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JokerEel

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Yes, he has certainly done that with Cartwright, Hopgood, Papalii, Davey, Matterson, Lane, Stone, Salmon, Nrown, Scott, Takairangi, Edwards, Ma'u, Terepo.

Not to mention all those halves, wingers, centres, fullbacks he has turned into big, slow front rowers.


I probably should have just said middle forwards.. Better?
 

Poupou Escobar

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I think we are also lacking a strike second rower and center.
Lane is a strike second rower, and yes, we are lacking him. Penisini is a strike centre. Simonsson is a good enough number two centre for our team. The problem is we don't have a fifth best outside back that is up to NRL standard this year. f**k knows what's happened to Blake. He has gone from rocks-and-diamonds to just rocks.
For some reason BA likes to turn everyone into a big slow front rower..
I actually think he's trying to improve our mobility in the middle by using more back rowers there. The only two genuine front rowers in the squad this week are Paulo and Greig. I think it's a good mix but I guess we'll find out.
 

JokerEel

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Lane is a strike second rower, and yes, we are lacking him. Penisini is a strike centre. Simonsson is a good enough number two centre for our team. The problem is we don't have a fifth best outside back that is up to NRL standard this year. f**k knows what's happened to Blake. He has gone from rocks-and-diamonds to just rocks.

I actually think he's trying to improve our mobility in the middle by using more back rowers there. The only two genuine front rowers in the squad this week are Paulo and Greig. I think it's a good mix but I guess we'll find out.

Super Simmonson isn't a good enough number 2 centre.

Lane is strike but that's all Carty is on but for me is a bench player.
 

Poupou Escobar

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Sarcasm right?
There are plenty worse centres than him. Momirovski has won a premiership ffs. We would be one of the hardest teams for a centre to defend in, since they get so little help from the inside. Blaming Eels centres for overlaps is like blaming our hooker for being isolated in the middle. It's the equivalent of saying Sivo is our best player because he scores the most tries. You need to watch the whole game, not just the big plays.
 

JokerEel

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There are plenty worse centres than him. Momirovski has won a premiership ffs. We would be one of the hardest teams for a centre to defend in, since they get so little help from the inside. Blaming Eels centres for overlaps is like blaming our hooker for being isolated in the middle. It's the equivalent of saying Sivo is our best player because he scores the most tries. You need to watch the whole game, not just the big plays.

Momirovski is a better centre than Simmonson.

Btw why is Superman on the wing and AMS dropped?

It's not AMS fault the inside guys didn't do their job... right?
 

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Momirovski is a better centre than Simmonson.
No chance. His 2021 stats were better than Simonsson's this year but playing in the Penrith backline would be easy. They are never isolated in defence and often one-on-one in attack. Perfect conditions for an outside back.
Btw why is Superman on the wing and AMS dropped?

It's not AMS fault the inside guys didn't do their job... right?
Simonsson is the best winger available and Asi has no experience on the wing. As for AMS, it was good to be able to give him a debut against weak opposition but the risk is too big this week.
 

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Or it's the equivalent of saying someone is a better player because they've won a premiership ffs... oh wait 😯
I assume you're misquoting me because you don't understand, but I really can't dumb things down any further for you twits. Winning a premiership just means you're good enough to win a premiership.
 

JokerEel

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No chance. His 2021 stats were better than Simonsson's this year but playing in the Penrith backline would be easy. They are never isolated in defence and often one-on-one in attack. Perfect conditions for an outside back.

Simonsson is the best winger available and Asi has no experience on the wing. As for AMS, it was good to be able to give him a debut against weak opposition but the risk is too big this week.

🤦🏼
 

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It might surprise you, but what I say on a forum in Feb or March or April has very little impact on how the team actually goes in the season.

Anyway, how long did we sit at 26 or 27 players in a 30 squad ? What was our attrition rate this year with injuries and suspensions ? How was that dealt with ?
No, its no surprise that what you post on a forum ends up a steaming pile of horseshit 6 months later.
 

hindy111

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There are plenty worse centres than him. Momirovski has won a premiership ffs. We would be one of the hardest teams for a centre to defend in, since they get so little help from the inside. Blaming Eels centres for overlaps is like blaming our hooker for being isolated in the middle. It's the equivalent of saying Sivo is our best player because he scores the most tries. You need to watch the whole game, not just the big plays.

Yeah simmonsons fine if you have To'o, Crighton on wing and Burton the other centre.
We have Sivo,Pensini,Russel.
 

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