Thoughts on 2017/2018

[Clifferd]

When’s our first trial & who do we play? Surely coming up soon

 

[Vic Mackey]

When’s our first trial & who do we play? Surely coming up soon

Nq up there Saturday week. Interesting to see if Cleary takes full squad, JT only used to play main side in the last trial

Sharks at cambo week after

 

[Clifferd]

Seeing as it’s mainly a new squad I reckon there’s a fair chance some of the top squad might be there.

Having Lolohea, Brooks, Reynolds and Macca/Liddle mainly on the field for 20-30 mins couldn’t hurt

Need to test combinations ASAP.

 

[Tiger Ted]

Seeing as it’s mainly a new squad I reckon there’s a fair chance some of the top squad might be there.

Having Lolohea, Brooks, Reynolds and Macca/Liddle mainly on the field for 20-30 mins couldn’t hurt

Need to test combinations ASAP.

Don’t think Liddle will b ready to return for a while coz I’m sure he had an operation I think on shoulder not that long ago.

I really hope Gamble proves to b a star recruit & hence places enormous pressure on Brooks.

 

[muzby]

Having Lolohea, Brooks, Reynolds and Macca/Liddle mainly on the field for 20-30 mins couldn’t hurt

unless by a sudden twist of fate, Reynolds goes into dummy half to receive a play the ball from Lolohea, and he passes into the head of a non-looking Luke Brooks..

the ball goes high, and Lolohea, Reynolds, Brooks & Liddle all run in to catch it, colliding with each other and rupturing 4 ACLs.

oh the humanity.

 

[Das Hassler]

See that Fittler has Reynolds as a definite maybe for another shot .....if it happened we will be very thankful we have benji to slip straight into the no. 6 as was Bennet last year

 

[Clifferd]

Not quite sure why Reynolds was even dropped from origin in the first place. Last origin half to win a series

But it might be a tad late to bring him back into it, unless he absolutely kills the 1st half of the season

 

[simmo05]

Pay him the 90g he would have made with origin and keep him in club land.

 

[Tiger05]

Benji is back. I know he has had some poor moments at the club but geez he has been good for us and he seems like a good bloke who loves our club.

 

[BrotherJim05]

Reynolds was huge in Origin. He may not have the talent of some other options that have been available but he plays like its life or death and didn't take his foot off the gas once...which is more than I can say for a lot of the other halves we have had over the years

 

[Clifferd]

Reynolds was huge in Origin. He may not have the talent of some other options that have been available but he plays like its life or death and didn't take his foot off the gas once...which is more than I can say for a lot of the other halves we have had over the years

Would rather have a guy who plays for every single play (reynolds) than a guy who plays to some boring robotic structure (mythchell piss).

This is why Pearce gets found out at origin level. He is so used to just cruising around at club level that he thinks he can play the same when it comes to origin. Players generally grow an extra leg at origin level (Queenslander nuffies for example; gagai, myles, guerra) while I’m pretty sure Pearce grows a vagina and hides.

 

[super_coach]

Looking at our roster there is no way we will get anywhere near the top four and to be blunt top eight is unlikely. What Cleary has done has got players that will lay the foundations and if next year and the few after we can add some real class, we will have a team that might camp itself in the top four, for a few years.
This year was about targeting players that you knew what you were going to get week in and week out, it would have been nice to nail a real x factor player but that might be next year.

My hopes as far as wins and losses are not high, but I think teams will not enjoy playing us and we will be a hard nut to crack, but lack of speed and class will bites us

 

[benched tiger]

There is talk that RTS is unhappy at the Warriors and wants out with a possible move to union or the Wests Tigers,now if he could recapture his past form he would be handy for us.

 

[Tiger Ted]

Looking at our roster there is no way we will get anywhere near the top four and to be blunt top eight is unlikely. What Cleary has done has got players that will lay the foundations and if next year and the few after we can add some real class, we will have a team that might camp itself in the top four, for a few years.
This year was about targeting players that you knew what you were going to get week in and week out, it would have been nice to nail a real x factor player but that might be next year.

My hopes as far as wins and losses are not high, but I think teams will not enjoy playing us and we will be a hard nut to crack, but lack of speed and class will bites us

Agree.We definitely will b ugly to play against however we have an obvious lack of the X factor necessary to b a contender & our spine is not strong enough.In particular our 1 & 7 are shithouse !

 

[HyperActive1]

Agree.We definitely will b ugly to play against however we have an obvious lack of the X factor necessary to b a contender & our spine is not strong enough.In particular our 1 & 7 are shithouse !

Not convinced our 1 is shithouse. I think Tui could be our X factor. He said in recent interview he's been working on linking up with backline. If marsters & Milne are chosen in the centres they gunna draw in defence being big boys. It's gotta create room for Tui and he's got pace. Think he's in for big year.

 

[Clifferd]

Not convinced our 1 is shithouse. I think Tui could be our X factor. He said in recent interview he's been working on linking up with backline. If marsters & Milne are chosen in the centres they gunna draw in defence being big boys. It's gotta create room for Tui and he's got pace. Think he's in for big year.

Agreed. I think Tui will go alright with the ball in hand, and his step is as good as I’ve seen since RTS from the Roosters days pre acl. my main concern is how he’ll go under the high ball

Brooks isn’t really as bad as what everyone says imo, the only major flaw in his game was 5th tackle options (which coincidentally is probably the most important aspect of being a halfback haha) but I don’t think it’s a hard fix at all if he’s committed

 

[magpie_man]

Brooks isn’t really as bad as what everyone says imo, the only major flaw in his game was 5th tackle options (which coincidentally is probably the most important aspect of being a halfback haha)

Yep, I still have hope for Brooks, last season clearly showed that our team is better with him in it than out.
He has this season to prove himself: take control of his team, steer them around the field and close it out with better 5th tackle options.

 

[HyperActive1]

Agreed. I think Tui will go alright with the ball in hand, and his step is as good as I’ve seen since RTS from the Roosters days pre acl. my main concern is how he’ll go under the high ball

Brooks isn’t really as bad as what everyone says imo, the only major flaw in his game was 5th tackle options (which coincidentally is probably the most important aspect of being a halfback haha) but I don’t think it’s a hard fix at all if he’s committed

That's the million dollar question "how's he under the high ball?" I guess having Ivan & Hodgo coaching him can't hurt. I also agree about Brooks, since the other three tosses left, everyone needed a new whipping boy and Brooksie is it. He'll find his feet this year.

 

[super_coach]

Agree.We definitely will b ugly to play against however we have an obvious lack of the X factor necessary to b a contender & our spine is not strong enough.In particular our 1 & 7 are shithouse !

Agree.We definitely will b ugly to play against however we have an obvious lack of the X factor necessary to b a contender & our spine is not strong enough.In particular our 1 & 7 are shithouse !

 

[super_coach]

Kicking game will make or break us. You can practice it for hours but at the end of the day you either have it in your D&A or you dont