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Message: [QUOTE="Foordy, post: 2692653, member: 1769"] [b]Re: Should Ashley Taylor Be Promoted[/b] There is absolutely no question that Taylor needs to work on the defensive side of his game. However, IMO, his positives dar outweigh his negatives. As [MENTION=2221]Porthoz[/MENTION] briefly touched on, many halves come into first grade as weak to average defenders, but they get selected on their attacking prowess. Lets take a look a a few examples: Darren Lockyer - was an poor defender when he first made the grade as a fullback with us. But the coaching staff saw how good he was with the ball in his hands, so gave him a shot with the plan to work on his defense to the point that he was no longer a defensive liability. That took a couple of seasons.then we required that he move to 5/8 and again he was an average defender, there is a reason that we assigned TC as his "bodyguard". Anthony Milford has a similar story. In fact even this year, which is his 3rd year in first grade, he has had his defensive problems. Michael Morgan strolled past him to score 3 tries when we played the Cowbiys this year. But his attacking abilities far out weigh his defensive problems. So he stays in the team, while the coaching staff work on them. Then you have Peter Wallace... One of the best defensive halves in the NRL, but can't attack his way out of a wet paper bag I know which type of half I'd rather have in my team. Defense tends to be easier to teach than attack as well. FTR, Bennett has been quoted as saying that for his development that Taylor be playing NRL, and since we can't offer him that, he is prepared to release him in the best interest of Taylor. Also let me be clear, I'm not saying Taylor is necessarily as good as Lockyer or Milford. But he does have enormous potential and i just used Locky and Milf as examples [/QUOTE]

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