Westys kicking : Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:01 am  

24 out of 26 kicks since he resumed kicking duties fantastic achievement and one that will significantly enhance his chances of playing in the 4 nations.

Re: Westys kicking : Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:26 am  

pyeman wrote:

24 out of 26 kicks since he resumed kicking duties fantastic achievement and one that will significantly enhance his chances of playing in the 4 nations.

Westy's kicking has already won us points we may have lost, more to come too

Now lets get him in the halves with Rangi to show the world what else he can do

Re: Westys kicking : Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:30 am  

Tigerpie wrote:

Westy's kicking has already won us points we may have lost, more to come too

Now lets get him in the halves with Rangi to show the world what else he can do

You must be mad. He is not a stand off

Re: Westys kicking : Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:33 am  

Dettoriman wrote:

You must be mad. He is not a stand off

What does he lack?

: Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:43 am  

Must admit, whenever I've seen Westy kick in the past he always looked a very promising marksman & I was a bit surprised he hasn't done the job more regularly.

I understand the argument that it heaped more pressure on his young shoulders at a time when there was already a lot of expectation on him. Presumably with the 'expectation' having died down somewhat so that he's now just a normal part of the team he can shoulder the kicking duties.

Lets not forget though that Dixon also won us 1 or 2 games early season through some good goalkicking - Hull away & Bradford at home spring immediately to mind.

: Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:50 am  

Cecil B wrote:

Must admit, whenever I've seen Westy kick in the past he always looked a very promising marksman & I was a bit surprised he hasn't done the job more regularly.

I understand the argument that it heaped more pressure on his young shoulders at a time when there was already a lot of expectation on him. Presumably with the 'expectation' having died down somewhat so that he's now just a normal part of the team he can shoulder the kicking duties.

Lets not forget though that Dixon also won us 1 or 2 games early season through some good goalkicking - Hull away & Bradford at home spring immediately to mind.

Don't think you'll get anyone knocking Dixon, but having lost more than our share of games be 2 points, it makes me wonder what position we could have been in now if Westy had been given the job earlier and had this level of success

Re: Westys kicking : Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:04 pm  

Dettoriman wrote:

You must be mad. He is not a stand off

True but he'd definitely make a better job of it than Faumina and Goldie's lost his confidence, or the plot...or both.

Re: Westys kicking : Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:23 pm  

smoking monkey wrote:

True but he'd definitely make a better job of it than Faumina and Goldie's lost his confidence, or the plot...or both.

OK, I am mad, but that's the point you've made, he's a damn good option. IMO he has all the skills to do the job.

Re: Westys kicking : Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:24 pm  

smoking monkey wrote:

True but he'd definitely make a better job of it than Faumina and Goldie's lost his confidence, or the plot...or both.

I would love to question your opinion of Goldie there, but I can't. JW when he was playing youth rugby was an excellent 6 and he also took all the kicks, would be a good option at 6 and move Ryan Mc to loose.

: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:29 pm  

i was suprised myself to see westy pop so many over.. however one can only feel he lacks in organisation skills and maybe a bit of pace to be a 6.