Is Blake Ferguson a worse fullback than Braith Anasta?

[Valheru]

If robbo truly believes Latrell won't cope with FB straight away he needs to find another stop gap. Dare I say SKD? Maybe that Joe Burgess can do it?

 

[--Storm--]

I remember saying he'd be hopeless on here 6 months ago and everyone attacked me

 

[Pierced Soul]

joe burgess went well and needs to be retained somewhere in the team. copely is a much better centre than winger. for roosters fans dont despair with fergo at fullback. he'll do something stupid off field soon enough

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Somehow he landed on his ass for the simplest catches multiple times. How does that happen?

Cos he's scared of the impact and likes diving on his ass to avoid contact.

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Fergo was tried at fullback at the Raiders when Dugan was out injured. He failed badly. I was surprised when Robinson decided to give him another crack there. He's just not up to it.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Makes you appreciate the greatness of our Lord Jarryd Hayne when plodders like this grace your football life at the fullback position

 

[POPEYE]

Makes you appreciate the greatness of our Lord Jarryd Hayne when plodders like this grace your football life at the fullback position

Except that Hayne would make a far better Centre than a Fullback, not only do they need to be able to defend the tryline they need to call the team in defence . . . something Jarryd doesn't do well

 

[T.S Quint]

Except that Hayne would make a far better Centre than a Fullback, not only do they need to be able to defend the tryline they need to call the team in defence . . . something Jarryd doesn't do well

Haha, garbage.

 

[Twatface Magee]

Except that Hayne would make a far better Centre than a Fullback, not only do they need to be able to defend the tryline they need to call the team in defence . . . something Jarryd doesn't do well

*facepalm*

 

[gUt]

Off topic but I thought the dragons had the opposite problem, moving Dugan to centre. He looked shizen and old mate wasn't great at the back either.

 

[Walt Flanigan]

The Dugan is wasted at centre.

 

[Johnnie Red]

Off topic but I thought the dragons had the opposite problem, moving Dugan to centre. He looked shizen and old mate wasn't great at the back either.

100% This...Dugan is a fish out of water in the centres. Put him out the back Mary!

 

[--Storm--]

The Dugan is wasted at centre.

And a crap one

 

[--Storm--]

100% This...Dugan is a fish out of water in the centres. Put him out the back Mary!

It wasnt the coaches decision, Dugan asked to play centre

 

[MacDougall]

The Roosters have Omar Slaimankhel in reggies. I remember him absolutely carving NYC a few years back for the Warriors at fullback and was NSW Cup fullback of the year last year. Why not give him a run if you want to ease Mitchell in?

Sisa Waqa is playing reggies for Canberra. Ask Canberra to release him. He's a handy fullback too.

The Dogs have two first grade quality fullbacks in their NSW cup side as well.

 

[roostersrule2]

Omar was the NSW Cup FB of the year last year, and was in the running for the spot but he's looked like complete ass every time I've seen him play. I'm not alone in this either. He's not first grade standard.

 

[Johnnie Red]

It wasnt the coaches decision, Dugan asked to play centre

It's always the coaches decision. Dugan cannot defend in the centres nor can he be an attacking weapon. He looks like he needs the freedom at FB.

 

[Jason Maher]

I agree that is what is being done, but the stupid part is we are doing it with a guy who simply cannot play fullback as our stop gap.

There was a moment at a scrum yesterday where Ferguson tried to pack into lock while defending our line and had to be told to get back in position by Nikorima. It was embarrassing.

If we had a veteran fullback like we had in Mini, then the RTS-style training program for Mitchell would make sense. When you are just shoving some bloke back there whose never played the position before with even a modicum of success you are asking for trouble. We are effectively training 2 people to play fullback at the same time.

Mitchell needs to be back there from next week, with Ferguson moved back to centre where he belongs and SKD shifted to the wing

Added to that, I'd estimate that approximately 99% of the reason you lot let RTS go without a fight was because you didn't want to lose Mitchel down the track.

 

[morley101]

The Roosters have Omar Slaimankhel in reggies. I remember him absolutely carving NYC a few years back for the Warriors at fullback and was NSW Cup fullback of the year last year. Why not give him a run if you want to ease Mitchell in?

Sisa Waqa is playing reggies for Canberra. Ask Canberra to release him. He's a handy fullback too.

The Dogs have two first grade quality fullbacks in their NSW cup side as well.

Sisa is rumoured to be headed to French Rugby.

 

[Mr Angry]

Fullbacks today need to be smart players.
Blake is as dumb as a bag of nails.
He is an athlete but has the footy smarts of a purple monkey.
Not sure what Trent was thinking.