OFFICIAL Esan Marsters [Discussion]

[GNR4LIFE]

Then you’re picking an ok player simply because he’s a good goal kicker.

 

[supercoach]

I said it in a post last week, goal kicking will bite us. Okay it did not today, but when teams go up in 6 and we go up in four…you are going to have more bad days than good

 

[jadtiger]

Exactly but lets be honest very few in our team are outstanding players most are "average"

 

[will1999]

Mbye can kick I think

 

[Snake]

The league has been riddled with average players that are above average goal kickers that take there teams to glory .. No kicker =No Finals .

 

[Tiger_Steve]

Ross Conlon was a classic example. Very average player who kicked Beautifully for Canterbury and Balmain

 

[851]

Ross Conlon was a classic example. Very average player who kicked Beautifully for Canterbury and Balmain

He started at wests, played 2 years before the dogs came with a big cheque book

 

[Matto]

2 words for ya:
Rhyse Martin

 

[Marshall_magic]

Since Hodgson left the club a decade ago I think the only kicker we have had who hits them over 75% would be Rankin and he was a liability in every other aspect of the game. Goalkicking has let us down greatly over the past few years, we seldom win because our kickers are better but it costs us point every single season.

 

[Tiger_Steve]

Didn’t realise that. Thought his first club was Canterbury. Cheers

 

[1eyedmel]

Exactly. I mentioned a few weeks ago this is the bloke we should sign. Only signed for a year by dogs. Points are a premium in this competition and we need someone to fullfill that role. He also adds size , and with further development under a good coach like Madge will offer more to our squad.

 

[WT2K]

He would be an ideal signing.

 

[Spud_Murphy]

A lot of the great goal kickers were pretty average players. El Masri, Halligan, Jason Taylor & Jarrod Crocker come to mind, but they were so valuable to their teams for their kicking alone.

By all accounts, Rhys Martin is averaging better than those guys at present. God, I'd be happy to have a sharp shooter like him in our team because we have floundered in this area for far too long!

I can't believe that, with all the coaching staff we've had over the past 5 or so years, no one has addressed this problem properly. Do they not practice? I think it's telling that Moses is kicking at around 84% now he is with Parramatta, yet he was as inconsistent as Marsters when he was here. Moses has improved , Marsters hasn't. Why aren't we doing something about this?

 

[Tiger_Steve]

I agree. Attention to detail is often lacking. Take goal line drop outs. Most team kick 50m on the full or more. We tend to dribble 35 to 40 metres. What do they say about taking care of the 1%ers

 

[halifax_tiger]

totally agree never feel confident when esan kicks, mbye for sure

 

[Russell]

Totally disagree that Taylor and Croker were ordinary players.

 

[avocadoontoast]

Um, JT was a horrible coach but he was a bloody good player.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

And Croker. No idea what Spud’s on.

 

[Russell]

Maybe he thinks Croker and Taylor as players, were somebody else.

 

[Silentio]

El Masri played 3-4 seasons with the dogs before he took on goal kicking duties…..