2nd trial vs tigers

[TruSaint]

Well, I really enjoyed that game. Pre season trial or not.

For one, our defence at times was outstanding. Repelling them on our line time and again. Great indicator of intent the new coach is instilling.

I have been saying for the past few years ( along with many others ), get Suli some early ball. We witnessed what a machine he can be.

Su'a and Molo looked great. I thought Kyle had an excellent game, didn't overplay his hand but was measured and confident.

Finally, Liddle. He's a gem of a player. I hope he's okay.

Again, i know its a friendly, but I like what I saw and think my expectations were too premature.

 

[Crush]

Well, I really enjoyed that game. Pre season trial or not.

For one, our defence at times was outstanding. Repelling them on our line time and again. Great indicator of intent the new coach is instilling.

I have been saying for the past few years ( along with many others ), get Suli some early ball. We witnessed what a machine he can be.

Su'a and Molo looked great. I thought Kyle had an excellent game, didn't overplay his hand but was measured and confident.

Finally, Liddle. He's a gem of a player. I hope he's okay.

Again, i know its a friendly, but I like what I saw and think my expectations were too premature.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Hook drop Liddle back to reserve grade and instead opt for Mbye at 9?
Or have I dreamt that? Surely couldn’t be true.

 

[baggygreen man]

I have been saying for the past few years ( along with many others ), get Suli some early ball. We witnessed what a machine he can be.

S'ua says he prefers the right edge. So imagine what havoc the two monsters Suli and Leilua can cause on the left edge with similar clean ball Flanagan gave out yesterday. On the other hand S'ua may change his mind and ask to stay on the left as he had a blinder. Seems after quite a while we are again spoiled for choice.

 

[baggygreen man]

For one, our defence at times was outstanding. Repelling them on our line time and again. Great indicator of intent the new coach is instilling.

Was great to see. Gives you hope finally after a decade plus of disappointment. Yes the coach seems to have instilled intent in general but Deano is the defense coach so hats off to him the way he has turned us from a brittle defending side into a defensive machine. I do hope I am not being premature as we were against the wooden spooners and it was pre season trials..

 

[SEAT 1A]

Was great to see. Gives you hope finally after a decade plus of disappointment. Yes the coach seems to have instilled intent in general but Deano is the defense coach so hats off to him the way he has turned us from a brittle defending side into a defensive machine. I do hope I am not being premature as we were against the wooden spooners and its was pre season trials..

Who knows what's ahead however, we only had one more win than the Tig's last year. You are right, it was only a trial. The difference was huge.

 

[since77]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Hook drop Liddle back to reserve grade and instead opt for Mbye at 9?
Or have I dreamt that? Surely couldn’t be true.

Yeah. To make it even more unfathomable, Liddle had been playing so well at the time that the club had just resigned him for a couple of more years. Then boom, Griffin drops one of the only creative players we had so we could have the "veteran experience" of Mbye slowing our attack down even more........ You can't make this crap up.....

 

[hewi]

Yeah. To make it even more unfathomable, Liddle had been playing so well at the time that the club had just resigned him for a couple of more years. Then boom, Griffin drops one of the only creative players we had so we could have the "veteran experience" of Mbye slowing our attack down even more........ You can't make this crap up.....

You don’t have to, it actually happened.

 

[TruSaint]

Yeah. To make it even more unfathomable, Liddle had been playing so well at the time that the club had just resigned him for a couple of more years. Then boom, Griffin drops one of the only creative players we had so we could have the "veteran experience" of Mbye slowing our attack down even more........ You can't make this crap up.....

Spot on.
He is pivotal to our season. Smart player with a great work ethic.

 

[hewi]

There are a lot of players in our team who have huge potential, they just lacked a coach who could motivate them and knew what the hell he was doing. Thats been the case pretty much for 12 years.

 

[Dragon David]

Yeah. To make it even more unfathomable, Liddle had been playing so well at the time that the club had just resigned him for a couple of more years. Then boom, Griffin drops one of the only creative players we had so we could have the "veteran experience" of Mbye slowing our attack down even more........ You can't make this crap up.....

Thank the Lord that our Board finally bit the bullet and shot Hook out of our system.

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Hook drop Liddle back to reserve grade and instead opt for Mbye at 9?
Or have I dreamt that? Surely couldn’t be true.

I think hook was playing him off the bench because he had just come back from a major injury. So either he wasn’t fit, or hook was worried that he might re-injure himself or hook had no f**king idea.

 

[be55]

or hook had no f**king idea.

 

[Crush]

I think hook was playing him off the bench because he had just come back from a major injury. So either he wasn’t fit, or hook was worried that he might re-injure himself or hook had no f**king idea.

Hook was a peculiar dude, who knows mate.

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

Hook was a peculiar dude, who knows mate.

He reminds me of Wayne Bennett without the footy knowledge

 

[Dragon David]

I know that we did play the current wooden spooners and it would appear a "so what" win, but I would say that if we had only have beaten them by just a conversion then yes, it would not have been anything to write home about. However, we scored 6 tries to their 3 and dominated them and except for the last minute of the first half they could not score and they had a wealth of possession in our zone so it was a very good win and a game that the players should feel very pleased and proud of. I haven't seen any statements yet from Flanno about the game and how he thinks all of the Dragons players went and I would be keen to see them.

I would have loved to have seen their victory song in the sheds, but they must not have done one.

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

Well, I really enjoyed that game. Pre season trial or not.

For one, our defence at times was outstanding. Repelling them on our line time and again. Great indicator of intent the new coach is instilling.

I have been saying for the past few years ( along with many others ), get Suli some early ball. We witnessed what a machine he can be.

Su'a and Molo looked great. I thought Kyle had an excellent game, didn't overplay his hand but was measured and confident.

Finally, Liddle. He's a gem of a player. I hope he's okay.

Again, i know its a friendly, but I like what I saw and think my expectations were too premature.

Think Liddle has some hammy trouble didnt he ?..like you bud I'm hoping its nothing serious....he's the most promising dummy half runner weve had for a very long time especially on the back of our pack in 2024....he has a great awareness for pinching cheap metres, a must in today's game and something thats been sadly missing in our side since 2010.....if I was players like Sloan, Flanagan and Hunt etc I'd be sniffing around his darts whenever they presented themselves.

 

[TruSaint]

Think Liddle has some hammy trouble didnt he ?..like you bud I'm hoping its nothing serious....he's the most promising dummy half runner weve had for a very long time especially on the back of our pack in 2024....he has a great awareness for pinching cheap metres, a must in today's game and something thats been sadly missing in our side since 2010.....if I was players like Sloan, Flanagan and Hunt etc I'd be sniffing around his darts whenever they presented themselves.

Indeed.

By the way, hope all is well with you my friend. Maybe we can enjoy a few "W's" this year ?

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

Spot on.
He is pivotal to our season. Smart player with a great work ethic.

Spot on...unfortunately our previous coaches of the last decade have ruined the confidence of many of our younger players by giving them sfa game time and chose to be satisfied in letting them pull splinters out of their arse on the bench

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

Indeed.

By the way, hope all is well with you my friend. Maybe we can enjoy a few "W's" this year ?

Absolutely....look forward to it ...cheers

 

[Dragon David]

Think Liddle has some hammy trouble didnt he ?..like you bud I'm hoping its nothing serious....he's the most promising dummy half runner weve had for a very long time especially on the back of our pack in 2024....he has a great awareness for pinching cheap metres, a must in today's game and something thats been sadly missing in our side since 2010.....if I was players like Sloan, Flanagan and Hunt etc I'd be sniffing around his darts whenever they presented themselves.

He is bloody good at backing up as well. Remember the try he scored after Sloan made the initial break and Liddle chimed in and backed him, took the pass and ran at speed to score the try. It was a beauty.