They should hire Max Clifford tbh

Agreed Ted, what is concerning is tries conceeded on Gouldings wing.
I also thought he was in touch for his 4th try but we will have the points thanks, these officials are useless without a video ref.

Well played Karl Pryce.

we all know what we expect from a winger.

Pryce is doing what is needed. out of all gouldings trys this season, i have to say about 80% of them were walk ins. maybe even more. BUT Pryce has been much better in defence in the matches they have played together, you could argue that goulding played with marsh inside him twice, but then again, last week it looked to be that goulding was the one creating the problems for marsh.

any way, last time i checked, a walk in was worth the same as a great try. and with players like carmont and gleeson inside the wingers, they are going to get a large amount of walk ins, and other players like lockers, joel and sam who will also make defenders chose to come in and leave their men.

the player i think should be most worried is goulding, because roberts will be back soon, and he will be wanting either a wingers shirt or FB shirt pretty soon. and Pryce is outplaying goulding, and he is really only in the first few games of a very long time out of the sport (at this level) so will only go on to get better.

Very true so at the end of the day lets herby declare scorng "walk ins" not a stick to beat a winger up with whether his name is Goulding, Ainscough or Pryce? Likewise it's also got to be about having a bit more about you as a winger to be considered really good than just scoring lots of walk-ins?

On those scores I think all the three mentioned have had their fair share of walk ins but what about the hard to score tires?

Pryce did well today for his 4th and it isn't his fault he was short and it got given but despite that and despite the fact he did go inside looking for work I don't think he was particularly effective. Then again after the first 20 mins neither was the rest of the team but Pryce doesn't seem to play to his size.

Dave

Let's see how Pryce goes on against a good side . That will solve any arguments, correct ?

If I'm honest he did look in touch to me. I don't want to take anything away from him though he's doing a good job for us at the moment.

Even the walk in's need scoring though!

Pryce has come in and everyone (including me) was like oh no! But he's doing a good job for us and is poses a difficult question, who drops out for amos?

Well done Karl mate and keep it up! Your slowly changing peoples opinions of you!

I agree. Its gonna be a tough call to drop someone who has scored 2 tries in every appearance he has made this season, surely thats all you ask a winger to do?

Not everyone.


He's doing o.k.
What no-one seems to have picked up on, is that although he has scored eight tries, there has only been one scored against him (at Huddersfield last week) and that wasn't really his fault.

I also think that he did get that ball down before going into touch for his fourth try, I was directly in line with the touchline, close call but a try for me.

He hasn't really been put under pressure in defence, so I think that's the one thing that will become clearer in time. There have only really been one or two try scoring opportunities down his side. I think a lot of teams attack more down the left hand side which to some degree also explains why we've conceded more down our right side recently.
Certainly having Pryce in the side does add strength, which means he's unlikely to be walked over like Gleeson was for Chan's try. His height means teams are unlikely to put the ball up high to him, and his physical size means they aren't likely to target him one on one.
The only weakness teams seem to think he has is dealing with the grubber kicks along the ground but as of yet he's dealt quite well with those.

I think when Roberts returns we'll see him playing down the right which may test him a little more in defence. At the moment he's really pushing for a new contract.

I could have sworn his 4th try was short. A lot short !

He was defo in touch with his fourth try but what the heck - we have had plenty dis-allowed that were legit so makes a change for one to go the other way.
Couldn't help thinking how many tries Brett Dallas would have scored in this current set up

he can play every week as long as i can sing the song about him tucking his willy into his sock

That's where the jury's still out, for me, and why he's still behind Roberts, Richards & Goulding.

Delighted with the improvements he's shown so far, though; at this rate he will be challenging Darrell soon.

I have a feeling the backline will be
Roberts
Pryce
Gleeson
Carmont
Richards
Sam
Tommy

Could be; in which case "in Madge we trust"! I won't argue with him if he picks KP ahead of Goulding!

Hows the song go?

That's not really the case. He hasn't faced a man running at him with the ball as often as the other winger has (though it is hardly his fault who the opposing team choose to run at) but he has faced a lot of attacking kicks. These have been a mixture of high kicks with a competing opponent jumping for the ball and short kicks designed to turn him around into the in goal area. He has dealt well with these (on one occasion yesterday he swept up after Richards made a blunder of dealing with such a kick saving a potential try against us) and when he has faced a man with the ball he has stopped the attack.

Karl Pryce,
At the start he was shi'ite,
Karl Pryce,
But now he's alright,
Karl Pryce,
He's as big as a fridge,
Karl Pryce,
He's got an 8ft widge.

To the tune of 'Go West' by the Pet Shop Boys.
Just made it up.

Pryce has certainly moved ahead of Goulding in recent weeks. 8 tries in his last four games speaks for itself and as others have pointed out he's only let one try in!

Both Goulding and Pryce should be offered new deals IMO although I'd hesitate to offer them more than 2 years at a time.

The strength in depth they give us has been a massive plus point and both are still talented youngsters with the majority of thier careers in front of them.

Pryce is at the moment, our form back.

I think his arrival in the first team, will sadly, see Phelps gone at the end of the year.

When needed Pryce has played to his size.
At Hudds they had an overlap on his wing and zipped the pass out to Cudjoe, Pryce turned round and sort of bearhugged him in the tackle and steered the Hudds man into touch. Not sure too many would have forced Cudjoe into touch as easily as Pryce did, their Leroy is not a small man either.

Yesterday Gareth Thomas thought he had Pryce too far inside and went to take him on the outside, next thing it's not Thomas taking Pryce on the outside but Pryce & Carmont who were taking the Welshman towards touch. OK he squirmed free and hit the ground for a completed tackle. Thing was GT ended up going where he didn't want to due in no small measure to Pryce's strength.

It was mentioned previously that he could well play wing with Pat on the other side when Amos returns. Can you imagine the size, speed and overall power those two wingmen will bring to the team?

Yeah i think the writing is on the wall now unless he can really pick up his form

He should get another contract elsewhere no problem, maybe hudds will make a move?



It has the potential to be the best back 3 by a country mile, still Pryce is a big IF for me, having 3 decent games does not make you a worldbeater

Karl Pryce could well turn into our signing of the season - he has come on to the scene under Madge, scoring tries and generally looks alot fitter and interested.