Re: Jowitt : Wed Jul 26, 2017 10:28 am  

[quote="bren2k"]I really don't like the speculation that a player is not selected because someone doesn't like him - it's a bit fanciful to suggest that a professional coach in a results driven environment would be so petty; if there'd been a dispute with a player, the coach would surely sit down with him and thrash it out, so he could get the player back on the field and contributing to his cown success?

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Ian Millward sent Mathers to train on his own because he didn't like him - oh wait, you said professional coach.

Re: Jowitt : Wed Jul 26, 2017 10:58 am  

I said the same regarding Grix and his positioning on sunday,

I feel that if he had made more of an effort to do his job and get to the ball first, rather than trying to block off Makinson for his first, then he could have stopped the try.

Also, why does Scott Grix feel the need to pass the ball on kick return every time?! some were in very dubious circumstances and actually left us in a worse position than if Grix had have just run forwards and taken the tackle.

For me, it is time to give Max a go. I think it has been said regularly over the last 1-2 months that he was our best player early on in the season and I agree, but how long can you give someone based on their performances in feb-may?

Jowitt to start against hudds.

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Re: Jowitt : Wed Jul 26, 2017 11:15 am  

Because that is the game plan. He passes to give the speed men as much time as possible to make a break.
It sometimes comes off. I'm happy for him to keep doing it as long as Chester likes it......though my heart of often in my mouth when he does.

Re: Jowitt : Wed Jul 26, 2017 12:46 pm  

dont think so .its because he keeps away from any contact ,with or without the ball

Re: Jowitt : Wed Jul 26, 2017 12:46 pm  

dont think so .its because he keeps away from any contact ,with or without the ball

Re: Jowitt : Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:49 pm  

So do you really think the coaching staff would consistently select a player who shirks physical contact ? Get real !

Re: Jowitt : Wed Jul 26, 2017 2:11 pm  

It does sometimes look like he shirks contact, see every time he has a kick to return or his effort for the Regan Grace try for examples.

Re: Jowitt : Wed Jul 26, 2017 2:57 pm  

Do you not think it could be that the game plan is set up in such a way that certain players do avoid heavy contact? Does Liam Finn routinely run into a 3 man tackle for example, or does he preserve himself by spinning the ball out and setting up a move? There are smaller pivots on the pitch who wouldn't last a full game if they were being smashed by forwards on a regular basis - and most fb's are now acting as pivots - so it seems entirely reasonable that they aren't expected to be involved in big collisions.

To suggest that Scott Grix is in any way a shirker, is just shameful.

Re: Jowitt : Wed Jul 26, 2017 3:00 pm  

You'd have to be extremely thick to not realise that Chris Chester clearly tells Grix to pass to one of the wingers if possible on kick returns since he's been doing it regularly all season. If the coach didn't want him doing it he would have told him by now.

Re: Jowitt : Wed Jul 26, 2017 3:11 pm  

So the next question is this then, why did Max not do this last year/ this year, if it is in a game plan for the full back to avoid any contact?