2009 Knights Side - Opinions

newy6matho said:
Some supporters should wake up first!!!!
Last time I looked he was a front rower! wasn't he?

115kg- Danny Wicks
113kg- Soine Tovo
112kg- Ben Cross
106kg- Tim Natusch

What's NEXT Ben Cross is over wieght!!!! PLEASE JUST LEAVE WICKS ALONE OR SOME DAY NO YOUNG PLAYERS WILL WON'T TO COME TO THE KNIGHTS CLUB!!
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Yeah, there is a difference between fat and muscle and danny wicks is fat. Just want him to reach his potential i think he can be a great front rower. but heneeds to drop some weight or turned it into some muscle then maybe he wont be found out in defence so much.
 
What I think Smithy will go with:
1. Gidley
2. McManus
3. Sau
4. MacDougall
5. Naiqama
6. Rogers
7. Mullen
8. Simpson
9. De Gois
10. Cross
11. Houston
12. Paterson
13. Taia

14. Hilder
15. Tolar
16. Ciraldo
17. Wicks
 
bh7 said:
Yeah, there is a difference between fat and muscle and danny wicks is fat. Just want him to reach his potential i think he can be a great front rower. but heneeds to drop some weight or turned it into some muscle then maybe he wont be found out in defence so much.
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That old photo of him from his Dragons days that somebody posted a few weeks ago just illustrates that he is overweight now.
 
1. gids
2. mcmanus
3. simmons (if not signed sau)
4. mcdougall
5. Uate
6. Mullen
7. Dureau
8. simmo
9. Degois
10. Cross
11. Houston
12. Paterson
13. Taia

14. Hilder
15. Tolar
16. Fa'oso
17. Taufua


18. wicks
19. rogers
20. ciraldo
21. naqiama
22. vuna
23. karawanna
24. walshy
25. Lulia
 
2009 team

1: K.GIDLEY (c)
2: J.MCMANUS
3: C.VUNA
4: J.SAU
5: W.NAIQAMA
6: J.MULLEN
7: S.DUREAU
8: D.WICKS
9: I.DEGOIS
10: B.CROSS
11: C.PATTERSON
12: S.SIMPSON
13: Z.TAIA

14: M.HILDER
15: G.NADIRA
16: C.HOUSTON
17: M.TAUFUA

18: A.UATE
 
1. Kurt Gidley
2. James McManus
3. Junior Sau
4. Cooper Vuna or Wes Naiqama
5. Aku Uate
6. Jarrod Mullen
7. Scott Dureau
8. Dan Tolar
9. Isaac De Gois
10. Steve Simpson
11. Chris Houston
12. Cory Paterson
13. Zeb Taia

14. Matt Hilder
15. Richie Fa'aoso
16. Mark Taufua
17. Ben Cross

Impact would be immense from the bench, Simmo and Tolar are the toilers of the pack and will do the hard yards in the opening 20.

I couldn't really split Naiqama and Vuna, mainly because Wes and Aku linked well for Fiji although Wes was pretty dire during last season, Vuna could go either way really, just needs some more confidence.

I'm also assuming Mad Dog won't be re-signed, Wicks and Ciraldo to be chained to a fence and away from the top 17 as they add nothing.

Rogers to be called up if either Mullen/Dureau to get injured, Ndaira to be called up if DeGois/Hilder get injured.

Timmy Natusch to make his debut if Cross continues his poor form.

If any of our backrow gets injured or are in poor form I'll almost die because of the lack of quality depth there.
 
Frizzed said:
Timmy Natusch to make his debut if Cross continues his poor form.

If any of our backrow gets injured or are in poor form I'll almost die because of the lack of quality depth there.
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Cross finished the season well and played well when fit imo.
We've got plenty of depth Simpson,Housten,Paterson,Taufua,Taia and Ciraldo are all capable.
 
Its gonna be so different without Bedsy next season. I think we have the players to cover his absense but it wont be the same since ive been a Knights fan since Bedsy basically started.
 
Frizzed said:
1. Kurt Gidley
2. James McManus
3. Junior Sau
4. Cooper Vuna or Wes Naiqama
5. Aku Uate
6. Jarrod Mullen
7. Scott Dureau
8. Dan Tolar
9. Isaac De Gois
10. Steve Simpson
11. Chris Houston
12. Cory Paterson
13. Zeb Taia

14. Matt Hilder
15. Richie Fa'aoso
16. Mark Taufua
17. Ben Cross

Impact would be immense from the bench, Simmo and Tolar are the toilers of the pack and will do the hard yards in the opening 20.

I couldn't really split Naiqama and Vuna, mainly because Wes and Aku linked well for Fiji although Wes was pretty dire during last season, Vuna could go either way really, just needs some more confidence.

I'm also assuming Mad Dog won't be re-signed, Wicks and Ciraldo to be chained to a fence and away from the top 17 as they add nothing.

Rogers to be called up if either Mullen/Dureau to get injured, Ndaira to be called up if DeGois/Hilder get injured.

Timmy Natusch to make his debut if Cross continues his poor form.

If any of our backrow gets injured or are in poor form I'll almost die because of the lack of quality depth there.
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i think you forget that simpson isnt really a front rower, he is capable but is better suited choosing when to run rather then continuously tryin to gain metres, i dont think cross had poor form at all he was only hindered due to injury plus he really hit the spot towards the end of the season, also i think we have good depth in the second row plus theres gotta be a couple youngsters coming through:fist:
 
I have to agree, I think you are compromising one of your strengths by playing Simpson at prop.
 
1. Kurt Gidley
2. James McManus
3. Junior Sau
4. Cooper Vuna or Wes Naiqama
5. Aku Uate
6. Jarrod Mullen
7. Scott Dureau
8. Ben Cross
9. Isaac De Gois
10. Dan Tolar
11. Steve Simpson
12. Cory Paterson
13. Zeb Taia

14. Matt Hilder
15. Richie Fa'aoso
16. Mark Taufua
17. Chris Houston

Pretty much went with Frizzed side just made a few changes
 
is everyone forgetting about Danny Wicks? he maybe overweight but he was there when Cross and Simpson was injured he did a great job as prop and scored the TRY OF THE SEASON
 
patskies said:
is everyone forgetting about Danny Wicks? he maybe overweight but he was there when Cross and Simpson was injured he did a great job as prop and scored the TRY OF THE SEASON
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WHAT THE?
SOMEONE HAS A GOOD THING TO SAY ABOUT DANNY THE PIE MAN WICKS!!!!
I've been on the forum since about july and haven't read one good thing about him until now. Thank god I'm not the only Knights supporter who rates Wicks as young prop on the rise.
But on a different issue Brian Smith WILL NOT go with Scott Dureau and Jarrod Mullen in the havles. He'll go with Rogers/Mullen, just look at pasted Smith coached sides.
*plus Danny Wicks isn't overweight, his just build solid (I hope the Knights release his beep test results after there xmas break to put his fat or unfit problems to bed for good).
 
You can be fat but still fast at running! I played with a girl in my soccer team who was larger but extremly fast! I hope danny puts in over the chrissy break and proves us all wrong but i saw him a few weeks back and didnt look much slimmer at all
 
newy6matho said:
WHAT THE?
SOMEONE HAS A GOOD THING TO SAY ABOUT DANNY THE PIE MAN WICKS!!!!
I've been on the forum since about july and haven't read one good thing about him until now. Thank god I'm not the only Knights supporter who rates Wicks as young prop on the rise.
But on a different issue Brian Smith WILL NOT go with Scott Dureau and Jarrod Mullen in the havles. He'll go with Rogers/Mullen, just look at pasted Smith coached sides.
*plus Danny Wicks isn't overweight, his just build solid (I hope the Knights release his beep test results after there xmas break to put his fat or unfit problems to bed for good).
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I agree he is not as bad as people on here make out. But he has a lot of improvement in him, and he is capable of much more than he shows. I think he needs an attitude improvement, and hopefully that will come in 2009.

He started off 2008 well and went downhill.

I also think he is fat, just look at the old photos of him playing for St George Illawarra to prove this. He looked a lot trimmer in those days.
 
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