Mbye is the worst fullback in the competition

[Demps]

NSW have so many good options for origin.

Poor QLD - talking up Reed Mahoney & Mbye as possible starters.
The cupboard is empty.

 

[crazycat]

Mbye was a bad buy and a bad choice. I hated him.
Though I have to admit his form against Penrith was great.

Defense, he can read the plays and gets into the right position. He just can't stop the play. he interferes, but does not stop the try. I was worried he would not even read the plays, but he seems to get what is happening just not able to prevent it. This could be worked on.

Ball handling: Yes this is a worry. It's not as bad as say Bryce Gibbs in his day but still a worry.

Attack: I am coming around to liking his attack. He is clearly a halfback playing fullback seeing an opening and pushing a player through, the exact opposite to Tedesco. As a WT fan I love unconventional plays and starting to like this.

Overall I was worried Mbye was a 350K player on a 750K contract from Canterbury with them paying a 250k rider. Now he actually seems to be earning some of his paycheck. He is NOT in the top 8 of fullbacks, but maybe now getting into the top 12.

I honestly hope the Moron's (sorry QLD) pick him on the bench or at Fullback. Being in that setting will improve his game no end.

 

[jirskyr]

I honestly still think some of you miss the point. It's not just that Mbye is good half the weeks and bad half the weeks - does the team provide a platform to allow him to play at his best every week?

E.g. Mbye does not drop a couple of tough bombs if we stop Roosters putting up 100 tough bombs.

The real question is - if Tigers are consistently playing well, does Mbye then play well? Are Mbye's "good matches" this year a result of the team allowing him to play well.

It's meaningless for Tigers if Mbye plays well every week but the rest of the side does not keep that up. It's like vintage Robbie Farah, where around 2008 he was absolutely fantastic every single week, but that didn't matter when the rest of the team wasn't there with him.

What we need to do first is stop focusing on Mbye or Brooks or one specific other dude and instead focus on the entire team playing to 80%+ of ability every week, developing performances week on week.

THEN you judge the real capability of your most important players in the most important positions.