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"I did modern day as 1998 onwards as I didn't see them play, as some here haven't. Where I believe majority of people here have seen all the modern day players play.
Plus it frees up some spots like we all know who 5/8 will be but now no idea."
Plus it frees up some spots like we all know who 5/8 will be but now no idea."
"Old vs New. Pre 1998 Eels best team wearing the original Gold Jerseys vs post 1998 Eels best team wearing today's Blue jersey. The best from both eras playing against each other in a virtual stadium online. Jack Gibson coaching Gold, Brian Smith…"
"He played 134 of his 264 games as a winger. Didnt complain once like a Lomax when required on the wing. Was a team man through and through. He deserves to be in the Modern Day Best Eels team somewhere. Perhaps now that we have 6 interchange players…"
" I understand the modern day theory. It has to be the players that would work in the modern day game, But the theory should include how a player from the say 80s would perform given the modern day technology and training regime.
You cant simply…"
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He has always been good, just had some nervous moments on the wing. Gutherson is a fullback and has played at fullback probably 90% of the time between the ages of 15 to 20 years of age. Playing on the wing for Gutherson is somewhat foreign and he will take time in that position, but tonight he showed he is very comfortable at the back and could be a long term fullback for us when Gordon moves on. He is some comfortable at the back that French's manager may start looking elsewhere?
Matthew, he never came off his wing, he held his position but because Gordon was injured, Gordon could not rap around and take the winger (ie., as Billy Slater famously does). In the modern game with the compressed defence there is always an overlap and this is accentuated when the opposition execute a good block play. That try occurred for two reasons (firstly because Gordon couldn't/didn't rap around) and secondly because the insider men didn't slide.
He showed fullback is his best spot, he might move there permanently sooner rather then later.
Dogs obviously targeted Gutherson , as the weak link in the chain, all night long, thinking he'd be most likely to crack under pressure (& tried to defensively smash & bully Semi out of the game too).
He won the bout, despite getting his pants pulled down with early misreads in the first half (addressed after half time break).
How exciting was it to see a full back ,with young legs, keen as mustard, challenge the kick returns & pose some danger ? Part of it was desire & young legs.
He's probably deceptively faster than he looks as he gave Tyron Phillips a bit of a speedster a run for his money with his Oates like long legs but with less of his power & more agility & dance moves & I suspect more thirst for footy nous.
I think the Dogs were as shocked as some of us, that he had those dance moves in him, where he showcased his talents given more space than he usually gets.
He looks considerablely more threatening, more comfortable & safer at fullback than wing, probably in part because he's probably more accustomed to fullback in his starring junior days & as many on here point out wing is one of the hardest to manage defensively.
Great effort from the young man to come back from all those injuries & immense pressure. Very impressive & warms my Parra heart with so much pride.
He is slightly built and tall so on kick returns he is forced to play safe because he is coming out of a corner (he has to avoid getting pushed over the sideline or rolled back if he goes sideways). But from fullback we saw he can take the line on straighter and use his step. Put differently, it seems the kind of move he put on Hoppa is available to him when returning from the middle third of the field but not the corner? He's certainly bought himself some good will with that last game, that's for sure.
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