Recruitment And Retention Discussion
- Thread starter HarVeeGee13
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Clint Newton
Ill be happy with 15+ games plus a finals series with all of em. And our starting front row for the finals
HarVeeGee13
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
We won’t win a grand final without Dylan Brown in the team. Been very impressed with Sandon this year but if/when we play Penrith next week they are going to exploit his defence all game.
krustykraz
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Yes.
Defense is half the game. People seem to forget this a lot when comparing players.
Brown has saved a lot of tries.
Smith has let a lot in.
frankLauda
Matthew Gidley
No argument at all with Brown. He is a very good player, one of the first picked in the NZ test side. We may have paid slight overs for him now, but once the cap goes up he will be at a good price. Agree with HVG we don’t win a comp without him.
slotmachine
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Defence yes, we don't go backwards too much with Sandon in attack
BlackbuttOG
Robbie Tew
In defense we look markedly worse and that is 50% of the game. In saying that Smith has been fantastic for us and is young enough to improve that side of his game. With the high attrition rate in the modern game, he will always see plenty of NRL and continue to be a crucial cog.
HarVeeGee13
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
I think it's a lot easier for Brown to generate space on his outside and the bigger the game the more that he can basically be an extra forward in yardage will make a difference. I think we need Dylan's defence and will also need him to break down the best defenses.
In a general sense though yes as a guy who's got some pace & skill about him he's been perfectly capable of doing the same role in the attacking system.
slotmachine
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
For me there's not much in it. Yeah brown is better at taking hit ups, digging into the line and long kicking. Reckon Sandon has a stronger short kicking game and is a better pure ballplayer.
Newygirl
Adam Woolnough
I like your optimism of such a thing happening
I disagree, brown has that running threat which gets defences worried whereas Sandon not so much.
Both different type of players so no point comparing them.
Sandon is doing a great job filling in.
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Beatell
Darren Albert
Never say never brother. I think not also but this team, well they say differently
HarVeeGee13
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
**** it what if they just win.
Newygirl
Adam Woolnough
Disagree there, I think Dylan is a better at every aspect of the sport, including short kicking game but to me he’s ball-playing is significantly better. We just haven’t had a chance to see it all in a Knights jersey yet.
Probably hasn’t helped he’s always played on the left and has had to get used to the right side. Would still like to see him play left side just to see it
HarVeeGee13
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Worth noting that Dylan was playing with one knee held together by wishes and prayers all season, and my understanding is when playing with a partially torn ACL you have this extra weekly rehab load which I believe will be gone once he returns. This season was the first full season he played where he wasn't in the top 5 for line breaks by halves I believe. We haven't seen the best of him yet. The main thing we've seen is that getting him on the first layer of the attack to open up the field for others a la Izzy Katoa may genuinely be where the best version of him will blossom.
I think Sandon has been a fair bit better with his short kicking game, especially with the creativity of it - Dylan can default to what you might call a bit of a robotic option. Otherwise I think Dylan's better at everything else, especially decision-making/calmness after a line break.
I think Sandon has been a fair bit better with his short kicking game, especially with the creativity of it - Dylan can default to what you might call a bit of a robotic option. Otherwise I think Dylan's better at everything else, especially decision-making/calmness after a line break.