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Interesting.
In your opinion, maybe. And what would be the basis for it? Kimmorley, Barrett, Wallace, Mullen and Pearce have all played Origin. Tim? Ha.
Cronk has won a Premiership. Tim? Ha.
And how can you say Tim "at his peak" would be better than Mullen when you haven't even seen Mullen reach his peak?
notice all those halves are from NSW where our halves lack...
if they were from QLD they would not get a gig....
if Tim smith were from NSW he would play origin.
He'd have to play NRL first :roll:
walk up start...
walk up start...
notice all those halves are from NSW where our halves lack...
if they were from QLD they would not get a gig....
if Tim smith were from NSW he would play origin.
Tim wouldn't bring any more to the table than KK or Kelly imo. He may have a few more games under his belt but KK has already shown he has what it takes.
Have to disagree on the first part of the statement tbh. Again, I'm not on either side of the bandwagon in this case, this is purely a point of discussion. But I believe that Tim Smith offers a lot more than Kelly, and a bit more than KK. Timy honestly has one of the best few passing games I've seen, his long cut outs and his ability to hit the exact man he needs to from a long way are just sublime. And his kicking game is excellent too. He's never been much of a runner but I've never believed that a great halfback necessarily needs to be a big ball runner.
KK, on the other hand, has an excellent running game, a very good kicking game and a pretty good passing game. Kelly is electric with the ball but doesn't necessarily have what it takes in terms of his passing and kicking game...I'd love for Tim to come back if the club went that way. I don't think they will and that's fine with me too
Have to disagree on the first part of the statement tbh. Again, I'm not on either side of the bandwagon in this case, this is purely a point of discussion. But I believe that Tim Smith offers a lot more than Kelly, and a bit more than KK. Timy honestly has one of the best few passing games I've seen, his long cut outs and his ability to hit the exact man he needs to from a long way are just sublime. And his kicking game is excellent too. He's never been much of a runner but I've never believed that a great halfback necessarily needs to be a big ball runner.
KK, on the other hand, has an excellent running game, a very good kicking game and a pretty good passing game. Kelly is electric with the ball but doesn't necessarily have what it takes in terms of his passing and kicking game...I'd love for Tim to come back if the club went that way. I don't think they will and that's fine with me too
ive rarely watched kelly play but when i have he really turns it on on saturday night we was excellent in every way kicking passing defence taking the line on and following up in support. but you say he doesnt have a strong kicking or passing game so do you think fullback would be a betta position for him then?
ive rarely watched kelly play but when i have he really turns it on on saturday night we was excellent in every way kicking passing defence taking the line on and following up in support. but you say he doesnt have a strong kicking or passing game so do you think fullback would be a betta position for him then?
No, I think he's a 6. Or maybe an impact bench utility. He creates havoc through the ruck and on the edges.
I honestly think Mortimer would be suited to fullback if not for his size...he's another who is really more of a runner or a 2nd/3rd reciever. I think he and Kelly will eventually fight it out for the 6 outside KK (assuming we don't buy a half and that Kelly stays)
Conversely:
- the last time Tim Smith was here (early last year) we didn't make the finals
- the last time Tim Smith was here we didn't display fluency and decent attack (those games after he came back through Wenty were woeful)
- the last time Hindy made a rep team was captaining that PM's XIII at the very end of last year, Tim Smith nowhere to be seen
- the last time Tim Smith was here (start of last year) players like Grothe, Inu, Hindy, Caylo and Ben Smith weren't firing either
In your opinion, maybe. And what would be the basis for it? Kimmorley, Barrett, Wallace, Mullen and Pearce have all played Origin. Tim? Ha.
Cronk has won a Premiership. Tim? Ha.
And how can you say Tim "at his peak" would be better than Mullen when you haven't even seen Mullen reach his peak?