Pre Season Game 2 V West Tigers Game Assessment

[hindy111]

I thought Penisini was crap. I’ve never really rated him. Russell was exceptional. He would be my winger in round 1. I won’t say anything yet because I haven’t seen him play with Moses but there will be calls for Lomax to play on the wing before round 10.

Greig was crap. Loved how Williams played. Ryles Smith should get a top 30
Spot. He deserves it. The less said about Lussick the better. Volkman crashed down back to earth. Kelma is a lazy merkin around the edges.

Iongi will be our rookie of the year if not the entire NRL.

I agree with most except Penisini. I thought he was our best back. Yes Iongi had 2 magic moments but Will was a powerhouse carting it up with tough carries. Lomax did nothing. Not that its a big deal. Just a fitness run for him.

 

[the phantom menace]

I'm usually critical of Penisini (when he's had so much smoke blown up his arse during his brief career), but I had no problem with his efforts in defence or attack (however limited we were) last night.

I too thought he was our best back alongside/just behind Iongi, and was quite reassured he'll be back to bringing his best this season.

 

[hindy111]

Possitives for me -

Iongi - Has more class then I expected. I didn't know he could pass like that.

Peninisi - Power house and made so many tough carries.

Morretti - Ran hard and has developed a nice offload

R.Smith - I mean he looks like a genuine NRL prospect in a position we need.

W.Latu - Short stint but he has enough to work with

J.Williams - Hits like a hammer

Tuivati - Much closer to NRL then I imagined. He could debut later this year.


Negatives -

Guymer - Defense was ok but he got belted to often hitting it up. Impossible to know what his ceiling is at this stage or if he is ready for week in week out NRL.

Kelma - Terrible game. For me he is nothing more then a bench impact player.

J.Tago - Thought he was better. Awfully game

Grieg - Still slow in defense.


It's hard to gauge seasoned players like Matto,Lomax etc. For them it is a training/ fitness run. They know how to get their bodies right for the season.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Gee I reckon some are being way to critical on the players, just improving our completion rate goes a long way to fixing a lot of the issues mentioned. We completed at 63% had 43% of the ball.

We won't have trouble scoring points this year - even this game showed we wouldn't, when ever we held the ball attacking the tigers line, we scored. We looked pretty good.

The key was defence, and apart from a couple of individual misses, I thought it showed signs of improvement.

Interesting stat, our run metres were 1343 m / 142 runs, 9.46 m per run. While the tigers were 1680 / 191, 8.8 m per run. Good signs.

Overall , the boys will be better for the hit out. And we will improve/learn from it.

 

[Pazza]

Gee I reckon some are being way to critical on the players, just improving our completion rate goes a long way to fixing a lot of the issues mentioned. We completed at 63% had 43% of the ball.

We won't have trouble scoring points this year - even this game showed we wouldn't, when ever we held the ball attacking the tigers line, we scored. We looked pretty good.

The key was defence, and apart from a couple of individual misses, I thought it showed signs of improvement.

Interesting stat, our run metres were 1343 m / 142 runs, 9.46 m per run. While the tigers were 1680 / 191, 8.8 m per run. Good signs.

Overall , the boys will be better for the hit out. And we will improve/learn from it.

i do like that the edges didnt looked panicked facing an overlap like they have over the course of the last few years