- Apr 11, 2020
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What and who do you believe you would have in your 17? Staggs in the centres? Flegler?what the hell is this
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What and who do you believe you would have in your 17? Staggs in the centres? Flegler?what the hell is this
1. tesi/cobboWhat and who do you believe you would have in your 17? Staggs in the centres? Flegler?
1. CobboWhat and who do you believe you would have in your 17? Staggs in the centres? Flegler?
Agree with this side but if Tesi misses out on the fullback spot I don't think he is currently a better Centre than Herbie, a fit and firing Brenko or even Hoeter and could put arthurs in the convo too (he's done his job when there)1. tesi/cobbo
2. oates
3. tesi/cobbo
4. staggs
5. farnworth
6.gamble
7. Reynolds
8. Carrigan
9. turpin
10.Haas
11. Capwell
12. riki
13. Hetherington
14. paix
15. fledger
16. robati / piakura / palasia
17. james
yeah that is true , i feel as tho tesi's defence at centre is not up to standerd .Agree with this side but if Tesi misses out on the fullback spot I don't think he is currently a better Centre than Herbie, a fit and firing Brenko or even Hoeter and could put arthurs in the convo too (he's done his job when there)
if Herbie remains at centre then Nene, Peiria, Issako and Mead come into the picture.
what the hell is this
Could be a nice option as a utility off the benchI wouldn’t be shocked if Martin gets a run mid year. He had a lot of potential coming through and was a good runner. Could be a good partner for reynolds
Totally agree with thisIf we are still running a turpin 9 and paix 14 combo to begin with next year, it could be viable for turpin to shift back to a ball playing lock when hetherington needs a breather (around the 25min mark), with paix coming on to play 9.
Turpins time at 9 and history at 7 would indicate a decent pair of hands to play that "connection" role between the forwards and backs. Even though he is smaller, he is still one of the heavier hitters in our team so our defensive line would not suffer too much (which it can when hetherington and turpin are off at the same time).
In the last game against Newcastle, when hass got injured he played this role (until he broke his jaw) and our structures looked pretty good.
Jake is a terrific tackler, but you have to be careful taking a hooker's defensive stats at face value and assuming it might translate to another position. Payne, for example, racks up his numbers as first tackler, taking down front rowers running at him full belt. Jake is often the bloke taking their legs out after the hard work has been done. Plus there's the positional advantage being the marker. Move these guys out a little wider and they're going to get hit a lot harder.Turpin would be a really good lock if he was a bit bigger. If he could put on 5-8kg he could have a fair crack at it.
Cotter has done pretty well for the Cows transitioning from hooker to lock, but he is a bit bigger than Turpin.Jake is a terrific tackler, but you have to be careful taking a hooker's defensive stats at face value and assuming it might translate to another position. Payne, for example, racks up his numbers as first tackler, taking down front rowers running at him full belt. Jake is often the bloke taking their legs out after the hard work has been done. Plus there's the positional advantage being the marker. Move these guys out a little wider and they're going to get hit a lot harder.
Speaking of hookers, I don't know what kind of stats Paix would rack up starting in first grade but I've seen him put on a few enormous bellringers in the ISC. Picked them up like a wheelbarrow.Cotter has done pretty well for the Cows transitioning from hooker to lock, but he is a bit bigger than Turpin.
I would have robati at 17 given his greater utility. He can cover 2nd row but has demonstrated he can slot just as easily into the middle rotation when needed.Totally agree with this
I think some of Turpins best footy he has played has been when he was playing in the halves or in that sort of ball playing role.
Would you then move Hetherington into the middle rotation and maybe carry a Piakura on the bench?
Or carry a guy like Robati who can play middle or edge and keep Kobe as a Turpin replacement?