Huge wrap on Parramatta Eels' 17-year-old Bevan French

[Bazal]

He's been run over plenty of times on the wing. Going low either allows a crashover try or invites the offload.

Funny you weren't whining about his defence when I said exactly the same thing about him being one of our best five backs and a lock for FG a few months ago

Couldn't be that you just want something to argue about, could it?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Funny you weren't whining about his defence when I said exactly the same thing about him being one of our best five backs and a lock for FG a few months ago

Couldn't be that you just want something to argue about, could it?

My point was that you can hide a legs tackler at fullback. Why do you think Mitch Moses was introduced to first grade there?

 

[84 Baby]

Because Tigers had two other halves and no other fullback?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Except the Tigers used Rowe, Hitchcox and Blake Austin at fullback after Moses moved to the halves. And while Moses was at fullback they used Curtis Sironen in the halves.

 

[Happy MEel]

He's been run over plenty of times on the wing. Going low either allows a crashover try or invites the offload.

Seeing as though you have no evidence that he has been run over plenty of times on the wing, I'll refute that and say he rarely gets run over on the wing.

 

[84 Baby]

Except the Tigers used Rowe, Hitchcox and Blake Austin at fullback after Moses moved to the halves. And while Moses was at fullback they used Curtis Sironen in the halves.

Coaches play players out of position all the time though, right? Why, I'm reminded of a similar occurrence just last week...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Seeing as though you have no evidence that he has been run over plenty of times on the wing, I'll refute that and say he rarely gets run over on the wing.

Yeah fair enough.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Coaches play players out of position all the time though, right? Why, I'm reminded of a similar occurrence just last week...

And there are reasons beyond short term benefit to the team. Sometimes it's just best for the player.

 

[84 Baby]

Like Gunco to fullback?

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

I was gunna say to Twizz, that it's not Pou's fault that the injury thread has turned into one about selections, it was some merkin who speculated on how we'll get out of this mess.....

From Monday (about 4000 posts ago).

Just as well we have plenty of backup. Is this the kind of injury that'll force Arthur's to shell out for a mid season transfer to save our season? Or can we cover it from within the squad?

Then I realised.

 

[strider]

He's been run over plenty of times on the wing. Going low either allows a crashover try or invites the offload.

Name 3 examples

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Name 3 examples

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[Happy MEel]

Take your pick:

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The first four are not what I would describe as being run over. The last one I'm pretty sure 99% of players would have done the exact same thing in the same position in cover defence.

I'll give you two occasions from that list that he wasn't able to put a good shot on. Hardly "plenty of times".

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The first four are not what I would describe as being run over. The last one I'm pretty sure 99% of players would have done the exact same thing in the same position in cover defence.

I'll give you two occasions from that list that he wasn't able to put a good shot on. Hardly "plenty of times".

Those are just the times for which we have video evidence.

Anyway we know he gets overpowered regularly. Merkins were whinging about it when he played fullback. How much more so on the wing where players are more isolated?

 

[strider]

Take your pick:

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I will give you 2 of them ... find me 1 more

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I gave you seven and you'll f**king take the lot of them.

 

[hineyrulz]

I gave you seven and you'll f**king take the lot of them.

And the examples as well??????

 

[T.S Quint]

He's been run over plenty of times on the wing. Going low either allows a crashover try or invites the offload.

Also invites a quick play-the-ball.

 

[forward pass]

He is developing a pretty amazing highlights reel young Bevan.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Merkin can finish, that's for sure.