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| Quote: ninearches "How about moving him to Mamo's soon to be vacant space for next season ? He could be a utility player for the rest of this one.'"
Can’t see him playing for Mamo’s salary (assuming he’s one of our cheaper players).
He’ll be picked up as a backup NRL player or join another SL club on less money than he’s on here.
I’m with the impact player idea. It would be the perfect fit for him and also make him look good in the shop window so he could find a contract elsewhere.
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| I just meant right centre.
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| Quote: Fantastic Mr Catpiss "Hey, i'm not a moderator, you can do what you like guy.'"
I think you should definitely apply............ then you could get paid like Rico and me.
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| Nice fellow, got Williams, pack your bindle stick.
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| Whatever criticisms Austin deserves he has always given his best. He may have drifted out of games at times but not through laziness. He certainly didn't come over for a holiday and as such deserves respect. I would play him as an impact player when all fit and he could be massively important for us trying to lift the title this year, he's still a game-changer when he wants to be.
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| Quote: ratticusfinch "Whatever criticisms Austin deserves he has always given his best. He may have drifted out of games at times but not through laziness. He certainly didn't come over for a holiday and as such deserves respect. I would play him as an impact player when all fit and he could be massively important for us trying to lift the title this year, he's still a game-changer when he wants to be.'"
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| Quote: ratticusfinch "Whatever criticisms Austin deserves he has always given his best. He may have drifted out of games at times but not through laziness. He certainly didn't come over for a holiday and as such deserves respect. I would play him as an impact player when all fit and he could be massively important for us trying to lift the title this year, he's still a game-changer when he wants to be.'"
No he hasn’t.
He gave his best when he first came…and I don’t recall him being the key player to change a game in a long time. He has been putting in some good kicks of late.
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| I'm now suffering from a Sound of Music earworm. Meh.
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| No.
Yet ANOTHER square peg in a round hole.
He's a half
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| Quote: Fantastic Mr Catpiss "The more you look at him the more you realise he's pretty one dimensional.
And as much as I'd like to play lee radford's Hull fc all the time, the reality is, we aint'"
Utter twaddle..can side step got good hands and as good vision..and when given the chance as a good kicking game...stick the lad at loose then we have a bloody good spine.. ratchford Williams widdop Clarke and Austin..
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| Offer a one year deal on reduced terms, make it been known he won’t be first choice HB. Then leave it up to Austin himself to decide. I can’t see another SL club offering any sort of mega bucks deal. As for the Nrl he’ll only be playing reserve grade, he’s not at that level. Judging by social media him and his family seem well settled in Warrington
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| Loose could be an option. Let’s face it, his weakness is pass selection. He CAN pass, but under extreme pressure has proved to either pick the wrong one or to execute it poorly. Same with short kicking game, just don’t give him the ball near the line in the last, it’s a foregone conclusion.
In the middle, those passes are few and far between, but his running game, short pass and long kicking game can all be used effectively. I think he could run his weight, and get us out of our end. The problem is defence. Could he make 40/50+ tackles without losing his discipline.
Either way, his game needs to evolve. He’s not the stand off he once way/was once thought of
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| Quote: sir adrian morley "Utter twaddle..can side step got good hands and as good vision..and when given the chance as a good kicking game...stick the lad at loose then we have a bloody good spine.. ratchford Williams widdop Clarke and Austin..'"
Nope, he's got a step that after 3 years you can telegraph a mile away, and needs an awful lot of room otherwise it's ineffective, and he looks like Jack Hughes pulling up yo the line.
He's got a big bomb which looks fantastic.
I wouldn't say he's got good hands, I've seen him make a fair few passes, and decisions under pressure and when we're behind. He puts plenty of passes above charnley and into touch, he can't hold a candle to Briers long passing game
If he's got all these attributes, how come he's been such a non factor or bit part player for 18 months or so?
And, from what I hear, he refuses to change up or adapt his game, so it looks like he's got no interest in improving his weaker skills.
Personally I've had enough and would like to move on.
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| Quote: Barbed Wire "Loose could be an option. Let’s face it, his weakness is pass selection. He CAN pass, but under extreme pressure has proved to either pick the wrong one or to execute it poorly. Same with short kicking game, just don’t give him the ball near the line in the last, it’s a foregone conclusion.
In the middle, those passes are few and far between, but his running game, short pass and long kicking game can all be used effectively. I think he could run his weight, and get us out of our end. The problem is defence. Could he make 40/50+ tackles without losing his discipline.
Either way, his game needs to evolve. He’s not the stand off he once way/was once thought of'"
This, this right here.
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| Quote: Fantastic Mr Catpiss "This, this right here.'"
Can we play someone at loose forward who simply cannot tackle though? Surely not....
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