whats been so special about your attack with sherwin at HB?
you have only beaten parra and the knights with him at HB so he cant be goin to good
and ill talk about what i want cuz
sorry and a 12 man team aswell
Um ye against Parra we were without SBW and we won in a tight game.
Correct me if i'm wrong but Parra flogged you guys with the same team so don't go there mate.
Against you guys, whilst we were braindead Shifty managed a 40/20, set up two tries one via a grubber for El Masri ( Classic) and a flick pass for SBW, the other try came from Mason's own skill.
Against the Sharks, Shifty sprints the length of the field to score a runaway try, his made numerous intercepts and what-nots.
Our problem has been our defence, that and lets see what happened with the Holdsworth/Roberts combo:
1) We lost in rd1 to the knights with 12 men, Roberts missed an easy field goal attempt and Holdsworth didn't do much either
2) We looked lost in round 2 and had no direction whatsoever, Roberts can't lead a team around the park, he has skill, huge kicks ( when he does try ) and razzle dazzle but he isn't an organiser. Thumped in that game 40-10
3) Rd3 against the Titans, labelled the most boring game ever, this time it was mainly the forwards setting the platform, a dubious video ref decision that went our way and our centres setting up Cutler.
4) Rd4 against the Rabbitohs, Holdsworth led most of the team around the park, Roberts just took the line, everyone commented on him being more comfortable at pivot and fact is he is/
5) Rd5...I really don't need to mention this....Drop-a-thon evident here, mistakes from even El Masri and poor calls from our own team cost us the game against the competition leaders.
Shifty/Holdsworth Combo
6) We finally had more direction in attack, it paid off in the 7th minute when El Masri struck, although again we had poor defense, but this cannot be blamed soley on the halves.
7) No need to mention it here...we got thumped by the Tigers, Shifty was one of our best, he set up 2/3 tries, kicked a 40/20 and tried to inject life into a brain dead team.
8) Then we turn it around against the Knights who were understrength and again, our forwards did most of the work with some brillance from the backline.
9) Oh the horror...thumped horribly after going well for the first 15 minutes, Holdsworth was in poor form and literally did a catch and pass tactic, hardly ever ran the ball.
Roberts/Shifty combo
10) Experiment against the Sharks, severly understrengthed forward pack, and we still managed to put on 20 points on a full strength Sharks team. Again Sherwin was one of the best here, he scored 2 tries, set up the rest and trouble the opposition.
11) Cowboys match, looked lost early on, were getting thumped, but the Brillance of Roberts really shown here, he showed what he was capable of when he took on the line, made what 3 linebreaks? Almost scored a try, but brillant defense from the Cowboys stopped it, that and Tonga dropped it cold.
12) Warriors match, Ok neither one of our halves REALLY impressed here, but they were gelling and this time round it was against a 12 man team AND SBW did literally everything.
Enough said, the Roberts/Holdsworth combo is probably the WORST one yet.
My vote would go to Sherwin/Roberts combo.
