That’s Blake Taaffe mate …
Cheers. Hadn't seen more than a few minutes of him in one South's game this year so I wouldn't know him in the street. I'm hopeful that he turns out to be one of those signings that give us faith back in our ability to pick up overlooked talent.
Been wondering that myself, particularly since what we want/need isn't available
From what I've seen of Taafe he's basically Nick Meaney, except with better lateral movement and acceleration at the start of his runs - more deceptive I'd say. He tends to get rag-dolled in tackles a fair bit, much like Meaney used to, so don't expect many post contact metres. He's still young so should improve more and it's great to have an option for leaving Crichton in the centres IMO.
One big difference Meaney avoided heavy contact when at the dogs - unless in space his runs n defence were soft - improved at Melbourne
Because no one wants him not even the knights he’s not the player he once was, the game has moved on and players have gone past him. He’s living on memories and on mot current times Centrelink is his future hopefully not us
Considering we desperately need starting props, who would you say is a better alternative out there?
Maybe a change of clubs and the way the training ciro is setting will help him improve?
We need to be throwing some cash at May from the roosters
For 25 tho.
I know. Still, we need to be making an offer sooner rather than later
Beggars can't be choosers, we've missed out on Haas Tino and Fotuaika,
Panthers stole it from the NBA where it’s become a tradition after winning the championship - like Halloween, these gimmicks take off down here at some point.
It's the biggest load of wank I've ever seen so it's hardly surprising the Yank wannabe Panthers have run with it. Throw some tear gas in their sheds after fulltime and see if the ski masks are much help. That'd be great post match entertainment.
King also needs to help himself. His personal regression was Starc. He was a real offload merchant in 2022 and in 2023 he went 0.5 offload per game
We might have to offer a bunch of development contracts to some big athletic young blokes and hope we get lucky
Because we had such a lack of "go forward" CC might have told him to just tuck it under the arm
