Rumours and Stuff

[hindy111]

People were saying we should be looking at signing someone George Burgess, i said he's an old broken down cripple and we'd be mad at signing him i'd rather chase a young mobile forward. Then Twiz decided to i have no idea what he was going on about young 18 year olds...........

And thats about it.

Your being an ass hat

 

[strider]

Ass hat

 

[hineyrulz]

Your being an ass hat

So my usual then????

 

[Poupou Escobar]

After seeing a couple of games from Hopgood I think he's going to instil some line speed. Look like he likes the hard contact.

Are you saying he chases collisions?

 

[lucablight]

Go forward isn’t our issue. Our issue is struggling to limit the go forward of opposition teams. I think I read somewhere at one stage we ranked 14th for the season. It’s no coincidence that we had the worst defence in the top 8 and it’s absolutely the reason we were annihilated in the grand final. I hope it’s an issue we address during the off season. Whether it’s through coaching or buying players to reconstruct the roster in that manner I don’t know.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

We definitely need smaller forwards in the middle. Look at Penrith’s pack, all either short or lightweight apart from Kikau, who is a freak.

 

[hindy111]

We definitely need smaller forwards in the middle. Look at Penrith’s pack, all either short or lightweight apart from Kikau, who is a freak.

When we had small mobile forward we needed bigger forwards. Now we have them we need to revert back.
We are unlucky

 

[Pazza]

We just need to find our Rubin cotter or Liam martin. Hopefully hopgood and/or rodwell can be that for us.

 

[hindy111]

We just need to find our Rubin cotter or Liam martin. Hopefully hopgood and/or rodwell can be that for us.

My is 23 so not too late but I reckon he is probably nothing more then a handy squad player who can come in and give you 10 -12 games a season. But not a game changer.
Nothing wrong with these players but they don't improve your side. And they aren't getting PAID to.
Hopgood is a different scenario as he was one of the NSW CUP standouts. Did anyone from our side make the NSW CUP side of the year?

 

[hineyrulz]

When we had small mobile forward we needed bigger forwards. Now we have them we need to revert back.
We are unlucky

You can’t help bad luck mate, especially when you are a broke tin pot club like ours with no money

 

[Eelementary]

We definitely need smaller forwards in the middle. Look at Penrith’s pack, all either short or lightweight apart from Kikau, who is a freak.

And also, arguably, their weakest defender on the pack.

 

[yy_cheng]

Go forward isn’t our issue. Our issue is struggling to limit the go forward of opposition teams. I think I read somewhere at one stage we ranked 14th for the season. It’s no coincidence that we had the worst defence in the top 8 and it’s absolutely the reason we were annihilated in the grand final. I hope it’s an issue we address during the off season. Whether it’s through coaching or buying players to reconstruct the roster in that manner I don’t know.

Actually go forward is an issue. How many times did moses have to kick us out from behind the 40m?

I dont realy count games against the minnows either coz we just bully them.

If it wasnt for our offloads, we struggle to get out of our half

I also agree that defense is another issue and thats also because we are nice guys and dont lay around the ruck

Alot of teams have 3 defenders in and they tske ages to get off our blokes

 

[Snoochies]

It wasn't that long ago we had near the best defense in the game from memory, but we couldn't score points. I think we kept losing by a couple points each game. What happened? We can score more now but we can't defend them anymore.

 

[hineyrulz]

Actually go forward is an issue. How many times did moses have to kick us out from behind the 40m?

I dont realy count games against the minnows either coz we just bully them.

If it wasnt for our offloads, we struggle to get out of our half

I also agree that defense is another issue and thats also because we are nice guys and dont lay around the ruck

Alot of teams have 3 defenders in and they tske ages to get off our blokes

Flat track bullies, look at the GF the Riff did to us what we do to the other teams. Bunch of meanies. Whenever a team chases the collision as good or better than us we shit the bed.

 

[Avenger]

The more I think about it the more I realise that we overachieved this year.

 

[yy_cheng]

Flat track bullies, look at the GF the Riff did to us what we do to the other teams. Bunch of meanies. Whenever a team chases the collision as good or better than us we shit the bed.

The wrestling on the ground sctually tires the attacker as they struggle to get up against 3 x 100kg + men. And the constant going bsck and defend aftrr giving the opposition a quick play the ball also does that

Our overuse of our highly paid forwards also contributes.

So of course we will have lapses in defense and stop the go forwards

Yes panfers, dont rotate the bench much but they play smarter.

They slow the play the ball and let their players getback and be ready, they fein injury, their forwards wait st the 40m line until their back 5 brings the ball back

I dont kniw the stats, but i dont think jfh or thr othrr prop is on the field as long as reg or jnr

 

[yy_cheng]

The more I think about it the more I realise that we overachieved this year.

I agree thats why i didnt switch my ba vote.

If we made a close game of the gf then yeah i think we have improved but our gameplan and strategies are way too behind the panfers

 

[lucablight]

Actually go forward is an issue. How many times did moses have to kick us out from behind the 40m?

I dont realy count games against the minnows either coz we just bully them.

If it wasnt for our offloads, we struggle to get out of our half

I also agree that defense is another issue and thats also because we are nice guys and dont lay around the ruck

Alot of teams have 3 defenders in and they tske ages to get off our blokes

We were 2nd in all run metres and post contact metres for the season. The reason Moses was kicking from behind the forty was because we weren’t restricting Penriths yardage and they were forcing us back for basically the entire game with their line speed in defence and running rampant through our middle. They were able to play fast and we couldn’t match it.

 

[Avenger]

I agree thats why i didnt switch my ba vote.

If we made a close game of the gf then yeah i think we have improved but our gameplan and strategies are way too behind the panfers

We all need to accept that we are witnessing the greatest team since our own in the 80’s. Panthers are that good.

 

[yy_cheng]

When we had small mobile forward we needed bigger forwards. Now we have them we need to revert back.
We are unlucky

Thats the same as our attack was crap in 2021 so lets get barrett in for 2023 to fix it when we attack fine in 2022.

Then we struggle in defense in 2022 so we'll probably get a specialist defensive coach for 2024

We're like chasing our tails