Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 8:38 am  

saint at wire wrote:

Agreed but wee either playing tonight?

I didn't see much of Burns but he had a little spell when he looked like the player we had signed when he was taking the line on but for 70 mins I forgot he was playing.

I noticed Walsh regular. He was missing tackles like they was going out of fashion. He's trying to put himself in position where he doesn't have to make contact. He is a player teams will use spot plays on as most halves but he's not up to it physically or mentally. He's lost his bottle. The was a ball that went to ground and he was afraid to drop on the ball which in my book not acceptable.

Maybe we'd be best sitting him out for the rest of the year and go with Wilkin who at least tries to stamp he authority on the game and lead us.

Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:18 am  

Certainly there's an argument for sticking Quinlan not at fullback, but at halfback while Walsh sorts his head out.

Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:30 am  

Roy Haggerty wrote:

Certainly there's an argument for sticking Quinlan not at fullback, but at halfback while Walsh sorts his head out.

Would sooner have Percival back in the centres and Quinlan at full back, my opinion Walsh needs to sort his head out whilst on the pitch and not sat in the stands. Let Quinlan settle into the team for a couple of games away from the coal face in the halves, if things don't, improve when we go into the 8's then there is an option of him going at 7.

Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:56 am  

headhunter wrote:

Would Travis Burns be anywhere near a SL team if he wasn't Australian?

Wonderful signing Saints supporters were saying last year at this time. Do you all still feel he was worth the fee?

Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 10:00 am  

I would keep it simple.

Drop Walsh and put Wilkin back to 7.

Wilkin is no half but he got us to the top 4 with effort and endeavour. It's not ideal but until Walsh can go a few rounds with mose then he's not ready to take the field.

I feel for him but it's a professional game if youa are not ready to get hurt you can't play rl full stop.

Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 10:03 am  

Keiththered wrote:

Wonderful signing Saints supporters were saying last year at this time. Do you all still feel he was worth the fee?

I think so, he,s average at times but he has kept us ticking over in the top 3 so far this season, whilst your half back star signings are just about holding on and struggling to be in the top 8.

Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 10:09 am  

Keiththered wrote:

Wonderful signing Saints supporters were saying last year at this time. Do you all still feel he was worth the fee?

Up until the Souths game he was very good. His long passes to Percy was worldclass. He also was working well with Vea on those inside balls.

He's been pretty average for past 6 weeks tho and not looked the same since hull KR targeted him.

Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 10:34 am  

Judder Man wrote:

I think so, he,s average at times but he has kept us ticking over in the top 3 so far this season, whilst your half back star signings are just about holding on and struggling to be in the top 8.

Its not the fault of our half back star signings that we are only just in the top eight. Looking at how your half backs are performing I know which I would prefer in my team even with Campese long term injury.

Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 10:39 am  

St pete wrote:

Up until the Souths game he was very good. His long passes to Percy was worldclass. He also was working well with Vea on those inside balls.

He's been pretty average for past 6 weeks tho and not looked the same since hull KR targeted him.

Green did not do him any favours I agree but a top player would not allow such an incident so so adversely affect him. I think you need to look at other reasons for his decline in performance. He is mirroring our experience. A period of excellence followed by average performance.

Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 10:39 am  

Keiththered wrote:

Its not the fault of our half back star signings that we are only just in the top eight. Looking at how your half backs are performing I know which I would prefer in my team even with Campese long term injury.

So you'd rather have a player that's hardly played and won't play again this year over a player that plays week in week out ?

I just don't get that.