De Gois: Buy of 2009?

[perverse]

He will never be worth what we paid for him, plain and simple. But I was hoping for a better rub of the green than the 4 games he has managed for us?

yep, i've crossed over from disappointed to extremely f**king disappointed.

 

[Jono078]

Lol thought you were talking about De Gois for a second there!

Cross is probably bust of the year besides Craig Wing in terms of expectations and what theyd bring to the team for the whole year. Can also through Travis Burns in there.

 

[hgfds]

on 2gb they said de gois was pressured into joining the knights as he was given a limited amount of time to agree,he was given a 3 year deal for more money as cron could only offer 2,apparently he was having 2nd thoughts but will come to newc as he gave his word on the deal

 

[Danish Moo Cow]

Forced? God damn 2GB is a hoot with their Knights coverage. I suppose the iceburg was forced to hit the Titanic too.

 

[Inferno]

Don't suppose we could swap him for Seu Seu?

 

[Danish Moo Cow]

Nope, but you can have Snowden for nothing.

 

[Jono078]

DMC... You havnt watched the Sharks this year have you?

Snowden is going bloody well, would love if he were here right now.

 

[Inferno]

I've been quite impressed with Snowy actually. Really starting to hit his straps in recent weeks.

 

[bluesbreaker]

Letting Snowden go is going to cost us a lot more than letting that Pillow and alleged rapist Tilse go.

 

[macavity]

Snowy is one bad tackle away from retirement.

but I guess that can be said of every player, can't it.

 

[bluesbreaker]

Really? he's got a chronic injury? Never even knew.

 

[Danish Moo Cow]

Snowden is a loose cannon and will be a detriment to team harmony before long. He's like Josh Perry, only dumber.

 

[Frederick]

Interesting stat I saw posted in the NRL forum:

who has the most missed tackles this year, kimmorley would be up there for sure

Here are the top 5...

B Kimmorely: 96
I De Gois: 73
T Carney: 62
M Minichiello: 59
N Friend: 58

Wait, that's not interesting. More slightly frightening

 

[macavity]

doesnt tell you who is first in.

ie De Gois, Mini and Friend (and bedsy for that matter) are all first contact defenders - so of course they get bumped off more. compare that to the mr flopsys around, and they will look bad.

 

[Adsy]

Yeah that stat can be pretty misleading.

Be Gois is first in on alot of tackles and also extremely good at one on one tackles. After watching the Manly v. Sharks game and hearing what the commentators had to say the one thing I picked up on was that when there is a big forward on an angled run he will attempted to go high and can get brushed off. Still a very strong defender IMO.

In regards to Kimmorley i reckon 50% of his missed tackles are from his kick chance where he runs 100 miles an hour down field and dives at the kick returner.

 

[MSKnight]

De Gois has trouble with side on tackles. Front on he is sweet.

He is like Buderus though, just launches himself.