Pou, watch the game again, Kelly moves inside to stay on the shoulders of the middle forwards he doesn't miss tackles as he hides as much as possible, he doesn't read the game well and is very slow in sliding to support the outside backs
I'm sure you're right. Do you think it's likely that the coach isn't aware? Do you think it's possible the team has been told to defend this way?
I understand he is a backup, but he has been a back up for 3 seasons and hasn't offered much, We haven't seen Cornish for instance in our set up, it may possibly suit him more.
The thing is, 'we' don't make the decisions. The people who do make the decisions
have seen Cornish, a lot more than any of us. They would have watched him closely last year when deciding to sign him, and then they would have watched him closely all pre-season. Whatever he's not doing well at training, he won't suddenly begin to do well in an NRL match.
His kicking game , running game and passing seem far superior to Kelly. He is well worth a chance or alternately, give an even younger prospect a go, Kelly is history and if my thoughts that he was resigned purely to assist with cap management after last years games from the second tier cap
Just stop.
The salary cap doesn't work that way. You are confusing (badly) the impact of match payments on a player's value:
http://www.nrl.com/nrlhq/referencecentre/salarycap/tabid/10434/default.aspx
In no sane universe could a club be forced to re-sign a player in order to reduce their cap burden the following year. Maybe you are thinking of an option clause triggered by number of games played? It's possible but there is zero proof of it so far.
we would have done better to chase another player, he is not going to give you anything resembling NRL standard
Well actually he does. He gives NRL standard defence (for a half) as well as NRL standard kicking game. You might bag his kicking game, because you only remember the poor kicks, but every kicker fluffs a few, even fan favourites. Of course, you never remember those. I reckon Kelly's kicking game is at least as good as Norman's or Foran's.
Don't dislike the player, just don't want him in the side, seen enopuhg over 3 seasons to be confident he doesn't cut it
Very few (i.e. close to zero) backup halves 'cut it'. That's why they're backups. And just because you haven't seen a bloke play much footy doesn't mean he will magically become a first grader when thrown in the deep end.
Mitch Cornish was the bloke who was let go because Sam Williams was a better backup. Now he finds himself at Parra where he is behind Luke Kelly. Now I understand Stuart and Arthur are solely responsible for our lack of success in recent years :roll: but surely they must know
something about the players they coach?
