Rd19: Parra v Brisbane GAME DAY thread (18/9/20)

[Poupou Escobar]

If he’s going to take a tackle running sideways he’ll get absolutely monstered. Whoever runs off him with an inside ball would be running straight and hard

And not playing the ball near the sideline

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I reckon our structure going forward (once Drown’s back) should be:

General play outside attacking zone:
Drown to be the dominant half

Last tackle option:
Long kicking Moses the dominant half/short kicking Drown the dominant half

Sets in attacking zone:
Paulo to become the dominant half (touching the ball at least 3 times a set)

There's a reason halfbacks don't weigh 120kg+ and it's because blokes that big aren't able to handle the ball three times every set.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Stone and Niakuore will be back shortly.
Who do we drop? Evan's starting went well. He outplayed RCG.
Kafusi I like. He is the future but perhaps dispensable at this point. Davey went well starting. W.Smith is a better threat then Stone and covers more positions.

Davey went okay against Brisbane but he is the worst forward in our team.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Load of bullshit. He was running fine. I reckon he is 99% fit. Kicking a ball 7mtrs too deep is due to a poor kick and not an i jury. If injured he wouldn't be able to kick the ball 60mtrs in the fly.

He will be wearing bracing that limits the mobility of his ankles, making it harder to put fine touch on kicks and so on. There's a reason his form is down. It's not old age, it's not coaching. The only thing left is injury.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

What do you mean neither player has anything to be worried about?
Jnr has been cited and will miss a match unless he takes the early plea or contests it and wins.
Mennings has been cited and needs to pay a fine of $850 unless he challenges it in which case he pays $1150 if he doesn't get off.
The ref and bunker and now the MRC have all said it was foul play.
Big roll of the dice to think the judiciary will say anything different.

I can see how the onus should be on the defender to make sure those injuries don't happen. It obviously wasn't intentional (I reckon foul play almost never is) but it could be said to have been careless.

When Drown f**ked his ankle Adam Reynolds was looking at his foot while he dropped his body weight onto it. That looked far worse and should've been reviewed by the MRC.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

He should fight it to prove a point

He should fight it so he has no carryover points heading into the finals. We'll probably still beat the Tigers without him and even if we don't we might still make the top four if Canberra shit the bed.

And if we finish 5th we get a home final in week one against an easy team, just like last year.

 

[Gronk]

This was posted on TCT. Might explain why Sivo was quiet(er).

 

[Happy MEel]

He will be wearing bracing that limits the mobility of his ankles, making it harder to put fine touch on kicks and so on. There's a reason his form is down. It's not old age, it's not coaching. The only thing left is injury.

Confidence

 

[lingard]

I expressed doubts about whether he should take on the job of managing a troublesome calf but it's good to hear he's broken its will.

Two calves actually. Which is a big responsibility. Great to see he was up to it.

 

[hindy111]

He will be wearing bracing that limits the mobility of his ankles, making it harder to put fine touch on kicks and so on. There's a reason his form is down. It's not old age, it's not coaching. The only thing left is injury.

No. Players like Moses have purple patches. He hasn't had enough consistency to prove he is elite and of similar level week in week out. He has just shown glimpses.
Luke Brooks last season also hit a purple patch. Josh Reynolds and Hodkisnon where another 2.
I'm unsure if Moses has injury. I'd lean towards bad form and back to his old game. Throwing silly passes and money balls etc.

 

[Eelementary]

This was posted on TCT. Might explain why Sivo was quiet(er).

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His first run of the game was the hardest I've ever seen him run - and then he stopped running like that.

This may explain why.

 

[Obscene Assassin]

His first run of the game was the hardest I've ever seen him run - and then he stopped running like that.

This may explain why.

I thought we were in for a really good game from Sivo after that first run. Put his head down, ran hard and targeted the opposition half

 

[Eelementary]

I thought we were in for a really good game from Sivo after that first run. Put his head down, ran hard and targeted the opposition half

It was brilliant!

 

[hindy111]

It was brilliant!

He did make a few excellent stops in defense also.
Just needs to run hard everytime. Aslong as he does in finals I guess.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

This was posted on TCT. Might explain why Sivo was quiet(er).

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[Poupou Escobar]

No. Players like Moses have purple patches. He hasn't had enough consistency to prove he is elite and of similar level week in week out. He has just shown glimpses.
Luke Brooks last season also hit a purple patch. Josh Reynolds and Hodkisnon where another 2.
I'm unsure if Moses has injury. I'd lean towards bad form and back to his old game. Throwing silly passes and money balls etc.

The big difference is his effectiveness running the ball, though he was certainly decent last night against the worst defence in the league.

 

[Gary Gutful]

No. Players like Moses have purple patches. He hasn't had enough consistency to prove he is elite and of similar level week in week out. He has just shown glimpses.
Luke Brooks last season also hit a purple patch. Josh Reynolds and Hodkisnon where another 2.
I'm unsure if Moses has injury. I'd lean towards bad form and back to his old game. Throwing silly passes and money balls etc.

The fact that he is injured is irrefutable.

Do you even Parra?

 

[hindy111]

Oh ok....
So any player who isn't playing well has an injury. All names covered now.
Sivo a boil.
Moses throwing silly balls to nobody due to his calves.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Oh ok....
So any player who isn't playing well has an injury. All names covered now.
Sivo a boil.
Moses throwing silly balls to nobody due to his calves.

And BA has a headache. Some sympathy please.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Oh ok....
So any player who isn't playing well has an injury. All names covered now.
Sivo a boil.
Moses throwing silly balls to nobody due to his calves.

No. Thats dumb.

A player who is injured is clearly injured. That is definitely the case with Moses.

That injury gives him some latitude but doesn't excuse some of the rubbish he has served up.