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If NAS wants a future in the game he has to adapt his technique defensively and he probably has to add some lateral agility in the movement stakes.If he stays the same old he won't last long.
The only positive I can see with a signing like this he adds some steal size and mongrel to a team that really needs that type of player in the middle of the park.He'll also come for reasonably cheap because Melbourne have already paid NaS out so I don't think he'll get to cash in with us.
Negatives and this is a big one can this guy go through a season without a suspension and can he stay on the park for any decent amount of time if he can dodge the mentioned.He's never going to give you quality nrl starting minutes but off the bench the potential is there for him to change or maintain momentum in the middle of the park.
I commented earlier in the year I believed we'd have a crack at big Nelson he has some attributes we're clearly missing.
The ability to draw defenders , bend the line but above all aggression.
I agree with the big fella Bellamy hasn't used him properly.
You don't start Nelson on the bench he's like a kid with adhd he's sitting on the pine going out of his brain finally gets on and all that pent up energy is released into dumb plays.
His best footy has always been when he starts but it's his second stints that have changed games.
With his propensity for a loose shot ,starting the game where forwards are more inclined to do straight hitups he's less likely to get wrong footed when putting on a shot and he won't have to lower his centre of gravity as much losing his power and technique.
Nelson plays his best football when he's able to sink his teeth into a game early but included heavily in the teams leadership group.
He's been ostracised at the Storm, Bellamy had the shits with him and teammates treated him accordingly you could see the disconnect on the field.
Obviously you wouldn't pay his current contract but with his interest in boxing this is where you pay him unders $500 thousand a year leveraged into some boxing matches sponsored by club affiliates with the opportunity to spar with Junior.
If Ryles can take away his shoulder charging and other antics that draws penalties, will be a good buy since he surely can bend the lines, offloads and do a quick play the ball. For the right price, we may take the risk whilst waiting for some of our junior forwards to mature.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
Our young forwards (Tuivati and Kautoga) need someone with his experience and leadership. I'm all in for NAS. He's done it all at the highest level. 2 GF wins and another 4 times reaching the GF. 16 Caps for NZ and he's only 29. He's defo got 2-3 more year of quality. He also adds a level of nastiness. We're too nice, too soft. You need to be bit of a c*nt to the opposition and make them think twice how hard they are gonna run up the ball to you.
We do lack strong experienced personalities and NAS will add to Moses, Fox, Junior, Lomax, Williams and Walker.
I would prefer Liam Henry TBH.
Younger, healer and far less suspension prone.
Like it Frank. Henry is a young gun. Makes great meters and always has impact. He's getting better also. Could be a cornerstone to our pack for years to come. I think eventually he will play Origin
Is he (LH) available or are we just pissing into the wind again.....Guys we would like have and those we actually get/or want to come to Parra are miles apart...... NAS comes to us for one reason only and that reason is a person.
Its our only chance as in normal terms he wouldn't piss on us!
If we can't get a forward that can draw defenders, absorb contact , get post contact metres and find his belly early in sets we have to resort to more ball movement which brings errors.
Wether NAS is the right fit you never now until they've settled in but the reality is if we can't sign someone we won't seriously threaten the top clubs playing off the back foot.
We have a pack that can really make metres off the back of someone's early generated momentum, we just don't yet have that someone.
a side note who do you like in the Cox Plate?
Bup, I thought ball movement with minimal erros was actually one of the big improvem,ent areas with the Eels over the last 2 months of the competition. It seemed for a while the Eels would a) attempt ball movement but spill the pill constantly, and/or b) accomplish ball movement and get a line break which absolutely nobody seemed to expect and there was no support runners downfield. The eye test says that changed late in the season? And I was left wondering if the issue was that support running improved, so that players running into holes were thinking 'run Eel run' and NOT 'oh shit I gotta think run and pass all at once to get this line berak'?
I have no real objection to NAS but also am not yet sure the house of cards will fall if the Eels rely mostly on ball movement. Maybe it is about where the Eels are going to attack? Are they currently equipped to be 'barge down the centre for 5 tackles'? Probably not. Is that an attack that would work anyway?
I love the ball movement Daz but to win a comp you still need to win the middle, sometimes due to weather , injuries , game styles or otherwise sometimes you just need to barrel through the middle third .
At the moment we don't have the squad to do that, it makes the TDS signing mute if we can't give the kid fast play the balls to do what we're paying him to do.
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