Rumours and Stuff

[Eelogical]

I reckon many clubs had their injury phase early after lockdown and we had ours later.

Sometimes it just comes down to luck.

Over the season I reckon we burned out our best players (injuries aside) to make up for our stinky bench.

 

[Incorrect]

Agree, has the club employed anyone specifically in the last seven years to work on the mental side of the game?

Nathan Brown is pretty mental...

 

[IFR33K]

They should've played 80 minutes hey?

Yeah.

 

[Twizzle]

since when do Chooks need cap space

 

[Soto]

since when do Chooks need cap space

They don't..for the eyes only. Free up 3 x $150k players and sign 3 x $800k players..

 

[hindy111]

I think it smart. Theyve watched the kid and dont rate him as high as others so getting rid of now.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

The Chooks are actually pretty good at moving on good players before their decline, or not going to stupid money to keep them. Off the top of my head : SKD, Guerra, Napa, RTS, Pearce, Kane , Latrell, Fergo, Matto.

 

[Noise]

The Chooks are actually pretty good at moving on good players before their decline, or not going to stupid money to keep them. Off the top of my head : SKD, Guerra, Napa, RTS, Pearce, Kane , Latrell, Fergo, Matto.

Jennings

 

[84 Baby]

Prob not but there is no doubt a lot of our boys hit the wall the later the season went.

Souffs now face a team who also seem to have gone hard all season after they’ve had a weeks break, what if Souffs hit the wall this week?
What if Souffs going over the top last season helped them prepare for this season?

 

[Soto]

I think it smart. Theyve watched the kid and dont rate him as high as others so getting rid of now.

Time to get father and son to Parra.
Surely cant blame Kyle for the roosters shit defensive displays 3 weeks in a row.
Excellent goal kicker, defence has improved massively and will only get better.
Would always have mitch and dylbro as the starting halves but Kyle could be 14...
Plus u have a good quality half if dylbro or mitch are unavailable...plus roosters would be paying a good chunk if he comes to us

 

[84 Baby]

Jennings

They sure brought a quality replacement in for him

 

[Noise]

They sure brought a quality replacement in for him
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They knew they had Jospeh Manu and Latrell Mitchell coming through.

 

[Pazza]

Souffs now face a team who also seem to have gone hard all season after they’ve had a weeks break, what if Souffs hit the wall this week?
What if Souffs going over the top last season helped them prepare for this season?

Bennett wasnt talking about who had gone hard all season. He was talking about the ten week covid break.

It would suit BAs MO to treat those ten weeks like a second pre season. It explains how much more physically dominate parra was for the first half of the season and the panning off effect.

The story could be BS but it definately seems like a better explanation than a group of players becoming hopeless over the course of a season after showing good form.

 

[84 Baby]

Bennett wasnt talking about who had gone hard all season. He was talking about the ten week covid break.

It would suit BAs MO to treat those ten weeks like a second pre season. It explains how much more physically dominate parra was for the first half of the season and the panning off effect.

The story could be BS but it definately seems like a better explanation than a group of players becoming hopeless over the course of a season after showing good form.

Of course we did. I doubt we were the only ones (Rorters and Smugfers likely did).
There’s way too many moving parts over a season to declare who made the right decision in the break. There isn’t necessarily a right decision.
And I guess if Souffs weren’t smashed last season then they’d be the reigning premiers? It’s an impossible question that only one coach/team gets right every year

 

[Wally21]

Continuing to select Kevans over Kaufusi (or even Alvaro) was utterly confusing. BAs fixation on height in lieu of ability and development was baffling to say the least. One genuine prop on the bench and it was Kevans. Helloooooooo. Was that ever going to work? I note he hooked him pretty quickly after Kevans usual defensive efforts.

This Gazz. I actually forgot about Alvaro. He would have been handy in defence at the very least

 

[Poupou Escobar]

No shit. You mean first half ?

The second half was when we went away from it.

 

[crocodile]

since when do Chooks need cap space

They don't. They need sombrero space.

 

[oldmancraigy]

If you rewatch the game , the turning point was Davey falling off the tackle in the third try, our replacements got found out big time. I’ll say it again, the middles were left off for too long and that’s how Souffs got back in the game.

Evans is what he is, Davey is unlikely to improve and Stone is a bit undersized. Need to replace those leaving with some size and attitude, Moses is the least of our issues despite the bombardment from Slothfield and Hooper

This is it.

Rotating Paulo RCG and Brown needs to be worked on next season. Especially when all 3 of them can play 60mins plus. There has to be a way to have 2 of the 3 on the field almost every minute of every game

 

[hindy111]

This is it.

Rotating Paulo RCG and Brown needs to be worked on next season. Especially when all 3 of them can play 60mins plus. There has to be a way to have 2 of the 3 on the field almost every minute of every game

With Niakore and depends how much Kafusi develops then we may not have to.
Also depends who recruit. Lane may move to bench and play as a middle.

 

[hineyrulz]

The coach might trust Kaufusi enough by 2024 to give him more than 15 mins a game.