Lawrence and Taylor...

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Going with the theme…

Will JT drop him...if he continues to display poor form...
 
@gallagher said:
Taylors been dumped before as coach, I doubt he'll flinch at dropping under performers.
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100% with you here.
Not a lot of coaches get another chance - this is his job and he won't want to lose it by playing anyone under performing for too long.
Pretty sure he'll tell the players what he expects… from there it's up to them to play like first graders.
 
GEO,I think Lawrence will look back at 2014 and be disappointed in himself,Taylor I think will let him know if he can't perform in the top squad,then it's to State Cup,Lawrence I think can and will perform better in 2015,he knows some new experienced players are coming and to keep his spot he must do very well every week… 😛ray: :sign:
 
I hope it is one of the first thing he does.

Lawrence has this annoying habit of putting in the odd decent game to give his supporters the "Back me next start" in horse terminology. Then he turns up and runs lame again tailed off.

He is FINISHED in the centres as a first grader. He just does not cut it at all. I don't care if he plays well once every 4 weeks it is not good enough.

Put him in the back row in the lower grades and tell him its his only hope of playing first grade
 
Not a lot of coaches get another chance - this is his job and he won't want to lose it by playing anyone under performing for too long.
Pretty sure he'll tell the players what he expects… from there it's up to them to play like first graders.

^I think this is what we need.
JT has to be ruthless. Other coaches are. JT wasn't my first choice, but if he can get them all on the same page and maybe have some competition for positions, we will be better off. Don't know if Lawrence is a back row option or not- but I think we can improve the Centres without him. Lawrence is a hard trainer and a professional but maybe his time has passed. Hopefully JT can improve him or have the guts to punt him.

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I think Chris will be the type of player JT will really want to work with. He is intelligent, professional, listens, super fitand plays the game hard.

Granted his blistering pace is all but gone but I think JT will want some role models for the younger brigade. I think he will work with him to evolve Chris into another player (hopefully most likely on the left edge as a back rower)
 
@Geo. said:
Going with the theme…

Will JT drop him...if he continues to display poor form...
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I would be telling Rowdy to retire in all seriousness.
 
If we can't offload Chris I would play him 5/8 in NSW Cup where he then becomes an experienced back up for Austin/Moses. Paul Fletcher was hamstrung in NSW Cup with weak halves. He could build the team around Rowdy. I see Chris regularly as he lives nearby. He is too small as a back row option when you look at the sides who made the top four this year
 
You only need to compare him to the current centres in the game. He's just not to their standard. Even in his hey day i think he may have struggled up against the current centres. They are just bigger and faster now. Even defensively he's just ok. Faster being the place where he really lacks in comparison. As Gus Gould says 'You can't coach speed'.

It's hard for me to say that, as I am a fan of Lawrence, well his past performances, but as a club, we are only as strong as our weakest. Sorry Chris, but time to retire, move on or find something you are good at.
 
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