Josh Kerr departs

[JubileeJeffro]

Couchman twins will be way better than Kerr imo

 

[SaintPeter]

Always been a plodder. Tries hard, and probably a good bloke, but we need forwards with more pace than he has.
The game is too fast these days for slow forwards.

 

[Gourley's Socks]

Always been a plodder. Tries hard, and probably a good bloke, but we need forwards with more pace than he has.
The game is too fast these days for slow forwards.

And yet our top prop makes most of his post-contact metres on his hands and knees. But he seems like a top bloke too.

 

[Maddragon99]

Josh Kerr to leave at seasons end.
1 down more to come.
Off to the Dolphins.

Not a massive loss but I do expect him to improve under Bennett as so many players have.

 

[TheRev]

Enter w fafita way ahead of Kerr same age

True, but they say Age 28 is when a Prop reached their prime, im watching Sele tonight who is 26... but we have a habit of developing forwards until they are finally ready for 1st grade.. then having them poached.. Fifita is 22 & years away from a legit 1st grader.. he's barely impacting reserve grade thus far.. but absolutely he should be a prospect if his head is screwed on..

If you count the couchman(s) as props then yeah there is an issue fitting them all on the bench... they are only 19 though.. and I dont even think they are props.. I think its a call for the incoming coach.

He's the only middle forward offloading the ball at the moment, has been having a good season. Shame to lose a point of difference

100% you need different body shapes in your pack, we have lots of toilers.. but Kerr is big tall, fast with fast play the balls, offloads, can score tries.. our early wins were basically off the impact that Kerr gave us.. he's now coming into his prime and once again he's poached away... clearly Wayne has no idea what hes buying.

 

[True_Believer]

I posted this in "the other place" but it is also appropriate for this thread.


We are the just the best at talking up someone after having criticised them for years.

Every departure is seen as a some monumental loss and reinforces people's desire to criticise the club.

Kerr is no doubt a good chap and tried hard but he is no world beater or game changing prop he is adequate in given circumstances.

Of course the argument will be "but he is just coming into his prime" well why the f**k didn't we wait for someone else to develop him and then buy him like the Dolphin's have done and how is it he is coming into his prime when everyone is of the opinion we can't coach anybody anything?

Good luck to Josh and I hope he has a good career ahead of him but he will certainly need to have some hard heads in the engine room with him for him to be any chance of influencing many games.

I will use a couple of examples from tonight. Host and Sele. They were serviceable and did their job. But they aren't stand outs. Both played here and we were expecting miracles from them. This is not their role. Same as Ford now. He slots in well to a well established team but isn't the game breaker that we need. This is what Kerr is. He's serviceable and will look great in a team with much better players - as he would have here. But he isn't going to be the player we need going forward.

Sorry OT, I know you have links to Host, but that is the way I see it.

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

I will use a couple of examples from tonight. Host and Sele. They were serviceable and did their job. But they aren't stand outs. Both played here and we were expecting miracles from them. This is not their role. Same as Ford now. He slots in well to a well established team but isn't the game breaker that we need. This is what Kerr is. He's serviceable and will look great in a team with much better players - as he would have here. But he isn't going to be the player we need going forward.

Sorry OT, I know you have links to Host, but that is the way I see it.

I agree...but Host and Sele > Tika Masala and Musgrove....why let young serviceable players go and sign old/ shitty unwanted players from other teams?

 

[True_Believer]

I agree...but Host and Sele > Tika Masala and Musgrove....why let young serviceable players go and sign old/ shitty unwanted players from other teams?

Host and Sele left before Hook.

 

[redv13]

Host and Sele left before Hook.

Correct. They both got f**ked over by peanut Paul

 

[mickeylane]

Leaving the Titanic, who can blame him

Why would he wanna leave the Dragons?

 

[hewi]

Why would he wanna leave the Dragons?

Il have to ponder that as nothing springs to mind.

 

[VodkaSaint]

Why would he wanna leave the Dragons?

he had no choice , he wanted stay so Blady

 

[Gardenia]

Leaving the Titanic, who can blame him

Yep. Along with a lot of the women as well.

 

[redV06]

He wanted to leave at the end last year but we didn’t want to pay for any of this years deal so dolphins waited.

 

[possm]

Happy for Kerr as I think Bennett will get the best out of him just as he has with Aitken, Essa Essa and some second rate players from other clubs.

 

[JubileeJeffro]

True, but they say Age 28 is when a Prop reached their prime, im watching Sele tonight who is 26... but we have a habit of developing forwards until they are finally ready for 1st grade.. then having them poached.. Fifita is 22 & years away from a legit 1st grader.. he's barely impacting reserve grade thus far.. but absolutely he should be a prospect if his head is screwed on..

If you count the couchman(s) as props then yeah there is an issue fitting them all on the bench... they are only 19 though.. and I dont even think they are props.. I think its a call for the incoming coach.


100% you need different body shapes in your pack, we have lots of toilers.. but Kerr is big tall, fast with fast play the balls, offloads, can score tries.. our early wins were basically off the impact that Kerr gave us.. he's now coming into his prime and once again he's poached away... clearly Wayne has no idea what hes buying.

Is this the same Josh Kerr!!! Big, tall, some offloads ok….fast, fast play the balls and wins off his impact are enormously generous statements of his impact and talents… he always seemed in slow motion to me, can’t recall him breaking the line and didn’t really have the speed to be an edge runner which is where I think he could be best suited. Good luck to him but let’s not rewrite history as another great lost due to ineptitude of management

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

Host and Sele left before Hook.

Yes mate. I know. They have been doing the same dumb thing since 2012

 

[thebigredv]

Just to rub it in, the departing Kerr plays his heart out and looked a world-beater in the last passages of play.

 

[Coffs dragon]

He was our best and most dangerous player and played the least minutes.
He’d be wrapt in his decision after witnessing that inept shit.

 

[getsmarty]

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