Whether you agree or not, something for me which came out of this season is that we will not win a competition with our current halves pairing.
Now whether you think Sandow is great and Norman needs to go or whether Sandow is inconsistent and too unpredictable, I'm not sure but regardless, we won't win a comp any time soon unless this combo changes.
MY THOUGHTS...is that I wouldn't renew Sandow's contract.
He may have been a star in some matches this year and has great talent but he is way too unpredictable to be a consistent and premiership winning half. I wish him all the best but I have never thought he is a good fit for parra.
Norman has had a slightly below par season imo. I believe he could have run the ball too the line a lot more and kicked a lot more, as he IS a half.
I also believe Norman has payed the price in many matches because of Sandow's unpredictable nature. How anyone can play a consistent and structured season alongside Chrissy is a mystery to me?
What do the eels do? Both remain on contract for 2015 at least and Norman won't change positions?
I believe there is a bigger chance of Norman greatly improving next year than Sandow. This year was Norman's first at the eels and he moved interstate and played at a new club with a new coach.
Sandow has been here a few years and I believe won't get much better than what we saw this year.
Personally, I would like to see Norman play alongside a very good and structured half who can lead a team around before he is disregarded.
As for Sandow, he had a good year for him but I simply don't believe he will improve a great deal regardless of our improving forward pack. His inability to consistently lead the team around the park, for most of the year with some sort of foresight is a problem which just doesn't seem will be solved anytime soon.
Whatever the answer, we need a change in the halves before we will be serious contenders imo.
Thoughts?
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Of course we wont be winning a comp with these two halves, but sandow carried Norman this year, norman didnt win us a game or even get a motm in 26 rounds, how can you compare the two and critisise Sandow, im no sandow fan but he carried us creatively with Jarryd this year, Corey bought zero to the table.
Yes Chris cant play to any structure, but Corey cant either.
Chris improved out of sight this year, so much so he won the highest club honour a club can give in the thornett medal, thats voted on by his team mates, you know how many votes corey got in 26 rounds? 5 yes 5 votes.
Everybody knows chris is not the ideal half, but until we get somebody better we ned to keep him.
Spot on Snake.
Controversial but on the money Frank.
Newcastle showed that perfectly round 25.
As for snakie not being a Sandow fan? What the...? lol
No 6 will get votes playing along side Sandow.
Step up Beau Henry or bring a mate who plays half from Manly Choc Watmough!
Norman will be good next year imo. Will Chrissy or will he be the same as this year which was erratic but brilliant...at times?
Frank,
I know how to negate Hayne too - you tackle him.
Doesn't mean I can actually do it. The other teams had a similar problem.
Sandow was well organised this year.
The number of times I saw Norman stand still in attack was embarrassing.
He had everyone bamboozled including himself.
Well organised?
When he was in first grade, I thought he absolutely stuffed up deluxe when the heat was on many times.
Why does he run the ball on the 4th tackle?
Why are his 5th tackle options so poor?
Why can't he still tackle when blokes just as small can?
Ask those same questions about Norman, except corey has never run the ball.
Sandow actually creates trys and opportunities for the team, corey does nothing aprt from throw a good pass every 3 games or put one kick in the right place.
Take Chris out of the team and we might win 4 games all year if that, take Corey out and it would make no difference at all, in fact we would be a better team with any other 5/8 in the comp, corey is without a shadow of a doubt the worst 5/8 in the comp.
One thing Norman will always have over Sandow is that Corey knows how to tackle.
Sandow gives a damn good biatch slap but my 9 year old daughter can tackle better than Sandow.
He may 'create tries' snakie but how many does he 'create' for the opposition?
Very embarrassing stuff watching Sandow 1 on 1 against any sized player. Horrible.
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