Is Latrell Mitchell overrated?

[Chimp]

Don't post on here like you would not have him at your club. For the right money you'd sign him tomorrow. Cos he is a legitimate match winner in every sense. He needs to leave Souths and Sydney itself. He is a country lad at heart pretending he is comfortable in his current environment. Put him at the Knights, Raiders or Cowboys and he carves it up.

He is exactly the sort of player I don’t want at my club - his undoubtedly physical capabilities (on the rare occasions he turns it on) are nowhere near worth all the shit that comes with him.

 

[Penrith fan]

At his best he is sensational

When he is not at his best...

 

[horrie hastings]

At his best he is sensational

When he is not at his best...

Was at his best when he played centre at the Roosters. That seems an eternity ago now.

 

[Penrith fan]

He is better off being a second banana

Rather than the main focus.

 

[yobbo84]

There's 16 clubs in the NRL who would love him as their strike left centre.

Then there's one club who insist he is a fullback.

 

[Vee]

There's 16 clubs in the NRL who would love him as their strike left centre.

Then there's one club who insist he is a fullback.

There's also his ego, he sees himself as a FG fullback.

 

[yobbo84]

There's also his ego, he sees himself as a FG fullback.

2 coaches have managed that ego fine, one hasn't. Half of coaching is managing egos.

 

[Captain Apollo]

There's also his ego, he sees himself as a FG fullback.

Personally, part of that is, I suspect, because of the widely held view that FBs and not centres earn the most $ these days.

 

[Brutus]

Don't post on here like you would not have him at your club. For the right money you'd sign him tomorrow. Cos he is a legitimate match winner in every sense. He needs to leave Souths and Sydney itself. He is a country lad at heart pretending he is comfortable in his current environment. Put him at the Knights, Raiders or Cowboys and he carves it up.

Just not at fullback.

 

[Penrith fan]

2 coaches have managed that ego fine, one hasn't. Half of coaching is managing egos.

This is one of the truest comments I have heard.

 

[Pjf04b]

There's 16 clubs in the NRL who would love him as their strike left centre.

Then there's one club who insist he is a fullback.

There are more than one club that wouldn't touch him. He wouldn't fit into a few clubs culture, like Penrith, Brisbane, ....

 

[blue bags]

Could stop playing origin
Concentrate on Rabbitohs

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Could stop playing origin
Concentrate on Rabbitohs

Might want to concentrate on not getting suspended

 

[Knight Tales]

Can't say I agree with you at all. He has the personality of cancer, he'd destroy a team . There's a reason Roosters let him go. Not worth the money.

Take him out of the side which went back to back in 2018/19 it is very debatable they win either. His flick pass which set up the Tedesco try in the 2019 GF is exactly what I am referring to. He is paid for match winning moments. His influence and impact is undeniable.
He has had his moments that cause ripples for sure. But if you had your money on one player who could do the impossible in a
clutch Moment it is him.

 

[ColdWetPanther]

Take him out of the side which went back to back in 2018/19 it is very debatable they win either. His flick pass which set up the Tedesco try in the 2019 GF is exactly what I am referring to. He is paid for match winning moments. His influence and impact is undeniable.
He has had his moments that cause ripples for sure. But if you had your money on one player who could do the impossible in a
clutch Moment it is him.

Is he still that player though? That was 5/6 years ago?

 

[Dr Dr Gimedanews]

Take him out of the side which went back to back in 2018/19 it is very debatable they win either. His flick pass which set up the Tedesco try in the 2019 GF is exactly what I am referring to. He is paid for match winning moments. His influence and impact is undeniable.
He has had his moments that cause ripples for sure. But if you had your money on one player who could do the impossible in a
clutch Moment it is him.

of for sure moments in games, but his influence on the team around him I think is detrimental. Too much shit flies around the guy. He appears to be a selfish player and not a team player.

 

[Chimp]

Is he still that player though? That was 5/6 years ago?

And at that point, whilst he still had a big ego, it wasn’t out of control, like it is now.

 

[blue bags]

This is where team management comes in

 

[speedster]

He needs to defend in the line. With both his physique and his ego there, that would shorten the gaps in the line considerably.

 

[Dr Dr Gimedanews]

This is where team management comes in

that's right TEAM not individual. He's a grown man, a professional athlete earning a small fortune.