The best full back ever

[Sage63]

So, what does everyone on this forum think Sloane needs to do, to become, potentially, the best full back ever, for the Dragons?
And is that feasible?

 

[slippery5]

Have you ever heard of Changa???

 

[Trifili13]

Have you ever heard of Changa???

Or Lord Ted or Brian Johnson

 

[Inisai Toga]

Play 13 years in the top grade excelling every year; winning every award available; Captain coach the State and Country 3 Kangaroo Tours; 2 world cups; score the best try that never was; develop the greatest partnership with his halfback; single handedly win countless games; play injured and excel; become the highest point scorer and become the greatest attacking and sublime defending fullback in the game……should get him there…..

 

[chewbacca]

I

Play 13 years in the top grade excelling every year; winning every award available; Captain coach the State and Country 3 Kangaroo Tours; 2 world cups; score the best try that never was; develop the greatest partnership with his halfback; single handedly win countless games; play injured and excel; become the highest point scorer and become the greatest attacking and sublime defending fullback in the game……should get him and Adam Quinlan.

Or Lord Ted or Brian Johnson

Forget those legends, I just want him to be better than Adam Quinlan and Dean Raper..

 

[macca_saint]

I



Forget those legends, I just want him to be better than Adam Quinlan and Dean Raper..

I’d even take Clint Greenshields level

 

[slippery5]

Or Lord Ted or Brian Johnson

Well they in that order, would be my choice as I watched them win the GF, unfortunately the first time I saw Chang was in his later career & we got beat 38-0.

 

[Sage63]

Have you ever heard of Changa???

Oh, you mean that bloke with the biggest side-step in the world?!

 

[Old Timer]

Have you ever heard of Changa???

Who played at 78kgs and stood under all the high bombs, took countless hit ups and front on tackled the might of the Magpie's and Souths forward packs not to mention the English test side while defending his goal line.

 

[Sage63]

I’d even take Clint Greenshields level

Dennis Preston, who kept Chang in the centres until Norm Provan took over as coach.

 

[Slippery Morris]

Sloan still has years ahead of him so can easily be a great centre which we will love. I see him similar to Luke Patten. I was not that keen on him early but he sort of grew on me then went to the Dogs and they loved him there. He held his position at the Dogs for years to come. Only to become an official and disallow as many tries as he could when in the box looking after Saints games. The best was a try Lomax scored out wide which was called forward by Patten. At the time you could not rule on forward passes and even the commentators were shocked as the ball clearly looked like a great cut out pass out wide to Lomax. Luckily it did not cost them the game and Patten was spared the embarrassment.

 

[Rocket Rod]

I’d even take Clint Greenshields level

Or Tony Quirk I think was his name best remembered for when Bob McCarthy ran over him at the SCG
On a serious note D. Boyd was awesome in 09&10 if he could arrange a defensive line like he could we would be all happy

 

[JohnnoMcJohnno]

Just from the NRL era - Luke Patten, Ben Hornby, the Morris boys, Darius Boyd, Duges, all well ahead of Sloane at this point. I have Sloane in the same group as Dufty & Quinlan ie some upside but with serious shortcomings. Can he can go on and achieve great things? Who knows.

 

[kit66]

Get Billy Slater in to train him up a bit, apparently Billy's willing to do it. Slater is probably the best fullback I've witnessed in my lifetime after Changa, so if he's available you'd be mad not to get him in for a few sessions with Sloan.

 

[Sage63]

Anybody on here remember Dennis Preston?

 

[SBD82]

Anybody on here remember Dennis Preston?

I suspect that @denis preston probably does.

 

[Inisai Toga]

Anybody on here remember Dennis Preston?

Sure do; very good goal kicker and Saint’s top point scorer in 1967 and 1968. Ended up having a stint at Balmain towards the end of his career.

 

[Hound of Dracula]

"The best fullback ever" - Pretty tough benchmark to set for young Sloane.
Sloane doesn't need to be the best fullback ever to play for Dragons.
Like every other player wearing the RED V, he needs to be the absolute best version of himself.
He reminds me so much of David Peachy.
If the best version of Sloane mirrors Peachy on field, then I reckon we'd all be thrilled.

 

[Draginzaaar]

Or Tony Quirk I think was his name best remembered for when Bob McCarthy ran over him at the SCG
On a serious note D. Boyd was awesome in 09&10 if he could arrange a defensive line like he could we would be all happy

Saw Tony Quirk's first game. Scored a double.

 

[Rocket Rod]

Saw Tony Quirk's first game. Scored a double.

I vaguely remember it as well