The Souths backline

[KeepingTheFaith]

Hopefully Hurrell doesn't become the next Dave Taylor.

He's the most powerful ball runner I've ever seen.

If he can stay fit and sort out his defence then he'll become the most destructive centre in the game.

Defensively he's improved considerably. It's the lack of effort off the ball (on D especially) that is holding him back.

If ever he "gets it" in regards to effort he'll be hard to contain, regardless of whether he's "in the top 17 of the team coming first or last."

 

[neeknitsuj]

Mini needs to go next

 

[cleary89]

Best 2-5 to win a comp?

Morris
Gaz
Coops
Nightingale

Surely has to be up there.

 

[BunniesMan]

Why Souths would want Hurrell anyway is beyond me.

A 2015 backline containing Avuaa, Aaron Gray, Irea Simone and another winger looks pretty good too me.

No room for Walker and Johnston?

 

[GONZO72]

Best 2-5 to win a comp?

Morris
Gaz
Coops
Nightingale

Surely has to be up there.

What, since 2009 ?

 

[BranVan3000]

Actually I watch every Souths match, living with my roommate who follows them like nothing before does that to you. I don't mind, I'll watch any football anyway.

Goodwin was putrid in the centres last year, cost you a GF spot..what the heck makes you think he has improved. He makes dumb decisions after dumb errors. In short he is just a dumb footballer, every team has them but teams with less dumb footballers win premierships!

The penalty was for Reynolds I think being in front of Goodwin after he spilled an absolute soda!

He played injured in that game

 

[BranVan3000]

Why Souths would want Hurrell anyway is beyond me.

A 2015 backline containing Avuaa, Aaron Gray, Irea Simone and another winger looks pretty good too me.

Simone is about two years away and Aaron Gray will make a solid first grader but never excel IMO

 

[Iafeta]

What is he, 22 or 23, and already having weight and.fitness issues.

No thanks.

LOL - overweight. Take your hand off it. He came back overweight from the off-season, he is down to his playing weight now. Same playing weight he's had since he's come into first grade.

He's not having fitness issues. He has been left out for some issues around defensive effort. Notably one play where Nathan Friend threw an intercept to Trent Hodkinson late in a game and Hurrell didn't chase back. Other coaches have let him get away with it. McFadden isn't.

If he's overweight and having fitness issues, why on earth when he was playing just this year was he fair dinkum using blokes as speed humps?

Get with it champ. Might be worth trying to understand what is happening at the Warriors rather than take wide, unsubstantiated, baseless guesses from afar before commenting.

 

[Iafeta]

Hopefully Hurrell doesn't become the next Dave Taylor.

He's the most powerful ball runner I've ever seen.

If he can stay fit and sort out his defence then he'll become the most destructive centre in the game.

He's played 3 games this year. The Warriors have won 2 of those. The other game they lost by 1. They've won no other games. In the first game he came off the bench and scored a try almost instantly to change the game. In the second game he was involved in four try scoring movements. His ball running is fine. He just needs a bit of attitude adjustment and he's getting it from a coach who won't back down from a much needed culture change. I reckon this is the best thing that could have happened to him, among about 7-8 other Warriors as well.

 

[Mr Spock!]

Actually I watch every Souths match, living with my roommate who follows them like nothing before does that to you. I don't mind, I'll watch any football anyway.

Goodwin was putrid in the centres last year, cost you a GF spot..what the heck makes you think he has improved. He makes dumb decisions after dumb errors. In short he is just a dumb footballer, every team has them but teams with less dumb footballers win premierships!

The penalty was for Reynolds I think being in front of Goodwin after he spilled an absolute soda!

In the previous game against Manly in 2013, Goodwin was all over Lyon. Didn't give him any space at all.

The best game he's played.

I think the Sea Eagles learned from that.

 

[kbw]

Maybe $ouff$ keep a crap 2-5 just so fans don't worry too much about how useless their 5 & 7 are.

 

[MrAnonymous]

That's a very overly simplistic and inaccurate viewpoint.

If we were to rank positions in terms of importance you'd put 1, 7, 9 and the props at the top.

But quality outside backs are still crucial. Wingers in particular play a bigger role than ever imo.

If we had Merritt, Tuqiri and Goodwin instead of Tupou, RTS and Jennings then there is no way we win the comp last year. Jamie Lyon has arguably been Manlys most important player in making 4 GFs.

And there's plenty more examples just from the 2000s - alone of outside backs making the difference.

Rugby League is an overly simplistic game. Of course you would rather Quality 2-5 But if they're competent and you are strong where it matters you are going to win more games then you lose.

 

[Bruce123]

Rugby League is an overly simplistic game. Of course you would rather Quality 2-5 But if they're competent and you are strong where it matters you are going to win more games then you lose.

No they won't, you know nothing

 

[MrAnonymous]

No they won't, you know nothing

Obviously you know nothing or you would of replied with at least a half intelligent comment, instead of sounding like a 12 yr old troll.

 

[Bruce123]

Obviously you know nothing or you would of replied with at least a half intelligent comment, instead of sounding like a 12 yr old troll.

Stop it mr anonymous, name yourself?

 

[Iafeta]

What is he, 22 or 23, and already having weight and.fitness issues.

No thanks.

Epic fail. Bulldozed over your blokes for giggles.

 

[Mr Spock!]

Goodwin, too slow. Got run down by Gillett over 20m.

Are our wingers coached to leave overlaps?

Cause they looked like there were overlaps all night.

 

[Invalid User Name]

do we ever spread the ball wide early? never see our backs make plays

 

[BunniesMan]

All of a sudden our backline is filled with youth and energy and razzle dazzle and Goodwin.

 

[GONZO72]

All of a sudden our backline is filled youth and energy and razzle dazzle and Goodwin.

Every Souths fan should pray that Inglis stays fit and healthy. He is their backline. On a positive, the effort last night should ensure Joel Reddy never plays in the top grade again. He is just garbage.