The incredibly frustrating thing with GOB is we all know he has it in him to be better than he is.

He's brave, very brave in fact, he'll keep hold of the ball right to the line.
He can pass well
He can take on the line and although not the quickest as a good initial burst of pace.
His bombs are very high
His place kicking is better than Ratchfords (Why he gets the gig over GOB?)

GOB for me needs to lead, he needs to find ironically 'a gob'.
He needs to think more with his kicks rather than just sticking snow on them, he's capable (better kicking coach?)
He also needs to think a bit sharper, the single most frustrating thing is the fact that we all know he has all the attributes to be very good but just isn't quite there.

I differ only on GOB's bombs. I think he doesn't put enough snow on them.
You need to give a fb something to think about. The longer it lingers the more time the fb has to hesitate!

If his kicks aren't high then Mylers under 9's efforts are really put into perspective.
I've seen higher 15 year olds in Orford Park.

Bridge is back in tonight at 6 I hear.

A lot of kicks from hand are about field position and none of our half backs have it in their locker to get the ball in positive positions for Wire often enough. I think it's the worst part of our game as a team. GOB can kick excellently from the tee, Ratchford is decent enough at that too, GOB can kick reasonably high, none of the others can and Gaz's aren't anything special.

Our lack of a kicking game will be our downfall this season IMO.

The club have known about our dodgy kicking game since Mr Briers pulled on his boots for the last time which is over 12 months ago. A dodgy kicking game should no longer be a problem for the Wire.....it should either have been rectified by now or we should have a winning game plan that doesn't rely on kicking so much.

I agree 9A

Whilst I agree with your sentiments and think that a good kicking game is desirable, we weren't so far off last year admittedly with M. Monaghan on fine form, so perhaps we did have a none kicking, winning, game plan. Get Clark operating at his best and the whole team on the front foot we won't be far off again IMO NTW

LESSON LEARNT!!


The difference already in the middle with Ratchford at pivot with Bridge and GOB.

We must stick to this hb partnership. It works and Bridge isn't even 100% fit yet.

i think the lesson learnt is no Wheeler until he sorts his defence out.

and also possibly that we dont miss Myler at all

Thought Bridge was pretty anonymous tonight.
But i was in an out of the game missed swathes of it.

no, its a fair assesment.... he didnt really do much.... found touch with a decent kick.. didnt do much more.

another lesson to be learnt from tonight is Ratchford is our FB for probably the rest of his career.

I can't believe this thread is still going. FFS If you think this is a grand final winning half back combination, then you have the combined rugby league knowledge of; my hamster, my dead grandmother, and the entire population of Peru.