Round 18 v Broncos

[Chins get the wins]

Hes nowhere near as good as cogger and sos were.

His defence is far better. As a stand alone piece to slide into the side he's fine but situations like yesterday are beyond him. Both Cogger and SOS are also career cup players imo

 

[soc123_au]

He's good enough to be a cup half and come in. Some of his kicks were great yesterday amongst all the shit

He is fine with another good half, with a kid finding his way not so much. I'd give him a pass on his kicking from yesterday, rocks and diamonds, but overall ok. It's the lack of direction in attack that is the problem.

 

[Frankus]

Ivan did mention yesterday Laurie is making it impossible to leave out and needs to find a spot in team, maybe centre this wk or 5/8 & Cole centre.

He needs to be in the 13, most definitely. I'd be playing him at 6 with Luai at 7. Let him run, he looks dangerous every time he takes the line on. Play him on the same side as Tago and Turuva and tell him not to pass the ball to them because they will just cough it up anyway.

 

[Frankus]

Staggs is almost Tago level

yeah he has been woeful this season. So has Mam.

 

[Stinkfinger]

Basically their reserve grade team they fielded was better than our reserve grade squad... Take nothing more out of it other than we play the long game and dont have the cattle we once did to get us through this period without much more than a hiccup.

They had a first grade game manager. That was the difference in my opinion. And we are vulnerable out wide and teams are exploiting it.

 

[Chins get the wins]

Ivan has picked a pretty terrible bench. I get that Laurie had a blinder but Trent offers far more as a 14 and surely Huth drops out for someone

 

[Girds89]

Ivan has picked a pretty terrible bench. I get that Laurie had a blinder but Trent offers far more as a 14 and surely Huth drops out for someone

The issue is we jast have no 2md rowers.mav not even being in the 22 shows where hes at.

I agree trent probs offers more than laurie but hopefully ivan has the chops to bring laurie on in the middle against their tired forwards to run amok.

 

[Aliceinwonderland]

Both Smith and Henry have done well off the bench. Both bringing aggression and post contact meters to the game. Laurie is a good move at 14, quite capable of allowing Kenny to move out to the 2nd row if needed.

His service is OK, in fact quite nippy round the ruck.

 

[Westernised Panther]

I would’ve gone with Patea over the Huth. If he’s being seen as the next-in-line to slot into the forward rotation then surely he has to figure in selection for the 17

 

[Westernised Panther]

Ivan has picked a pretty terrible bench. I get that Laurie had a blinder but Trent offers far more as a 14 and surely Huth drops out for someone

Patea for Huth…..hopefully

 

[Luke Bowden]

Patea for Huth…..hopefully

My thoughts exactly. Patea is a stud!

 

[Stinkfinger]

Ivan has picked a pretty terrible bench. I get that Laurie had a blinder but Trent offers far more as a 14 and surely Huth drops out for someone

Must want to give Yeo a rest.

 

[Stinkfinger]

I would’ve gone with Patea over the Huth. If he’s being seen as the next-in-line to slot into the forward rotation then surely he has to figure in selection for the 17

A couple of weeks before chucking him in again. I can see the sense in it, but maybe he'll switch later.

 

[Kilkenny]

It was great so see Patea get a debut and showed he will be good in the future. He got gassed pretty quickly in his first spell, will be much better next season after a full off season.

 

[Fangs]

Gameday people and post 12,000 for Fangs.

I didn't want to make a big fuss about it but Ivan sent me a little thank you note earlier today. Can't wait for a free copy of your new book mate I prefer hard cover.

 

[Chins get the wins]

If Ivan has the boys heads right we should win this one.

 

[Goonji]

I guess tonight we "May" see what impact, if any his departure has on the team.

 

[Sime_11]

big game tonight - we've been up for the big games this year - so you'd think we win this comfortably

hostile Broncos crowd will have them ready for tonight - not surprised if we drop this game tonight-

return of origin stays puts us in good stead - we beat them in the game that mattered last year - tonight doesnt mean alot whoever wins

 

[snickers007]

Late mail:
Turuva out.
Laurie on the Wing
Schneider in the Halves.
Cole at 14

 

[Luke Bowden]

Late mail:
Turuva out.
Laurie on the Wing
Schneider in the Halves.
Cole at 14

Wait…. Did Ivan run this past @Girds89??