Halves

[InBenjiWeTrust]

Our development is not great. How do you develop a half and keep him from being recruited form the roosters?

Au contraire, Kepaoa, Bula, Feledy, James, Pole, Matamua, Tupou .....
instead of Nofoaluma, Tamou, Packer, Seifarth, Roberts, Eisenhuith...

 

[wonka]

I think we should try Jake Simpkin at halfback, better than buying deadbeats like Flanagan.
He can fill the role until we land someone decent like Trindall.

 

[aturkey]

If we summarise what most supporters see as the problem and want in our number 7, we want someone who will be heavily involved regularly receiving the ball at first receiver, bringing our forwards onto the ball with the option to run, kick or play out the back when warranted.
We want someone who is a natural leader, very vocal who drives his team mates and wants to win at all costs.
We want someone who can make individual line breaks, score individual tries, but also be able to straighten the attack, dig deep into the line and cop a hit to create for his outside men when required.
We want someone who has a good long and short kicking game and have the playmaking skills required to have their fair share of line break assists and try assists.
We want someone who plays tough, defends aggressively and is not a liability when defending.
If they can be a 90% successful goal kicker that would help too.
If we are being honest does this player or anything close to this player exist ?
Nathan Cleary, Nicho Hynes and Adam Reynolds tick quite a few of the boxes, but nobody else comes close.
Of the ones not already regular starting at NRL level, I’d say it’s only Braydon Trindall or Jayden Sullivan who even have the potential to come close to the number 7 we want and need at Wests Tigers.

The problem is we don't have any young gun halves the most promising ones we have are in sg ball and

Holy s we just want a halfback who has a decent kicking game and passing game to start. It's not Luke Brooks or This Perfect Player That Doesn't Exist

Those arent the only options

 

[tony soprano]

Hastings nut hungers will be dissapointed tonight

 

[Camel2281]

Hastings nut hungers will be dissapointed tonight

Ponga playing for them has the same effect as Brooks playing for Wests

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Ponga playing for them has the same effect as Brooks playing for Wests

ahh yes deflect on Hastings poor game, we can't have a negative comment about old Jacko can we
He was as bad as ponga

 

[Demps]

ahh yes deflect on Hastings poor game, we can't have a negative comment about old Jacko can we
He was as bad as ponga

I didn't think Parramatta played that good.
Lots of errors.
Yet were able to pile the points on.

Interesting game.

 

[loklok]

ahh yes deflect on Hastings poor game, we can't have a negative comment about old Jacko can we
He was as bad as ponga

I agree .Hastings was ordinary again tonight

 

[Glenji95]

ahh yes deflect on Hastings poor game, we can't have a negative comment about old Jacko can we
He was as bad as ponga

Ponga was way worse than Hastings was. Wasn’t his best game tonight, but he’s still doing better than our 7. How many games has Brooks won for us this year?

 

[Merlot]

Ponga is a larger stone around their neck then Brooks is our;s

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

I didn't think Parramatta played that good.
Lots of errors.
Yet were able to pile the points on.

Interesting game.

agree parramatta were not that good

 

[loklok]

Ponga is a larger stone around their neck then Brooks is our;s

And they are on similar money.
And they have good forward packs to succeed

 

[jadtiger]

Ponga is a larger stone around their neck then Brooks is our;s

Only because he is signed to a longer deal and Brooks comes off contract this year.The club may extend his contract but imho we need a new 6 and 7 because i doubt if AD will be much use to us either as his 3rd ACL on the same knee will be very hard to get over

 

[Camel2281]

ahh yes deflect on Hastings poor game, we can't have a negative comment about old Jacko can we
He was as bad as ponga

Yep. The whole Newcastle team were terrible tonight. Just commenting how they were playing well, then they're big money half comes into the team and they fall to pieces. Exactly like us

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Only because he is signed to a longer deal and Brooks comes off contract this year.The club may extend his contract but imho we need a new 6 and 7 because i doubt if AD will be much use to us either as his 3rd ACL on the same knee will be very hard to get over

Ponga's big issue is the potential concussion issues especially playing 6. would think soon they will push him back to fullback

 

[Tucker]

Yep. The whole Newcastle team were terrible tonight. Just commenting how they were playing well, then they're big money half comes into the team and they fall to pieces. Exactly like us

Just like ours, he is I’ll suited to his position.
The guy is a fullback.

 

[liltiger]

Ponga is a larger stone around their neck then Brooks is our;s

They'll use concussion when the times right to get out of his contract with a medical retirement.

 

[Merlot]

They'll use concussion when the times right to get out of his contract with a medical retirement.

management should be pushing him that way now

 

[liltiger]

Ponga's big issue is the potential concussion issues especially playing 6. would think soon they will push him back to fullback

His confidence would be shot aswell in defence, he would be worried about not getting involved in serious contact. If he stays at 6 then any team they play just need to run their big men at him all game.

 

[liltiger]

management should be pushing him that way now

Same as Keary only one away from retirement.