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Your 2016 Rnd 1 team

TheFrog

TheFrog

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hindy111 said:
I am not sure why you Rate soward. He was junk his lst 2 years at dragons.Had one good year at penrith
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Answered your own question. He just about carried a depleted team into Week 3 of the finals the year before last. Last year he played crocked. He's 18 months younger than Thurston and no-one is saying he's washed up. Soward deserves a fair go this year and I'm sure he will get it.
 
billypilgrimnz

billypilgrimnz

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mxlegend99 said:
You're in here saying they arent that good after someone posted the squads rep resume. ....
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Yes, because representative honors are not the be all and end all of judging a player, otherwise Mitchell bloody Pearce is a NSW legend, isn't he?

Mansour has hands like feet and continues to make terrible reads in defense, he's not that quick, and is poor under the high ball. DWZ struggled in defence and in positioning on the wing, and it wasn't until he switched to fullback that he actually looked decent.

Those are obvious things. That is my opinion, and you are free to disagree with it. But using representative honors as some sort of trump card that magically makes your opinion correct and my one incorrect is nonsense. And thinking that me disagreeing with you is actually me trying to enforce my will over you in some way is just too ridiculous for words.

For the record, I prefer the Cowboys duo (Feldt/Winterstein), the Sharks duo (Holmes/Feki), Radradra+whoever.....
 
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betcats

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Totally ignoring rep selections is as silly as using them as the be all end all.

You came up with three that you like better all of which are debatable imo but either way I'd say our guys being close to the best is fair. Yes Mansour still has bad reads but he also churns out metres and tackle breaks and is a good finisher, he also has a sneaky offload. Dallin has had to adjust to the wing but he has shown he is very good under the high ball and has that touch of freakiness about him and some mongrel. The kid is an amazing athlete with great skills, and you can't just discount his rep selections at 19/20, he has obviously shown enough to impress the kiwis.

All the wingers you have named have their limitations, the Cowboys pair are good all round wingers but both are slow and neither of them excels at anything. Semi is a freak but struggles with his reads and who knows who he will be paired with. Sharks is probably the best of the lot Holmes is a great talent but he andDallin are basically a wash and give me Mansour over Feki any day of the week. Feki is good but he isn't a lot faster than Mansour and he is smaller and not as powerful.
 
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hindy111

hindy111

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90% of clubs would take Norman over Soward if given the chance....

I like Panthers. They have some great players.I do not think much of soward thou. I hope i am wrong and he returns to 2014 form.But comparing him too thurston is silly. Every players body is different. Just like we have a washed up Watmough where Corey parker gets better with age.
 
umina panther

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Moylan is also too slow to be a fullback. Has questionable defence. Shit goal kicker and average kicking game in general apart from match winning field goals. Im honest about players and i think im quite a good judge.
 
billypilgrimnz

billypilgrimnz

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umina panther said:
Moylan is also too slow to be a fullback. Has questionable defence. Shit goal kicker and average kicking game in general apart from match winning field goals. Im honest about players and i think im quite a good judge.
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Yes. Maybe. Yes. Yes.

Which is another reason (a) I don't think we are Top 4 On Paper, and (b) I don't know why everyone is assuming that moving Moylan to 6 is automatically going to work.
 
mxlegend99

mxlegend99

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I think we can all agree that billy doesn't know shit. His better winger pairings are laughable. Radradra plus whoever? Semi is better for sure. But his partner is worse for sure. Our wingers are better overall.
 
maple_69

maple_69

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billypilgrimnz said:
Man, we sure do like to overrate our players, don't we?
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The guy was matching Thurston in Dally M points, try assists and line break assists before he got injured. As a fullback. Thurston. He doesnt have an absurd kicking or running game so its fair to say he demonstrated his passing game is elite.
 
franklin2323

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day one of the 9's gone. Blake, Bryce & Matagi were our best 3 imo. TMM had a few good touches also a few errors as you'd expect in kids. Jennings looked more comfortable with the fast paced game. Seg was better then last year seems to be getting back to form
 
hindy111

hindy111

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After thurston - Moylan has the best pass in the comp.I would even argue he has a nicer softer more classy pass. Closest i have seen too Lockyer and his injury could not of come at a worse time.
What i like about DWZ at fullback is 95% of the time a fullback just has too cart the ball up as hard as he can.And he is strong enough to do this and make yards.Moylan is more about footwork. I also think DWZ can have ingliss type defense at the back due to his size and speed.Moylan will never have the same physical attributes as DWZ.
 
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