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Interesting that Bibby looked the better player at Salford Olpherts couldn't get a game last few months
Watching them Friday I glad we got Olpherts same as a lot of Powels signings underwhelming when you first hear about it but often ends up being right
Watching them Friday I glad we got Olpherts same as a lot of Powels signings underwhelming when you first hear about it but often ends up being right
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Barry Mac only has one eye, and he did ok.
I suppose Cas exercised due diligence and Olpherts had a medical. They could have saved the fee and asked the forum.
Nature makes up for these deficiencies, like the fella who had one short leg, the other was a bit longer to compensate!
I suppose Cas exercised due diligence and Olpherts had a medical. They could have saved the fee and asked the forum.
Nature makes up for these deficiencies, like the fella who had one short leg, the other was a bit longer to compensate!
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We’ve missed a winger like Olpherts for a few years now, he won us penalties from his strong carries and got us off our line when Wigan pinned us there for the first 10 minutes. Last year we would’ve folded in the first 10 and we would’ve conceded points, I can see a difference in both attack and defence from last year already, hopefully more is to come from us.
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Too early to get carried away with Olpherts, but a really good start to his Cas carear. He seems to have been given a big opportunity at Cas and everything I have seen so far suggests he is doing all he can to grasp it.
I think it's clear Powell wanted a bit more punch carrying the ball out from the backs. It's a big part of Feki's hane, one of the strongest parts of Olpherts game, Blair and Matauti aren't easy to put down either.
Hopefully it will give Mcshane, Trueman and Richardson some space to play with around the ruck l, especially as the pitches get quicker.
I think it's clear Powell wanted a bit more punch carrying the ball out from the backs. It's a big part of Feki's hane, one of the strongest parts of Olpherts game, Blair and Matauti aren't easy to put down either.
Hopefully it will give Mcshane, Trueman and Richardson some space to play with around the ruck l, especially as the pitches get quicker.
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This :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:KB80 wrote: ↑09 Feb 2020, 12:20 Too early to get carried away with Olpherts, but a really good start to his Cas carear. He seems to have been given a big opportunity at Cas and everything I have seen so far suggests he is doing all he can to grasp it.
I think it's clear Powell wanted a bit more punch carrying the ball out from the backs. It's a big part of Feki's hane, one of the strongest parts of Olpherts game, Blair and Matauti aren't easy to put down either.
Hopefully it will give Mcshane, Trueman and Richardson some space to play with around the ruck l, especially as the pitches get quicker.
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I thought Olpherts would be battling with James Clare for a spot behind Eden and Feki, but so far (and it’s early days) he looks like he deserves his place in the first team.
Will be interesting to see what happens when we have Eden, Feki and Olpherts all fit. But competition for places is a good thing.
Will be interesting to see what happens when we have Eden, Feki and Olpherts all fit. But competition for places is a good thing.
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Nobody signs a 3 year contract to be 3rd or 4th choice. The moment he put pen to paper he was always going to be in contention to be a starting 13 player.nottinghamtiger wrote: ↑09 Feb 2020, 13:15 I thought Olpherts would be battling with James Clare for a spot behind Eden and Feki, but so far (and it’s early days) he looks like he deserves his place in the first team.
Will be interesting to see what happens when we have Eden, Feki and Olpherts all fit. But competition for places is a good thing.
I don’t care wether he’s got one eye,one kidney or one testicle what matters is his ability to deal with it and so far so good.
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You’re right of course, but one of either Feki, Eden or Olpherts will have to miss out when (if) they are all fit.braytontiger wrote: ↑09 Feb 2020, 14:36Nobody signs a 3 year contract to be 3rd or 4th choice. The moment he put pen to paper he was always going to be in contention to be a starting 13 player.nottinghamtiger wrote: ↑09 Feb 2020, 13:15 I thought Olpherts would be battling with James Clare for a spot behind Eden and Feki, but so far (and it’s early days) he looks like he deserves his place in the first team.
Will be interesting to see what happens when we have Eden, Feki and Olpherts all fit. But competition for places is a good thing.
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I think he’s probably responding to the fact he’s a local lad and so nearer home and no travelling and a big thing is actually playing in front of a Proper crowd, rather than empty stands, it must make players play better.
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Will be Eden. Feels like Eden is back up left winger and Clare back up right winger - injuries have changed that already. Good position to be in, where we have 4 decent and/or reliable wingers.nottinghamtiger wrote: ↑09 Feb 2020, 14:52You’re right of course, but one of either Feki, Eden or Olpherts will have to miss out when (if) they are all fit.braytontiger wrote: ↑09 Feb 2020, 14:36Nobody signs a 3 year contract to be 3rd or 4th choice. The moment he put pen to paper he was always going to be in contention to be a starting 13 player.nottinghamtiger wrote: ↑09 Feb 2020, 13:15 I thought Olpherts would be battling with James Clare for a spot behind Eden and Feki, but so far (and it’s early days) he looks like he deserves his place in the first team.
Will be interesting to see what happens when we have Eden, Feki and Olpherts all fit. But competition for places is a good thing.
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I think you’re probably right, though I think we often forget how prolific Greg Eden is. He currently stands at 74 tries in 71 appearances. Nobody else comes anywhere near him in terms of the number of tries he scores.HuddsTigers wrote: ↑09 Feb 2020, 17:48Will be Eden. Feels like Eden is back up left winger and Clare back up right winger - injuries have changed that already. Good position to be in, where we have 4 decent and/or reliable wingers.nottinghamtiger wrote: ↑09 Feb 2020, 14:52You’re right of course, but one of either Feki, Eden or Olpherts will have to miss out when (if) they are all fit.braytontiger wrote: ↑09 Feb 2020, 14:36Nobody signs a 3 year contract to be 3rd or 4th choice. The moment he put pen to paper he was always going to be in contention to be a starting 13 player.nottinghamtiger wrote: ↑09 Feb 2020, 13:15 I thought Olpherts would be battling with James Clare for a spot behind Eden and Feki, but so far (and it’s early days) he looks like he deserves his place in the first team.
Will be interesting to see what happens when we have Eden, Feki and Olpherts all fit. But competition for places is a good thing.
To put that into a bit more context, that’s more tries than the top scorer from 2019, the top tryscorer in 2018 and the runner-up in 2017 put together (Makison scored 23 in 2019, Barba scored 28 in 2018 and Jones-Bishop scored 20 in 2017). That’s despite Greg having some lengthly injuries.
He also has something you can’t coach - pace. We don’t know whether Olpherts or Feki can match him for that as yet.
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Eden would be my first choice winger all day long, genuine pace and proven track record.
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Eden is the fastest winger on our books, the year he topped the try scoring table he had Gale and Zak setting him up a number of wingers in the league would have finished top with the service he had, his bigest let down is brain farts
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He was still scoring more than a try a game in 2018 though, when Hardaker had gone and Gale only played a few games (in fact, very few with Eden).
Granted his strike-rate dropped off last year, but we only had one half-back and that was reflected across the whole team (Greg still managed 13 tries in 21 games though).
Show me a player with a better strike-rate in 2018 and 2019 combined than Greg Eden. Even taking his 2017 tries out of the equation, nobody consistently scores as many tries as he does.
His 2018 and 2019 tries can’t be put down to other players either - after all, Shenton has been past his best and hasn’t given a single pass for two years (that’s a joke) and we’ve had no consistency at full-back (that’s not a joke).
If I had to put money on any player to score in a game, it would go straight on Greg Eden every time. The problem is that if I had to put money on any player to make a complete balls-up, it would also go straight on Greg Eden!
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at the meet the coaches evening powell was asked out of the 5 new signing s who had impressed him mosy? he said olpherts and theres a lot more improvement to come.
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Did anyone ask DP about Olpherts' vision and why no one has noticed it before?
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no but that labradour in the dug out is starting to make sense now.HuddsTigers wrote: ↑13 Feb 2020, 09:53 Did anyone ask DP about Olpherts' vision and why no one has noticed it before?
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Someone mentioned being careful about not having a short-sighted recruitment policy...stay visionary, don’t go into it blind, keep one eye on the future...
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