Re: Lachlan Walmsley - Championship Player of the Year : Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:12 pm  

Article in the courier interviewing Finn says ‘ it’ll. be hard work keeping walmsey’ but it’s not a done deal as ‘ keeping him will me massive for the club ‘

Re: Lachlan Walmsley - Championship Player of the Year : Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:55 pm  

Half the tries that Walmsley got blamed for were not his fault, it was usually his centre/halfback/2nd row that were to blame but Walmsley was often the one who ended up looking silly because he is trying to make a play happen.

Re: Lachlan Walmsley - Championship Player of the Year : Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:06 pm  

Another way of looking at A & D at our level no one will be perfect but would we rather have a winger who scores 30 + each season and concedes 6 or one who scores half that for and against?

Re: Lachlan Walmsley - Championship Player of the Year : Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:29 pm  

faxcar wrote:

Another way of looking at A & D at our level no one will be perfect but would we rather have a winger who scores 30 + each season and concedes 6 or one who scores half that for and against?

The first. It's a situation akin to Rob Worrincy although his ratio of tries against him as opposed to those he scored was much higher than LW's.

Re: Lachlan Walmsley - Championship Player of the Year : Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:11 pm  

Just as a counter argument, name some good championship wingers who are good defensively.
I would also say that walmsleys best form of defence is his attack via his intercepts .

Re: Lachlan Walmsley - Championship Player of the Year : Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:15 am  

Listenup94 wrote:

Just as a counter argument, name some good championship wingers who are good defensively.
I would also say that walmsleys best form of defence is his attack via his intercepts .

Aye, it's a case of getting the balance right and chosing when in a match it is right to take the chance of an interception as opposed to defending the moment. Whichever way, a winger such as Lachlan only comes along very rarely and the possibility of him leaving, especially to a club like Wakefield in our own division, is part of the reason i have held back from buying a season ticket this time. Let's hope he stays with Fax at least until his present contract is up.

Re: Lachlan Walmsley - Championship Player of the Year : Thu Oct 12, 2023 8:00 am  

Walmsley is a generational try scoring talent the likes of that we have not seen since Greg Austin, lets hope we don't have to wait as long to see another like him.

Re: Lachlan Walmsley - Championship Player of the Year : Thu Oct 12, 2023 9:14 am  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Walmsley is a generational try scoring talent the likes of that we have not seen since Greg Austin, lets hope we don't have to wait as long to see another like him.

Greg had his critics too. "can`t defend and lazy " were comments i heard around me. I remember him missing a tackle and the cover working hard to close down the break and Greg gently walking back. Players that work hard and have talent generally play internationally and not at Fax any longer!

Re: Lachlan Walmsley - Championship Player of the Year : Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:21 pm  

Writing about Austin made me think of the best centres I have seen play for Fax
John Burnett ( though only at the end of his career) ,Tony Anderson , John Schuster and David Willicombe.
Schuster probably my favourite he could do it all.

Anyone have suggestions?

Re: Lachlan Walmsley - Championship Player of the Year : Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:14 pm  

I loved Schuster. The best was during SL and the last game of the season was at Odsal and the bulls hadn’t lost a home
Match all season and we’re planning a massive after game celebration for not losing all season. There was a bulls fan standing behind me And my Dad gobbing all match about how Schuster was a spent force and too old and how poop Fax were.
Step up Schuster who intercepted a pass on our try line and went the distance to score in the corner then converted it to win the game. That was a truely beautiful moment. Didn’t see the bulls fan as he slinked off somewhere and we did ruin their party.