Round 4 vs Wabbits

[BossleyPanther]

Yep. Needs longer still. He is one guy I wouldn't be messing with give him plenty of time.

At full strength right now I'd have him at 14.

 

[BossleyPanther]

I agree. Think Blaize may go to fullback

He would

 

[Hamstring awareness]

Interesting. Scott Bailey tweeted prior to team announcements that Talagi will partner Cole in the halves. The tweet was then deleted. Could be nothing or could be more ducks and drakes on the cards from Ivan

https://x.com/hsayedd23/status/1904456323871220132

 

[jane the pain]

He would

Blaize, and Cole, must be in the side upon Nathan's return, and be given decent minutes

 

[Chins]

Blaize, and Cole, must be in the side upon Nathan's return, and be given decent minutes

Its one or the other really.

Having one of them sit on the bench for 75mins each week will do nothing to improve them

 

[Iamback]

Its one or the other really.

Having one of them sit on the bench for 75mins each week will do nothing to improve them

Ivan needs to get better at using the 14. Both have shown they can defend. While they can play 80. Having Kenny, Yeo etc get a breather keeps them fresher come finals time

 

[WestyLife]

I have been saying Cole is an actual half so is the best 6.

his problem has been staying on the field

It looks like Ivan agrees. Kid is getting hammered on social media and Ivan is just giving him all the time he needs.

 

[West Nowra Panther]

I don't think so either but I think Jenkins showed plenty last week. I think he will do pretty well at centre.

Tough assignment though. Up against Graham or Wighton. Graham in particular has been great for Souths since returning from injury.

I think you'll find Graham is out. Tago will face Wighton on our right side most likely.

 

[Fangs]

I think you'll find Graham is out. Tago will face Wighton on our right side most likely.

Correct.

Wighton has been doing a bit of swapping. Just out of desperation when they are behind on points. Love to see how Jenkins handles it.

 

[Iamback]

It looks like Ivan agrees. Kid is getting hammered on social media and Ivan is just giving him all the time he needs.

We have 3 or 4 options all are rookies, all will make mistakes but we are scoring tries. That is a halves job to put tries on

We have hit a soft part in the draw so it should get easier for him

 

[betcats]

Casey will get a lot out of cup. He looks like he’s put on a lot of weight, physically he’s probably still getting used to it, he’s big enough already to be dominant physically in cup when he works it out, and his skills under pressure have let him down a bit.

Haven’t watched cup but based on his game last week I can believe milky has been going well at centre, he will do a solid job at least and we have been scoring without much trouble so we don’t need to much on that side.

 

[jane the pain]

Its one or the other really.

Having one of them sit on the bench for 75mins each week will do nothing to improve them

That's why I said decent minutes. Both can play massive roles

 

[Chins]

That's why I said decent minutes. Both can play massive roles

Not in our system. Its not how Ivan works

 

[soc123_au]

That's why I said decent minutes. Both can play massive roles

Who would you take the minutes off though? To play both you are either shifting Cole into lock at reducing minutes for Yeo, having them both play at 6 where they are taking minutes off each other or Blaize at 1 taking minutes off Dyl.

They might handle 9 taking minutes off Kenny, but don't know if the defensive load would hurt, Cole would probably handle it, not so sure on Blaize, at least not yet.

 

[BossleyPanther]

Blaize, and Cole, must be in the side upon Nathan's return, and be given decent minutes

At full strength Blaize needs time to develop, his 1st game against Newtown was woeful. He was not bad last week, but still drop the ball (it's the way he carries the ball)

 

[Chins]

Blazie drops out and my man Brad Schneider is onto the bench

 

[mxlegend99]

Schneider in. Watch us suddenly stop scoring points. Even from the bench the black hole that kills the attack should be too much to overcome.

Fingers crossed he doesn’t actually have to take the field. Toelau deserves a full game.

 

[Chins]

Big risk to play Laurie, I'd go as far as to call it stupid

 

[Fangs]

Haha what is going on here?

I reckon Schneider to start. Toelau to the bench.

Laurie who knows. I hope he isn't out because we really need him. Not confident on anyone else in the 19 to do the job in the 1.

 

[Hamstring awareness]

Schneider in, Blaize out. Nah, no good.

Danger game for us IMO. Our forwards are better but our inexperienced spine is a worry.