L7 v Bunnies

[Wacky]

I stand corrected.
Sorry, I misread your original post to read that he'd done it on multiple occasions, which was 2024.

I do recall that game.
He was solid, but not outstanding and, as per my original post, all he really did was kick.
He did throw a nice ball out to Ronnie for Ronnie to make a break, before backing up on the inside and scoring.
I'll give him that.
But that's it.

Other than that, he had 10 runs for 59 metres (~20 of this coming unopposed when he scored the try), 9 post-contact, 0 line breaks and 0 tackle breaks.
So he wasn't a running threat.

He kicked 8 times for 217 metres, including 5 bombs and a grubber, with 0 forced drop outs.
Nicho kicked 18 times for 619 metres, including 3 bombs.
So was he just there for bombs, not the main tactical kicking.

Defensively, he made 18 tackles, 4 missed and 2 ineffective at 75%
So he wasn't a defensive monster.

I'm really not sure which of those stats could be termed "brilliant".

Unfortunately you guys are clinging to hope that he'll be your saviour, but I'm here to tell you he won't.

I read the same sort of comments in the Sharks forum after the trials in 2023, when he first arrived.
He'd scored an opportunist try during one of them, involving a chip over the top and a second kick as the ball was bouncing around in traffic.
He got a lucky bounce and picked it up and fell over the line to score.
None of it looked fluent or in control, but he got a try out of it.

All of a sudden he's the messiah.
Never mind the fact the rest of the match he'd done SFA.
Every second Sharks fan was frothing at the mouth about him being the X factor we (still) need.
To me, all he had to offer was that he wasn't Will Kennedy.

Likewise for you lot - he's not Kyle.

I'll preach this till the day I die.
He's got nothing.

I agree he’s a flop !

 

[Auntie.Gerald]

So out were arguably 6 of our 17

Clint
Liddle
suli
CT
Ryan couchman
Egan

it’s pretty sad that of our experienced players are really struggling to create positive impact

Su has a brain explosion and we go to 12 men with 15mins to go.

Holmes has a shocker against Latrell.

Kerr used sparingly because he ain’t offering much at all in 2026.

Atko still made a few terrible kicks at crucial times of the game that let Souths back in the game when we had changed momentum.

Kyle no spark for us in attack beyond basic game management

Tu and Fale showing why they haven’t played NRL much at all at 27yrs of age. Tu has a fair few mistakes in him despite being a goer and creative. Fale so so.

still our young ones like Stewart and Toby Couchman standing up every single game along with Cookie the almost retiree still playing at an elite level.

LPT showed some glimpses in the open parts of the game that he will be ahead of Sele, Lawrie and Kerr off the bench (he did look like his cardio is more so the area of improvement required).

Besides containing Mitchell we are still beating ourselves via unforced errors and kicking game which is extremely disappointing we have not turned this around in 7 rounds straight

 

[Slippery Morris]

Vak Holmes was terrible. Lattrell had an absolute picnic on that side of the field. Kerr, Lawrie and Guler should simply be moved on or dropped. Our reserve forwards can not play any worse than them. Sele, LPT, Halangahu should take their spots.

Nothing good here but the only positive we get is it led to Flanno sacking and hopefully no more Kyle in the halves.

I thought the best players would the youngsters again in Couchman, Stewart, LPT in the forwards. Feagai held his own and I still would rather him at centre. He just looks more likely to make a break. Cooks best game in the red v. Of the veterans Saints have, he is the only one worth keeping.