Dragon David
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justa posted on the Broncos R19 in Brisbane thread the following:-
"Here is the eternal question !!!! How long would Flanno give Sloan to at least become the complete player ??? If we look forward, we are losing Lomax, so as far as I'm concerned he is out of the picture. We have Allen and Matt Feagai, we are chasing Blaize, and over the horizon we have some pretty good juniors. I personally like the kid but he had a poor defensive performance, everything else was pretty good, even though I think his attacking play has dropped off, that comes with other teams working him out, he has to find other ways to counter that, along with our game plans.
I also think when we are defending our line we need him to be out wider from the ruck and let our forwards handle that defence. Also he cant be out too wide without protection, ala Soward and Scott as was previously mentioned.
So whats the timeframe people ??? This year was the excuse of a limited preseason due to injury, next year everybody else will be online, so what does Flanno do ??
As I said I like the kid and I hope they persist with him and he becomes all that he can be, as a great Dragons player. My thoughts would turn to if by some miracle Ramsay made it back, what would we do ?"
I suppose when you think about Sloan and "how long Flanno will give him to at least become the complete player" and "what's the timeframe", sometimes it might be a case of how long is a piece of string. While he is improving, he still has a long way to go to possess the skills that make up a formidable fullback.
To explain the role of the fullback in this day and age I have managed to find this on the net -
"Arguably the most important position in the modern game, the role of the Fullback has drastically evolved over the years.
Assigned the no.1 jersey, the Fullback is the chief organizer for their side, particularly in defence.
You’ll often see them standing behind the defensive line barking instructions to the rest of the team and then quickly getting on their bike to try and chase an opposition player who has made a line break.
Once merely support players in attack, the role of the Fullback with the ball in hand is now very different to what it once was.
The modern no. 1 is expected to chime in with sweeping attacking moves, providing and extra man to create an overlap and then use their ball playing ability to find a free play to cross for a four-pointer, often a Winger."
So good defence is one thing we know he lacks in and I haven't seen him barking instructions to the rest of the team etc. In attack he does chime in to make the extra man but mainly on the right hand side. To me he is not supporting our forwards often enough to allow him to take offloads. I haven't seen an offload to him in yonks. He also needs to be reading the play better and in attack especially come in to take the ball more often like Teddy and Edwards for instance.
The other thing is he needs to put on more beef and muscle.
As I said, how long is a piece of string? Is it too long? Will Flanno wait to see who in the juniors can do most things that Sloan lacks or go external?
As said at the start, fullback is the most important position in the modern game. If Sloan cannot meet the demands of this position, then Flanno might need him to try his hand in other positions, like how he has made Lomax go to the wing.
"Here is the eternal question !!!! How long would Flanno give Sloan to at least become the complete player ??? If we look forward, we are losing Lomax, so as far as I'm concerned he is out of the picture. We have Allen and Matt Feagai, we are chasing Blaize, and over the horizon we have some pretty good juniors. I personally like the kid but he had a poor defensive performance, everything else was pretty good, even though I think his attacking play has dropped off, that comes with other teams working him out, he has to find other ways to counter that, along with our game plans.
I also think when we are defending our line we need him to be out wider from the ruck and let our forwards handle that defence. Also he cant be out too wide without protection, ala Soward and Scott as was previously mentioned.
So whats the timeframe people ??? This year was the excuse of a limited preseason due to injury, next year everybody else will be online, so what does Flanno do ??
As I said I like the kid and I hope they persist with him and he becomes all that he can be, as a great Dragons player. My thoughts would turn to if by some miracle Ramsay made it back, what would we do ?"
I suppose when you think about Sloan and "how long Flanno will give him to at least become the complete player" and "what's the timeframe", sometimes it might be a case of how long is a piece of string. While he is improving, he still has a long way to go to possess the skills that make up a formidable fullback.
To explain the role of the fullback in this day and age I have managed to find this on the net -
"Arguably the most important position in the modern game, the role of the Fullback has drastically evolved over the years.
Assigned the no.1 jersey, the Fullback is the chief organizer for their side, particularly in defence.
You’ll often see them standing behind the defensive line barking instructions to the rest of the team and then quickly getting on their bike to try and chase an opposition player who has made a line break.
Once merely support players in attack, the role of the Fullback with the ball in hand is now very different to what it once was.
The modern no. 1 is expected to chime in with sweeping attacking moves, providing and extra man to create an overlap and then use their ball playing ability to find a free play to cross for a four-pointer, often a Winger."
So good defence is one thing we know he lacks in and I haven't seen him barking instructions to the rest of the team etc. In attack he does chime in to make the extra man but mainly on the right hand side. To me he is not supporting our forwards often enough to allow him to take offloads. I haven't seen an offload to him in yonks. He also needs to be reading the play better and in attack especially come in to take the ball more often like Teddy and Edwards for instance.
The other thing is he needs to put on more beef and muscle.
As I said, how long is a piece of string? Is it too long? Will Flanno wait to see who in the juniors can do most things that Sloan lacks or go external?
As said at the start, fullback is the most important position in the modern game. If Sloan cannot meet the demands of this position, then Flanno might need him to try his hand in other positions, like how he has made Lomax go to the wing.
