2nd QLD Winger for State of Origin ?

[Fieldsguy]

Thanks Ashley, nice to see you.

Origin is not won in attack- it is won in DEFENCE...an aspect Ash Graham is terrible at!

He is no worse than Boyd in defence, did you watch his pathetic shirt grabs last week?

 

[lockyno1]

He is no worse than Boyd in defence, did you watch his pathetic shirt grabs last week?

I gather you have never played fullback...it is near impossible to stop people 1 on 1 as a fullback, Slater is probably the only one in history that has had some success. Boyd will be there and rightfully so.

Justin O'Neil is better

 

[Pigskin]

Barba would be a huge liability in defence. I'm not sure how Copley is being picked for the Broncos let alone Qld. Will be Tatey, Tonga or Neilsen surely. None of them would let us down.

Oink !

 

[Fieldsguy]

I gather you have never played fullback

I gather you have been arrested several times for the theft of oxygen.

 

[Bretto]

I gather you have been arrested several times for the theft of oxygen.

Mate, if oxygen theft was an indictable offence, half this forum would fair dinkum be in jail.

 

[Didgi]

I gather you have never played fullback...it is near impossible to stop people 1 on 1 as a fullback, Slater is probably the only one in history that has had some success. Boyd will be there and rightfully so.

Justin O'Neil is better

Bowen is better than Slater at one on one defence.

Whoever said Moga is geniused. I brought him up earlier as a joke... he's several years off.

 

[gUt]

If not Boyd it should be Bowen imo.

 

[parra-matters]

it will be Boyd or Ash Graham.
Bowen is a fullback and thats it. So unless you don't pick the most inform player in the game in Slater then Bowen has to miss out.

 

[betcats]

Since when is making a one on one tackle so hard? If one player makes a break with no support at all i expect my FB to tackle him more often then not.

 

[gUt]

Bowen has played wing before and he's in form. He'd be fine

 

[Didgi]

Since when is making a one on one tackle so hard? If one player makes a break with no support at all i expect my FB to tackle him more often then not.

Of course, more often than not. Some players manage to do it pretty much every time.

 

[Fieldsguy]

Bowen has played wing before and he's in form. He'd be fine

Yes he would be.

 

[Patorick]

Tate!

 

[Big Pete]

Good on him.

Now he needs to prove himself.

 

[Fieldsguy]

Good on him.

Now he needs to prove himself.

Tate is solid as a rock for Qld, unlike the ahem other winger/fullback/crybabysookylala :lol:

 

[Big Pete]

2 serious knee injuries ago

And that was mostly at centre too.

 

[Fieldsguy]

2 serious knee injuries ago

And that was mostly at centre too.

Tate with two broken knees will put in more than crybaby with a broken heart.

 

[some11]

You're sooking more than Boyd now, give it up Ashley.

 

[betcats]

I gather you have never played fullback...it is near impossible to stop people 1 on 1 as a fullback, Slater is probably the only one in history that has had some success. Boyd will be there and rightfully so.

Justin O'Neil is better

Since when is making a one on one tackle so hard? If one player makes a break with no support at all i expect my FB to tackle him more often then not.

Of course, more often than not. Some players manage to do it pretty much every time.

Fair enough, I was just wondering how that first one slipped through.

 

[lockyno1]

Fair enough, I was just wondering how that first one slipped through.

It is difficult to defend footwork- Slater and Stewart are actually probably the 2 best at it, whist Bowen does it through speed. That said a fullback is on a hiding to nothing, you are flat footed as a fullback, the attacker has all the momentum, don't pretend it is not difficult to stop the attacker- it is. It is why Slater is seen as what he is- he saves as many as he scores.