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Agree with all that except Sullo is a 7 not a 6. If he gets a go there with Amone 6 and move Hunt to 9, Sloane to 1 watch us zing... not sure about how we defend, we will worry about thta another day
2 of those tries being off Brother Normy
Brother Normy just has to go. It can't be good for his mental to be copping all this dislike. I guess his financial health benefits from seeing out his contract however!
Ron Casey was the man.
Must keep McGuire plus one more tough nut.
Oh for Garrick and Saab now.
Yes. I rated Nene Macdonald too.. why did we offload him.
With you. First time I saw him I had him as a fullback. Sloan looks to have the game to play anywhere in the backline. Lomax is another we could give a crack at FB. He is class act and is fine under the bomb.. in fact he'd put some AFL players to shame with his leaping marks. He also has great awareness, is good on his feet, a deceptive offload, is a sound defender and would be able to be more involved in the attack from the back.
Why move a class centre his best position and why would you not use the class potential very good fullback in Sloan or Ramsey
Completely disagree. His mistakes exceed his good plays. Yes he has bulk and decent speed and makes the odd massive hit. But misses more than he makes. The bloke does not know the meaning of marking his fellow winger. Therein lies his greatest fallibility. He needs to improve a hell of a lot.
No debate from me. Just figured Lomax likes to get involved in the game.. often he is left to starve in the centre as we have uncreative halves. I can see him flashing into the backline to make the extra man and creating something. Yes he is a class centre.. I also see a class FB.
Good figures. Now detract from that try tally the ones his brainless enthusiasm has created for our opposition. Occasional bad read? I counted at least three in the Panthers game alone.. all of which led directly or indirectly to tries. Three in a single game. Betting there are plenty more in the other 21 games.
I saw Rav come flying in twice, on both occasions Penrith had 3 on one and Rav thought his best option was to try to cut it off. Only one of those resulted in a try but our cover defence had plenty of time to stop it but weren't up to it. For Naden's 2nd try Rava was again faced with a Penrith overlap thanks to Lomax rushing up in a bad read. Not Rav's fault. The other tries were on the other side of the field. He did drop a kick though which resulted in a try. Our defence is like under 7's at times, Beale is woeful, our forwards look slow and unfit, especially McCullough, when trying to plug gaps or just spread wide. Norman threw 2 intercepts that lead to tries. A lot of our defensive problems come from a lack of on field organization - someone reading the numbers and pushing the boys around to cover - McC and Norman or Clune should be doing their job there. Plus we have too many weak points to be exploited - dud players and a poor defensive coach.
Reckon Ramsey is quicker.
I agree with most of the last of your post. But that Edwards try was a shocking read by Rav.. the comm called it a missile, I call it a missed missile and it created a huge gap and overlap which let to a try. Basicly was 13 against 12. That is the kind of brainless enthusiasm I am alluding to that spoils Ravs copybook.
He is not the complete winger yet I agree, but he is the one player in our team the opposition backs are very wary of and he is a brilliant finisher. A definite keeper if the judiciary stops picking on him.
Sloane showed a lot if toe against Manly and glides with ease
