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amiafish

Further to the strategic value of losses this season, there's also the moral point. Meaning, it's quite simply wrong that a team playing such lobotomised, inept and ugly football should ever win a game. I hope we lose every game this season, and become the cautionary tale about teams and coaches tha...

amiafish

Sorry, haven't been on the forum for a while. Has there been talk of just shifting Hodgo to half (Starling starts at hooker)? When Hodgo came into first receiver a few times last night, I thought he looked a good fit...and of course, he'd have to have a double leg amputation to play worse than Sammy...

amiafish

A coach and team are in a marriage of sorts. Sometimes, the only solution when things aren't going well is to file for divorce. More often than not, a bit of soul searching and a renewed commitment will do the trick. Ricky doesn't need to leave. he just needs to realise that the uber conservative st...

amiafish

Botman wrote: ↑October 17, 2020, 6:45 am 3 - CHN
3 - George

those two were comfortably our best on the night and it was daylight for 3rd imo

One of these please.

amiafish

I think we pray too often at the altar of the mystical notion of "form". Humans are not fungible widgets, but coaches would do better to behave as if they were. That is to say... Rather than asking if so and so is "playing well", let us interrogate his essential attributes. Is he...

amiafish

In 2020, our outstanding halves + Papa and Taps have papered over the awful truth...we are a middling side, playing a gormless, soulless brand of football. Our coach is an infuriating confection of outstanding man management coupled with dour tactical conservatism. Our team defends with tenacity, bu...

amiafish

Chickens coming home to roost. In a moneyball competition, we're still picking beloved plodders like Rapana and Crocker. We deserve everything we're getting. Hard to disagree. We have a good side but a major issue in the outside backs . Hopefully we have some good juniors come through next year Har...

amiafish

afgtnk wrote: ↑October 16, 2020, 7:14 pm Fair play to the Storm. Going in with an absolute perfect gameplan here so far. Not trying to slug it out hard with us in the middle, and using one of their biggest strengths, which in turn is our biggest weaknesses.

This.

amiafish

Chickens coming home to roost. In a moneyball competition, we're still picking beloved plodders like Rapana and Crocker. We deserve everything we're getting.

amiafish

I'm sorry to say this, because I love Rapana's whole-hearted commitment to every game, but his decline over the last couple of seasons has been precipitous. He's lost a ton of pace, his evasive skills are gone, he doesn't have the power to bust tackles anymore. The mind is willing, but the flesh is ...

amiafish

Bashing through the middle works a lot better later in the game against already fatigued forwards. The mistake is trying to do it in the first twenty minutes while they're fresh. Now, I know people will say, "but you have to do the work in the first twenty to earn the right to go through them l...

amiafish

Agree with other posters. Tapine was definitely an 8...he's ripping and tearing through the defense every hit-up these days, and with tackling efficiency at 100% he's doing everything you could ask of a forward.

amiafish

3 - Williams
2- Jack
1 - Tapine

amiafish

I love it when we offload and we have the players to do it - Papa, Bateman, Dunamis, Tapine. Playing more expansively makes us more unpredictable and compensates for our lack of pace. We won't go around the Roosters with edge defenders like Joey Manu and Morris but can go through them through footw...

amiafish

2- Jack
2 - Papa
2- Taps (so good to see him ripping in...finally)

amiafish

So again... when ever things are going poorly, its a sign of bad leadership... but when they turn it around, it has nothing to do with leadership Got it. Can you please explain how Croker's leadership contributed to Jack's two game-winning tries? Absolutely i will, once someone explains to me how C...

amiafish

Botman wrote: ↑August 30, 2020, 8:58 pm So again... when ever things are going poorly, its a sign of bad leadership... but when they turn it around, it has nothing to do with leadership

Got it.

Can you please explain how Croker's leadership contributed to Jack's two game-winning tries?

amiafish

We also have to accept that Croker is not much of a threat with the ball anymore. Good defender, ace goal kicker. Decent hands but he ain't breaking the line. Agree he's not a threat with the ball. Agree he's an ace kicker. Agree he has decent hands. Disagree he's a good defender. Too many poor rea...

amiafish

I'm not coming for Crokers leadership. He seems beloved at the club I have questions about our pace out wide. Especially after watching the storm just smoke manly through their speedsters Speed turns half chances into tries Yes, the way we play (not much attacking shape), the quickest fix is to buy...

amiafish

Sides will keep attacking our right edge as long as Scott is parked there doing his best impersonation of a deer in the headlights. I hope his injury keeps him out for a good while. We need some pace in our backline so very desperately. Croker, Scott, Rapana...all very slow by NRL standards...and Co...

amiafish

Williams bombing is putrid. He'd easily be in the top 4 halfbacks for kick try assists this year. Entitled to make a mistake here and there. His bombs are horrible and the main weakness in his game (I rate him highly). He seems to be in 2 minds when receiving the ball on the last as whether or not ...

amiafish

Williams had a shocking game - his last tackle kicking and organisation needs to improve, I love it that Williams played probably his worst game for us...and he still played better than the halfbacks we've been stuck with the last few years. With his short kicking, strong defense, and constant ball...

amiafish

Morris has run down or outpaced with the ball some noted speedsters this year too. Definitely still a flyer. Roosters are what I'd class as a very quick team overall. The general point about cumulative speed - I get it. No good having one quick guy because if he's in support he can only go as fast ...

amiafish

Two Brits figuring strongly on the leaderboard, and Johnny B picking up points quickly since returning. Maybe Ricky needs to be raiding the Old Dart a little more (if that's possible)!

amiafish

We need extreme pace in our backline somewhere. Pace is an accumulative thing...if all your outside backs are quick but not express, that's fine. The cumulative effect is that the backline functions as if everyone is faster than they might actually be as individuals (Roosters are a good example of ...

amiafish

I think Sutton's a really good player. Not a superstar, but he's the type of guy who quietly racks up a good 150-200 NRL games as a #2-3-4 middle depending on the quality around him. Can be a #2 in a bad team, but ideally a 3-4 in a contender. Just a good professional middle who does his job and wo...

amiafish

Northern Raider wrote: ↑August 20, 2020, 8:38 am Give Jordy a full preseason with the team I reckon he might bounce back a little on his speed and agility.

Good point. Recapturing lost condition isn't that easy mid-season. Hopefully, a few kgs lighter and a bit fresher, he'll regain some of his mojo.

amiafish

Yeah that's a good call, we've done well to get guys like Guler into the club at 17-18 and develop them and hang on to them. Point is we've improved our recruitment because we've found ways around it, not because we're suddenly attracting the Tyson Frizzell's and David Fafita's of the world Yep. It...

amiafish

We need extreme pace in our backline somewhere. Pace is an accumulative thing...if all your outside backs are quick but not express, that's fine. The cumulative effect is that the backline functions as if everyone is faster than they might actually be as individuals (Roosters are a good example of t...

amiafish

3-Bateman
3-Williams

Other players contributed too, but these two broke the back of the Broncos with their individual efforts.

amiafish

I'm sorry, but for all of the fans "enjoying" what they saw tonight...I can only assume the beer is doing its work. We were completely pedestrian in attack...yet again. You could have thrown a blanket over our attack in the first half. We only started throwing the ball around after the Wi...

amiafish

I'm sorry, but for all of the fans "enjoying" what they saw tonight...I can only assume the beer is doing its work. We were completely pedestrian in attack...yet again. You could have thrown a blanket over our attack in the first half. We only started throwing the ball around after the Wil...

amiafish

True and I think we do that play a bit too often. It's OK as a settler in the attacking zone when you're organising the next play but I think we do it too often in midfield when we should be trying to get a roll on in the ruck. Agreed. It can be a good play if the line-runner gets a decent run-up (...

amiafish

Stats from last week have Williams with 52 possessions and Wighton 47. Kicks were 10 and 9 respectively. Suggests a fairly even split and with them playing left and right there's no bias showing. In other recent games the William/Wighton possession counts were Cowboys: 43/57 Bunnies: 50/41 Rorters:...

amiafish

HSS isnt known for being a speed demon though. My understanding of the kid is he's got speed on a similar level to those we have in the team now, and he's stylistically more of a Croker type over say a BJ type (as in he'll beat you guile more than he will with speed/strength)... but i admittedly ha...

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