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Re: Andre off?
DIR By: J Scott
Date: February 18, 2024, 12:49 pm
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As much as this is bad news on the pitch it may be a deal we
can’t refuse off it. Hopefully a replacement will be named soon
enough.
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Re: Andre off?
DIR By: JammyGit
Date: February 18, 2024, 1:17 pm
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Definitely a player we've done extremely well to keep hold of
for as long as we have.
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Re: Andre off?
DIR By: Quinston Churchill
Date: February 18, 2024, 2:25 pm
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The issue for me is how integral he has been to our style of
play. Even if we have a decent amount of money coming in from
the transfer fee, finding someone to do what he does is almost
impossible.
I know some rate Anyanwu but honestly, I don’t think he has the
quality to replace Andre.
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Re: Andre off?
DIR By: Quinky
Date: February 18, 2024, 2:39 pm
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--- Quote from: Quinston Churchill link ---
>
> The issue for me is how integral he has been to our style of
play. Even if we have a decent amount of money coming in from
the transfer fee, finding someone to do what he does is almost
impossible.
>
> I know some rate Anyanwu but honestly, I don’t think he has
the quality to replace Andre.
>
--- End Quote ---
Very few players in the world have the quality to replace Andre.
Lenny has an advantage in having trained with and learned from
Andre. But he's nowhere near Andre's quality, and likely never
will reach it.
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Re: Andre off?
DIR By: Archquin
Date: February 18, 2024, 3:37 pm
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We must be looking at bringing someone in as there are no
current players able to fill the Andre void next season
#Post#: 120182--------------------------------------------------
Re: Andre off?
DIR By: dr_miles
Date: February 19, 2024, 3:22 am
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While Andre has been fantastic for us we're not going to get a
like for like replacement. The salary cap means that we will
have to work within our means and that's going to mean promoting
internally, looking elsewhere in the UK or maybe for a non-test
player from SA.
We do have options for 12 such as Anyanwu and Northmore, and if
necessary then our game plan will have to change to reflect who
is available to play.
That being said, we do only have 6 centres listed on the current
squad page, so we need to get more cover there somehow.
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Re: Andre off?
DIR By: poorfour
Date: February 19, 2024, 4:05 am
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--- Quote from: Quinky link ---
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> Very few players in the world have the quality to replace
Andre. Lenny has an advantage in having trained with and learned
from Andre. But he's nowhere near Andre's quality, and likely
never will reach it.
>
--- End Quote ---
Andre is a player with a very distinctive combination of size
and skill, so it's very unlikely we will find a direct
replacement for him. But I checked out his stats versus Lennox's
over the period when they both played a number of games last
year, and they were remarkably similar in terms of metres, line
breaks and defenders beaten.
Anyanwu probably won't give the sheer go forward off slow ball
that Andre can, but he's quicker in space (Andre would not have
been there to finish that remarkable try that he started on our
own try line and ran the supporting line to finish). Quins have
done a very good job at replacing the irreplaceable over the
past few years, so I remain hopeful.
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Re: Andre off?
DIR By: never sleep
Date: February 19, 2024, 4:28 am
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--- Quote from: dr_miles link ---
>
> That being said, we do only have 6 centres listed on the
current squad page, so we need to get more cover there somehow.
>
--- End Quote ---
We do have some academy guys as well though.
I think this is the list (excluding Andre):
Luke Northmore
Lennox Anyanwu
Oscar Beard
Hayden Hyde
Bryn Bradley
Ben Waghorn
Ludo Kolade
Will Joseph
Franklin McMillan
Sean Kerr
And Tom Humphreys (listed as a winger) has made a couple of
appearances for Richmond at inside centre.
One good point is that a lot of our academy players are getting
a lot of quality game time as dual reg players. Quite often
match reports are highlighting their achievements - e.g. tries /
PoTMs / etc. This makes it easier for them to step up to the
main squad.
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Re: Andre off?
DIR By: Rocker
Date: February 19, 2024, 4:45 am
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Bad news for Quins frankly...
I don't see anyone as replacing him, Northmore seems permanently
broken Lennox is a smaller, less talented version of the same
type of player and we don't really have another 12. I can't see
Ollie Lawrence leaving Bath, but they've signed a LOT of players
recently and maybe they don't have the cap space?
#Post#: 120189--------------------------------------------------
Re: Andre off?
DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
Date: February 19, 2024, 4:50 am
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We are going to be pretty underwhelming next season at this
rate!
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