Barba is not ready, the fans of the bulldogs were complaining how poor their defence was, putting a rookie first-grader who doesnt know how to tackle properly in, is not an option, you can tackle properly and be a bad defender, but the kid just cannot use the right tacking technique.
I thought Joe Williams was your best attacking threat, although his defence was abysmal, he had a hand in a couple of tries, and set up a try for El Masri, he needs to be given a go for more than one week, his form for us last year led us to a finals series, the guy can play, but dropping him after one game in first grade isnt gunna help his confidence, Hughes i thought had an decent game considering the circumstances
Roberts was sh*t!!!, he was dead-set hopeless and it was nothing to what we have expected from him this year, his kick that went backwards was the story of the night for him.
What ever happened to Brent Crisp ?, I thought he was a great fullback for you blokes, I assume he is injured.
I dont think either groom or barba is ready for first grade, so your stuck with three options with one to be omitted, Roberts, Williams or Holdsworth, unless you try and play someone out of position, maybe Maitua at five-eighth, Williams at half, Roberts to Hooker and Hughes off the bench ?
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