Idris the Aggressor

[Eddie]

I must have watched a different game.

Was sitting level 3 so got a birds eye view.

He had plenty of problems early in terms of getting burned for speed and reading numbers.

He is a sitting duck out in the centres.

When he hit he hit hard, however they exploited him early.

 

[happy_tiger]

I must have watched a different game.

Was sitting level 3 so got a birds eye view.

He had plenty of problems early in terms of getting burned for speed and reading numbers.

He is a sitting duck out in the centres.

When he hit he hit hard, however they exploited him early.

I don't think anyone is arguing with you Eddie , but he is certainly headed in the right direction , Taylor said he would a 10-12 week work in progress

He certainly is putting in , which was many's concerns

 

[Eddie]

I like his attitude Happy don't get me wrong.

There is no lack of effort there.

 

[Harvey]

Better in the centres for defence than Kev. That should help the winger stay on the sideline because while he may have blokes try to get around him, one on one they will avoid the contact because they will cop a shot.

Might be a verty good mentor for Suli in the centres with Lawrence.

 

[Muffstar]

Best aggresive defensive performance by a tigers player that i can remember. At least 3 tackles had the crowd of their feet. Pace will pick up with match fitness. I dont think its his pace thsts the problem, we just seem to be always short on the right hand side.

Disagree, he has always been slow and Jennings really showed him up today. Move him to forwards maybe coming off the bench but not in the backs anymore.

 

[Milky]

I don't think he is injured. Someone posted a photo with him from after the game, looked fine.

 

[VanillaThunder]

Not too much shame in being beaten for pace by Michael Jennings, and on one break down that edge he was keeping pace with Semi fairly well. He's never going to be able to match it with a Jennings or Roberts or the like, but once his match fitness picks up a bit more he'll definitely be of even more value. Do think he can work on setting up his outside man better though.
Like was pointed out elsewhere though, we were missing him in the centres a few times when he got caught putting a shot on in the middle.
A Chee-Kam & Suli edge would be a good compliment on the other side I think, at least until we find a capable winger (Suli definitely seems to be a centre).

 

[jirskyr]

Thought he was our best.

Teddy and mckillrick probably.

But he killed it. Now can anyone explain to me how a normal wrestle tackle that could take 5-6 seconds to complete whilst the attacker is walking and making metres continually is better than a player like idris hitting hard, stopping them in a dominant tackle that you can lay on lomger and the attackers not making any extra metres??

God i hate this slow attempt at wrestling. Not one of our forward pack hits hard. Its an embarressmemt.

Because a wrestle tackle lets you control how the ruck works. A dominant driving hit is not consistent, sometimes you miss, sometimes you hit but they glance and jump to their feet.

The wrestle lets you slow the attack, put the attacker on his back, some players peel off and the markers pull away whilst the attacker gets back to his feet, by which time the line is reset.