Round 7 Vs The Roosters

[Sime_11]

if he could stop dicking around with the team lists - name who's starting - he just looks stupid trying to pull off these tricky moves starting someone last minute

Leota and Papali'i off the bench for starters (they've started the last 5 and it hasnt worked) - Smith and Henry to start to take the sting out of the game

 

[BossleyPanther]

if he could stop dicking around with the team lists - name who's starting - he just looks stupid trying to pull off these tricky moves starting someone last minute

Leota and Papali'i off the bench for starters (they've started the last 5 and it hasnt worked) - Smith and Henry to start to take the sting out of the game

Paps isn't a Prop.
He should be on the left edge
Sorenson on the bench.

 

[WestyLife]

if he could stop dicking around with the team lists - name who's starting - he just looks stupid trying to pull off these tricky moves starting someone last minute

Leota and Papali'i off the bench for starters (they've started the last 5 and it hasnt worked) - Smith and Henry to start to take the sting out of the game

Paps isn't a Prop.
He should be on the left edge
Sorenson on the bench.

Yes to both of these. Just make Sorenson a bench middle

 

[Chins]

Yeo is our only forward who can bend the line or offer something different. We are badly lacking impact

 

[BossleyPanther]

if he could stop dicking around with the team lists - name who's starting - he just looks stupid trying to pull off these tricky moves starting someone last minute

Leota and Papali'i off the bench for starters (they've started the last 5 and it hasnt worked) - Smith and Henry to start to take the sting out of the game

Paps isn't a Prop.
He should be on the left edge
Sorenson on the bench.

Yes to both of these. Just make Sorenson a bench middle

Yes, I still can't believe recruitment team been asleep for the last 18 months.

 

[WestyLife]

Yeo is our only forward who can bend the line or offer something different. We are badly lacking impact

Leota should be that guy but just isn't. Henry wants to by the look of him but he's still working it out.

 

[Frankus]

There is ticker, not enough quality.
How much does To'o change?

Not enough if our edges are still leaking 24 points a game.

 

[Girds89]

Start garner on the right. Hes our fastest 2nd rower and best lateral mover. Hes been good the last 12 months and deserves a chance. I think he could be a short term fix to getting some confidence back in defence on that edge.

Soro on the left..

Start henry and smith. They to are our best defensive props.

Paps, martin and leota of the bench for impact. But they can all play good mins sondomt wait till boys are completely cooked on the field and missing tackles before you bring them on.. do it before that happens.

Cole at 14.

Back 5 only change is id play the mclean boys together.

We need to win this week no two ways about it. Scrap and fight for the 2 points and just find a win.

 

[Luke Bowden]

Yeo is our only forward who can bend the line or offer something different. We are badly lacking impact

When he actually runs

 

[Girds89]

One thing ivan needs to get rid of is the dump play back on the inside were tago is carting the ball back into middles....

Hes soo strong he edges through the line. But its just a waste...

How about just give him early ball and let him smash into the halfback at 100miles an hour..

Id like to see yeo play back through the ruck more.. our big sweeping plays have been worked out. Yeo straightening up and having, dyl amd blaize running off him looking for a pass or offload behind the ruck area.

We dont need full blown changes or to fully change our style. Just some minor tweaks.

Especially this week. Spencer is a terribke ruck defender. Go at him

 

[Fangs]

Start garner on the right. Hes our fastest 2nd rower and best lateral mover. Hes been good the last 12 months and deserves a chance. I think he could be a short term fix to getting some confidence back in defence on that edge.

Soro on the left..

Start henry and smith. They to are our best defensive props.

Paps, martin and leota of the bench for impact. But they can all play good mins sondomt wait till boys are completely cooked on the field and missing tackles before you bring them on.. do it before that happens.

Cole at 14.

Back 5 only change is id play the mclean boys together.

We need to win this week no two ways about it. Scrap and fight for the 2 points and just find a win.

Does Garner ever play right? Or even right centre? I thought it was all left.

The only guy we seem to swap is To'o.

 

[Old and Disgruntled]

One thing ivan needs to get rid of is the dump play back on the inside were tago is carting the ball back into middles....

Hes soo strong he edges through the line. But its just a waste...

How about just give him early ball and let him smash into the halfback at 100miles an hour..

Id like to see yeo play back through the ruck more.. our big sweeping plays have been worked out. Yeo straightening up and having, dyl amd blaize running off him looking for a pass or offload behind the ruck area.

We dont need full blown changes or to fully change our style. Just some minor tweaks.

Especially this week. Spencer is a terribke ruck defender. Go at him

Spencer might be in a bit of strife after his altercation with Thurston last night.

 

[BossleyPanther]

Spencer might be in a bit of strife after his altercation with Thurston last night.

What happened?

 

[Girds89]

Does Garner ever play right? Or even right centre? I thought it was all left.

The only guy we seem to swap is To'o.

Ive got no concerns about him playing on the right.

Hes a good defender. He moves very well laterally and is obviously quick enough to be a fill in centre.

I think having him there would put a bit more trust for edge speed on the right side..

Often tago and cleary are caught outnumbered and we dont have the speed to slide laterally to fix the overlaps.

Another issue is tago and alamonti aremt in sync.. when there are overlaps one seems to jam and one stays back or vice versa..

They either both jam or both stay back and slide..

Im confident we can turn it around.

1 week is a long time in the nrl.

I think the attack will come off the back of winning in defence. We have no issue getting up the other end as weve shown all year.

We need to go back to pressure footy in attack..no this panic crap. The team shouldnt care if we dont score after 4 or 5 repeat seats. This team was always built around the long game..

Wear a team down for 60/65mins then when they are exhausted capitalise. We are just giving away way to much cheap ball and penalties atm.

I really think we shouldnt even worry about the attack this week. Just focus on going through them..right through the middle..everyone straighten up including yeo.

Win this with our defence.

 

[Chins]

Spencer might be in a bit of strife after his altercation with Thurston last night.

For what? JT is a merkin

 

[Chins]

The most important thing we can do is get Edwards the f**k away from ballplaying. It's not working and never will

 

[Iamback]

Stability is one thing but there is a consistent theme around a few guys. Across a few years

Martin needs to wear his Origin jersey under his Panthers one.

That is one example from across the years

 

[Fangs]

Ive got no concerns about him playing on the right.

Hes a good defender. He moves very well laterally and is obviously quick enough to be a fill in centre.

I think having him there would put a bit more trust for edge speed on the right side..

Often tago and cleary are caught outnumbered and we dont have the speed to slide laterally to fix the overlaps.

Another issue is tago and alamonti aremt in sync.. when there are overlaps one seems to jam and one stays back or vice versa..

They either both jam or both stay back and slide..

Im confident we can turn it around.

1 week is a long time in the nrl.

I think the attack will come off the back of winning in defence. We have no issue getting up the other end as weve shown all year.

We need to go back to pressure footy in attack..no this panic crap. The team shouldnt care if we dont score after 4 or 5 repeat seats. This team was always built around the long game..

Wear a team down for 60/65mins then when they are exhausted capitalise. We are just giving away way to much cheap ball and penalties atm.

I really think we shouldnt even worry about the attack this week. Just focus on going through them..right through the middle..everyone straighten up including yeo.

Win this with our defence.

Just a general comment about left/right side I can't think of many examples of us changing that.

I think about Garner's strength and its that he finds his way to the try line. Plenty of the time off a short kick. Which Luai used to do (And maybe Tailagi can pull off) or Cleary has to swing over there and do it. We need points for sure so I would just play to his strength there and find another solution for the right.

But with our issues I want all the cute stuff to go away for a while. As you said 'panic' and its nauseating to watch Penrith play that way when we are far better than that. Where were the repeat sets and die with the ball in the corner plays against the Dolphins? From the 50th to 70th minute it should have been done by us plenty of times.

 

[Iamback]

Goes to show there's something there. They should probably simplify things. Just run tackle and the points will come through pressure.

We are too simplified.

Our attack is inside ball for 5 tackles and Kick and hope they knock on to score from

 

[Munky]

Does Garner ever play right? Or even right centre? I thought it was all left.

The only guy we seem to swap is To'o.

Garner played right centre at the end of the 2023 season while Tago was at the sensory retreat.