Rnd 4 Team vs Wtigers

[Poupou Escobar]

#MeToo

 

[Gronk]

If we start winning will Hayne come back through Wenty?

There is not a first grade coach in the history of the NRL or ESL that would do that.

 

[hybrideel]

FFS BA can't win here. Half of the posters here were demanding wholesale changes, so he makes them (granted many were due to injury). The armchair experts then whinge because they aren't the changes that they would make.
I have a feeling that the coach has a bit more of a clue about who should be in the side given he probably goes to a training session or 2 and sees a few things behind the scenes.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

FFS BA can't win here. Half of the posters here were demanding wholesale changes, so he makes them (granted many were due to injury). The armchair experts then whinge because they aren't the changes that they would make.
I have a feeling that the coach has a bit more of a clue about who should be in the side given he probably goes to a training session or 2 and sees a few things behind the scenes.

 

[forward pass]

Hopefully with his brother outside him, Jenko might actually pass the ball - you know like old times in the back yard.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Bench has a lot of energy on it!!

Pritchard may have been picked for his ability to straighten our attack

 

[emjaycee]

Bench has a lot of energy on it!!

Pritchard may have been picked for his ability to straighten our attack

I reckon that is the same reason he picked Terepo.
Although Terepo has been a BA favourite all along.

 

[Noise]

Like the additions of Terepo and T-Rex.

Don't like Smith at fullback at all

Harsh on King when he probably had the best defensive game of his career (48 tackles 2 missed).

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Hopefully with his brother outside him, Jenko might actually pass the ball - you know like old times in the back yard.

George played on the left for Wenty most recently, though that could be because Leleisiuao prefers the right (where he played for the NYC team last year). Hoffman was playing on the right until French moved to the wing, presumably because French prefers the right - I believe he has played every game in the NRL as a winger on the right.

My point is that while Hoffman probably doesn't have a strong preference for which side he plays on, Gennings might strongly prefer the left. In which case he won't play outside his brother.

 

[Gronk]

 

[hineyrulz]

Probably the best side picked in the circumstances.

 

[lingard]

Wel

No it just sums up the mentality of some fans. We know the club’s mentality - don’t go broke and don’t cheat, and stay competitive. We’ve done all those things since 2016.

Well, I suppose two out of three aint bad.

 

[lingard]

Brown to hooker is a HUGE no from me. Dont even want to think about that. The pressure is on Kaysa well and truly. Stay the distance or big issues are exposed. A poor decision.
But what do I know.

It puzzles me that if BA didn't have enough confidence in French at fullback, why would he think Smith would be good option.

 

[Joely01]

And the prize goes to Joely who correctly named the squad.
Didnt' get the starting positions right but well done mate.

Cheers mate.
Still time for BA to make some positional changes haha

 

[Gronk]

It puzzles me that if BA didn't have enough confidence in French at fullback, why would he think Smith would be good option.

Because he played well at FB a few times last year ?

 

[lingard]

Bench has a lot of energy on it!!

Pritchard may have been picked for his ability to straighten our attack

We desperately need to buy a decent hooker as soon as one comes on the market. Kaysa (our second best hooker) hasn't been picked for any reason other than that our first option hooker has been struggling. Kaysa will bring energy and enthusiasm but little else. Maybe we need that right now, but in the long term we need a lot more.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

It puzzles me that if BA didn't have enough confidence in French at fullback, why would he think Smith would be good option.

Who says he didn't have confidence in French at fullback? Just as likely is he didn't have confidence in Hayne at centre, and moved him to fullback to try and get him more involved in attack. Only one bloke can play fullback at a time so French moved to the wing. It wasn't because French 'failed' at fullback or whatever sensational narrative people want to spin.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

We desperately need to buy a decent hooker as soon as one comes on the market. Kaysa (our second best hooker) hasn't been picked for any reason other than that our first option hooker has been struggling. Kaysa will bring energy and enthusiasm but little else. Maybe we need that right now, but in the long term we need a lot more.

Pritchard is as good as King, just very different. Neither is better than the other, and I doubt the coach rates either of them higher. He has to pick someone at the start of the season. Last year it was Pritchard, this year it was King. Neither is contracted for 2019.

 

[Gazzamatta]

FFS BA can't win here. Half of the posters here were demanding wholesale changes, so he makes them (granted many were due to injury). The armchair experts then whinge because they aren't the changes that they would make.
I have a feeling that the coach has a bit more of a clue about who should be in the side given he probably goes to a training session or 2 and sees a few things behind the scenes.

Yeah. You're probably right but I prefer my selections. Terepo should have been there last week though. Beau has been very disappointing. Not sure whats up there. Maybe Father Time.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Like the additions of Terepo and T-Rex.

Don't like Smith at fullback at all

Harsh on King when he probably had the best defensive game of his career (48 tackles 2 missed).

I like smith, but not a fan of him at fullback either, good on the attacking side but pretty poor with his position. But anyhow when we have 3 nrl fullbacks injured we really don't have many options left!!