Official Connor Tracey

[CHOGM]

The chooks will fancy themselves against us so I reckon they’ll give Manu 2 weeks to recover. They know that week two of the finals they’ll need him badly.

 

[Gards]

It's funny how all our much taller escorts like Ramien & Ronnie manage to get their in time to surround Tracey and offer some protection before he takes the high ball against a much taller attacking player but they are so stuck in "brick wall pretending to keep eyes on the ball not the player" mode that if Tracey drops it gets out jumped they arn't in a position to offer much assistance.

If Ronnie gets there in time he should just call for it ha ha or at least go behind Tracey in case he gets out jumped

I know this will go very wrong at some point though lol I just hate seeing defenders stand around stuck in the mud pretending not to escort and leaving their fullback on their own. I get it's the plan though and they train to defend the high ball this way.

 

[Proud Shark]

It's funny how all our much taller escorts like Ramien & Ronnie manage to get their in time to surround Tracey and offer some protection before he takes the high ball against a much taller attacking player but they are so stuck in "brick wall pretending to keep eyes on the ball not the player" mode that if Tracey drops it gets out jumped they arn't in a position to offer much assistance.

If Ronnie gets there in time he should just call for it ha ha or at least go behind Tracey in case he gets out jumped

I know this will go very wrong at some point though lol I just hate seeing defenders stand around stuck in the mud pretending not to escort and leaving their fullback on their own. I get it's the plan though and they train to defend the high ball this way.

Maybe it's just confirmation bias, but I feel like we are the worst in the NRL at getting blockers in the way. It feels like other teams have a free run to contest our fullback, and when we are attacking we are constantly running into brick walls. When we do try to get someone there in defence, its usually Ramien running the clearest escort of all time.

 

[BurgoShark]

So in summary, you blokes prefer tall escorts, but short ones are better than nothing?

 

[Sparkles]

The likes of Cleary, Reynolds and Johnson will use their kicking game to embarrass Tracey in his positioning.

I don’t mean that as a knock on Connor, the guy is our 3rd/4th choice fullback and doing a better job than I think most would have expected but if Kennedy’s hamstring is 100% then I think he should come back into the side.

Poor bugger didn't get much help either. Most teams would have a few block players getting in the road.

Kennedy would have to be 100% for me to want him back in. I'm still scarred by last year.

 

[bort]

Yeah no doubt he tries hard, but he's definitely shaky under the high ball when it's a torp, and is getting easily outjumped when it's contested. It's obviously a game plan to have him in the line more, but I think a good 7 is going to exploit this hard by kicking in behind regularly.

Hamstring injury is a bitch for Will. I have a feeling we might see a strapped up Tracey this week, and have the potential for Will to be back week 2 if all goes well.

2 weeks for even the slightest of Hamstring strains would be the bare minimum you would think , but they may throw the dice ..

Fitz said not a hammy. He ‘jammed up’ his knee and they hadn’t determined yet if it was anything or nothing

 

[djhabib]

So in summary, you blokes prefer tall escorts, but short ones are better than nothing?

Whatever I can get is my answer

 

[Super Impose]

Fitz said not a hammy. He ‘jammed up’ his knee and they hadn’t determined yet if it was anything or nothing

I was talking about Manu !

 

[bort]

I was talking about Manu !

Ah!
You sure were, needed to wake up a bit more before jumping on haha

 

[Western Sharkie]

So in summary, you blokes prefer tall escorts, but short ones are better than nothing?

“anything will do”

 

[Proud Shark]

Fitz said not a hammy. He ‘jammed up’ his knee and they hadn’t determined yet if it was anything or nothing

Haha and to double down I was talking about Kennedy's hammy.

 

[Rob]

So in summary, you blokes prefer tall escorts, but short ones are better than nothing?

If they earn $400k+ a year they would want to be dam good at escorting.

 

[bort]

Haha and to double down I was talking about Kennedy's hammy.

Save the forum until after I’ve had coffee when not getting enough sleep, got it

 

[stormshark]

For a player most consider a "Mr Fixit, Bitzer type player" We sure need him cleared to play this week.

 

[Born&bred]

Will Kennedy wouldn't have done any better than Tracey for the first Raiders try. In fact, I don't think we have a player in firsts or reggies that could do any better...

 

[apezza]

Will Kennedy wouldn't have done any better than Tracey for the first Raiders try. In fact, I don't think we have a player in firsts or reggies that could do any better...

Our lack of support around Tracey was more of a concern IMO. One on one between player

Compare that to the few Wado has tried to run through the past few games. He couldn't get to the fullback in time because of the players in front of him

 

[Western Sharkie]

It’s a fine line
you don’t know how the ref is going to react and if they call you for an escort or not.

The refs are to inconsistent to know what to do as is the bunker

 

[HaroldBishop]

Will Kennedy wouldn't have done any better than Tracey for the first Raiders try. In fact, I don't think we have a player in firsts or reggies that could do any better...

Ronnie has a good jump on him

 

[Born&bred]

Ronnie has a good jump on him

True, but he's not a fullback's ********, so not an option and also shorter that Rapana too I think?

So "********" triggers the swear filter now? When did this joint become PG?

 

[HaroldBishop]

True, but he's not a fullback's ********, so not an option and also shorter that Rapana too I think?

Ah ok you just mean fullbacks, fair enough.