John Bateman #268

balmain boy said:
That because Twal has no power, he's one of the softest runners of the football in the history of the NRL.

That's why he should almost never get passed the ball in the opposition 20. You know as soon as the ball's in his hands he's going to meander to teh defence, get dominated and get a very slow play the ball. Only if we're in a mess and just need someone to take a settler should he ever see the ball in the 20, and even then i wouldn't pass it to him if there were other options who can play the ball faster.
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Come on Twal is more than a plodder. He is a fitness machine. I’d say he doesn’t get over the line because he is not used to being in that position, his job is to make meters and push forward after contact, not dive and squirm or bust through. I reckon this season we’ll see him get through on a face ball from dummy half or a short ball off Doueihi running further out wide.
 
I like simpkin on the bench.. defence was our biggest problem last year obviously.. saw him make 5 tackles in a row in the last trial.. good cover for Api and the middle forwards especially late in the game and with the concussion rule as it is..
DJG said:
Bates won't play till round 4-5 TBH.

Blore starts on the edge

Bench consists of:

Simpkin
Joffa
Twal
Pole
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Needaname said:
Come on Twal is more than a plodder. He is a fitness machine. I’d say he doesn’t get over the line because he is not used to being in that position, his job is to make meters and push forward after contact, not dive and squirm or bust through. I reckon this season we’ll see him get through on a face ball from dummy half or a short ball off Doueihi running further out wide.
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He's got his stregnths sure, but none of them are valuable in the opposition 20. Yet he seems to touch the ball there more than any of our other forwards.
If you're 5m out from the line and have Pole, Stefano and Twal outside you, Twal is not the player you give the ball to hoping to score.

He's due to eventually be in the right place at the right time and Api may be the one to get him crashing over. And sometimes i think he gets passed the ball so much simply because he hasn't scored before, and his team mats are trying to give him every opportunity to do so. But he needs to be put in a hole, he won't create one.
 
bathursttiger1 said:
I’m struggling to see where Joe O fits into the 17 baring injuries.
He was one of our best last year.
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He is much better than Twal. Twal is good but his spot is under pressure. Seyfarth gets a lot of hate but I rate him as pretty close to Twal and a better prospect longer term.
 
balmain boy said:
That because Twal has no power, he's one of the softest runners of the football in the history of the NRL.
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He gets metres and he makes his tackles. He is a real good worker. The thing is he doesn't make an impact and therefore I figure you have him starting and playing 60 minutes but we have Klemmer and Joe O who are going to do the same thing. You need say 240 minutes from middle forwards in total. Klemmer and Joe O take 120 minutes, Pole and Stef take 80 minutes. That leaves 40 minutes for Twal.

Twal is a starter who plays long minutes and enables impact forwards to come on and bash and barge but he isn't good enough to push out Klemmer or Joe O.
 
batboy said:
I think your man misses out if we're fit mate....
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I don't but it's close.

8. David Klemmer
9. Api Koroisau
10. Alex Twal
11. Sean Blore
12. Isiah Papalli
13. Joe Ofahengaue

14. Stefano Utoikamanu
15. Fonua Pole
16. John Bateman
17. Jake Simpkin

If you have a utility on the bench or if we have a middle forward who can give 20 minutes of bash and barge he loses his spot.

He is a decent player. It's more about what the team requires.
 
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