Garricks performance at centre

[JBW]

Reuben is a great winger.

That edge sucked today, it's obviously a new combo and we've won two out of three games with them ther, but it just feels that every time a team goes that side from inside our 20 they'll score. It it wasn't for Morgan Harper being the slowest winger in the world they would have scored another early but he wasn't fast enough to catch the floater from Dylan Brown.

Without Saab on the park, I'd like to see Reuben back iyn the flank just to give us some speed.

And I do agree, there has been one constant in our left edge issues over the years, but I'm not going to bag him as he's going to be considered as one of the greats for this club.

 

[zfinkels]

Amazing how easy these teams score in our 30. Should we just award them 6 points and get more time with the ball?

 

[mickqld]

Our centers and wingers are to busy watching the inside men and not relying on our inside defenders. They keep getting sucked in and leaving overlaps. It needs to stop or we'll get beaten out there way more often.

 

[frank stokes]

Our centers and wingers are to busy watching the inside men and not relying on our inside defenders. They keep getting sucked in and leaving overlaps. It needs to stop or we'll get beaten out there way more often.

Centre has to hold for the fullback wrapping around and trust his inside defender to slide to cover his opposite centre…
Mind you, I have no idea why Turbo packed into lock for a scrum on the 10m line - yes, he starts in the same position defensively (centre of field) but he has to wait til the scrum breaks before he moves and it means he is running sideways/backwards to defend instead of coming off his line with momentum…

 

[BOZO]

So we want Garrick to be Innes, O'Connor, Lyon and Matai all rolled into one in 3 weeks.
Not realistic.
Get back to me when he has 30-40 games.

In 40 games Garrick will turn into a Gasnier

 

[frank stokes]

Patience

Mr. Brownstone

 

[Dion Johnson]

Mr. Brownstone

Night train..

 

[mave]

In 40 games Garrick will turn into a Gasnier

Reg, not Mark, hopefully.

 

[bob dylan]

Reg, not Mark, hopefully.

Yeah we don't want "toey humans" in our backline.

 

[Jay Eagle]

Young Hoppa to centre and Garrick to wing
If your good enough your old enough and Lehi is too good for NSW cup at 19 and playing against men

 

[MW66]

Agree young Hoppa looks special however body is still very slight. Give him a few more months (or next year) and watch out. Plus I don't think he is eligible to play until rnd 11 anyway.

 

[Remy]

Young Hoppa to centre and Garrick to wing
If your good enough your old enough and Lehi is too good for NSW cup at 19 and playing against men

Has he really been that good at NSW cup?

 

[Snoz1976]

I’ve seen plenty of positives and he competes hard. With some more game time he will iron out the issues and create better combos

 

[Jay Eagle]

Has he really been that good at NSW cup?

Watch the games.. even go to the highlights

He's good on his feet, good defensively and good positional play

He may need to put on 5kg or so but the rest he has going in his favour

 

[Stuey Davis’s Socks]

Yeah we don't want "toey humans" in our backline.

Fire up Bob!

 

[Scorpio]

It's been three games... hasn't been perfect but he has the athleticism and football smarts so I have no doubt that it will click at centre eventually.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Let’s just say that if Sunday’s loss is the beginning of a mini-slump with:

1. Our traditional loss to SGI at Wollongong happening this weekend; followed by

2. The now traditional loss to Penrith at Brookvale the following weekend.

Then Seibold might want to check his stubbornness at the door, and consider selecting 117 NRL game veteran Brad Parker in the centres, with ‘Scarface’ Garrick (and his ersatz Clint Gutherson ‘Who me?’ gesticulating antics) back to the wing.

There is a danger now that the team will have another stuttering early season, just like 2023.

That start ultimately proved costly.

 

[Pete W]

Let’s just say that if Sunday’s loss is the beginning of a mini-slump with:

1. Our traditional loss to SGI at Wollongong happening this weekend; followed by

2. The now traditional loss to Penrith at Brookvale the following weekend.

Then Seibold might want to check his stubbornness at the door, and consider selecting 117 NRL game veteran Brad Parker in the centres, with ‘Scarface’ Garrick (and his ersatz Clint Gutherson ‘Who me?’ gesticulating antics) back to the wing.

There is a danger now that the team will have another stuttering early season, just like 2023.

That start ultimately proved costly.

My thoughts exactly. Hoping they simply remain thoughts

 

[dubLEs]

Not sure if this is the best thread to ask this question, however I didn't know if it deserved an entire new thread. So:
What is the current opinion around our ideal backline, assuming we have access to our entire roster fit and healthy. For me:
1 Trbojevic
2 Saab
3 Parker
4 Koula
5 Garrick
6 Brooks
7 Cherry-Evans

 

[madmax]

Not sure if this is the best thread to ask this question, however I didn't know if it deserved an entire new thread. So:
What is the current opinion around our ideal backline, assuming we have access to our entire roster fit and healthy. For me:
1 Trbojevic
2 Saab
3 Parker
4 Koula
5 Garrick
6 Brooks
7 Cherry-Evans

Trbo
Saab
Garrick / Talau
Koula
Paulo/ Talau / Garrick
Brooks
DCE