OFFICIAL Esan Marsters [Discussion]

[JC99]

Marsters has definitely got worse. He always struggled in defence but he’s not even making as many metres and scoring as many tries as he did last season.

Joey Leilua despite his brain dead suspension is a much better player. He was just finding his form too before he got suspended, I hope he comes out next week looking super fit

 

[tigerap]

Marsters has definitely got worse. He always struggled in defence but he’s not even making as many metres and scoring as many tries as he did last season.

Joey Leilua despite his brain dead suspension is a much better player. He was just finding his form too before he got suspended, I hope he comes out next week looking super fit

Saw him at a KFC drive through recently.... :-(

 

[Magpie1969]

Hope he recaptured some form but hey not our problem. I bet he was a lazy trainer that's why Maguire said good bye. I still believe AD will come good. He might be carrying an injury at present

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

No AD hasnt been tried at 6 or centres but dont think he is a fullback, out of position with kicks etc. Just reminds me of Esan in that he had the good year everyone praising him then wham....
Think AD might be a bit like that good at multiple positions but not really great at any
and yes he has been tried at centre

 

[Geo]

Marsters has definitely got worse. He always struggled in defence but he’s not even making as many metres and scoring as many tries as he did last season.

Joey Leilua despite his brain dead suspension is a much better player. He was just finding his form too before he got suspended, I hope he comes out next week looking super fit

Saw him at a KFC drive through recently.... :-(

That is breaching NRL biodiversity protocols..

Hope no one else was watching..

 

[bigsiro]

No AD hasnt been tried at 6 or centres but dont think he is a fullback, out of position with kicks etc. Just reminds me of Esan in that he had the good year everyone praising him then wham....
Think AD might be a bit like that good at multiple positions but not really great at any
and yes he has been tried at centre

Centre is an odd position nowadays. Definitely not the glamour position it used to be. There are all kinds that can play there, I reckon it suits AD.

Did you say he has or hasn’t been tried there? (you kinda said both😬)

 

[JC99]

Marsters has definitely got worse. He always struggled in defence but he’s not even making as many metres and scoring as many tries as he did last season.

Joey Leilua despite his brain dead suspension is a much better player. He was just finding his form too before he got suspended, I hope he comes out next week looking super fit

Saw him at a KFC drive through recently.... :-(

That’s no good ? he looks good in some training pics I saw though. Four weeks of fitness should have him going alright

 

[Newtown]

As a second rower in Canterbury Cup he used his side step very well. Playing centre he did lack speed but cemented his centre position in Wests tigers 1st grade because of a lack of centres and goal kickers

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

sorry Sirro i meant AD had been tried there for a few games

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Yeah it's quite disappointing that he hasn't realised his potential. He was awful last year. Not a patch on his earlier days with us. He's only 23 or something, he has his best years still in front, if he doesn't pull his finger out he will wind up being a career reserve grader.

 

[cochise]

No AD hasnt been tried at 6 or centres but dont think he is a fullback, out of position with kicks etc. Just reminds me of Esan in that he had the good year everyone praising him then wham....
Think AD might be a bit like that good at multiple positions but not really great at any
and yes he has been tried at centre

I think centre will be his best position.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

centre of five eight moving forward not fullback

 

[cochise]

centre of five eight moving forward not fullback

I don't think he is a 5/8th from what I have seen.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Madge has signed some great young players i think AD was a bit of a panic signing kind of a jack of all trades signing e.g. where is his best position, centres probably robs talai etc from getting a shot

 

[tigerap]

AD will become over the next 2 years a marginally better than average fullback...What will hold him back is his lack of genuine speed that the really good ones have..Allow him time to develop his game....

 

[Tigerbuck63]

Esan Marsters was good in 2017-18. No good after that. Never improved, in fact, he went backwards.

Agree had one good season with us, was'nt progressing wanted more $ and Madge thought better, that's why i think our Roster is improving the coach makes the decisions on who is worth keeping, word is a lazy trainer as well as mentioned by another forum member.
I actually think Lawrence is playing better than he did last season.
Wish him all the best hope he rediscovers his form, new coach in FNQ might have to pull up his socks but no longer our concern.

 

[Tigerbuck63]

Madge has signed some great young players i think AD was a bit of a panic signing kind of a jack of all trades signing e.g. where is his best position, centres probably robs talai etc from getting a shot

Well agree needs to work on positional play better and slow coming back, but he is also fairly safe not that worried about him under a high ball, hits the line hard, he always gives 110%, good team player that wants to improve.
Where his best position is think we will know next season.

 

[ElleryHanley]

AD could fall into the same boat as Esan, cant quiet nail fullback centre or five eigth.
Esan had that one good year

Not even close.

AD is a footy player...he burns after losses, he wants it 'bad'. Possible future captain.

Esan is a big bloke who found himself playing footy...likely English SL bound sooner rather than later.

 

[rihannafan1]

become

Talented and confident player. Whatever we can do to get his hands on the ball as much as possible is a benefit for us.

 

[851]

In all honesty I was upset we lost him, just because I thought if we persevered he would have come good. But it’s obviously not happening.

We do that a lot, and it hardly if ever works, sometimes you just cut your losses, we are slow learners