddy at 18..........

[cnx_tigers]

Similar size, similar step, similar confidence.

Just saying….................................................................................................

 

[LaT]

Was Freddy 195cms and 101kg?

 

[Marshall_magic]

He really looks the goods, big strong kid with plenty of skill. We could have found our halves partner for Benji.

 

[keods]

yea by the looks of it curtis number 6 for the year

 

[cnx_tigers]

Was Freddy 195cms and 101kg?

He wasn't as big as Curtis, but he was a big bloke for a kid 5/8.

To this day, I've never seen a young kid start at 5/8 and run at players and have class all over him like Brad Fittler did. He just had 'it' from day one.

Geez…......Sirro gives me the same vibe.

And I'm not normally one to praise young players too much.
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[cnx_tigers]

yea by the looks of it curtis number 6 for the NEXT 10 years

FIXED.

 

[Golden]

time to release Anasta from that contract now!

 

[Snake]

Well lets see how it is when we play a real footy team!

 

[Black_Orange_White]

Anasta can be our lock and replace Heighington. Anasta and Sironen can co-exist.

 

[cnx_tigers]

time to release Anasta from that contract now!

Actually, he could be the perfect bloke to advise Siro on playing as a big, running, ball playing 5/8.

The past twenty years has really been Fittler….........Anasta.............Siro (maybe) who are the classical tall / 100 kilo / running pivot.

Obviously Locky, Carney, Thurston etc are top class, I am talking about the 6 foot 2, 100 kilo type pivot. They rarely come along.

 

[1_4_chicken_chips]

Dont get too excited ..Freddy was one in a million..
Anasta to lock next season

 

[Tigerdave]

He's stepped up right away and just fits right into the side like he's been there for a while

 

[Goose]

Freddy was amazing as an 18 yo.

I remember as a kid when he was playing for cambridge park in the 15's going to watch him play cause everyone knew who he was and how good he was.

Sirro has a long way to be compared to freddy, but geez he has started well, super impressed tonight…

 

[slacko]

I must have been watching a different game? He didn't seem to play a 5/8 role well tonight.
He played well, defense was solid and of course his try for an 18 year old showed amazing strength. He carried to ball well.
Please don't get carried away.
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[hellman]

I didn't really notice his step. It certainly wasn't like Fittlers.

He played well though.

 

[happy_tiger]

I reckon Freddy had better footwork and was a fair bit quicker at the same age Curtis is going to be good un though

 

[shano]

Sirro is going extremely well for an 18 year old in his second game in First Grade. He shows confidence beyond his years. I like his strength, size and passing skills. Haven't seen his kicking game yet but happy to give him time. Most imprortanly we finally have someone apart from Benji in the backline that can run to the line and put the opposition in two minds. All the other experiments this season have failed. We finally have a playmaking partner in the backline for Benji and that's fantastic!

As for comparing him to Fittler, I would say too early to tell as this stage. Freddy could step brilliantly off both feet whilst in full flight. That was one of his signature trademark skills that people will remember him for. I'm looking forward to watching Sirro play some more games and uncover his skills before contemplating a comparison.

Regardless, it's all good. Nice to see people getting excited again about the players and club future.

 

[biggest_tigers_fan]

i thought freddy played in the centres as 18??

 

[Bismark]

Tell you what, the NRL is producing some incredibly good young halves of late. Cherry-Evans and Foran, Josh and Adam Reynolds, Aiden Sezar, Curtis Sironen. It's very promising.

Just keep in mind guys, he's played 100 minutes of first grade. At no point in those minutes were the team really behind/playing poorly. I'd like to see him play in a game where we're really struggling, I think that really separates the general players and the outstanding.

 

[1_4_chicken_chips]

Freddy was amazing as an 18 yo.

I remember as a kid when he was playing for cambridge park in the 15's going to watch him play cause everyone knew who he was and how good he was.

Sirro has a long way to be compared to freddy, but geez he has started well, super impressed tonight…

15s for cambridge park,,people seem to think he is born and bred Penrith ,but youmg Freddy played all his juniors in the Liverpool area and at 14 a much younger mr Marsden had two players to sign up , one was freddy and the other was Jason Taylor, and the rest is history.Imagine if Wests would still be here today if Marsden pick Freddy instead of Taylor .