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  1. maple_69

    Round 8 Vs Sea Eagles

    I wouldn’t have minded Alamoti into centre with Kepaoa on the wing. Granted not moving Alamoti might be preferable though so I wouldn’t mind Milky to centre and Kepaoa onto the wing for one game before Biz is back. Toelau has been our best 14 for ages. He actually added something as dummy half...
  2. maple_69

    Lower Grades 2025

    How was Scott looked in Cup and Flegg? Would be nice to have a really quality option come through at dummy half. Kenny starting in the 9 and then slotting into the middle rotation for a more skilful booker would really help us on a few levels.
  3. maple_69

    Round 7 Vs The Roosters

    Just goes to show where this side's real strength has always been. The mentality, maturity & patience of Cleary, Edwards, Kenny, Yeo and previously Luai is what has allowed the team to execute their gameplan with maddening consistency. Hopefully having all of these guys on the field for the full...
  4. maple_69

    Round 7 Vs The Roosters

    McLean was our best defensive centre when he was in last year. This year he's been slotted between two different rookie 5/8s, 2-3 edge forwards and a couple different wingers. McLean and Cole aren't necessarily the problem. We have not set these rookies up for success as we have in the past.
  5. maple_69

    Rumoured & Confirmed Signings (2025 Season)

    If you decided that Cole/Talagi wasn't the answer and were happy to swallow a couple hundred of Tago to shed the other $500, then let Sorro take his UK offer, you'd be looking at $1.4M or so minus the $420K to replace 3 salaries with min deal kids. So call it $1M to throw at someone. That's...
  6. maple_69

    Round 7 Vs The Roosters

    Well let’s hope the team is up for revenge from a month back and the Chooks are a bit down from a big win against the Broncs. We need every soft bit we can get right now to work back into some defensive combinations. Confidence of even a few arsey wins will go along way. Watching a lot of...
  7. maple_69

    Round 6 v Redcliffe

    The other consideration is Martin moving to prop as has been proposed many times. He’s a huge part of that broken right edge in defence and currently we need to stop leaking tries quickly rather than laying shots. Get Garner our best defensive edge forward starting on the right along with...
  8. maple_69

    Round 6 v Redcliffe

    Edwards was becoming a functional enough ball player by about 2023 when he was just being used as a link man on the right. That's his ceiling really. Since 2024 he has been used as a creator and he is not that. Yeo and Cleary are great at what they do but we do lack that Luai/Api/Kikau/Leniu...
  9. maple_69

    Round 7 Vs The Roosters

    Yeah I think Tago needs to be dropped. Leota to be benched. Sorenson and Papali'i to be switched to create a bit more threat on the edge. I don't think we're a world away, our gameplan just really falls apart when sides can just shift and slice through our edges at will and release any...
  10. maple_69

    Round 6 v Redcliffe

    Maybe now we can put to bed Jack Cole being the death of this team and Talagi being our saviour. For another week we can expect the dropping of 18 year old McLean to be the solution and Jesus Christ who knows in his place to be the answer. Not sure where to next week when a completely systematic...
  11. maple_69

    Round 6 v Redcliffe

    I imagine Cole will be back in the 6 next week. Ivan has picked him as the horse to back and it's likely based on attitude. I don't doubt there's an element of making Blaize earn it as well which I am fine with. If he earns it, amazing. They've both been given a game plan of defending and...
  12. maple_69

    Rumoured & Confirmed Signings (2025 Season)

    Haha yep very fair point...Alamoti/To'o right edge is simple then. Talagi will likely either win the 6 or leave.
  13. maple_69

    Rumoured & Confirmed Signings (2025 Season)

    Yeah I've always been keen on Bullemor. He's been raw for a while but always looked to have the tools to be a really dominant forward. He's starting to put it together. Croker also looks the goods for a no frills, hard working bench forward that could thrive at Penrith. If Sexton isn't re-signed...
  14. maple_69

    Round 5 v NQ

    Luai should have gone, Mahoney should have gone, get those calls right instead of trashing the sport for a month to make it look like you're taking a tough stance on it. It'll be over by Magic Round. I can't stand the penalties for high contact to a bloke that's slipped to knee height or...
  15. maple_69

    Round 5 v NQ

    Recency bias on his is just atrocious. Laurie had a bad game in R4. Didn't play R3. Came on with 20 minutes to go against the Roosters, made no errors and ignited our attack to come back into the game. Round 1 he came onto the wing 3 mins in and made 1 error during the game. He averaged 247...
  16. maple_69

    Round 5 v NQ

    I think Martin and Kenny have suffered a bit from being the only senior players in the side outside Yeo and Leota and feeling the need to push the play and they’re not really the best suited to doing that. They’ll be fine with Edwards and Cleary back. Laurie just had an off night and was...
  17. maple_69

    Round 5 v NQ

    I don't think the people criticising Cole are really watching the game. He has 5 games in the halves in the NRL and has played with a different halfback week to week and very often half to half. Then his edge has changed every game this year also from McLean/Garner to To'o/McLean to...
  18. maple_69

    Round 4 vs Wabbits

    Bunnies were really good props to them. I don’t think we lacked energy or intent, we were still belting them in defence and running hard all night. We just lacked discipline and our defence on our line is in all sorts. Errors/penalties and not being able to defend them just mean our dominance in...
  19. maple_69

    Round 4 vs Wabbits

    Cole, Blaize and Toelau also have a combined total of 11 NRL games in the halves. Toelau and Talagi are not noted defenders and we've conceded 30 points per game. I don't think its such a shock that Ivan would go conservative here, its entirely consistent with basically every call he's made for...
  20. maple_69

    Round 4 vs Wabbits

    Have to assume Laurie is no risk or you’d just have Blaize as the guy you give zero minutes to in the 14 all things going well. Either that or Ivan is fine with Jenkins going back there if needed as his 3rd choice fullback as he was last week. It sounds like Jenkins has had a red hot crack this...

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