Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[clontarfkid]

Talk in some of the media is Starford will be bound for Brookvale season's end.

Looks like he just passed his audition!

 

[weststigers]

Jake

Jake Who??

The Snake

 

[Buttface]

The Snake

Pliskin?

 

[balmain boy]

He continues to improve under the high ball and is now as good as any rival fullback in the NRL in catching high balls, especially the ones under pressure.
He would be great in a team that makes plenty of line breaks and half breaks where his primary attacking role is backing up and finishing off try scoring opportunities.
Unfortunately for us we don’t have enough of those type of players to really benefit off his main strength.

In our team we need our fullback to be ripping teams to shreds first and foremost. We have playmakers etc, we need players who can break the line. And the fullback is usually the number one running threat in most teams.

He has his moments he just doesn't make things happen by himself. Yes he's good attacking in the air but that's a secondary skillset. Only useful when you have a bomb landing 5m out. If you can rip through the line you can do so anywhere on the field which makes you a massive threat.

Part of the blame for his lack of development is on him, the other part is on Benji for not building around his strengths more. He would do well to watch lots of video of Edwards in the offseason

 

[balmain boy]

Tall and light.
His Mrs carried him over the threshold
He needs to work this FB role out, I don’t see any other spot for him.

He's just never filled out. Kini has a more solid build despite being younger. Not express speed, not powerful enough to bust through a tackle. He's got to work out who he is and how he'll impact the game

 

[balmain boy]

The only thing Manly have better than us is speed and genuine attacking threat on their edges and out wide.
If you have this, the rest of their team just need to do their job, nothing more nothing less.

All they have is players who can win you a match....
Of which we have few, if any.