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Danny Wicks

Posted by Glenn Lifetime Eel on February 20, 2015 at 10:56am

I have read recent blogs on our forward pack, how good it is, and some of this is due to the addition of Danny Wicks. Please unicorn riders give me a break! I remember Wicks as being an average over-weight forward who could really run. I don't remember him as being a hard aggressive forward intimidating other forwards, if so maybe he would have some representative honours - he has NONE!

Lets really look as our pack - in summary a small pack, one & a half representative forwards (Watmough & Mannah), some good promising young players (Moreora, Junior & maybe Pauli), some good older but inexperienced forwards (Edwards-injured maybe for full year & Ma'u), a potential representative hooker & good backup and the balance some journeymen. Really a good pack? Middle of the road for me so unless BA has got them to tackle and given them some aggression pills how good will they be?

PS Gee I'm on a downer, my unicorn mare died suddenly and have no unicorn milk left!

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SuperEel 22 February 20, 2015 at 10:59am

Maybe because when he played at Newcastle he was overweight whereas now he super fit and hungry. It's his only shot at making it again in the NRL.
adnan February 20, 2015 at 10:59am

i think Ma'u and choc would be like hunting dogs in the 2nd row. oops wrong thread

But i am a fan of wicks. He will be hitting those holes like an outside back with speed and power
- SuperEel 22 > adnan February 20, 2015 at 11:06am
  
  Don't forget Tepai, he's brutal on both sides of the ball.
Outrunna February 20, 2015 at 11:00am

By all accounts he has been setting all the records in weights and speed for the forwards, plus the fact he has alot to prove after being out for so long.
Noone is saying he will set the world on fire, but he will do well
Wayne February 20, 2015 at 11:23am

Wicks was a decent player at the Dragons, but pretty ordinary at the nights. I think he will spend the 1st month at least at Wenty, but if he can get back to the form he showed at the dragons he will definitely push for a spot.
qldeel February 20, 2015 at 11:28am

He has gotta be better than that pussy Darcy Lussick. What a medioce play!
- JACK HAMMA > qldeel February 20, 2015 at 11:30am
  
  mediocre yes. pussy no.
fishbulb February 20, 2015 at 11:32am

Here's a strange thought - let's see how they go before we start writing them off.....
GRUNTA - Death of a Salesman February 20, 2015 at 11:52am

I agree regarding our forward pack Glenn.

I believe it may just be the best we have had for some years with the most depth but until we get a third of the way through the season it's hard to tell.

As for Wicks. He is the fittest forward at the club and the fittest he has ever been. He is hungry, done the hard yards and is very, very motivated.

All we can do is back him and see how he goes.
Poupou Escobar February 20, 2015 at 3:30pm

Wicks was able to score a sixty metre solo try despite being twenty kilos overweight. All he needed was to get fit.