Why Thompson should not be fullback.

[McQueen_Magic]

Thompson is not up to it.

The dropped ball for the Lomax try can happen, and the penalty try was a bit dumb, but at fullback that happens (All be it, it happens to Thompson alot more than others...plenty of examples of this stuff last year).

But mainly, he is out of position every set. Saints could have scored 3 tries off kicks in the first half just on the basis of his position play. Even the dropped ball off the grubber was because he was out of position and had to run at a ridiculous angle. Then in attack, he completely stifles our backline sweeps.

Then of course, he makes more basic errors at the back than any other fullback (He did the same thing vs Dragons, Raiders etc last year).

 

[innsaneink]

Zzzzzz..... That's the spirit

 

[4jtigers]

The game is not even finished yet... geez

 

[Tcat]

I agree. We should be aiming higher. Yeah It's game 1, but I think AD needs to be our fullback this year and Thomson a back up utility option if there's injuries.

 

[fair dinkum]

ummmmmmmm because we have Dewey??

The End

 

[Sabre]

Because he's not a fullback

 

[jirskyr]

He was poor tonight I agree, except tackling fairly sound. Kick defence position was average and a few costly errors.

 

[hobbo1]

Thompson is not up to it.

The dropped ball for the Lomax try can happen, and the penalty try was a bit dumb, but at fullback that happens (All be it, it happens to Thompson alot more than others...plenty of examples of this stuff last year).

But mainly, he is out of position every set. Saints could have scored 3 tries off kicks in the first half just on the basis of his position play. Even the dropped ball off the grubber was because he was out of position and had to run at a ridiculous angle. Then in attack, he completely stifles our backline sweeps.

Then of course, he makes more basic errors at the back than any other fullback (He did the same thing vs Dragons, Raiders etc last year).

But he forced 2 huge errors making Frizell bomb 2 Try scoring opportunities..

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

Thompson is not up to it.

The dropped ball for the Lomax try can happen, and the penalty try was a bit dumb, but at fullback that happens (All be it, it happens to Thompson alot more than others...plenty of examples of this stuff last year).

But mainly, he is out of position every set. Saints could have scored 3 tries off kicks in the first half just on the basis of his position play. Even the dropped ball off the grubber was because he was out of position and had to run at a ridiculous angle. Then in attack, he completely stifles our backline sweeps.

Then of course, he makes more basic errors at the back than any other fullback (He did the same thing vs Dragons, Raiders etc last year).

But he forced 2 huge errors making Frizell bomb 2 Try scoring opportunities..

even on his bad day, he is 10000000 times better than Jennings!

 

[TheDaBoss]

Negative nillys

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Thompson is not up to it.

The dropped ball for the Lomax try can happen, and the penalty try was a bit dumb, but at fullback that happens (All be it, it happens to Thompson alot more than others...plenty of examples of this stuff last year).

But mainly, he is out of position every set. Saints could have scored 3 tries off kicks in the first half just on the basis of his position play. Even the dropped ball off the grubber was because he was out of position and had to run at a ridiculous angle. Then in attack, he completely stifles our backline sweeps.

Then of course, he makes more basic errors at the back than any other fullback (He did the same thing vs Dragons, Raiders etc last year).

Sorry mate . The reason he is “out of position “ is the defensive tactic of fielding 13 men in the defensive line . The Grub we behind the defensive line to the corners is the known weakness , and they train to limit that . But as the saying goes if they’re going to score , they can score in the corner .
Otherwise you are correct.

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Thompson is not up to it.

The dropped ball for the Lomax try can happen, and the penalty try was a bit dumb, but at fullback that happens (All be it, it happens to Thompson alot more than others...plenty of examples of this stuff last year).

But mainly, he is out of position every set. Saints could have scored 3 tries off kicks in the first half just on the basis of his position play. Even the dropped ball off the grubber was because he was out of position and had to run at a ridiculous angle. Then in attack, he completely stifles our backline sweeps.

Then of course, he makes more basic errors at the back than any other fullback (He did the same thing vs Dragons, Raiders etc last year).


Sorry mate . The reason he is “out of position “ is the defensive tactic of fielding 13 men in the defensive line . The Grubber behind the defensive line to the corners is the known weakness , and they train to limit that . But as the saying goes if they’re going to score , they can score in the corner .
Otherwise you are correct.