Players such as BMoz, Rona, Lichaa & Perrett (moving back to wing after a year) should be analyzed but not scrutinised. It will take time for these blokes to adapt and get there match fitness up to scratch and gel within the team. There are no issues with these players.
Kas has dropped weight, looks fit and was damaging. He has worked hard during the off-season and has advanced from last year, according to his game yesterday.
Pritchard is over his injury and has trimmed down, he was probing around the edges. He has also worked hard during the off season. T Browne, T-Rex are the same. They have all worked hard during the off season.
our halves seem like they havent worked at all during the off season as there is no improvement whatsoever. Reynolds didnt have a proper offseason due to injury though he knows whats required.
for these players who have been around for a few seasons now , excuses of its the first game of the year, blah blah blah is a load of crap. (That only applies to the new faces in the squad)
They have been around long enough to know where they need to improve and what is expected. We dont expect JT, Cronk performances, though we do expect improvements. I did not see any improvements from our halves AT ALL and it is very concerning. The smallest of improvements would give me a semi hard on, like a grubber kick in the in goal, organising the backs to stand deep and trying a sweeping move and putting our backrowers through holes, taking the ball,game and players by the balls inside the oppositions 20 in attack.
graham had a target on his chest yesterday. He was coping everything including elbows from Kite, Segeyaro and McKendry. In true Graham fashion, the great pom did not back down and held his own over 2-3 clowns giving it to him with every hitup he took. Our halves should of seen this and stepped in and taking the opportunity of there rush up defence on Graham and capitilized on the space that was created through the middle.
i disagree with comments labeling them s**t c***s, etc, but they deserve all the criticism and they need to improve real quickly even though they had the offseason.
i am not interested in "he can kick goals and field goals" that wins us games.
Last season we made it to the big stage thanks soley to our forwards and defence. If we think we will do the same thing this season we are going to be in for a real shock, especially with the new ruck rule which wipes out last seasons game plan.