Who takes over from Michael Gordon?

[stephenj]

iption 1 go hard on bird, option 2 ralk to tvs but offere silly money, see if he really wants to play fror us again I think hell stay in k1w1? the expected iption is Mitchell at frb with a new centre?after this year at centre mitchels defence should be top notch?

[Mickie Lane]

No but they're all comfortably taller than Watson. Watson is tiny for a modern day fullback. Look I'm sure he has the skills to do it but he would get hammered on the kick returns. Why would you do it when you have a Latrell Mitchell with all his extra size and power and who already has the year of first grade experience in the position.

I like a big taller 105kg fullback myself but most of the really really good FBs were smaller guys.
Slater, Mini, RTS, Churchill.
I dont think FB's contest the ball much because the bomb has gone out of the game, its mostly the wingers who have to contest the ball from cross field kicks.

[rented tracksuit]

Ben Barba whilst he was at the Dog's was the one player you didn't wan't to see with the ball in his hands as he alway's tore us a new one just on every game we played them at the time.

True but he's not doing it anymore.

[rented tracksuit]

What about the last two premiership winning fullbacks or is that not modern enough?

The best sides are getting points in attack out of their fullbacks and yardage out of their wingers/centres.

The sharks would have won last year with George Rose at FB. The NRL had an agenda. Didn't matter who played for them.

[Guest]

Watson has all the attributes to be an excellent fullback.

He's lightning quick with great footwork and he can also ballplay. This makes him a duel threat in attack which is what you want in a modern day fullback.

Watson also has a tremendous work ethic so he'd relish the challenge.

He's a similar build to Ben Barba and possesses many of his attributes on the field, and none of them off the field.

Assuming Mitchell stays at left centre, then I'd be happy to see Watson given a crack. He's obviously a winner and he's never failed at any challenge yet so I'd back him to succeed in this one too.

Christ Almighty you have NFI

[Tommy Smith]

Yawn.

How about you give an opinion of your own instead of having a go at mine all the time you sad, pathetic c*nt.

And when you've done that perhaps you should quit internet trolling and get a ****ing life.

[Maxy Walker]

I like a big taller 105kg fullback myself but most of the really really good FBs were smaller guys.
Slater, Mini, RTS, Churchill.
I dont think FB's contest the ball much because the bomb has gone out of the game, its mostly the wingers who have to contest the ball from cross field kicks.

Mini and RTS are not exactly small they are both around 6 foot. I'll give you Slater but he is a complete lunatic who plays about 20kg above his weight.

Anyway as I've said before I'm sure Watson could probably make a good fullback but why would you when you already have a bigger stronger more experienced one in Mitchell.

[Guest]

Yawn.

How about you give an opinion of your own instead of having a go at mine all the time you sad, pathetic c*nt.

And when you've done that perhaps you should quit internet trolling and get a ****ing life.

My opinion? Well, you've jumped the gun in regards to your assessment of Watson; but then again, you can't help yourself can you?

First off, he doesn't have all the attributes to be a modern day fullback because, as most of us know, you also need defensive positioning and tactical awareness to be successful at the back. These were two areas in particular that Roger struggled with in his initial transition to fullback during the 2014 season and what made Mini so invaluable. Does Watson have these attributes? No one can say for sure, seeing as we've never seen him play fullback; but I highly doubt it.

Secondly, his ball playing leaves a lot to be desired. Yes he is a half and he certainly isn't afraid to run the ball, but his passing game is yet to develop (which isn't a bad thing at this stage of his career), and his ball playing would be about on par with Josh Dugan. I look at good ball playing fullbacks and see RTS, Tedesco, Boyd; all of which spent plenty of time at fullback before such a skill set developed.

And finally to say he would relish the challenge and succeed simply because he has a good work ethic and has never failed a challenge before (according to you lol) is absolute rubbish. You seriously talk absolute shit. But then again that is the norm from you.

[Waylander]

Interesting to see that Jack Bird is playing fullback against the Raiders tomorrow night. A lot of speculation that we are chasing him hard. I think he could make a decent fist of it, but I suspect he won't get too many opportunities to shine tomorrow.

[Cockadoodledoo]

True but he's not doing it anymore.

Not because he wasn't tall enough.

[Kelby]

If Mick is playing well, maybe one more year?