The Book of Albert

[Pepi]

He’s been ok in his debut.
Returning from 2 ACLs you can now understand why Des was reluctant to throw him into a poorly performing team.

 

[40 years an eagle]

Hes a FB that is playing centre... just like Funa effort with addons carr... centre playing FB and totally out of position...
Dumb selections out of position... may as well play jake at HB and put DCE into hooker...

We see it differently.

 

[Scorpio]

He is decent but $250k is very generous from what I have seen so far.

 

[Technical Coach]

Two basic elements i would expect to see of an attacking player at the age of 19yrs is youthful speed and sharp footwork, Albert has neither. Won't last long as a back-line player, already has some size(and i don't particular like his physical makeup) that will probably slow him down in the future as he packs on more weight.

Yeah i know you have to give young players time, along with seeing their attacking attributes in a team performing well to see what they can offer(hard to stand out in a squad all busted and struggling to perform) but i'm not all that fussed about Albert already.

 

[eaglebuzz]

I would have liked to see him at fullback, Guna had a shocker today

 

[Shoe1]

He has a lot of work to do to be a first grader.

that drop on the last minute (good ball from cherry) reminded me of his lazy effort in the sg ball grand final some years ago when he dropped it cold allowing Newcastle a chance to score and win the game.

 

[The better Robbo]

I think he will end up being powerful winger. He certainly did NOT increase his asking price tonight bit hopefully Des will persist with him for the rest of the season so he will know the standard he needs to meet heading into next year

 

[KNUCKLES]

Hes a FB that is playing centre... just like Funa effort with addons carr... centre playing FB and totally out of position...
Dumb selections out of position... may as well play jake at HB and put DCE into hooker...

I thought jake was playing halfback

 

[Hotspur2014]

If he is the Mesiah we are in real trouble !!!!

 

[Shoe1]

He’s been ok in his debut.
Returning from 2 ACLs you can now understand why Des was reluctant to throw him into a poorly performing team.

You make it sound like the team
Let him down! He was bog average,.

 

[40 nil]

Bonus for Albert that he came through the game unscathed (hopefully). Hard to be confident coming back after 2 years out with serious injury. May as well give Schuster & the rest of the young players game time before the end of the season.

 

[40 years an eagle]

I would have liked to see him at fullback, Guna had a shocker today

I thought Funa was good today. he had a LOT of work to do and was very good with most of it. He will get better with experience but won't be a star.

 

[KNUCKLES]

The mole has reported schuster will debut this year lol

 

[Smokin Joe]

Worth persisting with but $250K is about right.Long way from polished product yet,lot harder against adults,issue I see is that he was reported to have a bit of toe...not seeing that and don't know if he would be better at fullback.
Funa was great at fullback,got caught out once which led to a try but good under the ball,did not get pushed around,defended well,looks sharp and good footwork,lacks a yard of pace to be really good but doubt Albert is the answer...

 

[Bearfax]

Interesting how some on this site see players. The fantasy points scorers saw DCE as have a good game. They also saw Funa next best in the backline followed by Hopoate. Interesting about perceptions. Funa and Hopa are kids just started but they are being judged as experienced players with years under their belt. Funa looks sound. Hopa was tentative and no doubt being careful about those knees. Both did enough to suggest they'll get there. An offseason will see these kids become men. Today they were up against a well oiled side with pace to burn, many already experienced and ruthless. We have to start somewhere and given they had 10% less ball than the Storm and they had all their best players back, I think Manly held them well, despite the final blowout.

 

[SeaEaglez]

The fact that he is not match fit, makes his situation even harder

Ha ha, so why should he get picked
Blokes like you who bet each way crack me up!
Let’s pick a prodigious talent and debut him when he is not match fit....too funny for words

 

[Tragic Eagle]

Hoppa no worse that Elliott or Jorge. Baptism of fire today. Apart from a few position errors Funa impressed me today. But our backline defence is really brittle. May as well give the young ones game time we can’t make the eight. Let’s build for next year. Time to give Schuster a shot at 5/8.

 

[ricardo]

I now understand why Des held Hoppa back.

HE'S NOT READY.

Discuss

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Well done on making his NRL debut. Did some good things, showed some inexperience. Showed lack of match practice. Now there's a shock.
Will improve!

 

[Tragic Eagle]

He needs game time. Funa has improved with more game time. Tough assignment today and yes his defence was pretty poor. He fits right in really.