OFFICIAL Esan Marsters [Discussion]

Interesting… Elijah Taylor in an interview said that Esan Marsters has an Ankle injury before the game and it was swelling up a lot... could be the reason to his form and goal kicking.
 
masters to skip playing 1 round, and just have a full week of goal kicking practice from pat richards :smile:
 
ok thought i might as well post it here, rather thatn make a new thread

# Maguire backs Marsters to bounce back against Broncos

Dan Talintyre

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Wed 10 Apr 2019, 05:46 PM

**Wests Tigers Head Coach Michael Maguire has backed centre Esan Marsters to bounce back with his goal-kicking after a tough night with the boot in last week's loss to the Panthers.**

Marsters missed a penalty goal and two conversions — one of which bounced off the upright — against Penrith last week with those missed points coming back to haunt Wests Tigers in the end as the Panthers roared back for a 9-8 win.

Having taken over the kicking duties at the start of the 2018 season, Marsters was confirmed by Maguire to be the team's kicker once again for Thursday clash against the Broncos with the Coach backing the star centre to bounce back with the boot.

"He is our kicker again this week," [Maguire told reporters on Wednesday.](https://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2019/04/10/maguire-gives-final-word-on-broncos-clash/)

"He's been working hard on his practice this week.

"Some days you can just have a tough day as a kicker, so what's going to be the telling factor now is how Esan bounces back this week.

"He's looking forward to having that opportunity again.

"He's been kicking at 90 percent at training — sometimes you just have those days.

"Esan is a quality kicker and he's been doing all the work in the background so it's about just getting it out there on the field now."
 
From NRL.COM

Am not an expert on kicking after an injection but this might explain why he was so "off" last Friday night.

"Marsters went into the game nursing an ankle injury he picked up at training a few days earlier, **requiring an injection to take part in the match.**

He’s been working overtime on his goal-kicking with club legend Brett Hodgson this week, and is expected to hold on to the duties for Thursday’s clash with Brisbane despite internal discussions about handing the responsibility to skipper Moses Mbye.

Mbye has been battling a knee injury he suffered in the pre-season and the club doesn’t believe he needs the added pressure of goal-kicking."
 
Madge must have a lot of faith and trust in him then….. orrr Madge wasnt aware of the injury which would be a bit bizzare
 
That’s all very well but what’s his excuse for all the other games he’s kicked below average in? He’s not a good goal kicker by any stretch of the imagination!

Disappointed in Madge not addressing this problem and just sticking with Marsters. It’s not like last week was the first time that goal kicking has cruelled us. I’m just reading ‘sorry but we don’t have anyone else’ in Madge’s comments of support for Marsters.
 
@snowleopard said:
working overtime on his goal-kicking with club legend Brett Hodgson this week

Thank god, I hope something rubs off. Going out on a limb here but I feel he has some sort of ability, just needs to improve his confidence more than anything.
 

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