matthew
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No missed tackles no dropped ballsHe played awesome yesterday lol
No missed tackles no dropped ballsHe played awesome yesterday lol
About 15 degrees or something plus probably windy as fuckWarriors have the wood on us but I like our chances next week. Say what you want, the reality is we haven’t handled the heat vs Manly and today. And vs Storm we looked our best.
I guess it shows that when fatigue is a major factor, we struggle. I’ve already checked the forecast for Auckland lol, and it’s looking like much more favourable conditions.
Hopefully Pele is ready to go and if T is back even better.
You really think CC is going to change the lineup after a 2-1 start to the season?1. Pehram
2. Addo Carr
3. Alamoti
4. Kiraz
5. Casey
6. Burton
7. Oloapu
8. King
9. Mahoney
10. Sutton
11. Kikau
12. Preston
13. RFM
14. Topine
15. Waddell
16. TPJ
17. Pele
If all these players are available. Averillo needs to work on defence. Flannagan offers too little in attack. Topine in for Brown only if Waddell, TPJ and Pele are available. If TPJ is out the Brown back to 14, Topine out and find another big middle forward or play Morrin.
I forgot he got injured..What’s the word on Max King?
If he’s out we are absolutely fried, already tough enough to win as it is
2 of the tries was his lack of urgency covering insidehe just looked really slow. defence was average as well. not my favourite
Yeah, they ll need to be tough in the middle for next week! Could be where the games won and lost, TPJ back next week ive read!They were light yesterday but keeping the ball alive worked great, Ciraldo is off to a great start and has it sussed, the Warriors are big as usual so get the little guys sidestepping.
When is TPJ back?
Yeah I agree, if we d have completed better first half the game would have been out of sight, last 10 was real poor but we still won and CC will be into them about that last 10 this week I bet. We win this week and ill be made up cause it ll be a tough oneWe bombed 2, possibly even 3 tries, so should have been much further ahead. Tigers scored 3 tries in about 5 mins, so it was only a bad 5-10 mins really.
Couldn’t agree more on Averillo being left out his a liability defensively and Skelton deserves a shot anyways just afraid it’s going to take us leaking a few tries down that side for Ciraldo to make that change but time will tell.It wont happen but for this game I wish we name this team:
01. Hayze Perham
02. Jeral Skelton
03. Jacob Kiraz
04. Paul Alamoti
05. Josh Addo-Carr
06. Matt Burton
07. Kyle Flanagan
08. Max King
09. Reed Mahoney
10. Ryan Sutton
11. Viliame Kikau
12. Jacob Preston
13. Raymond Faitala-Mariner
14. Fa'amanu Brown
15. Jackson Topine
16. Corey Waddell
17. Franklin Pele
18. Jake Averillo
Want to replace Flanagan also but didn't want to make too many changes to the right edge at the same time for defensive purposes.
I’m glad someone else noticed it, Ciraldo is pretty clever, he knows we are short on props and stiffening up the middle is a smart tactic. Plus in those conditions it was doubly effective.and kicks also defending in the middle also and not on there edge. Assume only for the heat on the weekend.
While I agree that you can always move a few players around to get some experience in those positions but each change introduces combination challenges. Just saying being able to bring one person in to be able to handle 6 diff positions on the field is something worth considering.Thats a good point. But that issue could have been solved with having Josh on the bench. Jr to half, burton to centre etc in the case you argued
Josh should have been on bench and tigers game is perfect example. He would have came on with very fresh legs, seniority and major experience in dealing with that sort of pressure and he would have led the young boys around and tigers wouldn't have had a chance to come back late like they did
Send him to that guy in the US maybe?Dogs by 4. Gus on 100% footy said we are missing 5 middle forwards of our top 30. That's why Okky is being groomed as a forward. It's also the reason why Okky needs some game time as a middle to acclimatise to the position. The pressure and expectations we are putting on King and Sutton is wearing them out.
Gus and TPJ also said yes back probably by Round 8 because he has a recurring troublesome calf injury that we knew he had when he first came to us. Hes currently doing special rehab on it with a Sharks guru. Gus said the Club is trying to solve his calf issues so when he comes back he won't be injuring it again.
How have we not gotten a loan, it's ridiculous, hopefully he's not outIf King is actually out I don’t see how we stand a chance