The Usual Suspects

[Billy Gunn]

I get on here after a loss and the usual suspects are all getting a pasting

SKD - probably best of a bad bunch and the most dangerous player on the field for most of the game, but still slammed by the masses for a pass.

Braith - again played pretty well in a bad team created a few chances made a break ball doesn't come wrapped in a box for the young bloke again slammed

Jones - most weeks slammed for not doing what SKD can do, however can pass and can tackle

Reality is we got owned in the forwards, we might all have hard on's for JWH, Symonds, Maubs and FPN but they got completely dominated. The only player to bend the line was Ryles (who would have thought)

Roll the clock back a week and these same guys were running out of the line in both attack and defense.

It's ok to blame guys when they make mistakes but the facts are the we usually struggle when the forwards fail to lay the platform and on the weekend we had a number of sets where we strggled to get outside the 30m

[Pass the Ball]

Some interesting stats..

JWH (31 mins??)
4 runs for 23 metres
15 tackles
2 errors

Minichiello (80 mins)
10 runs for 86 metres
3 tackles??
3 errors
1 penalty conceded.

SKD (80 mins)
16 runs for 205 metres
12 tackle busts??
6 tackles
2 line breaks

[Pass the Ball]

Luke Douglas (50 mins)
19 runs for 196 metres
3 tackle busts
18 tackles

Paul Gallen (80 mins)
23 runs for 193 metres
1 tackle bust
28 tackles
2 offloads

[Pass the Ball]

Hasn't Tom Symonds bulked up..??

I see him as forward now for sure...

[Rooster_6]

Maubs is a bit of a luxury player, he's probably the best defender technically in our team but for an80 minute player doesn't make a huge amount of tackles and certainly doesn't make a lot of metres. This is where we've been let down imo and it's why we can't play Guerra, Symonds or FPN as the other backrower whilst Maubs is in the side certainly not until we get better front rowers anyway. None of the 3 I mentioned really have the workrate to make massive metres each game.

I'd seriously consider moving Hargreaves to the backrow. He'd surprise a few on here with some of his workload in the 20's when he played in the backrow... I also think he'd be much more effective running on the fringes and I've been saying it all year.


Here are the stats for the 10 games he played in the backrow (after shifting from the front row at the end of last season)

Round 13:
Runs 16
Metres 150

Round 14:
Runs 21
Metres 137

Round 17:
Runs 11
Metres 90

Round 21:
Runs 15
Metres 111


Round 22:
Runs 16
Metres 122


Round 23:
Runs 16
Metres 123


Round 24:
Runs 16
Metres 126


Round 25:
Runs 19
Metres 162


Round Finals:
Runs 15
Metres 142


Our go forward has been our problem all year, getting out of our own end. Myles and Ryles just isn't enough and I can't see them getting any support from the current bunch of backrowers, Masoe has shown glimpses but I certainly think Hargreaves could be the answer.

[Pass the Ball]

Gabriel Byrne
Kevin Spacey
Stephen Baldwin
and Benicio del Toro..

all played strong roles..

[Guest]

Farking great movie.

Chook.

[Pass the Ball]

Hand me the keys you ****ing cocksucker...

[TheBigFella]

Hasn't Tom Symonds bulked up..??

I see him as forward now for sure...

He sure has.. I was shocked at the size of him..

[Guest]

IMO we can always shift and swap depending on the team.

If we need to field a large forward pack:

11. Hargreaves
12. Aubusson
13. Myles

If we need a more mobile pack:

11. Symonds
12. Aubusson
13. Myles

[Guest]

well said Billy Gunn...except for the Braith part, he is ordinary

[Guest]

I get on here after a loss and the usual suspects are all getting a pasting

SKD - probably best of a bad bunch and the most dangerous player on the field for most of the game, but still slammed by the masses for a pass.

Braith - again played pretty well in a bad team created a few chances made a break ball doesn't come wrapped in a box for the young bloke again slammed

Jones - most weeks slammed for not doing what SKD can do, however can pass and can tackle

Reality is we got owned in the forwards, we might all have hard on's for JWH, Symonds, Maubs and FPN but they got completely dominated. The only player to bend the line was Ryles (who would have thought)

Roll the clock back a week and these same guys were running out of the line in both attack and defense.

It's ok to blame guys when they make mistakes but the facts are the we usually struggle when the forwards fail to lay the platform and on the weekend we had a number of sets where we strggled to get outside the 30m

Youre kidding about Anasta,he was rubbish!
I agree with you on the rest..

[trewhella]

the forwards run around the park like men possessed against the titans.
They thought they just had to turn up against the sharks to win.
That and the weather fell into the sharks hands.
And they are injury free.

[Guest]

the forwards run around the park like men possessed against the titans.
They thought they just had to turn up against the sharks to win.
That and the weather fell into the sharks hands.
And they are injury free.

Maybe they were on Valium this week!

[Guest]

I get on here after a loss and the usual suspects are all getting a pasting

SKD - probably best of a bad bunch and the most dangerous player on the field for most of the game, but still slammed by the masses for a pass.

Braith - again played pretty well in a bad team created a few chances made a break ball doesn't come wrapped in a box for the young bloke again slammed

Jones - most weeks slammed for not doing what SKD can do, however can pass and can tackle

Reality is we got owned in the forwards, we might all have hard on's for JWH, Symonds, Maubs and FPN but they got completely dominated. The only player to bend the line was Ryles (who would have thought)

Roll the clock back a week and these same guys were running out of the line in both attack and defense.

It's ok to blame guys when they make mistakes but the facts are the we usually struggle when the forwards fail to lay the platform and on the weekend we had a number of sets where we strggled to get outside the 30m

lol

yeah, he played real well

again