Rumours and Stuff

[Chipmunk]

Does Norman need a stint at Wenty? Seems like he’s not trying. Burns me say that because he’s one of my favourites but he’s just doing nothing.

Who do you replace him with?

 

[Jake the snake]

Who do you replace him with?

Nobody, because nobody will try harder and give a bit more effort.

 

[Gronk]

Does Norman need a stint at Wenty? Seems like he’s not trying. Burns me say that because he’s one of my favourites but he’s just doing nothing.

Not trying or not making any line breaks or running on to an off load ?

I think that lack of possession and space normally created by forwards bending the line is making it very hard for the likes of Norman, Moses, Jennings and French. These guys need half chances and are not getting any opportunities.

Agree that he is out of form, but it's the chicken vs egg scenario.

IMHO we need to get an even share of the ball first before we can judge. We got lots of ball 1st half vs Penrith and they ran riot. After that we have had no ball for 5 consecutive 40min periods.

Not saying that it's someone else's fault that we have no ball. We need to find the reason why teams are finding it easy to dominate possession against us.

 

[strider]

I was one that kept changing my mind about his return and was accepting due to the romanticism of the return.

The best member on these forums (Colonel) where is that bastard anyway? warned us and once again the wise old prick who is actually younger than me is proving so far to be right. I know many others had the same opinion even though I think it’s too early to call. However it’s not looking good so far.

I will lay off last night ... i already made a comment not realising he was supposedly injured at the kick off - he didnt seem to start limping until about 15 mins in

But prior to last night, apart from one decent tackle on Mansour he has looked slow and uninterested .... but tbh its no different to his time at the titans ... the guy is past it. 500k is overs ... people were dreaming thinking he would suddenly turn into mr magic again

 

[Chipmunk]

Nobody, because nobody will try harder and give a bit more effort.

Nobody? Or did you mean anybody?

 

[hineyrulz]

Has somebody again deleted my post here in rumors??

You can't post rumours in the rumours thread FFS!!

 

[Gronk]

I will lay off last night ... i already made a comment not realising he was supposedly injured at the kick off - he didnt seem to start limping until about 15 mins in

But prior to last night, apart from one decent tackle on Mansour he has looked slow and uninterested .... but tbh its no different to his time at the titans ... the guy is past it. 500k is overs ... people were dreaming thinking he would suddenly turn into mr magic again

You might be right. Good thing is that we did not sign him for years and years.

Maybe his role might be reduced to benchy and if that does not work out then he may have to be "rested".

 

[Chipmunk]

@Stevie has raised plenty of alleged issues. I can't believe that all are actually true. Sure a couple might, but we'd be playing alot worse if they were all happening..

 

[Bandwagon]

@Stevie has raised plenty of alleged issues. I can't believe that all are actually true. Sure a couple might, but we'd be playing alot worse if they were all happening..

Worse than last week?

 

[strider]

@Stevie has raised plenty of alleged issues. I can't believe that all are actually true. Sure a couple might, but we'd be playing alot worse if they were all happening..

Alot worse than 54-0? .... ok

 

[Chipmunk]

But I would've expected another performance like last week last night if that was all happening.

 

[strider]

But I would've expected another performance like last week last night if that was all happening.

Maybe cronulla are just the 2nd most poo team at the moment

 

[Chipmunk]

Maybe cronulla are just the 2nd most poo team at the moment

There was considerably more application and effort last night for the entire game. We didn't lose because of our attitude, which was the main reason for the loss last week.

 

[strider]

There was considerably more application and effort last night for the entire game. We didn't lose because of our attitude, which was the main reason for the loss last week.

Agree .... tho we do seem a bit lost like a team not playing as a team

 

[Eelementary]

Serious question - do you guys seriously think last night's loss was due to poor attitude/lack of enthusiasm?

The Sharks were kept quiet - but that's because our defence was first class, tbh.

Make no mistake- the Sharks were under-strength, but they threw plenty at us, but we refused to give in. I think that's commendable tbh.

Our big issue last night was that Moses and Norman had no idea what to do in the attacking 20.

We certainly had plenty of chances to win the game imo.

 

[Chipmunk]

Agree .... tho we do seem a bit lost like a team not playing as a team

I think our attack looks like crap because we're losing the play the ball and playing the ball too slow. Our middle forwards need to be better.

 

[Bandwagon]

I reckon it's more than that, our whole shape and timing is out of whack, like we don't know what the next play is.

 

[Incorrect]

I reckon it's more than that, our whole shape and timing is out of whack, like we don't know what the next play is.

We look like we're playing on a field that's 10 metres narrower than we're used to, by the time our centres are getting the ball they're almost on top of the sideline.

 

[Chipmunk]

I reckon it's more than that, our whole shape and timing is out of whack, like we don't know what the next play is.

Yeah, that's rather perplexing.

 

[TheRam]

If Koroisau is off contract at the end of this season like someone here has stated, I don't think that's right, but if he is I would go hard for him. Get rid of all the other dummy halves and give him their money. I have been going on about this guy when he was playing in the juniors at age 17-18. He will go very close to being the SOO hooker this year.

Players like Pangai Junior, Shannon Boyd and in particular Junior Paulo should be made a priority.

Kaufusi and Papalli are also off contract at the end of this year and should also be looked at.

I wonder if we get even one of these guys when all is said and done.

As for our juniors, I can't remember the last time we had a real gun forward or back come through. So much for all the hype about our juniors. Junior is probably the last and we didn't value him enough to hold on to him.

Seems as though nothing much has changed. Canberra and Penrith both junior developing clubs like ours seem to develop heaps of real quality and can hold on to many of them.

What the hell is going on with our club?!