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"We need a 5/8 who can be general kicker of the football.
Doueihi fits the bill as a signing, I love a big body 5/8.
if I'm the Eels I'm in the market for aggressive footballers , it's something that we lack significantly across the park.
Doueihi…"
Doueihi fits the bill as a signing, I love a big body 5/8.
if I'm the Eels I'm in the market for aggressive footballers , it's something that we lack significantly across the park.
Doueihi…"
"Lol Go for GOLD Poppa and be yourself, its the only way.
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"Glad we didn't pursue Cobbo. Can see why Broncs were not keen to keep him. Jelly spine, no heart for the battle"
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The foxtal comentators on Monday all said that Mateo needs more game time, I agree and the simple way to do that is to play him in the backs and let him inject himself when required.
He should be left fresh for when we are in the opposition 20 because it is there that we really need someone like Mateo to test out the defensive line. At the moment we look really ineffective 20 out from the opposition line.
I don't understand why people think he was no good at 5/8, i seem to remember him playing there and doing well in 08. Some of his chips over defence to on comming runners scored us a few try's and his ball handling skills weren't to bad, he threw quite a few good cut out passes and dummy's. Alot of Feleti's best offloads come from him running at smaller backs and slicing between them and popping the ball to a quick backing up back.
Mateo can play at lock but prefers 5/8 and captains his country in that position, and i said in another blog that he has a hand in just about everything they do. Considering the size of Tonga they punch well above there wieght.
Feleti is not cut out for the hard knocks of forward life, some will say its because he is lazy, i say its because he doesn't want to play there. Not everyone tall plays basketball, not everyone who is ahort is a jockey so just because he is big doesn't mean he should automaticaly be a forward.
Not just the foxtel commentators are saying he needs more ball and more time, channel 9 say the same thing, news papers also. Personally i think he is the real deal but is being wasted in a role thats just not him
When Mateo was at 5/8 he was our 'go to man' - not Hayne.
I reckon other clubs like Auckland will hardly believe there luck if we effectively retain Kris Keating and Daniel Mortimer over Feleti Mateo.
Mateo needs to get more early ball and develop his combinations with Hayne and Tahu in particular.
Plus don't underestimate the value of those forward carries where he invariably makes 11 to 12 metres. It's really important we have that kind of carry because our other backrowers don't do that. The opposition know they can't rush up on Feleti because he'll get the offload away. They also tend to try and put him on the ground rather than holding him up like you do with some other players, so it increases his chances of a fast play the ball and that's how you get momentum folks.
It's the same argument as I have with moving Hayne. Like I say with him, at fullback you get your broken field play and you're ballplaying. With Feleti you get your metres and you're ball playing.
And as a final point, I'll say Feleti defends much better at lock than five-eighth. He defends one man further in, and he's less susceptible to the flashy footwork where he just tends to throw out an arm and invariably misses the tackle.
The wider you put Mateo the less quality ball he will get with the halves we have... plus it's amazing how little players are pushing up with him....
At least at 6 he has the option of playing before the line more often (hence maybe less chance of injury).
1.hayne 2. tahu, 3 reddy ,4,mateo ,5,grothe , 6 morts , 7 kk ....burt as dummy half, has the speed to make fantastic metres and ball skills to match