Who will provide better value for money - NABULI or MORRIS

[Saintsified]

26 TS born 24/8/88 BMoz is two years and one day older born 23/8/86
There you go same star sign both on the cusp of Lion and Virgin
It's an omen :sarcasm:

two grand finals worth, all good

 

[Minh]

BMoz had really bad hands early in his FG career until Bennett fixed the problem.

 

[Twenty10]

Nabuli will be starting winger. He adds much needed height and threat for cross field kicks, he adds much needed speed out wide, he adds much needed size for kick returns and dummy half scoots. He's needed and he'll be picked. He's been impressive in every outing thus far so unless he has an absolute shocker against warrington then its his spot.

 

[BennyV]

B MOZ is another who has major dramas under the high ball , at his times at full back for the Dragons
He is sure to be targetted by rival coaches if hasler puts him at full back
Positional play at No 1 was also ordinary
A major gamble by the Bulldogs ;-)

Agree re: positional play - watched the 2012 ANZAC Day highlights recently, the guy really struggled to read attacking kicks and the like. Not a fullback.

 

[Minh]

Nabuli will be starting winger. He adds much needed height and threat for cross field kicks, he adds much needed speed out wide, he adds much needed size for kick returns and dummy half scoots. He's needed and he'll be picked. He's been impressive in every outing thus far so unless he has an absolute shocker against warrington then its his spot.

Agree

 

[Slippery Morris]

If Nabuli scores more than 15 tries then he basically has done what BMoz has so it will prove to be a good deal for the Dragons.

As for bad hands so has Radrada at Eels and Uate at Knights. Must be the Fijian blood? Are they Fijian as well?

 

[BennyV]

If Nabuli scores more than 15 tries then he basically has done what BMoz has so it will prove to be a good deal for the Dragons.

As for bad hands so has Radrada at Eels and Uate at Knights. Must be the Fijian blood? Are they Fijian as well?

A try saved is a try earned. If Nabuli can score those tries plus stop the number of tries BMoz was able to, then naybe I'll believe you.

 

[bottle]

Scoring tries.
Saving tries.
Defusing bombs.
Positioning in defense.
Kick returns.
First hit ups.

There's a few things to get right.

 

[FlameThrower]

If Nabuli scores more than 15 tries then he basically has done what BMoz has so it will prove to be a good deal for the Dragons.

As for bad hands so has Radrada at Eels and Uate at Knights. Must be the Fijian blood? Are they Fijian as well?

I clearly recall both Morris boys having "Bad hands" and Gus Gould even making comment on it ...

 

[Happy Old Dragon]

Scoring tries.
Saving tries.
Defusing bombs.
Positioning in defense.
Kick returns.
First hit ups.

There's a few things to get right.

Good list

22 mins in

He's got the first two!

 

[Happy Old Dragon]

Scoring tries.
Saving tries.
Defusing bombs.
Positioning in defense.
Kick returns.
First hit ups.

There's a few things to get right.

Good list

22 mins in

He's got criteria two and three going well!

 

[Happy Old Dragon]

29 Mins

Uh oh

Nasty tackle
But slipped up, they say

Close escape

But shows his commitment to D

 

[dino2170]

lucky to be still in the game

 

[SilentAssassin]

I thought he was really solid against Warrington.

Obviously no Morris but at the price difference I'm happy as wingers aren't worth the big $ especially in this dragons side. Need to extra $$ to get some quality forwards.

I wasn't overly fussed with Merrin leaving but this game highlighted his importance imo. Looked far more dangerous when he was on. Going to be harder to replace then I thought.

 

[Mr Red]

A try saved is a try earned. If Nabuli can score those tries plus stop the number of tries BMoz was able to, then naybe I'll believe you.

Exactly .
And it's already evident in a few trial matches just how much we miss Morris bringing the ball back from dummy half out of our 20m...

 

[Get2dachopper!]

Nabuli is no Morris and Morris is no Nabuli.

 

[Puff2010]

BMoz is in a league of his own. However its about salary cap, and $s that BMoz is now on is big bickies for a winger. Reality had to kick in. Nabuli will give us good value and will end up a crowd favourite

 

[Cagey Mac]

Nabuli showed great technique under the high ball in difficult conditions, didn't get a lit of good ball in attack and his defence was okay barring the high grab and he was completely airborne when that happened

 

[TheRev]

Ive mentioned this before, but I think Nabuli is still too raw for first grade, his error rate is worse than Vidot back in his hayday.

Not saying he wont make it with training, just that he looks very early on his development cycle, he also suffers from a lack of acceleration, so imo Mary is the one who need to ensure he hits the line @ speed as often as possible, to use his big frame to more effect & he has to learn to try and bust a tackle himself or hold onto the pill, he seems to have that 9's / Rugby mentality of "having to" get rid of the ball at every opportunity.

 

[BlackDuckSaint]

Ive mentioned this before, but I think Nabuli is still too raw for first grade, his error rate is worse than Vidot back in his hayday.

Not saying he wont make it with training, just that he looks very early on his development cycle, he also suffers from a lack of acceleration, so imo Mary is the one who need to ensure he hits the line @ speed as often as possible, to use his big frame to more effect & he has to learn to try and bust a tackle himself or hold onto the pill, he seems to have that 9's / Rugby mentality of "having to" get rid of the ball at every opportunity.

Yeah, Very much agree with him needing to learn to die with the pill. He does look like he enjoys a good offload at the death. haha