Jake Turbo to lock

[midsteyne]

I think its a great move and one that will be decisive in the Eagles pack,specialist props don't evolve till straight away,Turbo can run,tackle,pass.gunna be a star back rower

 

[Ralphie]

I think its a great move and one that will be decisive in the Eagles pack,specialist props don't evolve till straight away,Turbo can run,tackle,pass.gunna be a star back rower

Maybe, but he was the best on the field last week in his chosen position of many years. Why would a rookie coach change one of the few things that were actually good about our performance last week?

 

[Loobs]

Maybe, but he was the best on the field last week in his chosen position of many years. Why would a rookie coach change one of the few things that were actually good about our performance last week?

To make that same thing even gooderer..?

 

[midsteyne]

he may have been the best on field last week,but out of a fairly ordinary pack,we really need BIG props in the engine room,i know how good turbo is,he will burn out against much bigger props now he in the bigboys team,at 13 he will cut them to bits

 

[andyvb]

Jake is only 22, technically he hasn't fully grown, he will only get bigger and stronger in the next few years! I am pumped to see what he can do in another 2 years time

 

[tookey]

Not sure how the forwards can develop combinations when some have changed positons and several new forwards are brought in after only one round

Surely the coach and selectors would have sorted this out in the offseason?

Sounds like they are making things up as they go along

 

[globaleagle]

To make that same thing even gooderer..?

I'm not sure why midsteyne gave you a dislike when you agreed with him (fmd) so I gave you a like to balance it out.

carry on!

 

[Disco]

I love how people make out like this is some significant change

Teams play with 3 middle forwards and 2 edge forwards these days and Jake will play a very similar game regardless of the number on his back

The difference is not with Jake but with Taupau who is moving to the edge

Round 1
Jake, Myles, Taupau - Middle
Green, Brown - Edge

Round 2
Starling Myles Jake - Middle
Taupau, Brown - Edge

 

[maxta]

Think Jake will relish the lock role & the new combinations will be looking good before long.
Last week apart from coming up against a dogs team who benefit from playing together, the build up & hype seemed to overwhelm the performance....everyone is blaming combinations which can attribute, but the build up was massive adding pressure that imo - effected players performance individually & as a team...will know if this is true soon enough.

 

[Lord Eagleton]

As long he's out there in the pack somewhere, im happy.
TB may feel a little tweak will be good for the pack, let the man tweak. Getting Starling out there is a good thing also i think, as i know a few others feel that too. Get the team plodding forward..

 

[HoldenV8]

Ever since Bradley Clyde started using himself as a battering ram back in the late 80's, lock forward has been slowly evolving into a 3rd prop. These days you see more locks being able to slot straight into the front row than you do second rowers.

 

[Killer03]

I think it's a good move and possibly where Jake may end up long term. It frees up Taupau to go and run over centres which to me is more beneficial.

 

[midsteyne]

To make that same thing even gooderer..?

if I did hit the dislike it was by mistake,i totally think your correct

 

[midsteyne]

I'm not sure why midsteyne gave you a dislike when you agreed with him (fmd) so I gave you a like to balance it out.

carry on!

I gave you another like just because

 

[Fro]

I love how people make out like this is some significant change

Teams play with 3 middle forwards and 2 edge forwards these days and Jake will play a very similar game regardless of the number on his back

The difference is not with Jake but with Taupau who is moving to the edge

Round 1
Jake, Myles, Taupau - Middle
Green, Brown - Edge

Round 2
Starling Myles Jake - Middle
Taupau, Brown - Edge

This.

think Taumololo, Eastwood etc, the 13 is not a "lock" anymore in a lot of teams, its a 3rd prop with a bit of freedom.

 

[midsteyne]

Fro ,it seem by the number of posts x likes you do a bit of argueing
to us old blokes a lock is a lock ,born to hold the scrum together,now a second 5/8 / defensive player ,in my world you get left and right prop,left and right second rowers and a roving lock,please correct me if I am wrong

 

[Fro]

Define old Mate lol.

I'm old enough to remember when the center a side was a new concept and inside and outside centers were the go.

I suspect your world is not the same world as the current NRL setups. not all teams do it, but its not unusual.

scrums these days while feeding have the dummy half (not hooker, they don't do that either like they used to) at the back of the scum, enabling better distribution from the scrum. while defending it will be a tackler.

its a new world, not better, not worse, just new.

 

[Fluffy]

Just want to point out Fro made 7500 posts before likes were even introduced, otherwise he would be close to 200 by now

 

[Woodsie]

This.

think Taumololo, Eastwood etc, the 13 is not a "lock" anymore in a lot of teams, its a 3rd prop with a bit of freedom.

I still shake my head when commentaters say centre partners.
Heard one last year saying Lyon and Matai had an advantage because of years of playing in the centres together. Haven't seen them get within 50feet of each other in 5 years.

 

[lsz]

To be fair it is tough to get likes when you are pointing out spelling mistakes