Chris Lawrence

[Tiger05]

I reckon Lawrence has a spot in our side however the problem is the money that he is supposedly on.

He isn't worth top dollars at this point.

 

[madunit]

I just did a statistical comparison between Chris Lawrence 2010 and Chris Lawrence 2014, as of today. All figures are averages. Better of the two in bold

Mins
2010 - 76.1
2014 - 75.6

Touches
2010 - 15.04
2014 - 15.42

Runs
2010 - 9.00
2014 - 10.42

Metres Gained
2010 - 80.60
2014 - 89.00

Metres Per Run
2010 - 8.96
2014 - 8.54

Tackle Breaks
2010 - 2.20
2014 - 1.47

Tackles Made
2010 - 16.44
2014 - 15.58

Tackles Missed
2010 - 1.84
2014 - 1.42

Successful Tackle %
2010 - 89.93%
2014 - 91.64%

Offloads
2010 - 0.48
2014 - 0.63

Line Breaks
2010 - 0.60
2014 - 0.21

Handling Errors
2010 - 0.64
2014 - 1.37

Penalties Conceded
2010 - 0.24
2014 - 0.37

 

[madunit]

Lawrence has had more handling errors in his last 8 games this year (17) than he did in all 25 of his games in 2010 (16)

 

[Shanghai Charlie]

Lawrence has had more handling errors in his last 8 games this year (17) than he did in all 25 of his games in 2010 (16)

Many many of these have been terrible service. Balls behind him or at his head etc

 

[madunit]

Its a combination of that and his positioning/speed.

 

[Southern Shark]

Lawrence and Ashyford have lost their mojo. Or have they just been dwarfed by the huge centres in 2014. Pretty hard to compete unless you look like the Michelan Man in 2014. Just look at Souths. Nearly all bulging out of their jumpers. The athletic centre is dying out of the game.

 

[Wizardman]

Sell him to the highest bidder....Trigaboff should pay him out in an ideal scenario

 

[TYGA]

No bidders champ just $400k+ on the salary cap. Not even Ricky is that desperate to take him

 

[interest88]

Still a good steady center, bit slower but good defender,

 

[madunit]

Its his capability defensively that should see him move to the back row

 

[Tiger05]

Its his capability defensively that should see him move to the back row

I used to think this but I'm starting to think its a bad option. I don't think he is big enough to play in the backrow. I suppose he would be a fast backrower but I figure why not let him play in the centres and see how he goes with good players around him.

 

[madunit]

Utter nonsense

 

[Tiger05]

Utter nonsense

Do you think he would be a big barnstorming backrower ?

 

[gronkathon]

Its his capability defensively that should see him move to the back row

The lines he runs are that of a power backrower anyway these days.

 

[madunit]

Do you think he would be a big barnstorming backrower ?

I think he would be fast straight running backrower, much Luke Lewis 2-3 years ago.

You need one of those in your pack.

He's also a good defender.

I'll put it to you this way, He'd make the transition to the back row better and a lot faster than Sironen will.

 

[madunit]

The lines he runs are that of a power backrower anyway these days.

exactly

 

[Tiger05]

I'll put it to you this way, He'd make the transition to the back row better and a lot faster than Sironen will.

With our lack of options in the centres I think we should stick with him there for the moment. I also think we need a big pack that can belt it up. We still get rolled sometimes in the forwards.

It might work though.

I'm not convinced that Siro has been a failure either. Its hard to judge him when we've been playing so crap.

 

[madunit]

Siro is a ball player instinctively.

Lawrence plays like a backrower already.

I'd consider Sironen at Centre & Lawrence in the back row, than the other way around.

 

[madunit]

Lawrence stats for 2014
21 games, 1596 mins
331 touches
226 runs for 1890 metres (8.36 metres per run and 90 metres per game)
2 try assists
31 tackle breaks
13 offloads
4 Line Breaks
4 Line Break Assists
27 Handling Errors (19 of which were in the last 10 games)
6 penalties conceded

330 tackles made, 33 of which were 1-on-1 tackles
15 ineffective tackles
30 missed tackles.
4 tries scored.

 

[Magpies Forever]

Lawrence stats for 2014
21 games, 1596 mins
331 touches
226 runs for 1890 metres (8.36 metres per run and 90 metres per game)
2 try assists
31 tackle breaks
13 offloads
4 Line Breaks
4 Line Break Assists
27 Handling Errors (19 of which were in the last 10 games)
6 penalties conceded

330 tackles made, 33 of which were 1-on-1 tackles
15 ineffective tackles
30 missed tackles.
4 tries scored.

Thanks MU. How does that compre to a few years ago before he had his hip injury?