Hound of Dracula
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HahahaIf I had kids, I’d refuse to let them follow St George. I wouldn’t want them to be miserable like me every year
Didn't work for my son
he follows West tigers
We do, however, feel each others pain
HahahaIf I had kids, I’d refuse to let them follow St George. I wouldn’t want them to be miserable like me every year
I have avoided posting to give myself some time to gather my thoughts.
First 2 games:
low energy
No line speed
Soft defence near out goal line
No killer instinct
Causes:
Very hot conditions
Training techniques
Possible player fallout from Molo incident
We simply lack the cattle and are playing senior players when we should be promoting KOE forwards
Forward Solutions:
Drop Lawrie
Luc Leilua to the bench
Drop RFM
Stewart to start
Cook/Liddle to share game time equally
Klemmer/Sele hopefully available for round 4
Consider elevating LPT to 17
Halves:
LKT to be considered if halves don’t improve by end of round 7
Halves lack the ability to manage the game
Sloan should be utilised to chase chip kicks. Only player we have with exceptional speed. Find ways to use that speed.
Kicking is so important now that a modern team can essentially be built around a good kicker. If you don't have a good kicking 6 or 7, you will always be in trouble for field position. It was a mistake to sign Ilias as he is a mediocre kicker.Is Ilias our only kicker? We might need to stick with him for no other reason. If Gutho was moved to the halves, who kicks?
On paper I like the look of tigers team.Sorry guys just off subject just watching the Tigers playing Parra half time 16 nil ...... Pleasure to watch speed all over the park even Bird is reacting quicker ........ Good blend of youth and seasoned players ........ Can't beat speed something we are not ........
Dure doOn paper I like the look of tigers team.
All good ideas. We will probably end up with Gutho 6, KF 7 and Sloan1. KF + LKT did combine well last year but thst still leaves us without a long kicker.I have avoided posting to give myself some time to gather my thoughts.
First 2 games:
low energy
No line speed
Soft defence near out goal line
No killer instinct
Causes:
Very hot conditions
Training techniques
Possible player fallout from Molo incident
We simply lack the cattle and are playing senior players when we should be promoting KOE forwards
Forward Solutions:
Drop Lawrie
Luc Leilua to the bench
Drop RFM
Stewart to start
Cook/Liddle to share game time equally
Klemmer/Sele hopefully available for round 4
Consider elevating LPT to 17
Halves:
LKT to be considered if halves don’t improve by end of round 7
Halves lack the ability to manage the game
Sloan should be utilised to chase chip kicks. Only player we have with exceptional speed. Find ways to use that speed.
As he should. Very disappointing comments yesterday,Not sure if mentioned, but Triple M reported that Flanno called Ilias to apologise for his presser comments.
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Telegraph Sport
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Shane Flanagan has picked up the phone and apologised to his struggling halfback Lachlan Ilias for his heat-of-the-moment press-conference comments after the loss to the South Sydney Rabbitohs. DETAILS http://bit.ly/3DIXkUm
Campbell Graham has pretty much won Souths 2 games in 2 weeks they had no business winning. If he wasn’t playing yesterday I think CT would’ve scored another hat trick. Rock solid in defence.100 % OT
As for our belief that we can somehow win for being in the grind is pure fantasy......we dont know the meaning of grind.....on most occasions we get ground......
Sadly we are Mentally weak week in week out
Except for Gutho the best on ground yesterday was Campbell Graham and he's hardly played for over a year ...now that's an example of Mentally strong
Nothing to lose! He looks the deal ... instinctive, sharp, creative. Bring a dynamic we lack in our halves pairing.Saw yesterdays highlights only. Tuipoluto seems to be a pretty good winger. He isn’t bog slow either and winds up well. Big run straight through the Rabbitohs forward defence 1 st half was impressive. Also, pushed around opposition and set up for Kyle‘s try.
Also, watched very short cup highlights. Last weeks shorts highlights also. Our half back Glover is very quick and fires accurate bullet passes. A touch of Sowie but in 2 nd grade. He seems to really trouble defence and have a presence.Of course, some posters see a lot of him and I may be only seeing ‘rose coloured’ snatches of brilliance.
Is he a 1st grade option?
It's nice to hear a different take on Lachlan. Tbh I didn't think he was woeful. I'm not a huge believer having watched him at Souths but I hope he can play better next match and keep his spot. For the first hour as a team we respected the ball and seemed quite balanced in attack. His kicking game is needed and hopefully will improve.I thought Ilias went alright. Nice little passes in our tries; tackled really hard and kicked deep. More experienced players in our team made more errors than him that proved costly. I'd leave him where he is and let him grow in confidence.