This was posted on the Eels website.
Stop mucking around with playing people out of position.
Its time to bring Wise and Smith into the centres for the next game after the bye.
Wise played centre for St George in NRL and PL and was very good. And he is better than what we have now. He is a big 100k, defends better than Peterson and Burt and has a very good off load which I saw in a few St George games. Not sure if he has rcovered from his knee injury but if he has he should be bought in. I know he didn't play as well as he could in the games he had but with his crook knee now I know why.
Smith is young and has played well and deserves a go. He is a centre and would work well with Grothe.
I would then have
1. Burt
2. Peterson
3. Kativerata
4. Smith
5. Grothe
cw
I actually agree with cw on this. If fit, Kativerata would be better in the centres than on the wing where he can tend to overread the play. Smith is good, and better than Burt or Peterson
With our lack of centres now that Vaeliki and Lyon are gone, I would bring in Wise and Smith. Its no use keeping on hoping Burt or Peterson will 'turn into a centre'. Give up trying and use players that are good in these positions
boris
Stop mucking around with playing people out of position.
Its time to bring Wise and Smith into the centres for the next game after the bye.
Wise played centre for St George in NRL and PL and was very good. And he is better than what we have now. He is a big 100k, defends better than Peterson and Burt and has a very good off load which I saw in a few St George games. Not sure if he has rcovered from his knee injury but if he has he should be bought in. I know he didn't play as well as he could in the games he had but with his crook knee now I know why.
Smith is young and has played well and deserves a go. He is a centre and would work well with Grothe.
I would then have
1. Burt
2. Peterson
3. Kativerata
4. Smith
5. Grothe
cw
I actually agree with cw on this. If fit, Kativerata would be better in the centres than on the wing where he can tend to overread the play. Smith is good, and better than Burt or Peterson
With our lack of centres now that Vaeliki and Lyon are gone, I would bring in Wise and Smith. Its no use keeping on hoping Burt or Peterson will 'turn into a centre'. Give up trying and use players that are good in these positions
boris