Player Jackson Ford

[Noitall]

I get the sentiment, but Ford was a fringe nobody, Barnett was an excellent player. The club has helped Barnett add the cherry on top, as has maturity.

It is brilliant that this club makes footy careers now though.

He had a good season or two when he hit the scene and dragons were fielding a decent team around 2018 or so but stagnated after. Barnett was a solid player but stagnated a bit too before he came over I thought. It was a low moment when he elbowed Chris Lewis

 

[CWC]

Wins vb hard earned index in our game this time! Maybe 6 more dally m this week?

 

[ShaunJohnson7]

He had a good season or two when he hit the scene and dragons were fielding a decent team around 2018 or so but stagnated after. Barnett was a solid player but stagnated a bit too before he came over I thought. It was a low moment when he elbowed Chris Lewis

I agree he was a good player before but he went up a level here.

As for Jackson Ford.....wow.....what a player he is without the errors and infringements. Elite.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Jacko for origin if he keeps this up? Clearly the in-form middle atm.

 

[sup42]

Jacko for origin if he keeps this up? Clearly the in-form middle atm.

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Probably the only thing keeping him out is his errors eh.

But Origin has changed, it is a bunch of Athletes who play tiggy compared to the original concept of hard footballers trying to use discipline to play the perfect game of defence.

So who knows, he certainly deserves it based off effort and output and he is fitter than any of them.

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Two perfect Dally M points scoring rounds.

Safe to say that the F150 has had a cracker of a start to the season.

 

[WarriorsNrlFanatics]

I’m so happy to see Jackson Ford start the season off so well. I won’t lie when I say I’m his biggest critic at times. Just hope he can keep this consistent form going throughout the whole season. Who knows early days but he could be fighting for an origin selection for nsw

 

[Jaffa J]

Jacko for origin if he keeps this up? Clearly the in-form middle atm.

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If Max King can make origin then he should

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

Does Barnett even get back into the starting lineup?

 

[Sammyw]

Does Barnett even get back into the starting lineup?

no need to rush him back, barnett off the bench will negate any drop in momentum when fish comes off

 

[WAH MAN]

no need to rush him back, barnett off the bench will negate any drop in momentum when fish comes off

The rotation will be legendary.

 

[sup42]

Does Barnett even get back into the starting lineup?

I am gonna side step your question because I do not know. In some ways the fastest way to get Barnet back into game condition is to put him back in the role he knows so well i.e. he starts.

We have these crazy good options.

I would be tempted to flip the whole paradigm, have Barnett and Ford start, run the Knights forwards to death, bring on Fish and Clark and Demi and move the ball vs the tired Knights.

We play the arm wrestle to ground our game when we normally open with Barnet and Fish.

That is the proven best way to play top four rugby league.

However, if Ford can maintain his improved possession stats then you can take it to the next level with anaerobic arm wrestling which is the hall mark of the Melbourne Storm and the Penrith Panthers model of NRL football (the 2002 Roosters pioneered mobility and speed and endurance in a forward pack, an unfortunate evolution to happen the year the Warriors were run to death vs them in the GF).

 

[Jaffa J]

Does Barnett even get back into the starting lineup?

At this point off the bench but it’s tough to drop anyone off that bench atm

 

[Canonball]

I agree he was a good player before but he went up a level here.

As for Jackson Ford.....wow.....what a player he is without the errors and infringements. Elite.

We're a development club, not just for age grade coming through, also for seasoned and journeymen type guys - welcome to Warriors U, Per Studia Corpus Nova

 

[Sammyw]

I am gonna side step your question because I do not know. In some ways the fastest way to get Barnet back into game condition is to put him back in the role he knows so well i.e. he starts.

We have these crazy good options.

I would be tempted to flip the whole paradigm, have Barnett and Ford start, run the Knights forwards to death, bring on Fish and Clark and Demi and move the ball vs the tired Knights.

We play the arm wrestle to ground our game when we normally open with Barnet and Fish.

That is the proven best way to play top four rugby league.

However, if Ford can maintain his improved possession stats then you can take it to the next level with anaerobic arm wrestling which is the hall mark of the Melbourne Storm and the Penrith Panthers model of NRL football (the 2002 Roosters pioneered mobility and speed and endurance in a forward pack, an unfortunate evolution to happen the year the Warriors were run to death vs them in the GF).

Fish has to start, hes lowkey been unreal first two games and is a real driving force behind how aggressive our D has been. he looks motivated.

 

[BabylonPink]

I get the sentiment, but Ford was a fringe nobody, Barnett was an excellent player. The club has helped Barnett add the cherry on top, as has maturity.

It is brilliant that this club makes footy careers now though.

Barnett was an average player at Newcastle.

 

[sup42]

Fish has to start, hes lowkey been unreal first two games and is a real driving force behind how aggressive our D has been. he looks motivated.

If you start Fish you get more of the same which is great but not really what my thought experiment was for.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Fish has to start, hes lowkey been unreal first two games and is a real driving force behind how aggressive our D has been. he looks motivated.

When we got pinged for dragging the ball carrier back, he went beserk on the next two tackles and the Raiders made zero meters.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Barnett was an average player at Newcastle.

Bollocks. He was twice their player of the year. I was an admirer before he got here, and was absolutely stoked when he signed. He was a very good player in a very, very average side.

Anyways... this is a Jackson Ford thread. The players have said that their preseason was ferocious - I wonder if this extra conditioning under fatigue was the extra Ford needed to maintain his performance to the end of his minutes. There is no drop off at all in the side (so far).

 

[CWC]

I’d prefer Barney starts and Ford off the bench after 20-25min, otherwise Webby will make him play 70+min every single week

Although I am wondering why Barney hasn’t played anything yet, supposed to be R1, not negotiations, is a direct swap ASAP still on the table?