No room for T Wright

[Eagles4Life]

Blue Label?

Nice. A bit expensive to just be drinking and posting on here isn't it?!?!?

54 NIL Parramatta. Its for special moments like that lol.

 

[eagerbeaver]

So your saying there is no need for depth.

Off course we need depth - but the flip side of the current top 17 going well (early days) is we may lose a rare gem in Tom Wright.

 

[40 years an eagle]

Oyff course we need depth - but the flip side of the current top 17 going well (early das) is we may lose a rare gem in Tom Wright.

His contract will be upgraded well before that will happen buddy. No need to panic.

 

[Deleted member 26876]

If Kelly and Croker keep up there's no real need for Tom Wright, he is useful depth. I'm more than happy to keep Hastings as bench utility if he keeps coming on at hooker, also covers half obviously, and when croker came off for a period in that manly vs eels game we were well prepared

 

[nightster]

If Kelly and Croker keep up there's no real need for Tom Wright, he is useful depth. I'm more than happy to keep Hastings as bench utility if he keeps coming on at hooker, also covers half obviously, and when croker came off for a period in that manly vs eels game we were well prepared

Wash your mouth out young Harold ... Tom Wright could be a cross between Cliffy, Blakey & Bozo (the immortal, not the other one)

 

[Deleted member 26876]

Wash your mouth out young Harold ... Tom Wright could be a cross between Cliffy, Blakey & Bozo (the immortal, not the other one)

True, he's got something going for him although he has some serious flaws and consistency issues. I don't think it's us that need him

 

[nightster]

True, he's got something going for him although he has some serious flaws and consistency issues. I don't think it's us that need him

 

[eagerbeaver]

Its an extreme example, but lets look at Thurston when he was starting out at the dogs. They chose Brent Sherwin and Braith Anasta over him. Wasn't that a masterstroke.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/th...on-sign-with-the-cowboys-20150929-gjxgiv.html

 

[eagerbeaver]

Ok so ive had a think and got the crystal ball out.
I know Jacko Hastings has a lot of fans here, and not to say hes a bad player, but if I was to choose I would say T Wright has more upside to him then Hastings has.
Based on that, I would like to see Wright given the super sub utility role off the bench (maybe not quite so soon).
He could come on and destroy tiring defences in the last quarter of a match, and provides even more backline cover then Hastings.
You could put Croker to dummy half and give Api a spell. I actually think Croker has all the attributes of a good dummy half.
Newcastle are using a similar ploy with Lamb on the bench and Connor Watson going to hooker towards the end of the game.
Yes I know we just won 54-0, and I'm loving it!
Just planning ahead..

 

[smithy]

The kid has talent that few players possess. Can’t believe some are happy to cut him loose. There are none outside of Tommy T and DCE that have his x-factor. That said DCE was not the finished product at the end of his 20s and spent a year in Q Cup. Thank heavens some of those here weren’t making decisions for the club or he would have been flicked cause he wasn’t immediately in the 17. The kid is still learning, team
of the week for ISP this week is a good start. I’m confident he will debut this year at some point and hopefully show the doubters what he is capable of.

 

[eaglebuzz]

Its an extreme example, but lets look at Thurston when he was starting out at the dogs. They chose Brent Sherwin and Braith Anasta over him. Wasn't that a masterstroke.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/th...on-sign-with-the-cowboys-20150929-gjxgiv.html

Well they did win a premiership with that setup.

 

[Deleted member 26876]

Who is he going to replace. I don't see any space for him in the near future (as long as Kelly/Croker continue to improve)

 

[Heckenberg]

Who is he going to replace. I don't see any space for him in the near future (as long as Kelly/Croker continue to improve)

Possibly turbo at fullback during origin. Him or Hastings I’d hope.

 

[Kevinward777]

It’s a long season, and Tom Wright will get a shot at some stage I believe. Whether that be through players being chosen for SOO or through injury (fingers crossed that’s not the case) With the sheer physicality of the game today, every club needs first grade quality players waiting in the wings and ready when they get a call up. We are in a fantastic position right now with our depth. Some real talent licking at the boys heels.

 

[Bearfax]

Who is he going to replace. I don't see any space for him in the near future (as long as Kelly/Croker continue to improve)

Harry,you dont leave someone with Tom Wright's talent lingering in reserves for long, whether others are performing well or not. One option is to take Uate's wing position. Uate wasnt his devastating self in the past few weeks and age may be getting to him. While Taufua has gone up a level, Uate has I believe stagnated.

I'm also still to be convinced about young Croker. Not suggesting he should be dropped and certainly needs at least half a dozen games to get into the role effectively, but what I saw of him in the Parra game was someone who handled the position professionally and looked to be fitting in well. But then Hastings came on and played hooker with Api at 5/8 and the two of them looked far more dangerous.

Thing is that in the end if a player in firsts is playing well but obviously only first grade level and you have someone in reserves bashing down the door, isnt it logical to give the reserve grader a try. You mentioned Tom Wright has some flaws. I would suggest we tend to judge him harder than others because of his obvious talent. Give me his flaws with that talent any day over a merely competent safe player

 

[Deleted member 26876]

Harry,you dont leave someone with Tom Wright's talent lingering in reserves for long, whether others are performing well or not. One option is to take Uate's wing position. Uate wasnt his devastating self in the past few weeks and age may be getting to him. While Taufua has gone up a level, Uate has I believe stagnated.

I'm also still to be convinced about young Croker. Not suggesting he should be dropped and certainly needs at least half a dozen games to get into the role effectively, but what I saw of him in the Parra game was someone who handled the position professionally and looked to be fitting in well. But then Hastings came on and played hooker with Api at 5/8 and the two of them looked far more dangerous.

Thing is that in the end if a player in firsts is playing well but obviously only first grade level and you have someone in reserves bashing down the door, isnt it logical to give the reserve grader a try. You mentioned Tom Wright has some flaws. I would suggest we tend to judge him harder than others because of his obvious talent. Give me his flaws with that talent any day over a merely competent safe player

Personally reckon he's good depth at best for us. From what i've seen I'd take a safe, though capable and potentially destructive player in Croker, over that of one with unreliability through flaws such as inconsistency issues and attacking direction issues. Also, Uate has been fine imo, will improve his involvement as the season progresses (similar to last season)

He's better use to other clubs than us and think his talent would be pretty useless at wing. If Kelly captures the other centre position, wing may be his only option in the upcoming years.

 

[Clay]

I've only seen him play probably 6-8 games and he has either been a complete passenger or the worst on ground . He must have some good games with the wraps he gets but every time I've seen Cade Cust play his shone through as a class above.
It will sort itself out, if he is playing well enough TBaz will pick him, if not then he will be another player that never reached potential and there have been plenty of those

 

[maxta]

I've only seen him play probably 6-8 games and he has either been a complete passenger or the worst on ground . He must have some good games with the wraps he gets but every time I've seen Cade Cust play his shone through as a class above.
It will sort itself out, if he is playing well enough TBaz will pick him, if not then he will be another player that never reached potential and there have been plenty of those

You have definately missed the kid in form - has a heap of natural ability and can play.

 

[double hoops]

Ok so ive had a think and got the crystal ball out.
I know Jacko Hastings has a lot of fans here, and not to say hes a bad player, but if I was to choose I would say T Wright has more upside to him then Hastings has.

Completely different type of players. They could complement each other tremendously well moving forward. Let's be happy both wear the maroon and white.

 

[eagerbeaver]

Completely different type of players. They could complement each other tremendously well moving forward. Let's be happy both wear the maroon and white.

I'm not saying they are the same type of player, what I'm saying is if you only had room for one (bench utility role) I think Wright has more upside then Hastings. Taking goalkicking out of the equation as it looks like Cherry is hitting them pretty well, and given Hastings inability to crack it for a regular spot at 3 clubs over several seasons..