Official Connor Tracey

[HaroldBishop]

I doubt Tracey would be good enough to start at centre for any team in first grade

That's just utter bullshit mate

 

[Wiz]

Serious question.
Who would have him ?

No one mate - for some reason people get caught up on players that are effort based it’s cute but at the top level against top teams it’s ugly

 

[Wiz]

That's just utter bullshit mate

Hahaha what ? Not sure if serious.. who is he a better centre then ?

 

[HaroldBishop]

Hahaha what ? Not sure if serious.. who is he a better centre then ?

Mate, I don't want him to be our centre long term, bit do I really need to spell out which teams he'd get a start in?

 

[Capital_Shark]

for some reason people get caught up on players that are effort based

I've heard Bellamy is big on it. People like him?

 

[apezza]

Serious question.
Who would have him ?

The real question is who would you have had in his place?

CT is great at plugging holes for us and is the least of our concerns right now.

Yeh he may not make the starting sides at of many teams but sure as s*** clubs would love a back up utility like CT.

 

[Wiz]

I've heard Bellamy is big on it. People like him?

We’re not the storm and Fitz ain’t Bellamy

 

[Sparkles]

How do you mean ? Ronaldo is thriving off Talakai and Katoa off Ramien

Because Talakai is a freak though. Not because our halves are creating the opportunities. Seems if Talakai has a 'quiet' game (just 150 metres and a TA) we don't offer much in attack

 

[Wiz]

Because Talakai is a freak though. Not because our halves are creating the opportunities. Seems if Talakai has a 'quiet' game (just 150 metres and a TA) we don't offer much in attack

That’s what I mean though - with good centres our wingers have good games, sometimes our halves literally just pass the ball to Ramien and Talakai because they have no idea what else to do and it leads to a try.. if we didn’t have those two at centre we would be FKD !

 

[Thresher]

He makes up for the lack of pace we have in our wingers. Needs to be there somewhere.

 

[Sparkles]

That’s what I mean though - with good centres our wingers have good games, sometimes our halves literally just pass the ball to Ramien and Talakai because they have no idea what else to do and it leads to a try.. if we didn’t have those two at centre we would be FKD !

Yeah, agree with that. I was talking about our halves actually creating some opportunities moreso. Can't wait for Ramien to return

 

[andrew's_sharks]

The thing our halves lack is game management. They need to know how to control the tempo better, get some repeat sets and when to get the forwards to straighten up.

 

[bort]

People asking which other team would have him - is he a notably worse centre than Momorovski?

Could make an argument for him to make most of the sides in the bottom 8.
Before anyone says do we want a guy who makes the bottom 8 sides well if we had all guys who could beat out most players in top 8 sides we’d want to be doing a lot better on ladder

 

[Wiz]

People asking which other team would have him - is he a notably worse centre than Momorovski?

Mate - even the sharks would pick Momorovski over Tracey

 

[Thresher]

Tracey would be one of my first picked

 

[Proud Shark]

I think Talakai and Ramien are obviously better 'strike' centres, but there is not a player in the league that punches above his weight more than Connor. If our whole side put in like him we'd be a chance to win the comp.

I'd like to see us find a better balance with Talakai. We are losing the middle regularly, so we could benefit from his go forward there. But just because he is there doesn't mean we can't set plays to put him out wide to isolate defenders. Also would let us play Connor there in defence to avoid Talakai being beaten on the outside.

Picking Connor also sends a message to the squad that hard work and effort gets rewarded. I think that's something that a few in our side could definitely do with remembering.

 

[egg]

Hopefully 18
Next week

 

[Capital_Shark]

We’re not the storm and Fitz ain’t Bellamy

That has nothing to do with it.

Effort base is huge - imagine Dave Taylor had an ounce of it.

 

[apezza]

That has nothing to do with it.

Effort base is huge - imagine Dave Taylor had an ounce of it.

Love to see CT and DTs love child!

 

[bort]

Love to see CT and DTs love child!

Small and lazy