number 6 wrote:posted this on the quarter final thread but seems to have beenburied amongst the throat and wrist slitting on the main board. (small edit as wanted to add more)
Our backline is embarrassing, even the sheffield eagles backs had more pace than our a&e brigade in the cup game!
If yeaman is our first choice centre next year it shows radford clearly has his favourite. Back up a best next year.
Michaels may have good games in defence but is another who offers little going forward
Sa is done imo. Biscuit bones. Need to cut our losses
Talanoa. Better in centre, wasted on the wing , put lancaster outside him! now!
Naughton, has pace but a bit lightweight, still lots of potential
Lineham, our only strike player and he has been sold off and now has ben crooks (not going to get into an arguement on his positioning and defence, especially when the likes of yeaman shoots out the defensive line! the lad had genuine pace!
Who we bring in will be crucial, we need two brick poop houses in the centres
Should be looking to bring Lancaster through for the rest of the season and next season
get in the 8 and sacrifice the top 8 games, better than being bottom 4
Agree with pretty much everything you've said, however, Micheals has being our best defensive 3/4 IMO (misses fewer tackles per total tackle count than Shaul,Lineham, Yeaman & Talanoa) , he also makes fewer errors/game than all the 1-5 backs and yet makes more metres/carry than Yeaman & Lineham. Given he's had feck all when it comes to getting the ball at all in attack never mind in space I think criticism directed at Micheals is unfounded, he is the least of our problems quite frankly, I'd rather keep him than yeaman all things being equal.
What we need is a creative/flair centre like the SL dream team centre our coach got rid of, Radford couldn't develop a dose of the clap in a whore house when it comes to the backs and Crooks was an especially bad situation that we won't resolve without paying big bucks for an Oceanic player, Inu would be perfect as the blockbusting centre but I just can't see him coming.
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Michaels is solid, good defence and runs well and makes good metres, but he has very little skill, has he made a break yet this season, he would never have scored a try like Naughton did against Cas, on Friday he had a bit of space and was caught within 5 metres by Watklins (who is fast, but you would think a winger would get further than that).
He is Ok as a winger, but not big enough for the centre, so not sure why he is being compared to Yeaman, pretty average signing for a quota player and wont have come all the way from Australia for small money either.
Just remembered he did make a break and score a good try against Catalans at home, but that's about it.
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knockersbumpMKII wrote:What we need is a creative/flair centre like the SL dream team centre our coach got rid of, Radford couldn't develop a dose of the clap in a whore house when it comes to the backs and Crooks was an especially bad situation that we won't resolve without paying big bucks for an Oceanic player, Inu would be perfect as the blockbusting centre but I just can't see him coming.
Crooks failed to develop at all while in Australia for the last yar. Was that Radford's fault as well?
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Kosh wrote:Crooks failed to develop at all while in Australia for the last yar. Was that Radford's fault as well?
The fact that he did not make the first team down under does not mean that he failed to develop at all. Powell has obviously seen something in Crooks and I would expect his assessment, with his record on signings, to be rather more accurate than your rather dismissive post. It probably was Radford's fault he went to Australia in the first place though.
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Dave K. wrote:Michaels is solid, good defence and runs well and makes good metres, but he has very little skill, has he made a break yet this season, he would never have scored a try like Naughton did against Cas, on Friday he had a bit of space and was caught within 5 metres by Watklins (who is fast, but you would think a winger would get further than that).
He is Ok as a winger, but not big enough for the centre, so not sure why he is being compared to Yeaman, pretty average signing for a quota player and wont have come all the way from Australia for small money either.
Just remembered he did make a break and score a good try against Catalans at home, but that's about it.
Can understand what you're saying, but to say he's not big enough for the centres? Granted he's not the size of Pomeroy or Webster. But id say he's bigger than both Leeds, Saints, and Rovers centres for a start without bothering with all the teams in SL.
Regarding his contract situation, I expect him to leave due to the rumoured signings plus the fact he's a quota player who will no doubt be earning a good pay.
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A unknown superstar wrote:Can understand what you're saying, but to say he's not big enough for the centres? Granted he's not the size of Pomeroy or Webster. But id say he's bigger than both Leeds, Saints, and Rovers centres for a start without bothering with all the teams in SL.
Regarding his contract situation, I expect him to leave due to the rumoured signings plus the fact he's a quota player who will no doubt be earning a good pay.
He is nowhere near the size of Watkins and Turner.
Keiththered wrote:The fact that he did not make the first team down under does not mean that he failed to develop at all. Powell has obviously seen something in Crooks and I would expect his assessment, with his record on signings, to be rather more accurate than your rather dismissive post. It probably was Radford's fault he went to Australia in the first place though.
That's true, but the fact he couldn't even make 2nd grade does.
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*1865* wrote:Do we have the slowest, least skillful set of backs in the league?
I'd say we do.
Lineham is a good winger, but Talanoa & Michaels just aren't. Sa is made of biscuit & Yeamo's Yeamo.
Massive overhaul needed here.
Probably especially highlighted on Friday by the calibre of players they were up against. When fully fit, does anyone else think that Leeds' current 2-5 is possibly the best SL has seen? Saints '05-'06, Wigan '01, Bradford '03 other contenders.
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Hadn't got this far before my post.
