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Quote ="Asgardian13"Sorry, I don't deal in myths. Evans is our best defensive centre since Allan 'the clamp' Bateman. Gidley was starting fullback for an NRL team in 2015 - less than two years ago.'"
Yes and he wasn't good enough, he got constantly moved around positions, you're speaking like he played 20 games a season at fullback, he wasn't even newcastle regular fullback, Darius Boyd was from 2012 onwards... go on an nrl forum and ask Newcastle fans. Better yet read through this 20 page thread about him in 2014 where they basically say he is finished, and doesn't justify a position in the team forums.leagueunlimited.com/threa ... ey.432859/. Like I said, he hasn't been an NRL standard fullback for a long time, like Evans isn't good enough to be centre in a good sl team.
And Evans our best defensive centre in 25 years?  You listen to Stevo too much, who seen a couple of decent tackles and decided to label him as a monster in defence. Like I said, he is a decent tackler if you run straight at him... any player or ball movement and he is struggling. I would take Atkins over Evans in defence every day of the week, at least he hits hard whilst missing tackles.
Ill help you out a bit in the comparison.. Atkins made 413 tackles last season and missed 27. Rhys "best tackler since sliced bread" Evans made 375 tackles and missed 41. |
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Quote ="Asgardian13"Sorry, I don't deal in myths. Evans is our best defensive centre since Allan 'the clamp' Bateman. Gidley was starting fullback for an NRL team in 2015 - less than two years ago.'"
Yes and he wasn't good enough, he got constantly moved around positions, you're speaking like he played 20 games a season at fullback, he wasn't even newcastle regular fullback, Darius Boyd was from 2012 onwards... go on an nrl forum and ask Newcastle fans. Better yet read through this 20 page thread about him in 2014 where they basically say he is finished, and doesn't justify a position in the team forums.leagueunlimited.com/threa ... ey.432859/. Like I said, he hasn't been an NRL standard fullback for a long time, like Evans isn't good enough to be centre in a good sl team.
And Evans our best defensive centre in 25 years? You listen to Stevo too much, who seen a couple of decent tackles and decided to label him as a monster in defence. Like I said, he is a decent tackler if you run straight at him... any player or ball movement and he is struggling. I would take Atkins over Evans in defence every day of the week, at least he hits hard whilst missing tackles.
Ill help you out a bit in the comparison.. Atkins made 413 tackles last season and missed 27. Rhys "best tackler since sliced bread" Evans made 375 tackles and missed 41. | |
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I would have Gidley at 1 with Johnson as his understudy. Never ever have Russell at 1.
I would have Ratchford at right centre with King as his understudy.
I would have Russell and Penny fighting it out for a wing spot. Here is my back line:
1 Gidley
2 Penny
3 Ratchford
4 Atkins
5 Lineham
6 Brown
7 Patton
Some good experience, guile, power and pace there.
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| Quote ="Kevin Turvey"I would have Gidley at 1 with Johnson as his understudy. Never ever have Russell at 1.
I would have Ratchford at right centre with King as his understudy.
I would have Russell and Penny fighting it out for a wing spot. Here is my back line:
1 Gidley
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3 Ratchford
4 Atkins
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Some good experience, guile, power and pace there.'"
Iv been calling for Ratch at centre a good couple of years now. I would love to see the above going forward. |
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| Quote ="LOngbarn Wire"Iv been calling for Ratch at centre a good couple of years now. I would love to see the above going forward.'"
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You listen to Stevo too much, who seen a couple of decent tackles and decided to label him as a monster in defence. Like I said, he is a decent tackler if you run straight at him... any player or ball movement and he is struggling. I would take Atkins over Evans in defence every day of the week, at least he hits hard whilst missing tackles.
