@wokesmoke said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1110258) said:
Edene gebbie MIGHT be a name you hear in coming weeks
Didn’t he only sign with Souths quite recently?
Not too sure but what’s it really matter these days anyway? He’s probably the best fullback and winger at the club. About to see how much they rate him I believe
What would our plans be for him? Short term wing, long term 1 (if the plan is for AD to take the 6).
I don't think you could play him on the wing - he's tiny and doesn't seem like he's got much tackling ability.
Haven't seen enough of him to assess his tackling ability but I can't recall him being overly short. Wiki says 6ft.
He is very fast. Not a great defender. His attack stats are outstanding in Intrust Cup.
https://www.qrl.com.au/players/intrust-super-cup/wynnum-manly-seagulls/edene-gebbie/
JAC and Koirobete were thought of similarly in defence and look what that resulted in
Those 2 blokes were/are still pretty ordinary defenders though.
JAC did extraordinarily well in SOO when he had Mitchell and Walker inside of him. It was a nightmare night but he made many tackles our wingers couldn't due to his pace. This defence issue was the narrative raised time over at our club and look where both players are now and where we are with our wingers. Both were are great finishers from all over the park.
Great finishers yes.
Great defenders....nup. JAC lets as many in as he scores.
JAC missed 17 tackles last season in 23 games (16 tries), was actually reasonably well down the list for wingers
Top try score Sivo missed 23 in 25 games (22 tries)
Our wingers misses: CT (22 games) 25 misses, DN (14) 21
Jennings (18), Momo (11) & Fonua (11) missed 13-16 each although don't know winger/centre split
About one a game for our guys, but one and a half for Nofo
Nice stats mate, good job!
Wingers aren't noted for their defence but I was just countering some of the posters that were insinuating that JAC and Korobeite turned into great defenders once they left WT.
You defend as a unit .....and if that unit fails the wingers end up looking bad
Agree. So when Nofo gets flamed for being a useless defender is that on him or the team as a unit?