2015 Squad.

[Sutty]

Michael Gordon is pretty due for an injury anyways, I doubt Holmes will have to wait long for a game, starting at NSW Cup ain't too bad.

 

[SharkShocked]

Holmes has terrible hands - **** me now i've read it all.

 

[1990 sharkie]

Sharks fans are like our coach . They hate seeing someone take talented and doing things differently. 19 year old thrown into the worse nrl team in the pass decade for sure in one of the worse years for a footy club in the history of nrl. Considering the circumstances he handle himself pretty well. Our debutant were the only good thing to come out of last year. Gagan,brown and Holmes have to be in the team somewhere.
Brown has to get a bench spot just for the experience.klemmer was eased Into nrl with 15/20 mins a game. We can do the same. We have enough big min forwards to handle 3 on the bench. If it is Gordons last year then Holmes has to be our winger round one to get use to top grade and take over full time next year and as for Gagan from what I've seen in his short time best winger we've had in awhile

 

[deano the p]

Sharks backline a happy battleground?

For the first time in many years, the Cronulla Sharks backline could be a battleground for a burgeoning number of talented players trying to cement a starting spot in the new-look team.

While in previous years the Sharks didn’t/were unable to attract sufficient, quality backs, 2015 is shaping as a year with a difference. For the first time, there’s quality back-ups in each backline position.

Even before old – and incorrect – rumours re-surfaced that the Sharks had targeted Manly and Australian Four Nations half Daly Cherry-Evans for 2016, the club had worked hard to right the wrongs of past administrations, at least for 2015 anyway.

Snapped up
Certainly they were helped by Brisbane Broncos’ decision to release former Canterbury Bulldogs fullback star Ben Barba, who the Sharks snapped up after watching Barba’s game improve once he switched to five-eighth with Brisbane late last season.

Likewise, the Dragons’ horrendous salary cap problems allowed the Sharks to sign New Zealand Test centre Gerard Beale and the talented utility Kyle Stanley, whose blossoming career has been stunted by three knee reconstructions. Both are in their early- to mid-20s.

Earlier the black, white and blues pinched the Dragons’ promising Under 20s captain and centre Jack Bird, who formed a good partnership with the Sharks talented young winger Valentine Holmes in the Junior Kangaroos side this year.

Pacy winger
They also regained Bulldogs grand final winger/fullback Mitch Brown, too, after adding pacy winger Jacob Gagan (ex Parramatta and Manly) last season.

While some Sharks fans might have lamented the sacking of Todd Carney this year, Barba could just prove to be a better team man and less injury-prone than the fallen Carney. He will certainly be less expensive with the Broncos paying for about half for the two years of his outstanding contract with them.

No doubt the experienced Jeff Robson will start beside him at No.7 again, but certainly the younger and more brilliant Stanley could pressure him for that spot if his legs stay strong. Both should be in the top 17.

Top contenders?
So the top backline contenders 1-7? I see 14 of them, or two for each of the seven positions:

Fullbacks: Michael Gordon, Valentine Holmes

Wingers: Sosaia Feki, Mitch Brown, Jacob Gagan, Sami Saulima

Centres: Ricky Leutele, Gerard Beale, Jack Bird, Blake Ayshford

Five-eighths: Ben Barba, Fa’amanu Brown

Halves: Jeff Robson, Kyle Stanley.

And the whole top team emerging for 2015?: 1 Michael Gordon, 2 Sosaia Feki, 3 Ricky Leutele, 4 Gerard Beale, 5 Valentine Holmes, 6 Ben Barba, 7 Kyle Stanley, 8 Andrew Fifita, 9 Michael Ennis, 10 Sam Tagataese, 11 Wade Graham, 12 Luke Lewis, 13 Paul Gallen (c). Interchange from: Jeff Robson, Chris Heighington, Jason Bukuya, Anthony Tupou, David Fifita, Matt Prior, Fa’amanu Brown.

http://www.justcronullanews.com/2014/11/20/sharks-backline-happy-battleground/

 

[gando2230]

kyle stanley at halfback hahahaha.

 

[JimBob]

Holmes doesn't have "terrible hands". At all. One failure to pick up a grubber at full flight does not equal "terrible hands" and his ability to pass, offload and field kicks suggests the opposite.

It wasn't just that one dropped grubber, the guy had plenty of handling errors in his game.

 

[1990 sharkie]

It wasn't just that one dropped grubber, the guy had plenty of handling errors in his game.

The one thing that proves Holmes has the good is the fact you don't think he does or isn't ready. This forum knows the complete opposite of what you say is right

 

[SharkShocked]

Give your guide dog a break.

The bloke had 3-4 of the worst passes ever thrown his direction at speed.

Wouldn't be unusual for Sharks players to fail to set-up their outside man correctly would it? Two of those passes came from your best mate Robbo. Fkn typical.

 

[snowman]

Give your guide dog a break.

The bloke had 3-4 of the worst passes ever thrown his direction at speed.

Wouldn't be unusual for Sharks players to fail to set-up their outside man correctly would it? Two of those passes came from your best mate Robbo. Fkn typical.

hahaha, remember the absolute dud ball he got against Parra! that was comical

 

[SharkShocked]

Yes.

But that was 'bad hands'...........

 

[snowman]

Yes.

But that was 'bad hands'...........

of course it was, from robbo

 

[djhabib]

The one thing that proves Holmes has the good is the fact you don't think he does or isn't ready. This forum knows the complete opposite of what you say is right

Hahaha yep

 

[sharks2010]

Yes.

But that was 'bad hands'...........

lol that's right that was jimbobs excuse hahaha

 

[evertonshark]

lol that's right that was jimbobs excuse hahaha

He's a troll. Every time jonathan wright ****ed up it was never his fault..

 

[JimBob]

Give your guide dog a break.

The bloke had 3-4 of the worst passes ever thrown his direction at speed.

Wouldn't be unusual for Sharks players to fail to set-up their outside man correctly would it? Two of those passes came from your best mate Robbo. Fkn typical.

The pass from Robbo was poor, however Gordans cutout pass to his chest wasn't. Same game from memory.

Also knocked it on playing the ball a couple times, but that must have been due to a bad pass yeah?

How about when he dropped the ball over the line against the Cowboys on the first tackle?

 

[JimBob]

lol that's right that was jimbobs excuse hahaha

I did say it was a **** pass, but I also said a decent winger would have caught it.

 

[JimBob]

He's a troll. Every time jonathan wright ****ed up it was never his fault..

What are you talking about?

I slagged Jono Wright all the time.

I just didn't think he was as bad as everyone made him out to be. He was good in defence and was a solid centre. Horrible winger though.

 

[evertonshark]

You never slagged off wright. You stuck up for him when he ****ed up repeatedly.

You also sound like u want val to fail

 

[JimBob]

You'd rather jono wright in the team wouldn't you ?

In 2014 when we had Ayshford in the centres? Yes.

In 2015? No. Beale, Leutele, Feki and Brown are all better than him.

 

[snowman]

The pass from Robbo was poor, however Gordans cutout pass to his chest wasn't. Same game from memory.

Also knocked it on playing the ball a couple times, but that must have been due to a bad pass yeah?

How about when he dropped the ball over the line against the Cowboys on the first tackle?

you mean when the offside player tackled him and we got a penalty? how many players drop the ball over the line trying to score a try? doesn't mean he has bad hands, means he has bodies on him.

the ball he got from robbo against parra was called forward before it was a knock on anyway, so even if he caught it, it wasn't a try. he was credited 1 error v the eels and that was a knock on in the play the ball

I am pretty sure the Gordon cut out ball was against the warriors? also, the grubber kick against the warriors, if you are judging bad hands on that you are a harsh critic, not many players would have got that as the ball didn't bounce up, it stayed skidding along the turf