OT: Smith to Sharks

[fish eel]

It would be hard enough for any kid coming into a losing team, but getting thrown in at the deep in an unfamiliar position is asking for trouble.

 

[Twizzle]

hope Kelly plays fullback on Saturday

 

[fish eel]

hope Kelly plays fullback on Saturday

I hope we get inside their 30 metres and can actually put decent kicks up......

 

[Casper The Ghost]

He may have had a game or two there...not sure though, and not sure why Stuart would see even one or two games as a reason to play him there. Sticky really is a terrible coach...and I think this could be a career killing game for Kelly, we may not see him for years if ever again at this rate.

or as Sterling pointed out on 2MMM...... remember when Ivan Cleary left Manu Vatuvei on the field against the Eels a few years ago after those droppy droppy issues that led to so many Eels points. Manu has since moved on to becoming one of the top wingers in the world in either League or Union now. Only time will tell......

 

[The Colonel]

does anyone ever remember him playing fullback?

Yes. Played there for Wenty when he first got the call up. Played at fullback for the Ball side and a few games for NYC. Not a totally unfamilar position.

He has been used from the bench and now at fullbck. The only safe option is for the Sharks is to send him back to NYC and play him in a more familiar position and not totally ruin him. Obvious he is far from first grade ready.

 

[Stagger eel]

it wouldn't matter what sort of form they're in, if there's ever a club that you would play to break that losing drought it's against ours..

 

[Stagger eel]

Yes. Played there for Wenty when he first got the call up. Played at fullback for the Ball side and a few games for NYC. Not a totally unfamilar position.

He has been used from the bench and now at fullbck. The only safe option is for the Sharks is to send him back to NYC and play him in a more familiar position and not totally ruin him. Obvious he is far from first grade ready.

gues who scored 4 tries from fullback for them in NYC tonight? ;-)

 

[The Colonel]

gues who scored 4 tries from fullback for them in NYC tonight? ;-)

A much more decent fullback who probably won't play fullack in first grade due to his size.....;-)

 

[100yearsRL]

Great to see Tim Smith back playing NRL, but OMG Cronulla tonight was an inept performance that is hard to compare. Lucky it was Souths because it would have been a 100. Good luck Tim, you are going to need it.

 

[parra pete]

hope Kelly plays fullback on Saturday

Me too..
Gawd, the Sharks look hopeless....Souths do not look much better...

 

[fish eel]

yeah, souths were pretty bad themselves in that last 20 minutes

 

[The Colonel]

it wouldn't matter what sort of form they're in, if there's ever a club that you would play to break that losing drought it's against ours..

:lol:

Misery guts.

They have no line speed, no real defensive structure, poor completion rates and no main point in attack. Beetson, Sterling and Langlands wouldn't help this mob.

Souths didn't look a hell of a lot better.

Completion rates are the biggest area of concern for Parramatta at the moment.

 

[Bazal]

Poor Tim Smith....going to that club, under that coach...hope he's 100% well because that rubbish team and coach could wreck the kid once and for all tbh

 

[Gronk]

Poor Tim Smith....going to that club, under that coach...hope he's 100% well because that rubbish team and coach could wreck the kid once and for all tbh

Yep, would turn a good man to drink that would.

 

[The Colonel]

Poor Tim Smith....going to that club, under that coach...hope he's 100% well because that rubbish team and coach could wreck the kid once and for all tbh

He was better off in Queensland...... far away from Northies as possible.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Our biggest problem is attitude.

We cant go into the game thinking the Sharks will under perform.

We havent been playing that well this year, our attack needs to improve.

The one thing I'm confident about is that their record at Toyota is pretty good in recent times.

 

[The Colonel]

The one thing I'm confident about is that their record at Toyota is pretty good in recent times.

Their record is good?

They've lost their last six games in a row down there and we are 6 and 2 since 2000.

Completing sets, building pressure and good line speed in defense will be the key aspects against the Sharks.

 

[The EELiminator]

turning up for the game will be our first big test we sure didnt do it last week

 

[Delboy]

I always had some time for Tim, but playing under Sticky, that is a real challenge.

The half killer has another project, hopefully he makes little difference in his first game. By the way, I found a 7 that compares with Robson, come on down John Morris

 

[bartman]

He was better off in Queensland...... far away from Northies as possible.

Maybe Tim Smith decided to head down to the Shire when he heard Lara Bingle was single... :sarcasm: