Agree with everything except the Tpj comment, lazy and too much negativity, glad he's gone!!!Attack is evolving.. burto is swinging it to both sides of the ruck, and we’re seeing the fb chime in more. Taffe was trying it out before he got knocked out and Tracey is taking the torch successfully
We’re in the hunt for the 8 this year. It’s wide open and so long as injuries are contained, we will remain competitive and in the fight. Haah it’s now I wish we had Tpj
Depends on what you mean by "pack". We have a very decent hooker (Mahony), 2 x high quality 2nd rowers (Kikau & Preston) with more than decent back ups and a quality lock (Curtin) also with multiple back ups (Mann & Hayward). If you mean props we have an NRL quality prop (King) with 3 very promising mobile forwards (Hughes, Farmer Silly & Kautoga) that can handle prop and 2nd row. It seems a popular media driven opinion that we don't have an "alfa prop" but the style of game we play, line speed, fast play the balls and support defenders with multiples in tackles doesn't need the typical alfa prop. Kikau also does a lot of defending in the middle 1/3rd and he's fairly intimidating.For a team with no pack to speak of you guys are impressive. The guys playing in the middle are doing a fantastic job. Looks like CC does know what he is doing.
Always trusted Gus and I'm starting to trust CC as the boys are.But wait. Isn’t Ciraldo shit and the “assistant” and Gould has no idea? That was the talk after the Parra and sharks games. Hell that was the talk even after our trials
Or are we trusting the process. Isn’t Gus shit because he doesn’t sign AFB or Haas or JFH or May or anyone else? Or is it better we don’t over pay for players to get us into cap trouble again?
Like I have said all along if not Gus then who. This team was a basket case. Not a click your fingers and we are premiership threats. We had very little in terms of juniors and catchment. Gus had spread a net far and wide from bundeberg to Nz and many places in between. We have recruited a few Marquee players who weren’t in crucial positions. But now the results are coming slowly (seeming slower then most on here who want instant results). We lost to the knights on aggregate by 100-6 or something crazy last year. We almost beat them 40+ to 6 yesterday. Yes maybe knights are struggling but regardless our team last year still loses to that team.
we have a long path to go. But we are on our way, and the system, training, defence and resilience instilled by Ciraldo is starting to show. Yes he is still a rookie but he is the new wave of young coaches that will be the super coaches in the next 15-20 years. Ciraldo, Webster, even I guess ryles and To a lesser extent Fitzgibbon are the next wave of career coaches. That is who you’d want at the club before Arthur, Hasler and even Bennett who’s games as a nrl coach are probably limited.
Preseason I called 10th-12th, im changing that to 7th-9th.I am thinking we make the eight.
Remember we have a lot of players that have big game experience now so I am thinking we actually have a chance to go deep into the finals.
Yeah, very media driven, but also a pretty common theme on here in the lead up to the season. In any case, they are playing well, so it doesn't really matter. I'm looking forward to playing you guys in a few weeks, based on the last few weeks it could be a decent match up.Depends on what you mean by "pack". We have a very decent hooker (Mahony), 2 x high quality 2nd rowers (Kikau & Preston) with more than decent back ups and a quality lock (Curtin) also with multiple back ups (Mann & Hayward). If you mean props we have an NRL quality prop (King) with 3 very promising mobile forwards (Hughes, Farmer Silly & Kautoga) that can handle prop and 2nd row. It seems a popular media driven opinion that we don't have an "alfa prop" but the style of game we play, line speed, fast play the balls and support defenders with multiples in tackles doesn't need the typical alfa prop. Kikau also does a lot of defending in the middle 1/3rd and he's fairly intimidating.
Always a Bulldog
He's actually got more try assists than Flanagan had by r7 last year.I hope Ciraldo has finally seen the light. Hutcho 1 try assist and zero tries in 7 games out of 26 or more tries we've scored. That's f..king disgusting stats for a 7.
Hopefully Ciraldo sees the bye as the perfect opportunity to swap our 7 and give him plenty of training time before the next game. Hopefully he was waiting for Sexton to pull his finger out which it looks like he's done the last 2 weeks. Taaffe also showed more in 2 minutes in attack today as a 7 than Hutcho has in 7 whole games
According to numorology we win or finish with the spoon hahah Im leaning towards winning will be way more funPreseason I called 10th-12th, im changing that to 7th-9th.
I hope you're right... Hutch is now holding us back... Sexton has to be given a chance,.. Tracey is our FB for the rest of the year.. he's outstanding and we look far more dangerous than we ever did with Taffe... Hughes is really coming on.. Patolo needs to go.. hes too injury prone now.. I'd like to see Kautoga given a good long run up in the NRL, i think he could really be somethingI hope Ciraldo has finally seen the light. Hutcho 1 try assist and zero tries in 7 games out of 26 or more tries we've scored. That's f..king disgusting stats for a 7.
Hopefully Ciraldo sees the bye as the perfect opportunity to swap our 7 and give him plenty of training time before the next game. Hopefully he was waiting for Sexton to pull his finger out which it looks like he's done the last 2 weeks. Taaffe also showed more in 2 minutes in attack today as a 7 than Hutcho has in 7 whole games
We still need that real dominant middle who can punch holes in the opposition consistentlyI hope you're right... Hutch is now holding us back... Sexton has to be given a chance,.. Tracey is our FB for the rest of the year.. he's outstanding and we look far more dangerous than we ever did with Taffe... Hughes is really coming on.. Patolo needs to go.. hes too injury prone now.. I'd like to see Kautoga given a good long run up in the NRL, i think he could really be something
Gotta earn it first, there's other forwards busting their arse week in week out in cup who deserve the chance to pull on the jersey in first grade before this guy imo.On the bench instead of Patolo I guess
Maybe more. I can’t remember the last time we actually looked like a unit.
Even some of our losses we looked good and just lost it in the end or got fucked by refs.
Our attack is dependant on our left edge however our defense is also stoic.
I would love for sexton to get a run as I think Hutchinson doesn’t offer much.
We have all been through some shit these last few years but finally we are seeing some light at the end of the tunnel.