R12 | Warriors 24-20 Knights @ Mt Smart | Sunday 2.00pm

[The Showstopper]

I am working so I will get the news via the NRL app. If we get within 20 i will be happy. I still believe the Warriors will come from nowhere and win the comp this season. If Tomkins decides to go out with a bang in the NRL they will be plain lethal.

 

[9701]

We will win this one no problem at all

 

[ryana87]

Gidley ruled out...... Any chance of Mullen returning?

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

Throw one of the younguns into the deep end. See how they go. Season is over anyway

 

[Tom155]

Gidley ruled out...... Any chance of Mullen returning?

No Carlos will debut for us

 

[ryana87]

No Carlos will debut for us

Would have thought randell to the halves... And redman to bench

 

[Burns]

Snowden also out, Sam Mataora to bench.

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

So we now have no front row.. nice.

 

[macavity]

Scott playing?

 

[The Showstopper]

I hope big Sam has a solid game cos it will at least add size to the bench.

 

[K-Man]

So in the first 5 minutes of NSW Cup:

- Mamo has shown he can't pass left to right when he tried to pass from dummy half and looked embarrassingly uncomfortable, sending the ball 20 metres backwards to nobody when we were on the attack. That's our future fullback, and he can't pass a football more than a few metres.

- Redman has thrown a forward pass to a forward from dummy half, just like first grade last week when his shocker started the rot. So he's clearly not learned his lesson at all, and there's no way he would have thrown that pass if the coaching staff had been into him all week about attention to detail. It's the coaching side that worries me more.

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[K-Man]

And Redman's error led to a Warriors try. I would tell him he'll be considered a potential first grade dummy half again when he can play 5 games in a row without throwing a pathetic forward pass. Until then, you're not the kind of player we need.

 

[TooheysNew]

So in the first 5 minutes of NSW Cup:

- Mamo has shown he can't pass left to right when he tried to pass from dummy half and looked embarrassingly uncomfortable, sending the ball 20 metres backwards to nobody when we were on the attack. That's our future fullback, and he can't pass a football more than a few metres.

- Redman has thrown a forward pass to a forward from dummy half, just like first grade last week when his shocker started the rot. So he's clearly not learned his lesson at all, and there's no way he would have thrown that pass if the coaching staff had been into him all week about attention to detail. It's the coaching side that worries me more.

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Rubbish. Players make mistakes on the field, not coaching staff.

 

[Noname36]

Rubbish. Players make mistakes on the field, not coaching staff.

This. A lot can be blamed on coaching but Jesus, a lot of blame also needs to go to the players for playing shit. If a hooker needs a coach to get up him for throwing forward passes from dummy half then that doesn't say much for the player.

 

[The Showstopper]

Toohey article today pretty much suggests Rick has rolled the dice with the juniors and needs to expose them to first grade so next season he can have them at his disposal with both experience and a proper off season on his side. Some suggestion that Nathan Brown has been linked to the job according to David Riccio today.

Stone can only expect the kids to make errors and learn from it. I am also thinking he might be using them to motivate the senior players to pull their thumbs out. Sadly injury has meant dropping players is not really an option right now. a win today might help.

 

[Whats Doing]

Nathan Brown would be a good pick up. We need to get rid of the boys club mentality if we are ever going to succeed

 

[Allstar Knights]

Pythian looks the goods in the halves.

 

[Knightmare]

Browny would be a great recruitment as head coach, but there also need to be replacements at board level before this ship has any chance of being turned around...

 

[Whats Doing]

Mamo was a bit of a turnstyle in defence today. He needs to learn defensive positioning from the fullback position before considering moving up to NRL

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

Word is Trent Barrett is going to manly, wouldn't mind Toovey here to russle some jimmys