Wooh wooh i think everyone is getting a little too carried away here, he hasn't even laced a boot yet and he's being hailed as our saviour and our best signing ever. Not saying it's a bad signing but relax, let's see how he goes before we start making ridiculous claims. It's gonna take more than one decent backrower to get us anywhere near being a condender.
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OFFICIAL Elijah Taylor [Discussion]
- Thread starter MightyTiger
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@Nelson said:@barra said:Well FTWIT, I agree Happy. I would straight out swap Taylor for Dene. I doubt that will happen, but ignoring the age/energy difference they are similar size and playing style by the looks?
Dropping Dene out of the team would allow us to put a bigger player on the bench.
Nah Taylor is 10+kg heavier and 4-5 inches taller than Dene, they're very different physically and so have very different games. Dene is a tough little nugget whereas Taylor is more in the athletic mould.
Ah - well good! I like the sound of that, instant improvement to age, energy and size!
@Masterton said:One of the best signings we've had for a long time. Great defender and plenty of class. So glad we were patient and didn't blow our money in desperation months ago.
x 2\. Can't wait to see him in action.
king_sirro
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@barra said:@Nelson said:@barra said:Well FTWIT, I agree Happy. I would straight out swap Taylor for Dene. I doubt that will happen, but ignoring the age/energy difference they are similar size and playing style by the looks?
Dropping Dene out of the team would allow us to put a bigger player on the bench.
Nah Taylor is 10+kg heavier and 4-5 inches taller than Dene, they're very different physically and so have very different games. Dene is a tough little nugget whereas Taylor is more in the athletic mould.
Ah - well good! I like the sound of that, instant improvement to age, energy and size!
Taylor must have heavy bones because he just does not look the 100+ kg it states in his profile. He only looks slightly bigger than Dene. Very impressed with his ball skills on the weekend though. Looked classy.
@supercoach said:The signing of Grant and ET is the sort of recruitment this club should have been doing for years instead of trying to find a diamond in the garbage bin policy we have had for years. This team is one class centre and maybe a winger away from a very good roster
I still think we need one of those enforcers or mad men that you dont want to run at or have run at you.I know they don't grow off trees but like a Havgraves, James Graham, Beau Scott, Greg Bird. We still lack any mongrel, opposition don't fear us at all.
But your right coach, quietly we have picked up a couple of real handy players. Slowly things are coming together but were still at least 2-3 rally good players off being a big dog.
@king sirro said:Taylor must have heavy bones because he just does not look the 100+ kg it states in his profile. He only looks slightly bigger than Dene. Very impressed with his ball skills on the weekend though. Looked classy.
I don't doubt his profile weight. He's tall and has broad shoulders, that sort of frame can hold plenty of muscle mass without looking bulky.
king_sirro
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@Nelson said:@king sirro said:Taylor must have heavy bones because he just does not look the 100+ kg it states in his profile. He only looks slightly bigger than Dene. Very impressed with his ball skills on the weekend though. Looked classy.
I don't doubt his profile weight. He's tall and has broad shoulders, that sort of frame can hold plenty of muscle mass without looking bulky.
I must be getting old cos he looks short to me rather than tall.
simonthetigerrrr
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Ive been thinking the same thing.
Im usually a good judge.
He def doesnt look 190cm….i would have thought about 183 ish and late 90's kgs which is a huge difference in both height and weight he is listed as.
Im usually a good judge.
He def doesnt look 190cm….i would have thought about 183 ish and late 90's kgs which is a huge difference in both height and weight he is listed as.
simonthetigerrrr
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http://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/f34c087d-382a-4227-906e-584037b2c3ca.jpg/r0_0_2244_1805_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg
Her is a photo of ET next to Whare who is 185cm.
Her is a photo of ET next to Whare who is 185cm.
Tigertigertiger
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ET is definately not 6'2
He must have been using his old dating site details
He must have been using his old dating site details
king_sirro
Well-known member
Wouldnt surprise me if next year Elijah starts games at hooker and then switches to lock after 20 minutes for the remainder of the game allowing a fresh 9 to come on and play the remaining 60 minutes. That allows us to start a bigger body at 13 and provide some fresh zip at dummy half after 20 minutes.
simonthetigerrrr
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@Tigertigertiger said:ET is definately not 6'2
He must have been using his old dating site details
I lol'd.
They have him down as 190cm which is 6'3!
simonthetigerrrr
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I see they have added ET to the Wests Tigers player profiles.
They have him at 184cm and 101 kgs…..that seems about right to me.
http://www.weststigers.com.au/team/profiles/elijah_taylor.html
They have him at 184cm and 101 kgs…..that seems about right to me.
http://www.weststigers.com.au/team/profiles/elijah_taylor.html
balmain boy
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Size isn't everything, and hopefully Taylor can play above his weight in the NRL. He hasn't been tested of late but I did think he was bigger than our current back row options. Another small backrower isn't ideal but if he can free up Sue to play prop we're probably better for it.
@criwdfluffer said:Ive been thinking the same thing.
Im usually a good judge.
He def doesnt look 190cm….i would have thought about 183 ish and late 90's kgs which is a huge difference in both height and weight he is listed as.
Yeah he looked along those lines to me on the TV last weekend. Will have to watch him live for a proper assessment! :wink:
Tigertigertiger
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Please never ever play ET at hooker,they did that with him at the Warriors for 3 weeks and it was a disaster, threw about 15 forward passes in one game from memory
Play him up at lock and let him tackle non stop as he is a very good defensive player
Play him up at lock and let him tackle non stop as he is a very good defensive player
Good, solid signing. That guy can tackle all day and night. His attack is "so so - not much" but thats ok as we have plenty of backs to score us points.
And the one area that has really let us down over the years - DEFENSE.
Don't know why Anthony Griffin didn't like him, but IMO its their loss and our gain.
And the one area that has really let us down over the years - DEFENSE.
Don't know why Anthony Griffin didn't like him, but IMO its their loss and our gain.
ET is probably the best signing we have made in the last 3-4 years imho.
Brilliant defensive player and can do some good things in attack as well.
Doesn't matter what size the stats say - he is what he is and that is an International.
Why you would want to play him at hooker for the first twenty minutes has me gobsmacked. You need someone to knock those big B's down, when they are trying to run down the middle of the ruck. Next year if all goes well - we have Ballin at hooker and he is an 80 minute player as well and as good a defensive player as Farah. I say you would leave ET at lock and let him do his thing. That will leave Sue to fill the last place in our quadastic props (Woods, Grant, Ava and Sue) for 2017 (or earlier if that is the plan). All looking good to me.
Brilliant defensive player and can do some good things in attack as well.
Doesn't matter what size the stats say - he is what he is and that is an International.
Why you would want to play him at hooker for the first twenty minutes has me gobsmacked. You need someone to knock those big B's down, when they are trying to run down the middle of the ruck. Next year if all goes well - we have Ballin at hooker and he is an 80 minute player as well and as good a defensive player as Farah. I say you would leave ET at lock and let him do his thing. That will leave Sue to fill the last place in our quadastic props (Woods, Grant, Ava and Sue) for 2017 (or earlier if that is the plan). All looking good to me.
king_sirro
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@Russell said:ET is probably the best signing we have made in the last 3-4 years imho.
Brilliant defensive player and can do some good things in attack as well.
Doesn't matter what size the stats say - he is what he is and that is an International.
Why you would want to play him at hooker for the first twenty minutes has me gobsmacked. You need someone to knock those big B's down, when they are trying to run down the middle of the ruck. Next year if all goes well - we have Ballin at hooker and he is an 80 minute player as well and as good a defensive player as Farah. I say you would leave ET at lock and let him do his thing. That will leave Sue to fill the last place in our quadastic props (Woods, Grant, Ava and Sue) for 2017 (or earlier if that is the plan). All looking good to me.
Russell u just contradicted yourself or answered your own question by saying "why would u play Taylor at hooker for 20 minutes has me gobsmacked. You need someone to knock those big boys down"….well dont hookers defend in the middle tackling the big boys? Combined with having a rock like Sue start at lock its actually the best formula to knock "those big B's down".
Im not saying its what i would do or we should do. Im saying its a possibility because we know Taylor likes to bring a fresh body on at 9, so i wouldnt be surprised if he takes this tact.
happy_tiger
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@WTDiehard said:Good, solid signing. That guy can tackle all day and night. His attack is "so so - not much" but thats ok as we have plenty of backs to score us points.
And the one area that has really let us down over the years - DEFENSE.
Don't know why Anthony Griffin didn't like him, but IMO its their loss and our gain.
They have a mountain of back row talent WTD and I suppose it then comes down to what suits the side best
Got to give Griffin his dues , he certainly gets rid of people he doesn't want around asap
