Match Discussion: Round 14 vs Sea Eagles @ Lottoland

[Bring it home Knights]

What also seems to have changed is that we don't have a fwd playing out wide to help out the centres. That used to be a characteristic of the team.

Very true. I used to love the days when Simpson and Kennedy were playing out wide,
running on to the ball hard and creating havoc.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Very true. I used to love the days when Simpson and Kennedy were playing out wide,
running on to the ball hard and creating havoc.

And more recently Scott and Smith would be out on our right.
I reckon Brown wants the centres to hold their own hence his desire for a 'tall outside back' and currently playing Wardle there. We still get fwds out wide but not as prominent.

 

[NK Arsenal]

Wardle out and Elliot in to centres. Is Wardle injured?

 

[Hardcore_Fan]

Yeah he's got a niggle.

Surely gagai goes back to centre and Elliot back to fullback or Ross to centre and Elliot to wing.

Not that any of those positional changes will matter in the slightest.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Wardle out and Elliot in to centres. Is Wardle injured?

No clue on the injury but I wondered with Elliott at centres in reserves if he might come back at centre.
Although, Ross was at centre in reserves too so it might just be a numbers thing.

 

[Caped Crusader]

Surely Gagai goes to centre and Eliott to FB.

 

[Yosh]

Wasn't Brown one of the first coaches who went for the big centres in Gaz and Cooper way back at the Dragons? Perhaps that's what he is looking for here?

 

[Caped Crusader]

No such thing as a "Big" centre these days. Even wingers are up over the 100kg mark now

 

[Still Nutty]

No such thing as a "Big" centre these days. Even wingers are up over the 100kg mark now

Yeah - the likes of a Kerry Boustead and Chicka Ferguson would never even make it through the junior system nowadays....

Although, I vividly remember coming across Eric Grothe Snr in his heyday in a short sleeved business shirt (god knows where he found one to fit) but I have never seen anything like the barrel chested upper body strength he clearly possessed...so big wingers have been around for a while

 

[Still Nutty]

Yeah - I think Elliott to FB and Gagai to Centre is the obvious move...Brownie doesn't have to develop Gaigai as a FB for Souths anymore.

The only reason it might make sense is if Brown sees Elliott developing as a long term centre option with Pongia coming next year and wants to give him chance to start developing some combinations?

 

[Mr_Knightside]

Elliott at centre doesn't seem like a very good idea, his best assets are his speed and his defensive decision making at the back which both make him better suited for FB than centre. Also having big edge back rowers and centres running at him all day isn't going to be good, not that gags deals very well with that either to be fair. Also Elliott doesn't have much in the way of footwork and we haven't seen much passing ability either so I'd say his ability to set up a winger is pretty limited. At least when Gags gets early ball he's capable of getting into a position where he can put his winger away, I just don't see Elliott doing that.

 

[slotmachine]

I don't think where Elliott and Gags end up playing is going to determine the result.

 

[Tom155]

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Wardle at centre. No Elliott.

 

[PhilGould]

Other way around

 

[Tom155]

Other way around

this they didn't correct it in the link from tweet

 

[Tom155]

 

[Hardcore_Fan]

Well you can rule out the home ground advantage tonight. Crowd will be lucky to be 2-3k

 

[Spot On]

Is Fitzgibbon starting?

 

[Hardcore_Fan]

Who cares