Originally posted by Lawn_moa
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SST's career goal kicking average is 75%. (Latrell's is 62.5%)
SST averaged 55.8 min each game last year ... that's basically 70% of the game. He also played 80 min 3 times.
He'll do me as first choice kicker if that's the way Robbo goes.
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Originally posted by Lawn_moa View PostI have heard from sources close to the team that James Tedesco will become our #1 goal kicker this year and has been practising like a LOT. He is kicking them well with Fitzy helping him fine tune his technique. Teddy will be the 80% success rate goal kicker we want. TKO will stay as back up.
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For us to go into a competition year without a proven over 80% goalkicker shows a lack of planning which is unacceptable at this level. I hope the club have this covered. TKO is good but off the field half the time and has a huge workload, so someone needs to step up, and to still be unsure about who that will be lesss than 8 weeks before the comp starts is very disappointing.
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I am still firmly of the opinion that getting rid of Kyle Flanagan was a huge mistake. He was not responsible for the Roosters failure last year. Injuries and the rift caused by the return of Sonny Bill, who took the place of a player who had worked his arse off to get to first grade (whomsoever it was) caused a split.
The Roosters do not have a front line goal kicker and if pushed I can find a large amount of games they lost by 1 or two points through not having a 80% goal kicker.
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Originally posted by Johnny73 View PostI am still firmly of the opinion that getting rid of Kyle Flanagan was a huge mistake. He was not responsible for the Roosters failure last year. Injuries and the rift caused by the return of Sonny Bill, who took the place of a player who had worked his arse off to get to first grade (whomsoever it was) caused a split.
The Roosters do not have a front line goal kicker and if pushed I can find a large amount of games they lost by 1 or two points through not having a 80% goal kicker.
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Originally posted by NorfolkStreetKid View PostFor us to go into a competition year without a proven over 80% goalkicker shows a lack of planning which is unacceptable at this level. I hope the club have this covered. TKO is good but off the field half the time and has a huge workload, so someone needs to step up, and to still be unsure about who that will be lesss than 8 weeks before the comp starts is very disappointing.
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Originally posted by NorfolkStreetKid View PostFor us to go into a competition year without a proven over 80% goalkicker shows a lack of planning which is unacceptable at this level. I hope the club have this covered. TKO is good but off the field half the time and has a huge workload, so someone needs to step up, and to still be unsure about who that will be lesss than 8 weeks before the comp starts is very disappointing.
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Originally posted by Waylander View Post
Do you realize there are only 4 or 5 guys in the NRL who kick above 80%? It's not like every team will have a 80%+ kicker except us. There are a number of 1st choice kickers in teams that are below 70%. SST averages 75%. That's good enough.
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Originally posted by King Salvo View Post
Might be other way around although there are no stats showing Tedesco has kicked at all even in Juniors - Time will tell - 2 trials coming up and both will play at least one of these. SST is 38/54 - 70.4%
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Originally posted by NorfolkStreetKid View Post
I would suggest that those 4 or 5 you mention play for the top 5 teams, which we want to be one of. Missed goals cost games, which can cost home finals, which can cost comps. It is not acceptable for us as a top team to be in this position.
Also, I made a mistake when I quoted SST's career average at 75% ... that was just last year (3/4). Overall for the NRL (not counting Tonga) it's just over 70%, but for what it's worth, when he was used as our regular kicker in 2016, he kicked at 77.14%. His stats are down when he's been used part time.
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Originally posted by Johnny73 View PostI am still firmly of the opinion that getting rid of Kyle Flanagan was a huge mistake. He was not responsible for the Roosters failure last year. Injuries and the rift caused by the return of Sonny Bill, who took the place of a player who had worked his arse off to get to first grade (whomsoever it was) caused a split.
The Roosters do not have a front line goal kicker and if pushed I can find a large amount of games they lost by 1 or two points through not having a 80% goal kicker.
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