Walker dropped

[Lydon]

Fair points mate...Is Robbo the new mad professor?

Who knows mate,it’s well over my head…

[Danish]

Honest question.

can anyone name a half that has been dropped in recent memory and gone on to success at the same club? I’m struggling to think of an example.

[Tennessee Tornado]

I can only read the headline and synopsis, but Paul Kreepy Krawly today is saying in Rupert Murdoch's lie sheet that the Roosters have "broken Walker" and need to cut their losses and release him.

No doubt his buddy Skeletor asked him to write this in a bid to get Walker to dolphins

[The Lip]

Honest question.

can anyone name a half that has been dropped in recent memory and gone on to success at the same club? I’m struggling to think of an example.

just watching Ezra Mam continue his good form for the Broncs I think he has been in amd out of 1st grade more than a few times but going really well this year

[Bondicigar]

I honestly think shifting Manu to 5/8 is strengthening one position and weakening one or possibly two.
is Manu a better 5/8 right now then Keary?
There is an argument there Robbo could be weakening all 3 positions really .


I think Walker will be back within two weeks max.
keary looked a bit out of sorts with his stint at seven last season and failed to deliver, imo.

Walker needs some help and there is no clear dominant half atm.
This rest might take some pressure off him and do him the world of good , he has a long way to go yet with his development. Hopefully it's just a bump in the road.

[milanja]

I honestly think shifting Manu to 5/8 is strengthening one position and weakening one or possibly two. In fact, is Manu a better 5/8 right now then Keary?

I think Walker will be back within two weeks max.
keary looked a bit out of sorts with his stint at seven last season and failed to deliver, imo.

Walker needs some help and there is no clear dominant half atm.
This rest might take some pressure off him and do him the world of good , he has a long way to go yet with his development. Hopefully it's just a bump in the road.

Does walker need to dominate in reserve grade to get his spot back? Or is it just a life lesson where he comes back into the team regardless how first’s and reserves are travelling after a few weeks?

[The Marshall]

What’s Brian smith up to these day?? I heard he’s driving Ubers might be a good robbo replacement

He drives them on the sunny coast, I will see if he is available when I run into him.

[The Marshall]

Storm in a tea cup and making a mountain out of a molehill as they say.

It's the correct decision by Coach Robinson to shakeup the under performing spine as currently they are not generating the required points or creating opportunities for points in offense in games.

Walker now has the opportunity to take a step back and re-assess his game in consultation with the Coaching staff and halves Consultant Cronk

Manu had to be moved to where the ball is as it was certainly not getting out to him in the centres

As the late Great Tommy Lasorda ( LA Dodgers Manager for 20 years) said about Baseball players

There are three types of players

1. Those that make it happen
2. Those that watch it happen
3. Those that wonder what happened

The Roosters need more of the number 1 type of player especially in the so called spine.

100% Agree. Everything else is news hysteria.

[King Salvo]

Should he have considered a pre-emptive strike and said something like this to start with, maybe? Avoid the circus..

No - It would be more of a circus if coaches had to explain every time why a player was demoted from the 17 or even from the starting 13.

It's not under 7's where coaches would be confronted by Parents in why their kid wasn't playing or some other kid was playing instead of their kid.

Why I coached 14's and 16's as by that stage the kids that weren't very good or had other interests stopped playing and only those who wanted to play and were good enough to keep playing would continue so none of the Parents in your ear or on your case.

I look at the career of Phil Blake who was an attacking half certainly better than what Walker is at this stage as someone who was also targeted in defense

I can only assume that being targeted in D eventually affected the offense side of the game - you can't be overthinking one side of your game as it will be detrimental to the other side of your game.

I remember Blake playing a raft of backline positions (Fullback/Wing/Centre, 5/8) and from the bench to move him from half back to positions where he would not be targeted as much in D plus also playing for a raft of clubs

Surprisingly though I notice Blake is currently the defense coach for the QLD Reds in Rugby

Not sure if Walker is overthinking the D side of his game to the detriment of his Offense side of his game which is maybe what Coach Robinson is alluding too " I want him to run our system completely in reserve grade and free himself to find parts of his game that he has always had. I wanted him to go and rediscover that. The path to freedom is playing through your system"

[Danish]

just watching Ezra Mam continue his good form for the Broncs I think he has been in amd out of 1st grade more than a few times but going really well this year

seems he was indeed dropped for the broncos final game last year, although the broncos season was a complete train wreck by then and he got an entire off season to work on his defence as opposed to spending a month or so in reggies.

still, that’s at least something. Dropping a half tends to be a death knell but hopefully it turns out like Mam

[King Salvo]

Honest question.

can anyone name a half that has been dropped in recent memory and gone on to success at the same club? I’m struggling to think of an example.

Can you name any halves that have been dropped and have left that club and have been successful at another club - i.e the same season if released or the next season

[Bondicigar]

Does walker need to dominate in reserve grade to get his spot back? Or is it just a life lesson where he comes back into the team regardless how first’s and reserves are travelling after a few weeks?

If he plays like a busted and doesnt improve in the areas Robbo is not happy with I'd say he gets an extended stint in Reggie's.
If hes playing good enough my guess would be hel be back even if we are winning .
Sitilli and Gus back in will help his cause and I think with a full squad to pick from we are stronger with walker at 7. Imo

[NorfolkStreetKid]

If he plays like a busted and doesnt improve in the areas Robbo is not happy with I'd say he gets an extended stint in Reggie's.
If hes playing good enough my guess would be hel be back even if we are winning .
Sitilli and Gus back in will help his cause and I think with a full squad to pick from we are stronger with walker at 7. Imo

Sitili and Gus are back this week, so maybe the coach should have given Sam a chance with them in the team before dropping him. I still think it's a dumb move, not even having him on the bench ahead of Slutch.
How would he play like a busted?
The kid is the victim here, no way he should be playing reserves.

[Bondicigar]

Sitili and Gus are back this week, so maybe the coach should have given Sam a chance with them in the team before dropping him. I still think it's a dumb move, not even having him on the bench ahead of Slutch.
How would he play like a busted?
The kid is the victim here, no way he should be playing reserves.

I agree
His form os obviously down , along with a fair few others.

[BillyBonkers]

Can you name any halves that have been dropped and have left that club and have been successful at another club - i.e the same season if released or the next season

Johnny Mayes