Official Whipping Boy Briton Nikora

[puma1355]

Great 1st half....did well today

 

[Gards]

has potential in attack and showed some energy first half but far out his discipline is poor. gave away set restarts and penalties in the first half when the rest of the team was well behaved

 

[puma1355]

did he play most of the game on the wing today ?

 

[Gards]

did he play most of the game on the wing today ?

would explain why he seemed fairly un sighted in attack but no - the amount of tackles he made don't reflect that nor do the trys our ya know wingers scored (tracey, Ronnie)

needs to cut out the rubbish around the ruck and in the tackles - our other players have learned this why can't he? didn't get the memo? was lucky not to give away another 6 again call or 2 tonight

 

[Capital_Shark]

did he play most of the game on the wing today ?

He was there more than once on a shift right. I noticed that.

 

[bort]

He was there more than once on a shift right. I noticed that.

For lack of any obvious other explanation i was thinking it was Tracey was super keen to come in for more work and Nikora was only too happy to oblige

 

[Sparkles]

Nikora often looks confused out there. He's capable mostly, just doesn't seem to know what's going on

 

[Thresher Shark]

Absolute beast in defence tonight. Someone stuck a cracker up his clacker.

 

[Blue_Eyes84]

Could be a good Centre.

 

[Gards]

cracker of a game

 

[snowman]

Could be a good Centre.

Too slow mate

 

[Jaz]

Thought he went very well tonight. Credit where it's due.

 

[apezza]

He was definitely on a mission in the first half. I don't think I have seen him play that hard - not in a long time anyway.

 

[Thresher Shark]

He was definitely on a mission in the first half. I don't think I have seen him play that hard - not in a long time anyway.

Even in the 2nd half he was cutting down ****s from every angle, including cover defence after others had missed.

 

[Western Sharkie]

Even in the 2nd half he folding ****s in half from every angle, including cover defence after others had missed.

Fixed

 

[Sparkles]

Could be a good Centre.

I thought the same thing. We could use one, too

 

[Wizard]

I thought the same thing. We could use one, too

We definitely need to recruit a good outside back (preferably centre)

 

[Gards]

His first good defensive performance over 80 mins since who knows when

talk of moving him to one of the hardest positions to defend on the park in centre ....

would be good just to see more consistency week to week in his actual current position before getting any wild ideas about shifting him

yes he was good in attack (against terrible team) but he doesn't have the overall skill set to suit centre anyways

I think he needs to make it work for us in second row or there isn't a place in the team anywhere else for him bench or starting

if he plays like he did this arvo alot more often he can justify his position cause he was a weapon. the bloke has good defensive and attacking plays in him no doubt but difference was he brought it all together in a complete game over 80 mins and he cut out the bad discipline around the ruck (or at least got away with it)
just checked his stats 1 error (from tough pass from SJ) and 1 ruck infringement (don't recall it but prob just a generic soft 6 again call) . Point is he wasn't intentionally pushing his luck with the ref like weeks previous

 

[Thresher Shark]

Because he lacks size he requires intensity.

There lies the problem.

Surely he can't play with a cracker up his date every game. He doesn't have the right nutcase disposition.

 

[Riverside MF]

Needs to reinvent himself.
He’s become predictable against his opposition.

Size wise, he could take up the centre spot.
Don’t know if he’s got the speed or ability to excel there though.