Lawrence.

Halatau at centre…OK

Lose a game = Drop Lawrence far many worse than him today
 
@Geo. said:
Halatau at centre…OK

Lose a game = Drop Lawrence far many worse than him today
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Lawrence offers nothing Geo , he runs it like a Forward anyway , no speed , has butter hands , can't catch bombs .
Even Lovett was doing the same job as him in his Debut game vs the Titans in Round 1 playing in the centres .
All our tries came from Simona's side , Naiqama is being wasted outside him IMO .
 
He's certainly not a strike centre anymore and is merely a stop gap solution I feel.
 
@southerntiger said:
Lawrence did little wrong. We have bigger problems to worry about.
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What are they, southerntiger?

To me, it's the lack of impact and speed of Farah these days, the bench lacking a genuine terrior of a forward (Taupau used to play that role, but Sue and Ava and Jack don;t provide it), the lack of impact of Lawrence is significant, and the halves are rocks or diamonds…..mostly rocks. When we get 22 points or so in front, surely a structured, powerful, committed effort is all that's required. We didn;t have much of that today, and I don;t know how it's going to get better in the short term.

Interested to hear your thoughts on our "problems".
 
^^^

Farah needs to improve, Brooks needs to get his defence in order. Sirro needs to start performing. We need a bench with some impact but leave the starting pack as is. Moses needs to get more involved and run the ball.
 
The only way to get Lawrence and his Agent into action mode and for him to ask for a release from his final year of his Contract is to drop him to Reserve Grade and tell him that his services are not required unfortunately .
I know his on big dollars this year and next year but after 2016 he will have no value as a player for sitting in reserve grade collecting his big money , force his hand IMO as cruel as it sounds that is the only way you might get him to go . Otherwise he will continue to be a Pedestrian in the Centres.
 
I'm a fan of Lawrence but also concede that he has no impact at centre, he would probably make a quality centre in England and hopefully all the stakeholders at WT think the same including Chris himself.

I see a lot of comments after games about Chris having had a solid game and not doing anything wrong but for those comments I can only ask what has he done right and do you expect more from a strike centre in attack?
To be a real contender in the premiership race we need a centre that creates opportunities for his outside man and also scores try's himself, Chris has now gone 15 or so games without scoring a try, not good enough if we're serious about mixing it with the big boys!
 
Lawrence is no longer an effective centre!…time for a move to the backrow or NSW Cup...When Nofo returns he should slot in Lawrence's place
 
Just have to bide our time till the end of 2016, cos until then, i have a strong feeling he'll be made of teflon
 
Most here agree that Lawrence is way past his best and is merely making up numbers in the first grade side, so why is he such a protected species with the coaching staff? Like Potter before him, Taylor can't seem to bring himself to drop Lawrence and try and inject some new blood in the three quarter line, either. It's getting beyond the joke really. If you want to win matches, you have to make tough calls - if a player or players are routinely out of form or not contributing anything on the field then they must be axed! I don't care who the hell they are or how much the club is paying them - keeping serial non-performers in the top grade does nothing but harm to the team's chances of making the eight. Surely enough is enough!
 
Poor again. Unathletic. Their try off kick he looked useless in the air. Late in game with minutes remaining takes a hit up and gets tackled on last near half way. Absolute no creativity.

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@beachtiger said:
I'm a fan of Lawrence but also concede that he has no impact at centre, he would probably make a quality centre in England and hopefully all the stakeholders at WT think the same including Chris himself.

I see a lot of comments after games about Chris having had a solid game and not doing anything wrong but for those comments I can only ask what has he done right and do you expect more from a strike centre in attack?
To be a real contender in the premiership race we need a centre that creates opportunities for his outside man and also scores try's himself, Chris has now gone 15 or so games without scoring a try, not good enough if we're serious about mixing it with the big boys!
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:bawling i have to agree!

ive been pretty happy with him being a more 'solid' type centre this year, but it is very hard to argue with everything you have said.
 
Its a real shame coz this kid was destined for great things before getting injured

He may not remain the quickest on the field or the best defender but he has a lot more courage than some.
Moving him to 2nd row is not the answer either, will be like Sirro, just bump and grind style but hardly any punch.

He has missed games for us and his replacements havent faired much better
There are other players i'd tap on the shoulder or put on notice before Rowdy.

I want to leave emotions out of this one but i hope and pray he ends up having a "marvelous" season in 2015
 
Hes been crap for years, but finally it seems even his most ardent supporters are seeing through this joke. I thought both today and the last few weeks actually, were some of his better games. At least he's not dropping the ball constantly and running out of play. As for Halatau as his replacement, that's a joke right? I seem to recall that happening last year with Akoula on the wing and it was a disaster. He's not fast, not even kind of fast.
 
@grrrrrrrrrr said:
Poor again. Unathletic. Their try off kick he looked useless in the air. Late in game with minutes remaining takes a hit up and gets tackled on last near half way. Absolute no creativity.

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When he ran it on the last, he looked lost, like he was 18 and it was his debut, and he was heavily concussed.

Not like one of the most experienced, who once even played five eighth, and should surely be capable of a kick.

As for the high ball, we are atrocious generally in that regard, especially in attack. But Lawrence is the worst.

Ava showed him how to do it though on the kick off. Hope he was watching.
 
He runs harder than some others on our team, and has done his job when required.
He was out jumped by Croker, but he wasn't the first and he won't be the last, plus both Croker and Lee had the inside jump. More support from blockers and that wouldn't be a problem.

He got caught on the 5th tackle, not the 6th, so that argument is irrelevant, and he was involved in two try savers today: one swatting the ball dead (quite athletically, mind you) so Croker couldn't get to it, and two helping Tedesco hold up Vaughan.

On past form from the last few years he has not deserved a spot, however this season I think he has hardly put a foot wrong. We may have more dynamic youngsters as options, but performances like this show that we can't just pick a team of 17 kids.

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@guyofthetiger said:
@grrrrrrrrrr said:
Poor again. Unathletic. Their try off kick he looked useless in the air. Late in game with minutes remaining takes a hit up and gets tackled on last near half way. Absolute no creativity.

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When he ran it on the last, he looked lost, like he was 18 and it was his debut, and he was heavily concussed.

Not like one of the most experienced, who once even played five eighth, and should surely be capable of a kick.

As for the high ball, we are atrocious generally in that regard, especially in attack. But Lawrence is the worst.

Ava showed him how to do it though on the kick off. Hope he was watching.
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It wasn't actually the last tackle…
 
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