A Des-style player for sure. Just needs to get some time clear of injuries and he will improve even more.Brad has re-signed for a further two years
A Des-style player for sure. Just needs to get some time clear of injuries and he will improve even more.Brad has re-signed for a further two years
Needs to work on his discipline along with GosiRoosters can have Latrell. Give me Brad the Ginger Ninja Parker every day.
He is easily the weakest link in our team at the moment.Roosters can have Latrell. Give me Brad the Ginger Ninja Parker every day.
I was a Parker doubter, but he is really growing on me. He's a handful with the ball, hits the line at a 100 miles an hour, and is a good defender.He is easily the weakest link in our team at the moment.
Costly sin bin, his customary mistake trying to play the ball, a missed opportunity getting the ball down in a try scoring situation and giving away costly penalties.
Sure, he ran into Adam Reynolds and beat him but Reynolds was exposed one on one from a clever set play.
Parker has improved but he is still a fringe FG footballer and we want to be the best at Manly.
I’d be looking to use Parker as depth next year only. He should also keep his mouth shut until he has more runs on the board. He is constantly whinging to the refs (a la Darious Boyd and Josh Dugan at the play-the-ball) and the way he gets up and slams the ball into the ground after he scores if Michael Jennings like.
I’m off Parker big time.
If he had better hands, he would be worth more.I was a Parker doubter, but he is really growing on me. He's a handful with the ball, hits the line at a 100 miles an hour, and is a good defender.
Yes he does make errors and needs a cooler head but that should come with more consistent game time. If he can manage an injury free season I'll be happy with him as our left centre. (He's not a winger!)
Schuster could definitely handle centre next year. He is a big body with great skill. He will end up in the forwards but he could certainly offer some enterprise on the edge next year. He is also cleared for contact by the surgeon so the wrist injury will not hamper his pre-season.Reminder that we very nearly made it to finals week 3 with a few million worth of players injured on the sideline.
I don't think we need to make wholesale changes, but we need a great off-season to determine who exactly is our first-choice lineup for 2020.
Not sure how far away Ben Trbojevic, Josh Schuster and Albert Hopoate are (pending injuries). But surely they would come into consideration as well as any other signings we make.
Schuster could definitely handle centre next year. He is a big body with great skill. He will end up in the forwards but he could certainly offer some enterprise on the edge next year. He is also cleared for contact by the surgeon so the wrist injury will not hamper his pre-season.
Take it as gospel, he'll be here.Is it confirmed he is staying?
I assumed he was, but I don't know.
The more skill and X-factor the better, for sure.If he had better hands, he would be worth more.
The issue is when you have that bit of "no frills" about you, it is important that you are "safe". You have to be a player like Tom T to get away with making the amount of errors Parker has in his game for it to be worth carrying you in the team.
Too many costly things happen around Parker and he doesn't offer enough upside to combat it. It can seem like it's just another error, but pinning Souths on their own line instead of piggybacking them up the field can be the difference between a win and a loss.
I respect your opinion and I do think it is quite rational and balanced but I think we are going to need to be cut-throat to compete with the likes of the Roosters and Melbourne.
Think schuster will end up in forwards too.Schuster could definitely handle centre next year. He is a big body with great skill. He will end up in the forwards but he could certainly offer some enterprise on the edge next year. He is also cleared for contact by the surgeon so the wrist injury will not hamper his pre-season.
You are going to very disappointed because there are concerns about how unfair it has been to play him at 5/8 because it is not the best thing for his development.Schuster would be wasted in any other position but five eighth. I know he's a big unit, but he has Cliffy like distributing skills and knows where the try line is. If he continues to progress as I hope he will, he will mesmerise other sides.
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9 | 7 | 2 | 72 | 16 |
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9 | 7 | 2 | 49 | 16 |
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11 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 14 |
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9 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 14 |
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10 | 6 | 4 | -10 | 14 |
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11 | 6 | 5 | 107 | 12 |
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11 | 6 | 5 | -9 | 12 |
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10 | 5 | 5 | -56 | 12 |
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11 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 11 |
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10 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 10 |
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11 | 5 | 6 | -12 | 10 |
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9 | 3 | 6 | -71 | 8 |
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10 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 7 |
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9 | 2 | 7 | -69 | 6 |
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10 | 2 | 8 | -91 | 6 |
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10 | 1 | 9 | -186 | 4 |