Round 3 v Mel

[globalpanther]

D Laurie (If Dyl not fit)
B To’o
I Tago
B Talagai
P Alamoti
T Toelau
N Cleary
M Leota
M Kenny
L Smith
S Sorensen
L Martin
I Yeo

J Cole (if Dyl not fit)
I Papalii
L Henry
L Garner
18.T Jenkins

 

[Original Name]

A groin's a really bad injury to get mid season. Dyl ain't going to be fit for awhile. So many clubs have a guy come back from a groin injury and they re-injure it or are playing at like 75%. If it's possible I'd have Dyl miss any number of games to get him back and fully fit for the finals.

Tolau also play his best footy at halfback. He has to be the main man for me if he's going to start. Two of his best attributes are his kicking and organinsing. If takes 30% of the kicks and Yeo and Clearly naturally doing most of the organising but is a worse tackler than Cole is the trade off really worth it? We aren't really giving him a place in the team to leverage his strengths.

For me we leaked too many points and I thought Tago was our worst defender but they'll probably stick with him. I don't know if the team is good enough to carry Tags defending badly like last year though.

 

[Iamback]

Defence is the issue. Not sure I have seen anything from any individual to say to be dropped.

We had issues on the right last year and we are 1 game into Cole/Alamoti/McLean on the left

 

[ColdWetPanther]

Same team as last week will get the job done. Be switched on after the loss and bollocking from Ivan.

 

[Original Name]

We had issues on the right last year

The difference is without Fish our pack is probably going to be weaker this year which would (if correct) mean more quick play the ball and momentum for the opposition and more pressure on the edges. Like I said we carried Tago when he was bad and it all worked out. I don't know if it's quite the same situation this time around.

Same team as last week will get the job done. Be switched on after the loss and bollocking from Ivan.

I do think we'll get the job done this week I'm more concerned about consistency going forward and how those habits translate in the finals.