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<blockquote data-quote="scuubasteve" data-source="post: 198159"><p>Just out of interest (and because no one seems to be thinking what I'm thinking) what problems do people have with putting Paul Williams in at 14?</p><p></p><p>He's got an awesome skill set and is huge under the high ball and in defence. He's also solid at ruck time and can break tackles.</p><p></p><p>Only thing I'd see missing is out and out pace, but that's not to say he ain't quick. He'd be as fast as Nonu or Scott Hamilton, but with a more rounded skill set.</p><p></p><p>Based on the current squad, he'd be my starter at 14.</p><p></p><p>I'd have Kahui and Nonu in the Midfield. Kahui has all the skills of a great centre but suffers from some serious bad luck on the injury front. He also leads the defensive patterns very well, especially the line speed under a rush defence pattern, which is what we should be using to compliment the strangling power of our forward pack.</p><p></p><p>Nonu's distribution and defence have both come along in leaps and bounds. It would be nice if his coaches didn't run patterns that used him as the crash ball EVERYTIME. It just becomes predictable and the fans then start to blame the player saying he can't pass or see space.</p><p></p><p>It will be interesting to see if the want to stick with Leonard coming off bench as an impact No.9, with Ellis the steady distributor. Or whether they go with Leonard spark from the get go and have their defensive N0.9 (Jimmy Cowan) as a bench option to shore up games late in the piece.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scuubasteve, post: 198159"] Just out of interest (and because no one seems to be thinking what I'm thinking) what problems do people have with putting Paul Williams in at 14? He's got an awesome skill set and is huge under the high ball and in defence. He's also solid at ruck time and can break tackles. Only thing I'd see missing is out and out pace, but that's not to say he ain't quick. He'd be as fast as Nonu or Scott Hamilton, but with a more rounded skill set. Based on the current squad, he'd be my starter at 14. I'd have Kahui and Nonu in the Midfield. Kahui has all the skills of a great centre but suffers from some serious bad luck on the injury front. He also leads the defensive patterns very well, especially the line speed under a rush defence pattern, which is what we should be using to compliment the strangling power of our forward pack. Nonu's distribution and defence have both come along in leaps and bounds. It would be nice if his coaches didn't run patterns that used him as the crash ball EVERYTIME. It just becomes predictable and the fans then start to blame the player saying he can't pass or see space. It will be interesting to see if the want to stick with Leonard coming off bench as an impact No.9, with Ellis the steady distributor. Or whether they go with Leonard spark from the get go and have their defensive N0.9 (Jimmy Cowan) as a bench option to shore up games late in the piece. [/QUOTE]
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