A utility who is bad everywhere and contributed nothing to being one of our most important players in attack (assuming you value tries)
Tries - pfft. Anyone can score
tries. What's really valuable is being the guy who makes the last pass on a 6 pass backline movement.
Yep, I saw Connor as a nutcase with no fear for his own health. Exactly the way our forwards should have been playing. And he's really quick.
Apart from having no distinct position to fall into, and not being able to pass backwards, I thought he was one of our most exciting players last season. Things lit up when he had the ball.
Plenty of backhanded compliments but that's Connor for me.
Agree. He's a footballer. NRL positions are very rigid so he is a square peg in a round hole - but a good coach will figure out how to adjust the way the team plays to take advantage of him. I personally really liked him at wing. His contribution coming out of his own end was fantastic. I'm just not a fan of just trying to slot him in saying "go play this position like this other bloke does". It wont work.
He's good when he slots in just not great
I think the above is the consensus.
I think everyone agrees in a fully fit 13 he's going to be something like the 3rd choice FB, the 5th or 6th choice 3/4, the 4th or 5th choice half, and the 3rd or 4th choice hooker. Given that you rarely see your best 13, Connor will play a lot.
Since we are in the Berrell thread though, I'm going to pump his tyres again. My feeling is that Connor Tracey is either in the 13 or he is injury cover. In a game where you don't get injuries he doesn't fit as a bench player. If the plan is for McInnes to play as a running forward and to carry a bench hooker to give Brailey a rest for 20-25, I'll take Berrell over Tracey.