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Re: Matty Ashton : Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:58 pm  
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An exciting talent that has not had had his natural skills coached out of him.


Lee Briers said this very thing about him.
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Re: Matty Ashton : Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:59 pm  
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I'm surprised that we've not yet tried the "Briers kick deep for Penny to chase move"


Didn't Austin try it for Mamo late in the game last night? Or was that just Mamo being over-enthusiastic and nearly getting to the ball?
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Re: Matty Ashton : Sat Sep 26, 2020 2:32 pm  
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It's tempting to compare the two because of their pace, but early doors Ashton seems to be a rather different animal. First off he can be trusted at FB. I don't think anybody would be bothered about him leaking tries if you swapped him with Ratchford. He looks a bit awkward going up for the high kick but you can see by the way he attacks the ball that he expects to get it and that he can mentally block out opposition runners. His action and timing are not as smooth as King or Ratchford but that will come with practice hopefully. He already seems to have learned about nicking the ball and I suspect it will not be too long before he can get his body under the ball to snuff out a try. Then there is his tackling. You would expect this to be a weak point because of his build, but he is actually quite aggressive. He doesn't just wait and ,accept the runner, or go for his legs, he seems to be up for the confrontation. I don't think we saw these features with Penny, although he was much better at dealing with the high ball when he returned to us from Swinton.

It's too soon to say, but I think his confidence, attitude and all round ability seem to be couple of steps up from Penny.


Well I think he has the advantage, like Chris Hill did, of coming in somewhat 'battle hardened' from the championship, in the way that players who come up from the Academy don't. He will have had old pros trying to take his head off and spectators shouting at him that he's poop so he will have had to learn skills to survive and thrive.

But its a small sample size and we don't know how effective he will be when teams have tape on him. Blake Austin for his first few games looked like Man of Steel. He's been good, on and off, since then, but he hasn't dominated like he did in his first games.
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Re: Matty Ashton : Sat Sep 26, 2020 2:43 pm  
Austin has been superb since the restart, better than the start of his first season IMO.
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Re: Matty Ashton : Sat Sep 26, 2020 3:27 pm  
Ashton, Mamo, Charnley, and Austin are all really quick players, Mamo and Ashton are about the same speed. That's frightening pace in the squad more than i remember seeing at the same time for us. They're great players aswell, with those in the team we're very Dangerous aswell. Gelling is a fast powerful Guy aswell so we have speed across the park.
I genuinely think Lineham will have to fight to get back in the team and may struggle to do so for quite awhile.
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Re: Matty Ashton : Sat Sep 26, 2020 4:12 pm  
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Austin has been superb since the restart, better than the start of his first season IMO.

No better player in the league when he’s on it.
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Re: Matty Ashton : Sat Sep 26, 2020 5:23 pm  
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I genuinely think Lineham will have to fight to get back in the team and may struggle to do so for quite awhile.


Totally agree...Tommy doesn't get in this side at the moment.
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Re: Matty Ashton : Sat Sep 26, 2020 7:36 pm  
Isn’t the major difference that Penny had no real grounding in rugby league so was a real novice.
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Re: Matty Ashton : Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:15 pm  
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Totally agree...Tommy doesn't get in this side at the moment.


Yeah I would keep Mamo, King, Gelling and Charnley... it’s rather harsh on Lineham as he’s our top try scorer.. But Mamo has really shocked me how improved he’s become over the last few months.
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Re: Matty Ashton : Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:31 pm  
I agree. Lineham has really let us down by getting suspended over something so stupid and has to fight for his place back.

I like Mamo, he’s smart and a character. Ashton is smart too, and that can only be good for the team.
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