Re: Chester must go now : Wed Sep 02, 2020 2:37 am  

musson wrote:

I’ve not seen him play for raiders once this season
I’ve seen most of there matches so assume he’s playing in the nsw cup team

Sam Williams played for Canberra in the NSW cup competition until this competition was cancelled in March for the rest of 2020.

Believe he is contracted at the Raiders until the end of 2021.

Re: Chester must go now : Wed Sep 02, 2020 4:49 am  

Can’t honestly see how Sam Williams is going to shake things up at the club, whilst still playing behind a beaten pack .Said it before and I’ll say it again ,get the forwards sorted first ,bringing Sam over would be like sticking a plaster on a broken leg .These basics that I am talking about are taught to my 12 year old grandson on the field it’s not rocket science ,the forwards lay the platform for the backs to do their stuff .All of a sudden we’re going to fly a half back half way around the world and our problems are sorted .Now if it was josh papalii from the raiders then your talking ,but as much as I like Sam it’s forward power we need first as I see it .

Re: Chester must go now : Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:24 am  

It's not forward power it's forwards who are not passed it forward power we need

Re: Chester must go now : Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:55 am  

What?

Re: Chester must go now : Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:19 am  

alegend wrote:

It's not forward power it's forwards who are not passed it forward power we need

Wax on wax off or some Confucius ?

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Re: Chester must go now : Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:25 am  

I get it Legend.
We do need a refresh I think.
We can have an older head but once it gets too many it starts to work against you.

The young guns need to take that step but they tend to be back rowers for us. Front row is in a bit of disarray.

Re: Chester must go now : Wed Sep 02, 2020 12:01 pm  

The whole big pack v organising/kicking half back debate is all a bit chicken & egg really as you need a decent organiser to take your pack in the right direction and you need the kicker to build & maintain pressure but in both respects you need the forwards to enforce that.

I actually think our pack isn't the worst in the league and that given our fair share of possession we can hold our own so I'd just edge towards getting a half first in this situation...but I do agree your forwards need to lay the foundation and they haven't done that since returning after lockdown.

Sam Williams is a good shout and one I've been echoing amongst close mates...then again I've also been calling for Benji and any other NRL half that isn't getting a game...eg Matt Burton at the Panthers

Re: Chester must go now : Thu Sep 03, 2020 7:43 pm  

Well I think HKR's win tonight shows Tony Smith's got them going in the right direction and playing some good stuff into the bargain.
He hasn't got half the quality of players we have but he knows what he's doing.

Re: Chester must go now : Thu Sep 03, 2020 8:10 pm  

Ditto for Ian Watson....everyone else is scoring tries for fun !!

Re: Chester must go now : Thu Sep 03, 2020 8:28 pm  

FIL wrote:

Ditto for Ian Watson....everyone else is scoring tries for fun !!

Would say Watson even more so, as he's constantly having to balance the books and bring players in and get them to gel.
Watson is a quality coach.