Hohaia
Inu/Fish/Locke
Moon
Ropati
Vatuvei
Maloney
Seymour
Packer
Heremaia
Rapira
Mateo
Mannering
Luck
Berrigan
Lillyman
Matulino
Ta'ai/Brown
Out of this squad I would have
1. Maloney
2. Locke
3. Inu
4. Lance
5. Seymour
Based on what I have seen however I would prefer this:
If I was Ivan I would of had/have intease kicking comps under major pressure over a period of days/weeks in different types of conditions to see who who is the best overall and second to that who is the best in different areas of the field.
eg If we get a Penalty between the 40/50 to the left choose the person that can make the kick 9/10 under the conditions they trained in (cross wind). Another example is chosing the right kicker when we score out on Manu's wing dont choose the overall best kicker choose the best kicker from wide out on his side. Simple Really
Dont let Pride get in the way, Play to Win and take points on offer!
So what I am trying to see we could end up using two or three kickers depending on the situation and whos on the field at the time.
Same theory should be used with positional kicks like 40/20 when we are able to stick with the plan. (choose the best kicker for the type of kick you know you might end of with on the 5th tackle)
But this is already happening right? ;-)
What do I know I only watch the game sorry for the long post.
Welcome.
I like the idea of choosing between kickers based on their personal strengths in relation to the task at hand.
However, presuming we have Maloney, Seymour, Inu playing (as I expect we will) I think you'd find Maloney and Inu would both dominate Seymour from all angles and conditions.
Then I expect the difference between Inu and Maloney would be very small, to the point that you'd just choose one or the other for all kicks. Probably Maloney.
It may be a different case if we had say Moon, as a lefty, trained to kick goals - the difference between and lefty and a right foot kicker could be pretty big.
I may have mis-understood your post entirely though. It's Friday, I shouldn't have to think.:crazy:
Either way, with 11.Mateo 4. Ropati 5. Vatuvei... you know where all the goal kicks are going to be taken from haha
