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Round 4 v Storm

Dragonslayer

First Grade
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Maybe a little early to get this thread going, however, given the circumstances, there's lots to discuss.

Starting with:
1. Who replaces Suli? (Ribs are notorious for being lengthy outs). Do we shift CT to centre, and bring back Feagai? Do we push Gutho there with Sloan to fb. But this still leaves our wing exposed. Lawson isn't nearly ready.
I feel Coates will have a field day, whoever is put there. We just don't have a "tall" to compete athleticaly.

2. It's become necessary (imo) to remove LL from the starting line-up. He just too cumbersome and turns slower than the Titanic. RFM drops out and Egan in? We need a Hudson Young type and he seems to possess some of it.

3. Cake should not see 1st grade again. His replacement was foreshadowed with the signing of Klemmer. While he's no magic fix, he'll show at lot more aggression than MacArthur Park.

4. What to do with our halves? Ilias lacks confidence and his defense is almost Ball level. So, do we drpp him, bring in LKT? MOVE Gutho to 6? Play Cook or even Liddle at 6 with LKT on the bench?

Flanno is conservative and not a big risk taker, do I can't see too many changes (although there should be). It may be prudent to take a leaf out of the Roosters game and yesterday's Rabbits team. Enthusiasm is infectious, something we seem to have been inoculated against.
 
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It's immaterial who starts, cos we'll get eaten alive anyway. But if I had a say I'd go:
Sloan/ Finau, Feagai, Holmes, Tuipolotu/ Gutho, Flanno/ Egan, Couchman, Su'a, JdB, Liddle, Luce. Res: Cook, Klemmer, Stewart, Liu (if eligible)
 

56to66

Juniors
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Storm win doesn't matter who we put on.
The score could be very, very, very ugly.
I'm starting to think Flanno is talking like a used car sales person. Preseason, he was talking that how they were starting from a higher level from when he first took over.
 
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thebigredv

First Grade
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Storm win doesn't matter who we put on.
The score could be very, very, very ugly.
I'm starting to think Flanno is talking like a used car sales person. Preseason, he was talking that how they were starting from a higher level from when he first took over.
Trying to stay patient but it feels like the beginning of another downward spiral again...it has that smell...yesterday was a disgrace given there was not a single excuse for losing. I have long been on about the mental/ match awareness that we can't seem to get into the players.

All said and done, it's another year when we go in to playing Melbourne with no real confidence. How often does that happen? Probably what other clubs thought about us in the 50s and 60s.

Then again. Maybe this is the game we can snatch and change the trend of this season. I guess you never know! We need to keep respecting the ball, tighten up our goal line defence (which we can) and then get Gutho in to create the extra man like he has been. At least that gives us some chance to remain competitive.
 
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