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| Quote PopTart="PopTart"It's just the way the game has developed.
If you went back to a winger who can't do anything but finish a flowing move you will lose as your forwards will be tired and the opposition will score tries for fun challenging your winger in the air.
It use to be the joke that the winger could freeze to death on the wing in a game played down the middle. That's a pretty inefficient use of your players.
If you have 13 players and two of them stand still until you get close to the line in attack, then you have a lot of players getting tired.
Now saying that, if you are the size of say Regan Grace, you can still succeed as long as you do what he does and step the defenders or at least run at a gap. They may still tackle you but it won't be a heavy front on tackle.
Senior as an example seems to thing he's Dwayne Johnson and tries to power through defenders. Never going to happen.
Kershaw, and I assume Lineham have the muscle power and leg drive to hit the tackle and still make yards.'"
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What is happening with our other out of contract players.
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Sorry if I've missed it' but has the LK move been announced officially yet?
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| Quote 1315trinity="1315trinity"Sorry if I've missed it' but has the LK move been announced officially yet?'"
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| Quote jonh="jonh"No just a very strong rumour.'"
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Personally instead of Lineham I'd have signed Lachlan Walmsley from Haven...pace to burn, knows where try line is and can kick
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| Quote steve1g="steve1g"Personally instead of Lineham I'd have signed Lachlan Walmsley from Haven...pace to burn, knows where try line is and can kick'"
And if he were that good he’d have been signed by Saints. The games history is littered with such players, big stars in the lower leagues but utterly out of their depth in SL, we’ve had a fair few.
Sometimes a punt pays off but when you can get an utterly proven player like Lineham why would you even consider it. For a club like ours with a tiny budget it would be suicidal.
We will start next season with two highly proven SL wingers, that to me is far better than just one and a total uknown quantity on the other.
It’s a huge no for me.
Note: that’s not to say I don’t think he’s any good, he could turn out to be brilliant, but he’s not worth the risk. If we are going to take risks let’s take them with our own youth players. |
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| Quote steve1g="steve1g"Personally instead of Lineham I'd have signed Lachlan Walmsley from Haven...pace to burn, knows where try line is and can kick'"
That would've gone down really well.  |
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| Quote steve1g="steve1g"Personally instead of Lineham I'd have signed Lachlan Walmsley from Haven...pace to burn, knows where try line is and can kick'"
He`s a quota player and he is unproven at this level and you would rather sign him over a proven SL winger that is number 1 choice at a top 4 club? It just doesn`t make sense. |
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Financially it makes perfect sense as it would free up money to recruit a proven SL/NRL quality player in a position we need it more, such as prop, hooker or a replacement for Westerman
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| Quote steve1g="steve1g"Financially it makes perfect sense as it would free up money to recruit a proven SL/NRL quality player in a position we need it more, such as prop, hooker or a replacement for Westerman'"
But we then limit ourselves to an Non-Quota player as we waste our last spot on a back up winger? |
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I suppose, as ever, it boils down to who we retain/release and availability of players and budgets
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