Team vs knights

[Ellie]

1. Averillo
2. Fox
3. Burns
4. Skelton
5. Kiraz
6. Karl
7.burton
8. King
9. Mahoney
10. Tpj
11. Topine
12. Preston
13.rfm
14.brown
15.morrin
16pele
17. Hughes

Unfortunately it shows we have a very weak team. Doesn't matter who you pick
No forwards

 

[Doggfather]

That list is pretty much spot on.

Unfortunately Perham will be fullback and Rajab on the bench who is nowhere near NRL standard at the moment.

Ciraldo, please pick teams to win and not to give training runs for the opposition teams!

 

[amapusae]

1. Burns
2. Skelton
3. Avo
4. Kiraz
5. Fox
6. Rajab
7. Burton
8. King
9. Mahoney
10. TPJ
11. Waddell
12. Preston
13. Morrin

14. Oloapu
15. Pele
16. Patolo
17. Okunbor

 

[Legend23]

I have nfi why topine hasn't played second row in front of okunbur all year since kikau was out at least the **** can tackle fmd

 

[GoTheDoggies]

I'd be running with a team very close to the one that played Raiders at magic round.

Hughes, Pele, throw in Skelton for some yardage out the back - Kiraz goes to centre. Avo to FB for a bit of x-factor. KO starts at 5/8 and find a spot for Morrin, with maybe RFM off the bench.

 

[Kiwipup]

KO is trash and shouldn't see first grade again this year

Rajab needs to get on the juice, chicken and pork and work on his defence in NSW Cup

Perham needs a spell in NSW Cup

Flanagan and Reed need to be the two hookers

King needs a root

Okunbor needs a haircut

Ciraldo needs a long ice bath

Gus needs to fuck off from Twitter

 

[Freakzilla]

01. Blake Wilson
02. Jeral Skelton
03. Jacob Kiraz
04. Jake Averillo
05. Josh Addo-Carr
06. Matt Burton
07. Khaled Rajab
08. Max King
09. Kyle Flanagan
10. Tevita Pangai Junior
11. Jackson Topine
12. Jacob Preston
13. Raymond Faitala-Mariner

14. Reed Mahoney
15. Kurtis Morrin
16. Ryan Sutton
17. Franklin Pele

I'd bring in Wilson to 1. Need to see what he has. Same with Rajab in the halves. If they aren't good enough this season we can move on from them in 2024.

Averillo moves to left centre to matchup with Gagai. Both are fast & we should be attacking that side.

Flanagan starts for the first 30 minutes before Mahoney comes on for the last 50 minutes. Mahoney shouldn't be playing 80 minutes.

Preston starts on the left edge but after 20-30 minutes moves to lock & Morrin plays left edge. Preston is our best defender so he needs to be in the middle when our other forwards are getting tired.

KO & Alamoti need a few weeks in NSW Cup to get their confidence back & remember how it feels to win a game. They're still only 18 or 19 so no rush with them.

 

[dogzofwar]

What’s the obsession with oloapu? Him and alamoti need to go back to cup

 

[pillow]

Doesn’t matter who we trot out, watch us play dumb panic football and lose to a team we should beat.

We’ll do our usual thing, play shit teams into form. Ponga will have a field day against our shirt grabbers, out dom going down for a hatty now.

 

[Doggfather]

Doesn’t matter who we trot out, watch us play dumb panic football and lose to a team we should beat.

We’ll do our usual thing, play shit teams into form. Ponga will have a field day against our shirt grabbers, out dom going down for a hatty now.

We’re basically shuffling deckchairs on the Titanic while the boat is already underwater.

 

[DogsOfWar1704]

This is what I want
1. Avo
2. Fox
3. Burns
4. Kiraz
5. Skelton
6. Oloapu
7. Burton
8. Tpj
9. Mahoney
10. Patolo
11. Preston
12. Topine ( can tackle unlike others)
13. King

14. Rajab
15. Pele
16. Morrin
17. Rfm

This is what we’re getting

1. Perham
2. Fox
3. Alamoti
4. Averillo
5. Kiraz
6. Oloapu
7. Burton
8. Tpj
9. Mahoney
10. King
11. Preston
12. Okunbor
13. Edwards

14. Rajab
15. Waddell
16. Morrin
17. Rfm

 

[bradyk]

1. Wilson
2. JAC
3. Skelton
4. Averillo
5. Kiraz
6. Burton
7. Rajab
8. TPJ
9. Mahoney
10. King
11. Preston
12. Topine
13. Oloapu

14. Reynolds/Alamoti
15. Morrin
16. RFM/Pele
17. Edwards

 

[Roger the alien]

NRL
1. BLAKE WILSON
2. JOSH ADDO-CARR
3. BRAIDEN BURNS
4. JACOB KIRAZ
5. JERAL SKELTON
6. MATT BURTON
7. BEN HUNT - a man can dream right
8. MAX KING
9. REED MAHONEY
10. TEVITA PANGAI JUNIOR
11. JACOB PRESTON
12. JACKSON TOPINE
13. KURTIS MORRIN

14. NU BROWN
15. LIPOI HOPOI
16. CHRIS PATOLO
17. FRANKLIN PELE

NSW CUP
1. JAKE AVERILLO
2. DECLAN CASEY
3. PAUL ALAMOTI
4. ETHAN QUAI-WARD
5. HAYZE PERHAM
6. KARL OLOAPU
7. KHALED RAJAB
8. SAMUEL HUGHES
9. KYLE FLANAGAN
10. RYAN SUTTON
11. RAYMOND FAITALA-MARINER
12. KITIONE KAUTOGA
13. HARRISON EDWARDS

14. RYAN GREY
15. COREY WADDELL
16. JAYDEN OKUNBOR
17. BILLY TSIKRIKAS

 

[doggieaaron]

01. Blake Wilson
02. Jeral Skelton
03. Jacob Kiraz
04. Jake Averillo
05. Josh Addo-Carr
06. Matt Burton
07. Khaled Rajab
08. Max King
09. Kyle Flanagan
10. Tevita Pangai Junior
11. Jackson Topine
12. Jacob Preston
13. Ryan Sutton

14. Reed Mahoney
15. Kurtis Morrin
16. Samuel Hughes
17. Franklin Pele

I'd bring in Wilson to 1. Need to see what he has. Same with Rajab in the halves. If they aren't good enough this season we can move on from them in 2024.

Averillo moves to left centre to matchup with Gagai. Both are fast & we should be attacking that side.

Flanagan starts for the first 30 minutes before Mahoney comes on for the last 50 minutes. Mahoney shouldn't be playing 80 minutes.

Preston starts on the left edge but after 20-30 minutes moves to lock & Morrin plays left edge. Preston is our best defender so he needs to be in the middle when our other forwards are getting tired.

KO & Alamoti need a few weeks in NSW Cup to get their confidence back & remember how it feels to win a game. They're still only 18 or 19 so no rush with them.

not bad wilson definitely needs to be fb

 

[Scoooby]

As sad as it sounds I don’t really care, it’s another loss and we just have to watch lol.

 

[B-Train]

Perham needs to be dropped. Okunbur should never play FG again. Waddell should never play for the club again. Mahoney can't play 80 minutes. Oloapu and Alamoti need time in Reserves to work on things and hopefully come back stronger later in the year.

1: Wilson
2: Skelton
3: Averillo
4: Kiraz
5: Addo-Carr
6: Rajab
7: Burton
8: TPJ
9: Mahoney
10: King
11: RFM
12: Preston
13: Morrin

14: Brown (middle)
15: Flanagan (hooker)
16: Patolo
17: Pele/Topine

 

[Psycho Doggie]

Is RFM back for the next game?

 

[Freakzilla]

Is RFM back for the next game?

He's playing NSW Cup this weekend.

 

[diddly]

Would playing Oloapu and Alamoti in Flegg this week be of any value - maybe instill some confidence and give them an opportunity to actually play football.

Ivan Lendl had a theory of coaching developing junior tennis players - play tournaments they should dominate as well as ones where they get dominated - theoretically to instill in the player a sense of reality and perspective and to develop different aspects of their game. No good being beaten all the time and no good having it too easy. Neither had had to spend much time earning their spots in fg.

 

[boggie23]

I'd be keen to throw Oluapou in at Centre. I think his speed and step will be better suited on the edges. Its too much to expect a kid to steer around a struggling NRL team. Was blooded too early. Playing centre will allow him a lesser role of setting plays up (which has never been his game). Or send him back to reserve grade. Kid has a future in the halves but not yet and not in this team (no go forward at all).

Averillo is a worry at fullback only because he isnt the type to be a metereater and running for 150m+. He'll have his games where he runs 80m which when we lack grunt in the middle is an issue.

Averillo is ok at centre. He can score a try when in space. He will go missing some games and have ripper other games. But thats his game.

Hughes id bring straight in. Tanner (not sure if he is injured at the moment) Id bring in for a bit of an engine room upgrade. I have always been a Topine fan but for some reason he doesnt get many chances. He is the best in NSW cup year after year but never gets his chance in NRL. Fair enough he is a smaller body and probably would bounce of tackles a fair bit.... But we arent a finals bound team, and alteast he will play with heart much like morrin.