: Wed May 06, 2009 8:14 pm  

bobsmyuncle wrote:

Perhaps Halley's positional nous is no better than Platt's but he is using his pace to put himself into better positions as needed in developing a defence, and also for running the ball back so gaining ground towards his forwards.
Platt's overall pace is reasonable but pretty poor from a standing start which IMO leaves him exposed to repositioning.

My impression is Halley's not catching the ball on the run, nor is he letting it bounce so he looks to be more ready, which makes me think he knows better where he needs to be.
Platt's not slow but there are too many occasions where either he's not getting to the ball so it's bouncing or he's stretching to get there putting himself under pressure. If you improve that part of his game he can compensate for being slightly slower off the mark and once he gets up to speed he is more physical than Halley so should be able to break the tackle more often.

: Wed May 06, 2009 8:42 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

Hmmmmmm... Read these

Dave Halley 5'11"
Brent Webb 5'10"
Billy Slater 5'10"
Darren Lockyer 5'10"
Clive Churchill 5'9"
Clint Greenshields 5'9"



Yes, you make perfect sense.

It's not all about height it's more to do with build and all the others still playing are bigger built than Halley.

: Wed May 06, 2009 9:20 pm  

redeverready wrote:

It's not all about height it's more to do with build and all the others still playing are bigger built than Halley.

I agree, but he's not actually that small buit when you stand him next to other players.

: Thu May 07, 2009 6:51 am  

If Halley is 5' 11", I'm a giant. (Height wise, not just width wise!)

: Thu May 07, 2009 6:57 am  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

Hmmmmmm... Read these

Dave Halley 5'11"
Brent Webb 5'10"
Billy Slater 5'10"
Darren Lockyer 5'10"
Clive Churchill 5'9"
Clint Greenshields 5'9"



Yes, you make perfect sense.

Dave Halley 5'11"
Robbie Burrow is taller.

: Thu May 07, 2009 8:16 am  

Dave was recorded as 5'9" when they put the squad up on the Bulls official website. But I suppose to be fair, he might have grown.

: Thu May 07, 2009 8:30 am  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Dave was recorded as 5'9" when they put the squad up on the Bulls official website. But I suppose to be fair, he might have grown his hair

halley vs platt : Thu May 07, 2009 8:46 am  

platt is not good enough, he is so unsafe its untrue although he had a great games against cas and saints but need to get rid of him not good enough and halley will be a star once he works on his defence and he is very safe and most importantly quick which the bulls need. Platt for great britain.

Re: halley vs platt : Thu May 07, 2009 9:09 am  

bull4lyf wrote:

platt is not good enough, he is so unsafe its untrue although he had a great games against cas and saints but need to get rid of him not good enough and halley will be a star once he works on his defence and he is very safe and most importantly quick which the bulls need. Platt for great britain.

tthere is a problem platt signed a three year contract halley didn't platt is here for three years he can work on his safety once he does he will be a star too maybe if halley grows he will be 5'11" or even 6' by then Burgess is still growing maybe could feed Halley the same stuff so best of both worlds and another thing
cont. on p 94

Re: halley vs platt : Thu May 07, 2009 9:29 am  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

tthere is a problem platt signed a three year contract halley didn't platt is here for three years he can work on his safety once he does he will be a star too maybe if halley grows he will be 5'11" or even 6' by then Burgess is still growing maybe could feed Halley the same stuff so best of both worlds and another thing
cont. on p 94

tbf bull4lyf did use one comma