Blake Lawrie

[slippery5]

BTW If you understand props he has no need to get faster
He needs to just learn to position his body st impact by getting a fraction lower to bounce off a few tackles and be a little bit harder to put down
A bit of footwork that will come in time and good coaching

I can see what you are saying would help him, but he has Very slow twitch muscles, which impact on him getting in position after he is involved in a tackle usually allowing the dummy half to take advantage of it & it's obvious coaches have instructed them to run from there after he has made a tackle. I feel it's dae sha vu in some thinking he is a work horse just like Leeson Ah Mau who also had his critics & some ( me) feel we need to set the bar higher.
All good if you think he is to a standard you think he can go onto in coming years, but I don't & believe so. Personality was the only reason Timms was not given a go ahead of him, because he out performed Lawrie in every aspect of the game.

 

[SEAT 1A]

He been a shag on a rock in the front row after Graham left and Vaughan's coffee break.

He's only 23, he was put on the rack yesterday and came back on, got bashed and asked for more.

Can't wait for next year and hope he rips in.

 

[to_ddeath]

Has terrible goal line defence, submits too easily in tackles & lacks impact.
Basically the current version of D.Hunt, not a fan & cant see him being part of a high-achieving squad going forward.

 

[slippery5]

Has terrible goal line defence, submits too easily in tackles & lacks impact.
Basically the current version of D.Hunt, not a fan & cant see him being part of a high-achieving squad going forward.

Ouch, I was trying to be nice about him, those who think he shows any sign of good things to come, even under a different coach should name a team in the top 8 ( other than Sharks) that he would get a start.

 

[redv13]

I can see what you are saying would help him, but he has Very slow twitch muscles, which impact on him getting in position after he is involved in a tackle usually allowing the dummy half to take advantage of it & it's obvious coaches have instructed them to run from there after he has made a tackle. I feel it's dae sha vu in some thinking he is a work horse just like Leeson Ah Mau who also had his critics & some ( me) feel we need to set the bar higher.
All good if you think he is to a standard you think he can go onto in coming years, but I don't & believe so. Personality was the only reason Timms was not given a go ahead of him, because he out performed Lawrie in every aspect of the game.

Not one other team picked up Timms. Wonder why....

 

[slippery5]

Not one other team picked up Timms. Wonder why....

What, you think that not getting a start in 1st grade for others to see him had something to do with it?
Spud Carrol said personally to him "he was an NRL player every day of the week"
When Harry Grant was talked about by Sterlo on his signing with the Tigers he said "he can't comment because he hasn't seen him play 1st hand"

 

[Forbes Creek Dragons]

Lawrie topped our metres at 167 and 75 of those were post contact. This was in 48 minutes and would have gone higher if not injured for a period. Sometimes I see criticism and think I must be seeing a different game. Then I check the stats and my suspicions are confirmed. Stats don’t lie.

 

[This Year?]

He always has a go and I can't ask for anything more than that as a fan. I thought he had a great game against the Storm.

 

[Auntie.Gerald]

I suspect the two areas Lawrie needs to improve the "most" are:

Initial contact in defence in general
Initial contact in defence on the line

The kid plays above his weight and his age for a prop
He is a goer and well worth keeping if we can add more dynamic players around him.
He is on peanuts and does a good job which has been a nice trajectory of improvement this season

I must admit I am surprised Lawrie gets more criticism the say a few others in the team

 

[SIR LANCELOT]

We on this forum do have a habit of kicking butts don't we. Things can only get better lads.

 

[hewi]

Who is on the biggest money Tariq Sims or Lawrie? Who puts in the biggest effort? I’ll take Lawrie any day on what we have seen this season.

 

[redVinme]

Who is on the biggest money Tariq Sims or Lawrie? Who puts in the biggest effort? I’ll take Lawrie any day on what we have seen this season.

Tariq Sims looks like he has lost all flexibility. He's on old legs.

 

[Jersey No 14]

A much needed rest - New coach Great off season will do the trick with this one

 

[Forbes Creek Dragons]

Who is on the biggest money Tariq Sims or Lawrie? Who puts in the biggest effort? I’ll take Lawrie any day on what we have seen this season.

Tariq actually had good stats yesterday, maybe some fitness and he can be back to his best.

 

[hewi]

Tariq actually had good stats yesterday, maybe some fitness and he can be back to his best.

Would love to see him back to the form where he hounded Keary I think out of the game against the roosters. Soooo good.

 

[tumbidragon]

Would love to see him back to the form where he hounded Keary I think out of the game against the roosters. Soooo good.

We really need him to fire next year with Tyson gone and the JDB case in hand. Vaughan seems to of checked out also. Not a lot of leadership or exp up front... To compound that, our up and coming forwards have been given very little gametime considering the season was gone 10 Rnds. ago. Cheers Team McGregor/Young.

 

[ALSGI]

We really need him to fire next year with Tyson gone and the JDB case in hand. Vaughan seems to of checked out also. Not a lot of leadership or exp up front... To compound that, our up and coming forwards have been given very little gametime considering the season was gone 10 Rnds. ago. Cheers Team McGregor/Young.

Even if they can fire TSims up he’ll miss most of the season through injury or suspension at best.
Time for alternatives Imo.

 

[tumbidragon]

Even if they can fire TSims up he’ll miss most of the season through injury or suspension at best.
Time for alternatives Imo.

Tend to agree mate. We're well behind the 8 ball with our pack. Hopefully Hook can work a recruitment miracle.

 

[Forbes Creek Dragons]

Even if they can fire TSims up he’ll miss most of the season through injury or suspension at best.
Time for alternatives Imo.

Maybe, hopefully it was just one of those years. Suspensions can be fixed somewhat, hopefully his injuries are behind him. I would agree with you if there were better options.

 

[The calm one]

Has terrible goal line defence, submits too easily in tackles & lacks impact.
Basically the current version of D.Hunt, not a fan & cant see him being part of a high-achieving squad going forward.

Lacks impact. That's why he tops the metres gained for our front rowers. Whatever shit your on is doing your head in. Stay calm and get off it