Rd.27 v GC

[Fangs]

The Keary short side play isn't what it once was.

When he had prime GI and Teddy in his team he could wrap around the short side to create the extra number as his superstar full back would be on the open side and the defence wouldn't go with him.

Nobody is scared of the plodder that is Tedesco in 2024. If Robbo had the balls to play Manu at FB it'd be a worry

It's not but it's the last danger they have left in the spine. Keary is more threatening than Teddy IMO.

They'll score some points but it's about how many. We have the D keep them to 12 max 18.

 

[Iamback]

I am as disappointed and frustrated as most on here regarding what I saw last night and really for how we have played for most of the season. Considering in my view how average we have been it’s important to remember we finished the season with the best defence in the comp. When you consider how many injuries we have had to key players and disruption from Origin it is a remarkable achievement. But just looking back further Ivan has had this team up for almost every game since the beginning of 2020 and for almost all of that time we have virtually looked unbeatable. I just think that must take its toll on the playing group and unfortunately it’s just not sustainable. Add to that the loss of Burton, Capewell, Api, Kikau, Chrichton, Lenui etc it’s almost inconcievable we have managed to finish this season in second place. For what it’s worth I don’t think we are winning the comp this year because I just can’t see them flicking a switch to revert back to how we played in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 but still all things considered I am happy we are still in a position to be a chance of winning 4 comps in a row.

You need great defence to win comps.
History shows you also need a top 3 attack. We sit 6th in that category.

The positive is Storm sit low in defence. So for them to win will be an outlier

 

[age.s]

Error wise he was but still compare his numbers to Tago and he still wasn't the worst centre on the field

Defence he missed 2 tackles. Made 12
Tago missed 6. Made 12

He ran for 70m more.

7 errors between both centres is shocking but atleast Alamoti got more involved

I wasn't really looking at stats, just the eye test. Alamoti made more runs but he rarely looked threatening. Very disappointing finishing for his nearly try in the second half, though it was an excellent cover tackle by Fermor. Defensively he may not have missed as many, but he didn't look dominant in the contact. Throw in a few errors and it's not a good enough performance.

Tago was par for 2024 Tago. Looked good with the ball, especially when he had time to wind up. Some big hits and good defensive efforts (that ankle tap would have been counted missed ftr) mixed in with some shockers/grabby efforts. Throw in a customary careless error and all your missing is a boneheaded penalty. Not good enough for a guy on his money, but comfortably better than Alamoti. At this point we just have to strap in and hope the big games fire him up.

 

[Chins get the wins]

I hate it but hopefully the refs put the whistle away like normal come September. Because Tago and Kenny are doing so much stupid shit.

No idea why fans enjoy the officials ignoring rules but they do

 

[Iamback]

I wasn't really looking at stats, just the eye test. Alamoti made more runs but he rarely looked threatening. Very disappointing finishing for his nearly try in the second half, though it was an excellent cover tackle by Fermor. Defensively he may not have missed as many, but he didn't look dominant in the contact. Throw in a few errors and it's not a good enough performance.

Tago was par for 2024 Tago. Looked good with the ball, especially when he had time to wind up. Some big hits and good defensive efforts (that ankle tap would have been counted missed ftr) mixed in with some shockers/grabby efforts. Throw in a customary careless error and all your missing is a boneheaded penalty. Not good enough for a guy on his money, but comfortably better than Alamoti. At this point we just have to strap in and hope the big games fire him up.

Tago isn't helped by Martin's form but as a 2x premiership player. He'd be in the player needing to do his job as opposed to a 19 year old who came across from a bum club.

It really is expectations for me.

We also had Sorro 1st game back from a decent lay off. With Turuva working back into form as opposed to Tago with a rep guy inside and outside him

Of the 4 errors Alamoti had 1 was trying to score a try. One was the ball popping out when being tackled so not bonehead plays


That said I do think Alamoti will be better as Turuva's replacement.