"3rd" halfback poll
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In a squad selection it used to work well with TKB.
You then had AS as primary starter and TJP/TKB as reserve dependent on gameplan.
TJP is a good finisher in an open game and TKB in a tighter game.I don't see much need for a Weber style halfback in that preferred squad mix, however that type does need to be kept in the loop should injuries happen and the plan change.
It isn't as simple as the 'next best' IMO.
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@booboo said in "3rd" halfback poll:
@booboo said in "3rd" halfback poll:
Surprising result to date ... hang o ... no it's not.
Actually Drummond getting 3% over Christie 0% does surprise me.
That must be because you haven't seen enough of Christie. It's only Tim's bias that's got Finlay in the poll and Billy Guyton not!
(They're both Ta$man halfbacks).
Drummond is way better than both and up until Saturday night I reckon he was in the box seat to be third halfback. But, he's had two games now where his box kicking has been poor - once is a bad night at the office, two is a weakness.
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Shame Stratton has been injured,looked really good playing against the Britsh & Irish Lions in the opening game last year when he played for the Babarians
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@steven-harris said in "3rd" halfback poll:
Shame Stratton has been injured,looked really good playing against the Britsh & Irish Lions in the opening game last year when he played for the Babarians
Looked reasonable off the bench last week
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If TJP is out of the French series too the AB selectors have a big decision to make. With Smith starting they have always chosen a second halfback who offered something different as the finisher, whether that be TKB or TJP. TTT is really a carbon copy of Smith so would you want to replace like for like? Smith would go the full 80 mins anyway.
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@booboo said in "3rd" halfback poll:
@booboo said in "3rd" halfback poll:
Surprising result to date ... hang o ... no it's not.
Actually Drummond getting 3% over Christie 0% does surprise me.
T-cube the obvious frontrunner
If TTT wasn't on that list, I would have have voted for Christie. I rate this kid highly and obviously the main thing going against him is the fact that he hasn't played this year. But if we are going on pure potential, I think he has the most to offer apart from TTT. Plus he could be poached by Scotland so we should try to cap him asap.
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New poll! Two votes this time for the two replacements that may be needed:
http://www.thesilverfern.com/topic/2289/3rd-and-4th-halfback-poll
