Opinion Blake Taaffe

[Nasheed]

Fullback. Switched to the halves in sg ball, won jersey flegg as a half then moved back to fullback.. his junior resume isn't overly impressive.. played indigenous rep teams but doesn't look like he made nsw throughout his junior years

Hold up!
Are you saying he is aboriginal?!

 

[BulldogsNation]

34 ppl voting for him so far to be FB.. lol

He is Nsw cup material at best.

2024, replace 1 dud in Perham and replace him with another dud in Taffe.. great logic

Hard.

It'll be Critta with a full pre season under his belt at fullback who'll make that position his own next year.

People are over thinking this

 

[bradtalo]

7. He is a former NSW under 19's halfback. Partnered with Burton at 5/8 remember. Sexton is average or below.

 

[bradtalo]

I heard it was halfback.

If you watch his highlights he wears 1, 6 and 7.

 

[BulldogsNation]

He was bought as challenge to Sexton, there's no thought to him being a fullback.

Fullback will be critta, backup blake wilson

 

[dekepefc]

Hold up!
Are you saying he is aboriginal?!

Yep..

 

[habs]

Will play 14 I think. In the event of injuries he can fill in at 1,6,7.

 

[CMP]

It won’t happen but I would play him at 6.

1. Crichton
2. Kiraz/Skeleton
3. Xerri
4. Burton
5. JAC
6. Taaffe
7. Sexton

 

[The DoggFather]

Hold up!
Are you saying he is aboriginal?!

Yeah bro.

My sons first coach is his uncle and they are indigenous.

 

[Kempsey Dog]

The problem we have if Taaffe is #1.
It means Crichton would be centre, which is detrimental to Xerri, Skelton and other centre prospects we do have, because Burton should be the other centre...
We unfortunately are stacked in the backs, but have poor halves and forwards.

 

[Nasheed]

Yeah bro.

My sons first coach is his uncle and they are indigenous.

He is white with a Dutch name.
I’m not buying it.
This is Nasheed saying he loves with 8 ppl to get Covid payments all over again

 

[The DoggFather]

He is white with a Dutch name.
I’m not buying it.
This is Nasheed saying he loves with 8 ppl to get Covid payments all over again

Up to you not to buy it, don't know why I would chose to lie about his ethnicity...

 

[Dogs4eva13]

At least with Taafe and Mann (if signed) there are 2 NRL standard players that can play 5/8 putting some much needed pressure on Burton to perform or get switched to centre or if Xerri and Crichton are killing it to get dropped.

 

[gibbo2]

Full back till Joash is ready.
I thinks Chrichton will play in the centres where he is most dangerous. Once Joash is ready Taffe can be a 14 for us .

 

[gibbo2]

I heard it was halfback.

He played a lot half back when he was younger. Apparently him and Burton played on the halves for the Junior Blues and were a great combo .

 

[The DoggFather]

Full back till Joash is ready.
I thinks Chrichton will play in the centres where he is most dangerous. Once Joash is ready Taffe can be a 14 for us .

Exactly this!

 

[Dogs4eva13]

The problem we have if Taaffe is #1.
It means Crichton would be centre, which is detrimental to Xerri, Skelton and other centre prospects we do have, because Burton should be the other centre...
We unfortunately are stacked in the backs, but have poor halves and forwards.

You are right I think we need to do some player swaps in the off season , with someone like Canberra who have the opposite problem. Although who knows Xerri may turn into a second rower seeing how short we are there, takes a bit of the pressure off. Would have loved to have seen more of Samrani this year he is a Smokey for a centre spot as well.

 

[Nasheed]

Up to you not to buy it, don't know why I would chose to lie about his ethnicity...

I’m not saying YOU are lying. I think Taafe might be misrepresenting.
I’ll study it over the next few hours

 

[The DoggFather]

I’m not saying YOU are lying. I think Taafe might be misrepresenting.
I’ll study it over the next few hours

I don't really give a fk bro, as long as he performs for us he can be a Paki lol

 

[boggie23]

34 ppl voting for him so far to be FB.. lol

He is Nsw cup material at best.

2024, replace 1 dud in Perham and replace him with another dud in Taffe.. great logic

To be fair (And I agree with you he is still one of the worst fullbacks in the nrl) he has played in a Grand Final as a fullback and did ok. He has played 27 nrl games or so. Perham came in having played a handful of games over many years as an outside back and was nothing more than an injury replacement at nrl level. Even with a full team Taaffe probably still plays as a 14 for souths. Hayze on the other hand would most likely be a centre in Reserve grade.

But I agree. Handy player. But definitely not the messiah. Also would be a handy 1, 6 or 14 and fullback would be his weaker position. Makes sense as a 14.