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jameswk wrote:.......... he did look like he was trying to run off a knock..................
Unless he's changed. . . he'll always look like that. Or be off the park with a knock. He's physically a big lad with heaps of natural ability . . . . . but limited bottle, IMHO.
Hope you guy's pick it up soon . . . but not for the next two matches or at least the match after next
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IMO he really really didn't want to be on the pitch in the second half - Limped his balls off, until he got the ball, ran it in quite good and then limped some more afterwards.
Slugger McBatt wrote:Doesn't punch his weight, or he certainly didn't when he was at Bradford. Too laidback, which is a shame, as he is potentially a great player. Remember seeing a Boots n All report on the Pryce brothers, and Leon hinted that Karl needs a boot up his jacksy just to make it down the stairs. Just the way he is.
He punched his weight last night, knocking defenders off every time he took it in, bit unfit but that is expected, he absolutly creamed one of the Cas wingers into touch aswell. He played well I thought, one of the positives from the game. If he gets a bit of match fitness there is no reason he wont be in the England squad come end of the season if he carries on like last night, I was impressed.
Current thoughts - Mago out or get running up them plantations, get fit or get rid. Maybe a back up halfback, someone with a bit of experience on a short term deal. Big tall strong running second rower, like a McMeekin or Sironen type back rower.
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Slugger McBatt wrote:My opinion is based on a Bradford game at Wakey, when on a number of occasions he was facing a winger much smaller than him (Wayne Price, if my memory serves me correctly), when it seemed like he all he had to do was run hard and the other winger had no chance. Instead, he shimmied, tried to think his way past him, by which time the cavalry had arrived. If someone would just remind him that he is a massive bloke before he takes the field, then he will do okay, but I think he forgets that.
Tbh he did a lot of this last night too. He seemed to want to step round people rather than going through them and ended up virtually tackling himself on more than one occasion. He did look promising though.
Promising but what's the deal with his injury? Was the fact that he was limping after every tackle he took the result of his old injury, a knock he picked up during the game or just because he's a big drama queen?
MadDogg wrote:Promising but what's the deal with his injury? Was the fact that he was limping after every tackle he took the result of his old injury, a knock he picked up during the game or just because he's a big drama queen?
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Easy to say, and I doubt if Nobby will do this, but I believe he could be a real threat to opposition when fully fit, and he aint gonna get that playing a game then two off, if we are serious about this guy as we seem to be, we need to keep giving him game time if he's fit, that's the only way we will know if he can deliver what I hope he can, the guy's a fekin monster, coached correctly and fit, he can do some serious damage for us.
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