Velvet Thunder
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Why would u want to move RFM from the left edge? Has the potential to be one of the best backrowers
yeah inu could kick a 70 metre drop outPower from Ennis and Inu????
I think people are looking for some magical reason why we lost rather than focus on how well we did. It was only a couple of opportunistic tries that cost us the points. Overall not only were we competitive but we were knocking on the door of beating them. Some of our players didn't play their best game but it is round 1 and some of them were in unfamiliar roles in terms of playing under comp conditions. Hoppa played better than I have seen him for a while yesterday and JMoz went pretty well too and both are plenty quick enough. He didn't get a lot clean ball last night although he at least got some for a change. Wait until the systems kick in as second nature in the next couple of weeks before you write our backs off. Hardly anyone has mentioned Montoya. I thought he was our poorest back last night. Given we have a real speedster in Bergamin sitting in the reggies and playing FB I think Montoya is under more pressure than the others.I disagree I think our forwards did well... they got us up field and made more metres then I have seen in a while.. its our backs that need fixing... josh is good in defence but his attack is shit house as his to slow... hopa to me also looked slow which doesn't help... these days you need centres that are tall quick and strong...
yea but I have noticed when josh marks up against a gun centre from another team he always marks up in defence and does well but his attack just disappears no matter what.. he did get some good ball last night and was always shut down so fast without doing much... the twins are the best we have at the moment and time will tell if our new game plan will get them playing they way they used to but if they don't fire this year then forget signing them next year... again as I said in another thread time will answer all questions still early daysI think people are looking for some magical reason why we lost rather than focus on how well we did. It was only a couple of opportunistic tries that cost us the points. Overall not only were we competitive but we were knocking on the door of beating them. Some of our players didn't play their best game but it is round 1 and some of them were in unfamiliar roles in terms of playing under comp conditions. Hoppa played better than I have seen him for a while yesterday and JMoz went pretty well too and both are plenty quick enough. He didn't get a lot clean ball last night although he at least got some for a change. Wait until the systems kick in as second nature in the next couple of weeks before you write our backs off. Hardly anyone has mentioned Montoya. I thought he was our poorest back last night. Given we have a real speedster in Bergamin sitting in the reggies and playing FB I think Montoya is under more pressure than the others.
I get that, but on the flip side their gun centre was contained all night as well. Does that mean Chambers is rubbish in attack? That's what top class centres do - they cancel each other out. It wasn't Chambers or Scott that tore us apart. It was their speed men out wide and that big lump NAS up the guts.yea but I have noticed when josh marks up against a gun centre from another team he always marks up in defence and does well but his attack just disappears no matter what.. he did get some good ball last night and was always shut down so fast without doing much... the twins are the best we have at the moment and time will tell if our new game plan will get them playing they way they used to but if they don't fire this year then forget signing them next year... again as I said in another thread time will answer all questions still early days
Our starters were fine but our bench forwards were diabolical. Our 3 bench forwards combined for 4 runs over 8m, like seriously? That's garbage. They were shit and Storm walked through us during that period because they didn't aim up.I disagree I think our forwards did well... they got us up field and made more metres then I have seen in a while.. its our backs that need fixing... josh is good in defence but his attack is shit house as his to slow... hopa to me also looked slow which doesn't help... these days you need centres that are tall quick and strong...
Id make Tolman 13.. think of Grimaldi - that typeYour completely right. But he needs to start. Waste of a spot coming off the bench.
Tolman can barely make an impact off the bench against weaker forwards and fatigued players yet you want to start him against better forwards and for bigger minutes? No way.After watching ISP today the only changes I would make next week would be.
As much as I don’t rate Tolman the only way to use him is at 13 for 80 minutes
That allow Danny and ( Burr ,Ogden, Tualau or Toamonga?) to replace Klemmer and Woods.
Fine to bench also as he can fill in as an centre in case of injury.
Remove Elliott and Eastwood .
Make Eastwood play 80 minutes each week in ISP to get some match fitness.
Yup, it's a ridiculous suggestion. People aren't up to speed with todays game if they think playing Tolman for 80 is a good idea lol.Tolman was a massive momentum killer so people want him to play 80 minutes?
I guess you can’t kill momentum if you don’t have any!!
Maybe, but fualalo is definitely better than Eastwood.I think we have better forwards than Fualalo and they are ogden and tualau
are those seriously the stats for our bench forwards? Fmd that's embarrassing.Our starters were fine but our bench forwards were diabolical. Our 3 bench forwards combined for 4 runs over 8m, like seriously? That's garbage. They were shit and Storm walked through us during that period because they didn't aim up.
Yup, will wait for final stat updates but that's as they stand atm.are those seriously the stats for our bench forwards? Fmd that's embarrassing.
Roosters issues aren't on the field during a game.Roosters will come out firing....
We wont win this one, but it will be a much closer game than last night.
We need to build off last night and hopefully get a handful of wins in the first 12 rounds
Stats updated, he made 3 runs over 8m and 8 runs under 8m. And no they're absolutely not wrong.Those stats are wrong... easily wrong.
Tolman ran 8m from dummy half on one hitup alone.
Roosters issues aren't on the field during a game.
Too many egos, too much talent.