2024 Prediction Thread

[Noise]

We never really announce a winner at the end of the year. We should do that this year.

I predict it won’t be me.

And as the prize Twizzle lets the winner use an ad block for 12 months but still retain all the LU features

 

[Gary Gutful]

And as the prize Twizzle lets the winner use an ad block for 12 months but still retain all the LU features

Make it happen Twizzle!

 

[T.S Quint]

Is she a teacher?

She's 5, so she probably thinks she is.

 

[Avenger]

Interesting prediction

 

[Twizzle]

hope he's right

 

[Gazzamatta]

View attachment 83336Interesting prediction

5 years? So hes dismissed and gun juniors coming through?

 

[The Colonel]

5 years? So hes dismissed and gun juniors coming through?

Unusual for a player who has changed clubs 8 times to establish himself at one club for that length of time. I think he is a decent player byut he is a gatekeeper at the moment until a player progresses or we sign a more established hooker.

 

[hineyrulz]

Lussick is solid and that’s all he really needs to be in our system.

 

[The Colonel]

Lussick is solid and that’s all he really needs to be in our system.

Pretty much. Between he and Hands they are solid players. Unlikely they will establish themselves for a five year period however and are only keeping the spot until a younger player steps up in to the role.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Lussick is good enough to be reliable.

When Reed Mahoney went down in 2021 to a season ending shoulder operation. Lussick was more then capable I still remember we the Storm at Suncorp off a 19 game winning streak and Lussick was the match winning try and basically didn't much wrong.

If he didn't get injured in the lead up to the final against Penrith we probably win that semi final instead of being stuck with Ray Stone being out of position due to no dummy halves available.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Lussick is good enough to be reliable.

When Reed Mahoney went down in 2021 to a season ending shoulder operation. Lussick was more then capable I still remember we the Storm at Suncorp off a 19 game winning streak and Lussick was the match winning try and basically didn't much wrong.

If he didn't get injured in the lead up to the final against Penrith we probably win that semi final instead of being stuck with Ray Stone being out of position due to no dummy halves available.

Playing him in that final round game that meant f all was another of those unlucky (idiotic) decisions weve become use to.

 

[hineyrulz]

Playing him in that final round game that meant f all was another of those unlucky (idiotic) decisions weve become use to.

You can’t help bad luck mate.

 

[The Colonel]

You can’t help bad luck mate.

Could have lost him early on in the match against Penrith too... and played a,man down.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Ffs. Never thought of that!

 

[hineyrulz]

Could have lost him early on in the match against Penrith too... and played a,man down.

As I said you can’t help bad luck.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Playing him in that final round game that meant f all was another of those unlucky (idiotic) decisions weve become use to.

I think we had no more players available BA basically rested the whole squad.

We had Sean Russell and Sam Loizou on the bench as wingers

Hindsight should have been that with 1 fit hooker left he should have just rested him and played with 16.

 

[Incorrect]

Could have lost him early on in the match against Penrith too... and played a,man down.

So you're weighing in here with a hypothetical argument (ie could have lost him early in a game he didn't end up playing) Vs the smart (albeit with hindsight) argument, should have rested our only recognised hooker in a meaningless game before the finals....

@hineyrulz - I guess never has the mantra been more apt than here.... No matter what, Parra did the right thing....

 

[hindy111]

So you're weighing in here with a hypothetical argument (ie could have lost him early in a game he didn't end up playing) Vs the smart (albeit with hindsight) argument, should have rested our only recognised hooker in a meaningless game before the finals....

@hineyrulz - I guess never has the mantra been more apt than here.... No matter what, Parra did the right thing....

Junior dropping the ball early in tackle count cost us that game at the death.

 

[The Colonel]

So you're weighing in here with a hypothetical argument (ie could have lost him early in a game he didn't end up playing) Vs the smart (albeit with hindsight) argument, should have rested our only recognised hooker in a meaningless game before the finals....

@hineyrulz - I guess never has the mantra been more apt than here.... No matter what, Parra did the right thing....

I didn't say the club did the right thing. We played Penrith the week before and the club went down the route of resting players.

Rested - Clinton Gutherson (fullback), Will Penisini (centre), Waqa Blake (centre), Dylan Brown (five-eighth), Mitchell Moses (halfback), Isaiah Papali'i (front row), Junior Paulo (front row), Marata Niukore (second row), Nathan Brown (lock)

played: Hayze Perham (fullback), Tom Opacic (centre), Michael Oldfield (centre), Will Smith (five-eighth), Jakob Arthur (halfback), Oregon Kaufusi (front row), Samuel Loizou (bench), Ky Rodwell (bench), Sean Russell

In hindsight we probably should have rested Lussick as well however they did rest 9 players and had a shortened squad to work from. I am also not 100% sure but I thought the injury to Lussick wasn't suffered during the game itself but at training later in the week.

 

[T.S Quint]

I didn't say the club did the right thing. We played Penrith the week before and the club went down the route of resting players.

Rested - Clinton Gutherson (fullback), Will Penisini (centre), Waqa Blake (centre), Dylan Brown (five-eighth), Mitchell Moses (halfback), Isaiah Papali'i (front row), Junior Paulo (front row), Marata Niukore (second row), Nathan Brown (lock)

played: Hayze Perham (fullback), Tom Opacic (centre), Michael Oldfield (centre), Will Smith (five-eighth), Jakob Arthur (halfback), Oregon Kaufusi (front row), Samuel Loizou (bench), Ky Rodwell (bench), Sean Russell

In hindsight we probably should have rested Lussick as well however they did rest 9 players and had a shortened squad to work from. I am also not 100% sure but I thought the injury to Lussick wasn't suffered during the game itself but at training later in the week.

He got the injury at training.