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73% conversion rate. I wouldn't put him in the elite of goal kicking this year for sure. Considering up to 10 1st choice kickers at least had better percentage than him this year. If I'm wanting someone to kick for my life I ain't considering Lomax.
He is a top Winger but again X-factor? I wouldn't even call To'o X-Factor either. X-Factor is a term used so loosely when it should be for those once in a generation type talents and/those who can take a team from 10-12 down and single handedly win the game.
The one kick that put him above the rest was against the Dragons from 40 out to tie it up.
Xfactor imo is something helps a team get a result the more influence you have on games this imo decides what that exactly is.People are trying to put xfactor in a box to quantify what it is Pou mentions leadership there's another thing not mentioned.I mentioned goalkicking and yardage coming out.The fact teams gameplan around how to stop Lomax chasing and competing for those high kicks alone tells me that's an xfactor player purely because on a teams defensive tip sheet during the week they'll have a plan for Lomax whatever that maybe throw in elite yardage player and goalkicking as other strings to his bow tells me he's got that xfactor.
Much like Sivo and Radradra before him.
See I would have Radradra as X-factor, his ability to just create something from nothing. Sivo I wouldn't say was X-Factor. 2019 showed glimpses.
Yeah teams plan for great players, I was involved with an interview for Luke Vella on a podcast I was on, he mentioned his role and how he and the dogs staff game planned for certain players. They were playing Manly and he mentioned a game plan for Garrick and Talau. Do we consider them X-Factor just because their is a gameplan on them defensively?
Im glad that you said in your opinion though, if in your opinion an X-factor means that then that's as you say your opinion, though that puts the group into more broad category. To me X-Factor is a smaller more select group that not only helps a team win, but makes a team win. Does Brisbane win on Sunday without Walsh? That's what I see as X-Factor. Despite the fact that Shibasaki had 200 metres running and two tries, Walsh was apart of his two tries. Doesn't mean Shibasaki is not good, he still needed to do his job but it Walsh that was the main facilitator.
To me, I put it down to if you are down by 4 with 2 mins to go, who is the person you are looking at to win you that game? That is an X-factor. Those who do it multiple times.
Are there any in NZ or Fiji rugby we should look at Coryn though with X-factor traits?
Xfactor is different for every team not just a certain trait.
JWH I'd say he's an xfactor player not because of performance necessarily but because everyone follows a guy like him going into battle.He leads from the front and every foward pack needs an alpha.
Does he do all the flashy stuff no he doesn't does he have an effect on the scoreboard no he doesn't but do fowards and everyone else look across the dressing room and he lifts confidence within the team xfactor.
Too much is made of what xfactor actually means because it is a broad discussion just not in the highlight box like everyone wants it to be.
One thing I'll say and this isn't mentioned if you go to 16 nrl coaches outside of JR and ask what they think of Lomax I think then you get a more definitive answer of what Lomax really is as a player and if he has the mentioned.
And yet Parra won't be one of the those clubs poaching our NZ schools. I'm not one to go on a club knocking but it is true. Roosters would, Storm will, Dogs even may have a look. Brisbane as well. We won't and we should.
Like you've beat the drum of for a while, look at bloody Fiji and those comps.
Parra should though you go an unearth talent where you can take the gloves off use all avenues at your disposal.I mean when in Rome.The Dogs are Melbourne do.If you want competitive advantage leave no rock unturned.
Look at the Warriors at the moment, their pathways are buzzing, not all can play for the Warriors. Same as not all Union plays can play for the all blacks.
You live in NZ, why is the awe for AB dying off?
Yep my coaching friends agent is best friends with Cameron George and they make no bones about it the warriors are actively scouting NZ first 15 competitions looking for talent.
The awe is dying off because this generation and the one past have so many different options to make a living.Kids now can't go anywhere without a screen with in grabbing distance and you've got to force it on them to get a way from them.The awe is dying off because if you don't make top sides or aren't identified early kids just go elsewhere or aren't or lose interest.Hence less numbers unlike in years past basically.The game doesn't look at late bloomers and if you don't make academies the clubs where all the numbers are don't get the adequate development resourcing to compete and it makes it harder for kids in that window to get to the next one and the gap gets bigger and bigger lessening there opportunities.
Super Rugby needs to go disbanded for good and the provincial competition our strength needs to be our shopfront.Plumb the Super money back into the clubs and the above mentioned as then we get more talent to look at and a more efficient spend.
What will happen lomax will go the r360 will last 12 months and get canned. Then nrl will buckle at the knees and allow lomax back who will probably sign a big contract with the Perth bears or dolphins and once again parra will get fucked over
Parra need to say fuck off zac honour your contract
See that's what I am saying, we are going to get bent. Watch him go to roosters after this comp fails, so fucking done with the NRL. Us as a club are too nice we have no guy or grit to tell this lowy cunt to sit down and what makes no sense is how the fuck we have no cap money for pezet who the fuck are these people running this so call Broncos of the west. Moe, Lenny and Homer jeeeez.
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