Without sugar coating it - severely disappointed.
It's a case of de ja vu. We haven't stood up on ANZAC Day for the best past of the last seven seasons (with one outlier being 2022). It's very much a habit for us now and a true litmus test of where we are as a football club these days.
Second time this year, we come into the game against the team which was running last in the comp prior to kick off and we don't come away with any result. Just more question marks and no real answers as to how we will go forward and possibly achieve something out of this season (that would be a better result than the last season).
Blake Lawrie is seriously ineffective. Needs to see his time out in reserve grade provided we have the other troops onboard (i.e. Hamish Stewart who will come back from concussion protocols). Unfortunately though, due to our lack of depth, Blake probably plays several more games this year.
Emre Guler - this is not turning out to be the buy we hoped. Has a lot of work to do. Otherwise we need to come up with a way to get Loko Jnr up into the top flight as soon as we can (and even though he's on the way to the Bulldogs - Finau Latu as well).
I'm not sure what the answer is in terms of our halves and believe we'll be stuck. They are going to remain hot & cold (with today being very cold). King-Togia and Glover are unlikely to be any better or worse, at least in the context of this season. I don't think we should be moving Gutho into 6 and upping his defensive workload, and I don't see the coach panicking into this move (but if one of the halves goes down injured this might need to happen forcefully at some point).
We have no grunt in terms of the wingers getting in there and doing the dirty work coming out of our own end. This is why Tui will get picked when fit. Maybe we do need to look at getting Allan and Lawson in there somehow? Again, I don't think the coaching staff will be panicking just yet.
Magic Round - we haven't won a game
Tigers - have a reasonable record in games at Suncorp, including Magic Round (from memory)
Dragons - we fall into hoodoos easily and take years to break them (ANZAC Day game heading in this direction not to mention the Storm and Raiders hoodoos which went for decades)
Anyway - we'll be back to go through it all again next week...
It's a case of de ja vu. We haven't stood up on ANZAC Day for the best past of the last seven seasons (with one outlier being 2022). It's very much a habit for us now and a true litmus test of where we are as a football club these days.
Second time this year, we come into the game against the team which was running last in the comp prior to kick off and we don't come away with any result. Just more question marks and no real answers as to how we will go forward and possibly achieve something out of this season (that would be a better result than the last season).
Blake Lawrie is seriously ineffective. Needs to see his time out in reserve grade provided we have the other troops onboard (i.e. Hamish Stewart who will come back from concussion protocols). Unfortunately though, due to our lack of depth, Blake probably plays several more games this year.
Emre Guler - this is not turning out to be the buy we hoped. Has a lot of work to do. Otherwise we need to come up with a way to get Loko Jnr up into the top flight as soon as we can (and even though he's on the way to the Bulldogs - Finau Latu as well).
I'm not sure what the answer is in terms of our halves and believe we'll be stuck. They are going to remain hot & cold (with today being very cold). King-Togia and Glover are unlikely to be any better or worse, at least in the context of this season. I don't think we should be moving Gutho into 6 and upping his defensive workload, and I don't see the coach panicking into this move (but if one of the halves goes down injured this might need to happen forcefully at some point).
We have no grunt in terms of the wingers getting in there and doing the dirty work coming out of our own end. This is why Tui will get picked when fit. Maybe we do need to look at getting Allan and Lawson in there somehow? Again, I don't think the coaching staff will be panicking just yet.
Magic Round - we haven't won a game
Tigers - have a reasonable record in games at Suncorp, including Magic Round (from memory)
Dragons - we fall into hoodoos easily and take years to break them (ANZAC Day game heading in this direction not to mention the Storm and Raiders hoodoos which went for decades)
Anyway - we'll be back to go through it all again next week...
That really hurt and against those rorters of all teams .
