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Missed Tackles

blacktip-reefy

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I think most have been talking about Vagana since his first game/misses.
I dont remember anyone being castigatede

In fact some, have been talking about his poor defense since last year after his appaulling finish with the dogs.
 

beekershark

Bench
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THere is a snippet in the RLW mag this week about the club also being unhappyn with Vagana this year, but are hoping he can turn things around for next season....

great stuff ! I would have hoped he could turn it around THIS year still......

The mole in RLW lists him as the worst buy of the season by far.
 

imasharkie

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I'm really pleased to see Merritt has been left out of all this backline bagging, he is a far superior player than Reick and I reckon he could be faster these days and his defence is miles ahead of Reick. Merritt gets bagged for his offence but he normally gets the ball from dummy deep inside our half and has to run it out. Simmons on the other hand gets the ball from a kick downfield and I have an opinion on his piss poor return of the ball lately, I think he needs to go back to the wing, is my opinion. If anyone on this forum reckon Simmons is running the ball back hard then theyr'e watching a different game than me. Watching other NRL fullbacks(except schivofski) run the ball back at a hundred miles an hour has me drooling.
 
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The only reason Merritt is excused is because no one talked him up in the first place, therefore he's reaching our expectations ie. Nil
 

imasharkie

Coach
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Match statistics from nrl.com
Simmons...2 x tackles.....4x errors.......4 x missed tackles
Reick.........2 x tackles.....1 x errors......6 x missed tackles
Merritt.......8 x tackles......0 x errors.....1 x missed tackle

Sorry ShireShark the much vaunted statistics prove a point. You tell me who was the better player out of the back three by these figures.
 

Macca

Coach
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If those stats are correct, then Imasharkie has a valid point. Rieck and Merrit offer the same thing in attack, perhaps Rieck is slightly quicker, but going on those stats Merrit deserves the spot over him.
 

Houdini

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It also seems there is no communication going on out there when our guys are defending.
It is costing us games, thats twice we could have beaten the doggies this year if our defence had some backbone in it
 

Macca

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Twice we coulda beaten the Doggies, shoulda beat Souths, Nth Qld, the Tigers. . . . We should be leading the comp!!!
 
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We should be in the top 4! But thats the past, good to know however that with an average season like this one we could have been alot better positioned. Next year is looking brighter each day. Who knows, maybe this year will be our year :)
 

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