Re: CC RD 5 | Workington Town (H) : Sun Apr 14, 2019 7:21 am  

Mustapha been 5ft 8 isn’t ideal, but it doesn’t mean he can’t make it. He may even win more penalties for high shots on him. I’m sure many people said Burrow was too small to play Super League when he was in the academy.

Re: CC RD 5 | Workington Town (H) : Sun Apr 14, 2019 8:54 am  

Pretty sure hes taller than 5 foot 8 to be fair. He runs over people and puts people on their backside and that's what matters.

I've watched him for a few years in academy and the kid is fantastic to watch. A powerful kid that's for sure.

Re: CC RD 5 | Workington Town (H) : Sun Apr 14, 2019 10:11 am  

Theres some huge powerful lads in our Academy squad, by all accounts Muizz is the most powerful in the gym out of all of them. He'l be fine

Re: CC RD 5 | Workington Town (H) : Sun Apr 14, 2019 10:42 am  

Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! wrote:

Pretty sure hes taller than 5 foot 8 to be fair. He runs over people and puts people on their backside and that's what matters.

I've watched him for a few years in academy and the kid is fantastic to watch. A powerful kid that's for sure.

Big kids always dominate when playing in their age group. Give it to the big kid and see him flatten the opposition.
Once they enter open age they go backwards, same will happen with Muizz. Sadly he's too short for a forward in today's game.

Re: CC RD 5 | Workington Town (H) : Sun Apr 14, 2019 10:48 am  

Mu is certainly very physical and guess about same height as JJB, guess could be similar in build to Massey at Cas and Naturally stronger. That 13 shout could be a good one as these days teams often go for that grafting option. However, chances are limited in modern game, sadly The days of Steve Pitchford are long gone.

Re: CC RD 5 | Workington Town (H) : Sun Apr 14, 2019 12:10 pm  

ant1 wrote:

Big kids always dominate when playing in their age group. Give it to the big kid and see him flatten the opposition.
Once they enter open age they go backwards, same will happen with Muizz. Sadly he's too short for a forward in today's game.

This dosnt even make any sense. He dominates Age group level because he's big, he wont make it because he's small??

Fwiw Muizz has never been one of the big kids at age group level.

Re: CC RD 5 | Workington Town (H) : Sun Apr 14, 2019 12:17 pm  

Just watched a cup final video my team played v hunslet warriors at 15s, his shape has changed massively. While he was a good player he never made quite the same impact he's doing now and he certainly didn't dominate age group rugby. hopefully that's a positive sign as you'd love to bottle that running style and I hope he progresses.

Re: CC RD 5 | Workington Town (H) : Sun Apr 14, 2019 7:53 pm  

Mark Laurie wrote:

Mu is certainly very physical and guess about same height as JJB, guess could be similar in build to Massey at Cas and Naturally stronger. That 13 shout could be a good one as these days teams often go for that grafting option. However, chances are limited in modern game, sadly The days of Steve Pitchford are long gone.

Much as I like Muiz there is no way he is the same height as JJB (183 cm / 6 foot) and I doubt that he is even as tall as Loui McConnell (179 cm / 5 ft 9 inches). He certainly plays with plenty of heart so I hope he goes on to have a long and successful career but the lack of height for a forward in the modern game has to be a worry.

Re: CC RD 5 | Workington Town (H) : Sun Apr 14, 2019 8:05 pm  

Holmes wrote:

Much as I like Muiz there is no way he is the same height as JJB (183 cm / 6 foot) and I doubt that he is even as tall as Loui McConnell (179 cm / 5 ft 9 inches). He certainly plays with plenty of heart so I hope he goes on to have a long and successful career but the lack of height for a forward in the modern game has to be a worry.

That'd make Loui 5 10 which I'm pretty sure he is maybe closer to 11.