Rumours and Stuff

[Noise]

I'd rather give them Matterson at this point. I think Marata is more valuable to our team than Matto.

100%. I don't think Matterson is essential to our team.

With him in our team we win 63% of our games. In his 2 seasons with us he has missed 10 games (so far). Out of those 10 games we have won 8 and lost 2 (80% win record). Now I'm not saying he is the reason we won or lost those games but at his price and his concussions I don't think we are getting great value for money.

Release Rwyan

 

[Poupou Escobar]

If the team is only setting up to attack on the left and isn’t able to set up on both sides then isn’t that an indictment on the coaching staff?

Most teams favour one side of the field, including Souths. Their right side half, who is also their main kicker, only has six TAs while their left side half, fullback and centre have 33, 14 and 11.

Sam Walker is pretty banged up atm but I’d also argue that it would be a lot more difficult to be consistent as the sole playmaker on the team rather than as a centre.

Given the greater involvement of a half (in both attack and defence) I would suggest that over 80 minutes they have a greater sample of touches and defensive attempts for their class and consistency to shine through.

 

[crocodile]

I'd rather give them Matterson at this point. I think Marata is more valuable to our team than Matto.

Marata doesn’t have Matto’s offload. He’d be be unstoppable if he developed one though.

 

[Pazza]

Why not have matto and marata in the back row????? ICE is pretty awesome in the middle.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Why not have matto and marata in the back row????? ICE is pretty awesome in the middle.

Should interchange with Nrown.

 

[SneakyEel]

Why not have matto and marata in the back row????? ICE is pretty awesome in the middle.

But ICE is a machine on the edge and we get him on the field for 80min

 

[Poupou Escobar]

But ICE is a machine on the edge and we get him on the field for 80min

Definitely pros and cons

 

[King-Gutho94]

300-350k would be the most i would pay marata. He is a good clubman but if dragons want to pay overs. I would thank him for his service and wish him all the best.

I wouldn't begrudge him getting extra money at another club he certainly hasnt let us down ever in first grade

 

[Jake the snake]

Well he was stuck on the right and we were using that side to set up our left shift. It was no different the year before when Moses was on the right. The only reason he (Moses) had a few TAs last year is because he is our primary kicker.

Year	Moses TAs	Drown TAs	Gutherson TAs
2019	25	5	13
2020	8	5	17
2021	18	2	18

Walker has also had some shockers, and he is really struggling at the moment. He's had one TA since they beat us a month ago, and missed 27 tackles in his last 5 games. Like I said, it's difficult for these young blokes to concentrate over a full season. The mental fatigue really gets to them.

Another shit post alert IGNORE IGNORE. You trot out so much Bullshit . You have mental fatigue

 

[TheRam]

I have noticed these past 4 or so games, Waqa has been given lots of early ball even if there have been better options. It did change suddenly so Id suggest its coaches instructions. "Get Waqa early ball"!

The problem with that though it's not always the best option and it should be Dylbags responsibility on that side of the field to mostly always take the best option.

Till last week he rarely knew what that option was. Lets hope he can back up what he did against the Storm from here on in. If he can, we can give the comp a shake, if not we will be very one dimensional again and the likes of Panthers, Storm and Manly will blow us away while we will struggle to mount real attacking pressure.

 

[hindy111]

I blame D. Brown for that as much if not more then Waqa for that play.

It was a 3 on 3 scenario and all Brown had to do was engage the first(the man on him) defender and take the space(go to the line) then pass. If he had done that he would have held up all 3 defenders that extra little bit and allowed Waqa to run straight at his man, which would have made him and the remaining winger very nervous at the least. It may have even made the defending winger come in to assist and given our winger free air. Waqa in a 1on 1 situation is very dangerous and good odds to beat his man.

But instead, Brown passed the ball without engaging the defenders and taking the space first, gave Waqa early ball and basically said, do your best, which allowed all 3 defenders to slide and take Waqa over the sideline.

At that stage, I think it was our 2nd set with the ball, I thought, oh no not again, the guy is an absolute imbecile with the ball for a 5/8th. Will he ever learn?

But from that moment on he was "almost" flawless. Now if he can continue on like he played for the rest of that game, which I think was his most complete to date, then he will be a great player and 5/8th. Besides all of our our players stepping up against the Storm, it was his stellar performance that gave us the edge that we have been missing all season to execute a more threatening attacking game. If he can repeat it in all our remaining games then we can beat anyone on the day.

If Moses once again becomes the only focal point of all our attack, then the likes of Panthers, Storm, Manly and maybe even the Rabbits will eat us alive. You can't just bash your way to victory against the heavy weights. If only we had a Hammer or Johnston at the end of our backline.

It has to be our priority in the off season surely? Scour through all the grades of everywhere and try to find that blistering pace that we are so lacking and all our major rivals possess. We just can not afford to give teams the sideline at the moment cos the odds are that they will beat us. But equally annoying is that we can rarely beat them at the blink of an eye with an overlap down the sideline.

But back on Dylbags, he had a great game on the weekend. I hope that that now is his standard going forward.

I've got a few hammers here Ram. Including a ball pein. And a Johntson that's yours anytime

 

[The Phelan Folly]

I blame D. Brown for that as much if not more then Waqa for that play.

It was a 3 on 3 scenario and all Brown had to do was engage the first(the man on him) defender and take the space(go to the line) then pass. If he had done that he would have held up all 3 defenders that extra little bit and allowed Waqa to run straight at his man, which would have made him and the remaining winger very nervous at the least. It may have even made the defending winger come in to assist and given our winger free air. Waqa in a 1on 1 situation is very dangerous and good odds to beat his man.

But instead, Brown passed the ball without engaging the defenders and taking the space first, gave Waqa early ball and basically said, do your best, which allowed all 3 defenders to slide and take Waqa over the sideline.

At that stage, I think it was our 2nd set with the ball, I thought, oh no not again, the guy is an absolute imbecile with the ball for a 5/8th. Will he ever learn?

But from that moment on he was "almost" flawless. Now if he can continue on like he played for the rest of that game, which I think was his most complete to date, then he will be a great player and 5/8th. Besides all of our our players stepping up against the Storm, it was his stellar performance that gave us the edge that we have been missing all season to execute a more threatening attacking game. If he can repeat it in all our remaining games then we can beat anyone on the day.

If Moses once again becomes the only focal point of all our attack, then the likes of Panthers, Storm, Manly and maybe even the Rabbits will eat us alive. You can't just bash your way to victory against the heavy weights. If only we had a Hammer or Johnston at the end of our backline.

It has to be our priority in the off season surely? Scour through all the grades of everywhere and try to find that blistering pace that we are so lacking and all our major rivals possess. We just can not afford to give teams the sideline at the moment cos the odds are that they will beat us. But equally annoying is that we can rarely beat them at the blink of an eye with an overlap down the sideline.

But back on Dylbags, he had a great game on the weekend. I hope that that now is his standard going forward.

f**k me you talk some absolute shit. It reads to me blah blah blah sack the coach hes a useless merkin blah blah blah this merkin is f**ked that merkin is f**ked blah blah blah blistering pace is the answer blah blah

 

[IFR33K]

Another shit post alert IGNORE IGNORE. You trot out so much Bullshit . You have mental fatigue

Doesn’t look like I’m missing much.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

f**k me you talk some absolute shit. It reads to me blah blah blah sack the coach hes a useless merkin blah blah blah this merkin is f**ked that merkin is f**ked blah blah blah blistering pace is the answer blah blah

Remember when massive fat merkins in the forwards were the answer? TheRam is constantly three or four years behind the modern game.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Doesn’t look like I’m missing much.

You're not missing anything you bullshitting merkin. And why would you admit you had someone on ignore ffs. I thought you at least had some self respect, more than Phantom Bart anyway.

 

[The Predictor]

Brad to rest 7 players for panfers game (Fox Sports)

 

[JokerEel]

Brad to rest 7 players for panfers game (Fox Sports)

Gutho
Paulo
Moses
Marata
Papali'ì
NBrown
DBrown

 

[eels_fan]

Gutho
Paulo
Moses
Marata
Papali'ì
NBrown
DBrown

Don’t think Dyl will be rested, he’s had a few weeks off this year and hasn’t had any injury niggles.

He said 7-8 will get a rest on SEN.

my guess would be

Gutho -> Russell
Paulo -> Maka
NBrown -> Carty
Moses -> Jarthur
Waqa -> Opa/Oldfield
Papa -> Stone
Niukore -> Hipgrave
Lane -> Greig/Smith

 

[Jake the snake]

Don’t think Dyl will be rested, he’s had a few weeks off this year and hasn’t had any injury niggles.

He said 7-8 will get a rest on SEN.

my guess would be

Gutho -> Russell
Paulo -> Maka
NBrown -> Carty
Moses -> Jarthur
Waqa -> Opa/Oldfield
Papa -> Stone
Niukore -> Hipgrave
Lane -> Greig/Smith

Moses needs to keep playing. He had 2-3 games off for that injury and is starting to come back into some form.

 

[Gronk]

Moses needs to keep playing. He had 2-3 games off for that injury and is starting to come back into some form.

BA said it is also about giving his squad game time.