How long will Wakeham last at 7?

[Bulldogsteve]

Cant argue with that. Jacko needs a reduction in minutes, im starting to think he might be better starting from the bench.

Be interesting if he moves jacko back to the edge with hetho out. Or he brings in stimson on the edge i assume

 

[D0GMATIC]

Melbourne playing at aami park for 3rd week in a row next week… fuck the nrl

You know what else shits me, the Broncos always seem to be the away team in magic round, its at their home ground for fuck sake

 

[D0GMATIC]

Be interesting if he moves jacko back to the edge with hetho out. Or he brings in stimson on the edge i assume

Id rather see Jacko on an edge and TPJ Back in the middle.

 

[Bulldogsteve]

Id rather see Jacko on an edge and TPJ Back in the middle.

TPJ will remain the middle, just depends what he does with Jackson

 

[D0GMATIC]

TPJ will remain the middle, just depends what he does with Jackson

I love Jacko,great clubman and he has been a war horse. But Offer him a role as our strength and conditioning coach would be my suggestion.

 

[Bazildog]

100% our strength in attack is our unpredictability with Burton, Fox and Dufty, just let them play some footy.

And that needed time for the combos to develop, changing out Avo will do nothing to help that. What does it tell the rest of them? Okunbor needed to be shifted out but that was the only change needed and they should have run with it until at least round 5 or heavy loss.

Wakeham will be like every other time he’s been picked, good sub not an 80 min FGrader.

 

[Kelpie03]

Until after round 4. They get two games each, it’s the coach whisperer secret weapon.

Who comes in then Flanno, OMG.

 

[Bazildog]

Who comes in then Flanno, OMG.

You will have to ask our coach. (or @TwinTurbo if Trents busy)

 

[Scoooby]

You will have to ask our coach. (or @TwinTurbo if Trents busy)

!!

 

[GrogDog]

Well I think he should get a month with Flanno on the bench, fairs fair!

 

[TwinTurbo]

How did the change from Averillo to Wakeham work out, pretty terrible is my assessment. When did Barrett make this call, was it really a last minute change? WTF, if it was a Saturday call then that explains why the flashes of fluid play that was present in rounds 1 and 2 went AWOL. The spacing in attack was often horrid, uneven, with mid field bunching and unforgivably compressed to the sideline, how the fark does that happen.

As I have posted several times, we have a structure that we have worked on for 5 months and it was far too early to make a change in the 1/2. Particularly 2 that play very different styles, styles that don’t lend themselves to the way the rest of the team has trained and practised.

Where to now, do we swap back, that’s not good on so many fronts, especially after 1 game. Wakeham surely has to be given a full week to train in the position and another game to prove that his promotion was justified. Against Melbourne in Melbourne, FMD, what a deep end to get thrown into, followed by Penrith the next round. Not really the right time to be changing what has taken all of preseason to develop, but it's too late that train has already left the station.

Always a Bulldog

 

[TwinTurbo]

And that needed time for the combos to develop, changing out Avo will do nothing to help that. What does it tell the rest of them? Okunbor needed to be shifted out but that was the only change needed and they should have run with it until at least round 5 or heavy loss.

Hang on, are we agreeing on something here, FMD first Marley and now you.

Always a Bulldog

 

[DogsOfWar1704]

He wasn’t that bad. Did what he had to, defended well. He will get better every game. He changed abit once he was taken off for hia.

 

[DogsOfWar1704]

TPJ will remain the middle, just depends what he does with Jackson

Jacko will have to go back to right edge. He slows us down in the middle.

 

[Blueandwhiteblood1968]

Don’t get me wrong I think he’s a good player but I’m no way is he a 7 nor will he last there.

It’s only a matter of time, I think he’ll be moved into a new position for him or dropped by Rd 12

He had a good game and ad's more attack option's, Baz needs to keep him at 7 he'll improve playing in first grade, he needs to be given time just like Averillo was given.

 

[Burgler]

You all need to take the bias out of this, respective of if you are for/against avo or wakeham.
If avo is there tonight you honestly think it makes any difference that our forwards got dominated. How has he shown anything that directly affects if our forwards make good yardage or not. Our kick returns and dummy half running on set restarts was well below previous weeks. JMK played well last week and didn't back it up.
There were so many contributing factors outside who was playing halfback on why we lost. It's not a fair comparison.
Jake played 2 weeks with a dominant pack, our tails were up. Yesterday it looked like an attitude/belief issue.
I'll go on record and say I don't want either of them at 7 so there is no bias from me on the topic but you have to compare apples with apples and yesterday was an orange

 

[Bazildog]

Hang on, are we agreeing on something here, FMD first Marley and now you.

Always a Bulldog

We dont always disagree Twin, if you read my posts there is plenty on the same page.

 

[CrittaMagic69]

How did the change from Averillo to Wakeham work out, pretty terrible is my assessment. When did Barrett make this call, was it really a last minute change? WTF, if it was a Saturday call then that explains why the flashes of fluid play that was present in rounds 1 and 2 went AWOL. The spacing in attack was often horrid, uneven, with mid field bunching and unforgivably compressed to the sideline, how the fark does that happen.

As I have posted several times, we have a structure that we have worked on for 5 months and it was far too early to make a change in the 1/2. Particularly 2 that play very different styles, styles that don’t lend themselves to the way the rest of the team has trained and practised.

Where to now, do we swap back, that’s not good on so many fronts, especially after 1 game. Wakeham surely has to be given a full week to train in the position and another game to prove that his promotion was justified. Against Melbourne in Melbourne, FMD, what a deep end to get thrown into, followed by Penrith the next round. Not really the right time to be changing what has taken all of preseason to develop, but it's too late that train has already left the station.

Always a Bulldog

It didn't work, clear as day. Posters on here are just letting their hate boners run wild and are ignoring the obvious. The team and Burton were FAR better with Averillo in the side. I'm not saying we were great before but the bit of control and organisation we had during the first two rounds wasn't there. Apparently it's all just a coincidence and had nothing to do with Jake being out, it was because of the conditions, the forwards all of a sudden losing direction, us being unlucky, etc....basically a big LOL. Manly were there for the taking and we bottled it, they aren't anywhere near the same team that flogged us last season. Meanwhile Cowboys are second, you know the cowboys we beat. ha.

 

[Bulldogsteve]

And that needed time for the combos to develop, changing out Avo will do nothing to help that. What does it tell the rest of them? Okunbor needed to be shifted out but that was the only change needed and they should have run with it until at least round 5 or heavy loss.

Wakeham will be like every other time he’s been picked, good sub not an 80 min FGrader.

yeh agree 100%, i think he has panicked once again.

 

[Bulldogsteve]

How did the change from Averillo to Wakeham work out, pretty terrible is my assessment. When did Barrett make this call, was it really a last minute change? WTF, if it was a Saturday call then that explains why the flashes of fluid play that was present in rounds 1 and 2 went AWOL. The spacing in attack was often horrid, uneven, with mid field bunching and unforgivably compressed to the sideline, how the fark does that happen.

As I have posted several times, we have a structure that we have worked on for 5 months and it was far too early to make a change in the 1/2. Particularly 2 that play very different styles, styles that don’t lend themselves to the way the rest of the team has trained and practised.

Where to now, do we swap back, that’s not good on so many fronts, especially after 1 game. Wakeham surely has to be given a full week to train in the position and another game to prove that his promotion was justified. Against Melbourne in Melbourne, FMD, what a deep end to get thrown into, followed by Penrith the next round. Not really the right time to be changing what has taken all of preseason to develop, but it's too late that train has already left the station.

Always a Bulldog

agree 100%, TB has panicked imo. Your right, he cant swap jake back in now, so it will be Wakeham for the next week or 2. Just have to get behind him and hopefully it works.