So who doesn't think we need new players? (Merged threads)

[Guest]

Hard to believe it's pretty much the same side that made the 2010 GF. What a difference one player can make.

[Cockadoodledoo]

Both of those were extremely poor options

They were, admittedly I am not to hopeful that Pearce or Anasta would have created anything but surely it is job to get the ball to a playmaker.. Also as mentioned above, I hate the fact he takes a couple steps before passing the ball from the ruck. At that time the defense is in the faces of our forwards.

[Guest]

How come Melbourne never have a season "about development"?

When Cameron Smith retires, which wont be for a while, the Storm will be crap. They will then have a few seasons that will be "about development". While Cameron Smith is playing they will always be somewhere near the top.

[Guest]

Friend was crap today.

Service was shit, his running options out of dummy half were all wrong. He had a couple of good sets but they were rare.

[Guest]

I said Friend should be lock I made a whole board about it. FPN and Arona offer nothing.

[Guest]

Friend murdered us in the first half.. twice we had last tackle plays on their line and he went blind side where we in each occassion had no playmakers or backs or room.

Agreed, looked obvious each time.

[Guest]

Pearce to hooker,Anasta and Minichiello to Super League and Friend to Newtown.

[Cockadoodledoo]

I said Friend should be lock I made a whole board about it. FPN and Arona offer nothing.

I thought FPN looked good in the first 20, he was central to all our second phase play. Was he taken off at this point? I was juggling the kids and watching tv.. tbh he would be a massive upgrade on Anasta playing 5/8 as sad as it is to say.

[Guest]

I was juggling the kids

Make it interesting and add a chainsaw into the act.

[Guest]

I thought FPN looked good in the first 20, he was central to all our second phase play. Was he taken off at this point? I was juggling the kids and watching tv.. tbh he would be a massive upgrade on Anasta playing 5/8 as sad as it is to say.

He was offloading in the first few sets, taken off after 20. Didn't see him do much after the first 10 tbh. Lock is a central position in attack and defence and FPN doesn't seem to compare to any of the other starting 15 locks. If Mose was dropeed then FPN should be too

[Guest]

I thought FPN looked good in the first 20, he was central to all our second phase play. Was he taken off at this point? I was juggling the kids and watching tv.. tbh he would be a massive upgrade on Anasta playing 5/8 as sad as it is to say.

Thats another mistake Smith keeps making, he replaces players at the exact same time every week no matter what is happening in the game.
He replaces FPN tight forward with Arona ball player.

[Guest]

Arona is useless and I barely saw Symonds do anything today no idea why they would bring him back. He is more useless.

[Cockadoodledoo]

Thats another mistake Smith keeps making, he replaces players at the exact same time every week no matter what is happening in the game.
He replaces FPN tight forward with Arona ball player.

I see FPN as more of a ball player. Back in 2010 he was second or third for offloads in the comp. Agree on your point about replacing players... I think the starting lock should play at least 60 minutes.

[Guest]

Arona is useless and I barely saw Symonds do anything today no idea why they would bring him back. He is more useless.

Symonds was one of our best.

Not that it means much - he was still 5/10.

[Guest]

Mickey, I agree about smiths stupid use of interchange by the clock. He is hopeless.

But I don't agree about arona being a ball player. That's hilarious mate.

And symonds was one of our better players today. That prob means he'll get dropped next week because you can't play well in our team & stay in first grade, Anthony Mitchell knows that well