Dear Bluey

[Izz]

Does Locke really organise the defense???

He does a hell of a lot of stuff defensively that we don't see or hear on TV.

 

[One Warrior]

Yes Locke is needed at the back, easy to see why we need Luck back isn't it.

Bluey please do the following:

1. Drop Ropati.
2. Play Inu FFS, I'll be pi**ed if welose him to another club.
3. Stop f**king switching Manu to the right wing, it f**ks up the team's structures and they they look lost.
4. Sort out the interchanges, have our best prop on the field at the end of the game.
5. Play Hurrell, what is the point of him being 18th man.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Yes Locke is needed at the back, easy to see why we need Luck back isn't it.

Bluey please do the following:

1. Drop Ropati.

Agree 100%

2. Play Inu FFS, I'll be pi**ed if welose him to another club.

Either play him or sack him, because if what he's doing (or not doing) is bad enough to stop him getting selected over JRo and Benry, he doesn't deserve a salary.

3. Stop f**king switching Manu to the right wing, it f**ks up the team's structures and they they look lost.

TBH I don't really see that that was a problem tonight. Or it was the least of our problems anyway.

4. Sort out the interchanges, have our best prop on the field at the end of the game.
5. Play Hurrell, what is the point of him being 18th man.

Agree 100% on both counts.

 

[NZ Warrior]

Well, Bluey said to give him till R6. So the Warriors will need to beat the Raiders, in Canberra, for me to give him a pass mark.

Despite that shocker last night. I think the Warriors have certainly looked more multi-dimensional in their plays. And I've said it before that I'm actually enjoying watching them play (barring last night).

I'll be impressed, if we win the next game. Otherwise, I'm gonna have to give Bluey a "D".

 

[NZ Warrior]

For mine (realistically), this is what the line up needs to be, against the Raiders:

1. The Fish (Needs another chance)
2. Vatuvei
3. Inu (for the love of God, PLEASE!)
4. Henry
5. Tupou
6. Maloney
7. Johnson
8. Matulino
9. Friend
10. Rapira
11. Brown
12. Mannering
13. Taylor

Bench: Lousi, Packer, Ta'ai, Hurrell

 

[hitman82]

If Luck was healthy I'd pick him in a second. Despite not being a fan of his. Elijah Taylor was terrible last night. Mind you, so was the entire team. Vatuvei managed to drop the ball in our own half, twice in the first 20 minutes.

My opinion: no point making changes - we need to come out with a totally different attitude next week. This is the only way we can win.
1 or 2 positional or personnel changes wouldn't have saved us last night - it was a team effort. Or team f**k up, more correctly.

 

[abpanther]

Any news on how far away Luck is from returning?

 

[Mr Angry]

Does Locke really organise the defense???

One would hope so, huge part of the role.

 

[vvvrulz]

Fish needs to be kept away from fullback. Possible homes for him are the centres or on Topou's wing with Topou dropping to centre.

 

[hitman82]

Fullbacks should be reading play and making calls from the back and organising backline defenders, yes...

Last night Fish seemed to be caught out of position regularly. And our defense was a shambles.

 

[ozbash]

For mine (realistically), this is what the line up needs to be, against the Raiders:

1. The Fish (Needs another chance)
2. Vatuvei
3. Inu (for the love of God, PLEASE!)
4. Henry
5. Tupou
6. Maloney
7. Johnson
8. Matulino
9. Friend
10. Rapira
11. Brown
12. Mannering
13. Taylor

Bench: Lousi, Packer, Ta'ai, Hurrell

I'd love to see the Fish and Kev play together.

1- Locke
2 - Fish
3- Benry/Hurrell
4 - JRo
5- Manu
6 - Maloney
7 - Johnson
8 - Sam Rapira
9 - Godinet/Marra
10 - Luousi
11- ET/Brown
12 - Mannering
13 - Luck

14 - Benny
15 - Packer
16 - Mateo
17 - Steve Rapira

 

[Wheeled Warrior]

Fish needs to be kept away from fullback. Possible homes for him are the centres or on Topou's wing with Topou dropping to centre.

01. Kevin Locke
02. Bill Tupou
03. Glen Fisiasi
04. Krisnan Inu
05. Manu Vatuvei
06. James Maloney
07. Shaun Johnson
08. Sam Rapira
09. Nathan Friend
10. Ben Matulino
11. Lewis Brown
12. Simon Mannering
13. Elijah Taylor

14. Sione Lousi
15. Russell Packer
16. Ben Henry
17. Konrad Hurrell

Coach. Ivan Cleary atm as Blue Bags continues to choose the golden boy Jerome who can't do any wrong. Wake up Brian or you'd be back to the ESL winning a below average competition.

 

[Fast Eddie]

Leeds have won 5 championships since 2007, with 3 different coachs with McClennan being one. No doubting they had one hell of a roster to work with.....

 

[DIMEAST]

So frustrating man, shit!!! haha. I had a huge rap on Bluey coming into the side, but the more I think about it, I don't think he's up to it. He inherited a star studded roster in Leeds by SuperLeague standards, considering it's such a lopsided competition, and cruised to the premiership. I just get the feeling he thought he could do the same here, but the NRL is on a completely different level. I don't think the "mates with the boys" and "we'll just play a bita footy" approach is moving forward with the team, it's undoing years of implementing discipline into the team and earning the right to "play footy" after mounting some pressure. Our opening intensity in games has been laughable, player selection a mystery and defence seems to be an afterthought. But hey, he said he loves to watch people bag "champion players" only to laugh at the doubters when they bounce back the next week. Hope you can laugh at me soon Bluey! Early(ish) days so let's see if you can turn this around. GO WARRIORS lol

 

[aargon]

Leeds have won 5 championships since 2007, with 3 different coachs with McClennan being one. No doubting they had one hell of a roster to work with.....

Comparing the english superleague to the NRL is like comparing school boys rugby to the Super 14. Basically it means sh*t nothing - its for has-been's to go there, retire and earn a pay-check...

I could probably coach leeds and win the a few championships - just hire a motivational speaker as my cover and collect my pay-check.

 

[Meth]

I would have;

1- Locke
2- Tupou
3- Hurrell
4- Inu
5- Vatuvei
6- Maloney
7- Johnson
8- Matulino
9- Friend
10- Lousi
11- Mannering
12- Brown
13- Taylor

Res- Mateo, Rapira, Lousi, Ta'ai

But I only expect 1 change

 

[Wheeled Warrior]

Fish needs to be kept away from fullback. Possible homes for him are the centres or on Topou's wing with Topou dropping to centre.

01. Kevin Locke
02. Bill Tupou
03. Glen Fisiasi
04. Krisnan Inu
05. Manu Vatuvei
06. James Maloney
07. Shaun Johnson
08. Sam Rapira
09. Nathan Friend
10. Ben Matulino
11. Lewis Brown
12. Simon Mannering
13. Elijah Taylor

14. Sione Lousi
15. Russell Packer
16. Ben Henry
17. Konrad Hurrell

Coach. Ivan Cleary atm as Blue Bags continues to choose the golden boy Jerome who can't do any wrong. Wake up Brian or you'd be back to the ESL winning a below average competition.

Actually scrap Benry I forgot about Mateo but he has to be an impact player coming off the bench.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

The Fish isn't a centre. Defensively suspect and not a massive fan of the collision. He isn't someone who wants to make 20-25 tackles a game.

And Locke is far and away the better fullback. Yes the Fish has more toe and is possibly able to conjure something out of nothing a little better but Locke is far more solid under the high ball, defensively much better, more experienced and probably a better support runner.

I wouldn't change a lot, I don't think a lot can change. Best hope is to back these players and hope like hell we get something out of them.

 

[bluey]

Cannot Coach at the required level for nrl

 

[hitman82]

I would have;

1- Locke
2- Tupou
3- Hurrell
4- Inu
5- Vatuvei
6- Maloney
7- Johnson
8- Matulino
9- Friend
10- Lousi
11- Mannering
12- Brown
13- Taylor

Res- Mateo, Rapira, Lousi, Ta'ai

But I only expect 1 change

You realise Hurrell himself has said he isn't up to 80 minutes of NRL yet aye? Are you planning to use Brown as a centre?