Re: Our Centres : Mon Mar 28, 2022 4:24 pm  

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Re: Our Centres : Mon Mar 28, 2022 4:24 pm  

krisleeds wrote:

It is no co-incidence that the only game we have played well in this season is a half against Wakey and Newman was on the pitch.

Our current powderpuff centres are perhaps the worst players I've seen at Leeds in a long, long time.

We have TWO proper centres in the entire squad. One is sadly injured and the other isn't getting picked (god knows why). We haven't tried to recruit - just plugged the gap with squad players.

Briscoe is not a centre. He can't tackle or pass and his positioning is atrocious. He's also no longer a winger (remember when there was talk of him going to the NRL? - yeah me too).

Sutcliffe is probably the worst player i've seen at Leeds in the last 10 years. He also can't pass, or tackle and has even less pace than Briscoe. Again Hull at 31-0 down he was laughing and joking with Connor. 18 months ago he'd essentially signed for Cas and announced he was leaving before CV hit and he came back with his tails between his legs.

I would actually prefer Joe Vickery in the side over either of those two.

Why we haven't tried to bring anyone in is a mystery.


..and don't get me started on Handley...

Hate to burst your bubble but when you played us (wakey) the only reason you won and had success on the edges was because we had no centres and a young winger making his debut. We had to play 2 forwards in centres and you fell lucky. Had we had a few centres I think it would have been a completely different score line.

Centres injured: Tupou, Hall, Lyne, Minns, Croft.

Wingers : Lineham, Kershaw, Tanivalu.

There may have been a few more.

Leeds got lucky and caught our forwards who were defending our wide early on.

One thing I will say is Corey Hall has been excellent for us at centre. Lads got a lot of class.

Re: Our Centres : Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:53 pm  

Beat me to it Trojan
Hall is different class to both Sutcliffe and Briscoe.
I`ve been harping on about Sutcliffe and Briscoe for years but many on here have said that Sutcliffe will go well at centre and Briscoe has been a good servant of Leeds and deserves his chance.
Both should be no where near the 17.
Koni`s better than both put together.

Re: Our Centres : Mon Mar 28, 2022 11:49 pm  

Trojan - don't disagree. Obviously playing forwards in the centres against Leeds was a big problem. I'm also glad Hall is going well.

Right now we have a problem in that by far our best centre is injured, our left centre is awful and we keep picking an ageing winger on the right. The only options we have are to give Broadbent a go, or possibly look to Edwards or even Mellor. I'm not sure how they could be worse than last week's pairing.

Re: Our Centres : Tue Mar 29, 2022 7:22 am  

Trojan Horse wrote:

Hate to burst your bubble but when you played us (wakey) the only reason you won and had success on the edges was because we had no centres and a young winger making his debut. We had to play 2 forwards in centres and you fell lucky. Had we had a few centres I think it would have been a completely different score line.

Centres injured: Tupou, Hall, Lyne, Minns, Croft.

Wingers : Lineham, Kershaw, Tanivalu.

There may have been a few more.

Leeds got lucky and caught our forwards who were defending our wide early on.

One thing I will say is Corey Hall has been excellent for us at centre. Lads got a lot of class.

Yes apologies.

I think my overarching point was that Newman actually showed desire and that lifted others. When he went off, they visibly deflated.

Hall was a good prospect, i though he was a bit lightweight - but he's been excellent for Wakey.

Even more reason to hold our head in hands by releasing an actual centre.

Re: Our Centres : Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:57 am  

The frustrating thing is we have a queue of potentially very good young centres. Broadbent, who needs to be given a shot otherwise he'll likely leave at the end of the season; Edwards, still a teenager, who is on a season long loan at York, and young Simpson who has bags of pace. A really good coach could make all the difference to these lads as well as getting Newman to the next level. So important we get the right man.

Re: Our Centres : Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:26 am  

Once were Loiners wrote:

Trojan - don't disagree. Obviously playing forwards in the centres against Leeds was a big problem. I'm also glad Hall is going well.

Right now we have a problem in that by far our best centre is injured, our left centre is awful and we keep picking an ageing winger on the right. The only options we have are to give Broadbent a go, or possibly look to Edwards or even Mellor. I'm not sure how they could be worse than last week's pairing.

It’s a tough spot for Leeds tbh. Your not without some young players with potential. Perhaps it’s time to try players like Broadbent in the centre. He may surprise like Hall who is only 19. It’s not an ideal situation for you guys by the looks as you seem to be in a transition stage where you have a few young centres not fully ready for SL action and a few who are probably past their sell by date.

Leeds probably need some fresh blood in centre. I do rate Handley and Newman though. I honestly don’t know how we have done it at Wakey but all our academy lads from last year who won almost every game all look like SL players in the making.

Re: Our Centres : Tue Mar 29, 2022 10:11 am  

Everyone knows my thoughts on releasing Hurrell, but just watched the Wakey highlights. Corey Hall, what a talent. Skill, pace, intelligence. What are we doing!!

Re: Our Centres : Tue Mar 29, 2022 11:20 am  

Where does all this Handley bashing come from?
The only highlight from that awful Hull game was Handley chasing down Swift who had a 5m start.
Put a good centre inside him and he wont have to leave his wing as much and will score tries for fun

Re: Our Centres : Tue Mar 29, 2022 2:35 pm  

Shabino wrote:

Everyone knows my thoughts on releasing Hurrell, but just watched the Wakey highlights. Corey Hall, what a talent. Skill, pace, intelligence. What are we doing!!

Sir Kev and Agar thought Sutcliffe and Briscoe were better than Hall and Hurrell.
It seems the only person getting blamed for bringing in players is Agar and now it`s all GH`s fault whilst Sir Kev gets away with the shambles we are in.