If your referring to me, I do not have a "hard on" for Reynolds. However I do admire his work ethic. He plays in the guts and is always going. He does more work than most backs do and accordingly will make more mistakes. However, the love child in number 4 continually gets in the wrong position and other teams are now attacking his side of the field. He is seen as the weakest link.
Reynolds is the target, he is the weakest link. How can you not see that? He has always been the issue on our right side in defence. For years people blamed other players and overlooked Reynolds errors because everyone loves him on here.
Teams have been attacking that side constantly long before Lafai played there. It's actually a lot stronger this season than the 80% of tries that were put on us here last season.
Brown and Thompson would be shit in NSW Cup also.
Reynolds will play u muppet, his got 75 points which ain't enough for one week!!! And he will bomb the f@$ out of Thompson!!!
goodwin and merrit are their wingers, even with brown out there i think we have the better wingers pairing lol
Lol that's a fair enough call
David Simmons is injured at the moment.I have now seen Thompson play the first six rounds in first grade. Not sure what to make of the young man. He should have scored in the corner early in the first half but didn't get there. I remarked to a friend of mine that I thought a really good finisher (eg Perrett or Hazem) would have got there easily with a bit better footwork.
However, it is clear that the young bloke struggles under the high ball with any pressure on him. Whether its off a cross-kick or bomb doesn't really make much difference. The end result has not been of first grade standard on a number of occassions.
Manu if a foot taller than him but the ease with which he was able to cause havoc is a real concern. He made David Simmons (who can't crack first grade at the moment for the Panthers) look like a SOO winger in that game against the Panthers.
Its our most obvious weak link. We were fortunate that in the Roosters game Tupou was marking up on the other side of the field, otherwise, that could have been a real concern.
I am not writing the kid off but I have to say, its really heart in the mouth type stuff when a bomb/kick goes up to his wing.
By the same token, I am not sure Brown has great ability in the air either. He's an honest toiler with reasonable defence. But he's more in the mould of your solid winger than your brilliant one. He should have taken that Hodkinson pass about halfway through the second half and streaked away down the sideline. I was filthy when he lazily stuck out his right hand while looking at where the defence was coming from. He really should have done better there.
I have great faith in our forwards. Our halves are playing out of their skin. Our Centres are strong and Sam Perrett is getting better and better at the back. Our bench is probably the best in the comp. I still feel our wingers are our weak link. Ennis being prone to a brain explosion is also an issue. Other than that, happy days.
Well said
This is one game i'm not worried about Thompson, Merritt is an over rated hack.
Yh his so shit, he cant even score trys.....
Thompson is far more tankier looking than Merritt to be honest, I wouldn't be worried nor doubting Thompsons athletic ability against an ageing old bunny haha.
Lol Simmons best winger at penrith!!!!! Are you on drugs or just having a go??? Who on the kennel would want Simmons or josh mansour???
Mansour is good when he holds the ball. In the last 2 games coming back from injury he's made 2 line breaks, 1 try and 7 errors. If you're worried about strength under the high ball he's not exactly the best player.
The fact he is south's leading try scorer says more about the quality of souths playing rooster for the last 40 years than it does about merritt's abilities.
