Not sure about Lino but if Rocky doesn’t play who’s our first choice kicker

Lino, 64 goals in 40 games roughly, so he has a boot on him.



Funny thing is I thought the better Hampshire played towards the end of last year the less reliable he seemed to be as a kicker.

Other available kickers include Max & Batch. Did I also recall Eddie kicking goals for London as well?

Lino good stuff.dad always said a good goal kicker is 10 points a match garanteed

Put Broughle on a "retainer" and bring him over from Odsal when we need him.

Westerman was a decent kicker ..as long as his leg doesn't fly off ..

True but it needs to be a player who’s on for 80 minutes and they are getting rarer by the year.

I know its a while ago, but didn't Miller do a bit of kicking.



All things considered, I would rather keep it between Max and Rocky, depending on who's on the field at the time.



As another possibility, some say Arundel could be pushing a first team spot, and he's kicked a few before.

I really don't care who does it but I'm sue CC stated he was being signed partly because he was a goal kicker. May have dreamt this.

We should use the best kicker that we have but, they need to be playing (and kicking goals) every week.

If Lino is decent, he is the obvious choice, with Jowitt and Hampshire as back up.

For me, Jowitt was better than Hampshire when given the chance.

Max is an excellent kicker and great cover for Mason if Mason he gets the nudge .

64 in 40 games doesn't sound like an awful lot, so I presume he was the stand-in for the regular kicker when injured so they came in a small number of games, which suggests he's handy. Being handed the tee when Ponga was injured isn't a bad reference, if that's how they came about.

I presume he was, all I know is that CC mentioned him as a goal kicker.



64 is more than you'll ever manage

In the three games he started for Newcastle towards the end of the season he was the kicker.

48 in 17 games for Newcastle during 2019-2020 looks a much better indication

85% success rate in 2019 (33 from 39)

94% success rate in 2020 (15 from 16)



Looks like a decent kicker to me

In the majority of the 40 games he played, he would not necessarily have been the kicker.



His 64 successes came from a lot less than 40 games - does someone want to go through the games 1 by 1, to see who was doing the scoring?

I'd be happy to get it off the tee

Yeah, that's what I meant, that he wasn't first choice, but being second choice behind Ponga shows he is good. I can't remember if Mitchell Pearce is a kicker.



There are a lot of very good kickers who don't necessarily end up as first choice. Westerman was first choice at Cas when young but not when he went to Hull, because Tickle was there.



Perhaps the first choice ends up being the pick amongst those players who don't do as much work. Why have a tired number 9 kicking when you can have a fresher number 1, if their skills are broadly at the same level?

I'd be happy to get it on the tee with my bad back

It’ll be a major success getting your booits on

.....Says the man who can't even see his own feet.....

Been tested positive at work BG so might just might shed a few pounds over the next 10 days

That's not good.



Take it easy

At least the wife moves into the spare bedroom

Take care BLM