OFFICIAL Taylan "Tiny" May #301

[rihannafan1]

He's

Richo will extend players on the way , he could not be that dumb to leave them all till then , May snr and Bulla first up

Richo has done very well with recruitment. Kinda surprised anyone would think he's gonna make mistakes resigning these blokes.

 

[Tucker]

2 premiership rings and despite the hiatus,seems to have come back playing as well if not better than ever...
Makes him one of the better centres imo
But its immaterial..see how he goes next year
More concerned about Toa tbh,but we have the kid in waiting

What 2 premiership rings?
He has only played 21 games as a centre.

 

[clontarfkid]

What 2 premiership rings?
He has only played 21 games as a centre.

..of which 7 games were first us and one of our best in each of them
Plus he clearly knows how to win
Works 4 me

 

[gregjm87]

I agree that as an all rounder, Critta is better.

But as a centre, and just a centre, I think they are basically on par - but with Taylans speed and acceleration off the mark, he'd be my preferree option...

Food for thought:
I reckon if the Bulldogs played Critta at 6 and Burton at 7 (instead of the failed Galvin experiment) they could have won the comp this year.

Critta looks soooooooo damn dangerous when he's drifting across field.. he draws in soooo many more defenders than your average 6 or 7 because of his size.. and he can throw a very strong and fast passes to his outside men once the overlap is created.. h

I can't remember which bulldogs game it was this year, but critta got more involved and basically took on the role as 1st/2nd receiver.. the dogs looked the best in attack they had all year... I was surprised Ciraldo didn't shift gears and give him more of that responsibility

Something that you see often in junior reps that you never see in 1st grade is players playing different roles throughout a game.

I think Crichton is the best defensive centre in the game. He needs to defend at centre. It will also reduce his work load a little being out there. He absolutely should be more involved in attack be it taking on the role of the one and 6, not just for a few plays but the whole game.

We are starting to see centres take on a fullback role in attack during good ball sets. In junior reps however you often see a halfback defend at fullback to protect him from tackling in the front line. You see backrowers defend at centre to shut down and opposition attacking threat. You see centres and wingers constantly swap positions in attack when the centre has more pace whenever an overlap is on. NRL players mostly stick to their lane with very little tactical shuffling and I've never understood why.

 

[gregjm87]

2 premiership rings and despite the hiatus,seems to have come back playing as well if not better than ever...
Makes him one of the better centres imo
But its immaterial..see how he goes next year
More concerned about Toa tbh,but we have the kid in waiting

He has no premiership rings. His form since returning has been excellent, particularly after so long out of the game. I am happy to say I was wrong as I didn't see it coming, he never played any good for Penrith in the centres previously (yes he had a very good season for them on the wing).
I think he still has some way to go, as well as need to sustain form for more than 7 games, to say he is one of the better centres in the game. He is however certainly tracking to become such.