Dean Young was absoultly outstanding. I honestly think that Young has to wear the number 13 jersey and Timmins has to be in the second-row. Young displayed a good passing game as well as a grubber to Kelly that led to a try. He has stepped up a gear from last year and has really impressed.
Timmins to me once again slowed the flow of attack. Whenever he died with the ball we looked unorganised. The guy is a damaging ball runner, not a ball player. It's beyond me why he wears the number 13, when he would be at his best running along the fringes of the ruck. I would really like him to cart the ball forward, because when he did last nigth he easily carried 3-4 defenders on him for 10 metres.
Bailey the animal is back! Had a very good hit out for game the Bulldogs game.
In refernce to our attack, i'd like to change it a little bit. If we could get Sims and when Ryles comes back running on the edges, and use Thommo up the middle that would be highly benefical for the team. Thommo makes yards, but his chances of beating the defenders outwide are minimal. Use his go forward to our advanatage and play him in the middle. I think it was obvious that Browny demanded Thommo to be more selective with his offloads, as a result Thompson was a lot more patient and his offloads were more effective.
I think Youngquest played himself out of a wing spot. Twice in the second half he went for intercepts and was caught out of position in attack. Best played soundly.
Brett Kelly is a damaging runner and could possibly be the backrower we have been looking for. But, i'm defiently worried about his defence. He has a tenedency to go high and get shrugged off with the fend. is attack is awesome, but he will need to clean his defence up for Round One.
Clint was his usual-self at the back, a fantastic player.
The halves combination was a vast improvement on last week. Gorrell played with a lot of depth and kicked a 2 40/20s. I was a little bit dissapointed in Razzle-Dazzle. After having dominated so much last week, he was very timid to get involved. He stood and passed a lot, without really running to the line. He has a very good kicking game so i think once he gets his confiednce levels right back up then he will be able to put pressue on for a NRL birth, but at this stage its way off.
Willie T outwide played well, although he was found out on two occasisions by Tezza. Daryl Millard was very impressive for a youngster when he came on. Lined up both Hill and Hoppa on a few occasions. Like Willie, he allowed Tezza to go over him for a try.
Willie Manu was strong in attack and hit hard, whilst Bryan Norrie looks a lot more confident then last season. It was dissapointing when Henderson went off as he was looking strong.
I'm not convinved on Corey Payne yet. He does not seem to me to have the will-power to be a first grader. He just lacks that extra step in attack.
Ash played a lot better then last week, but still has abit of improvement to do.
Keith and Lewis around the ruck and halves were very sharpe.
Some other general comments, one of the areas which needs to be drastitclty improved is our marker defence. Chad Randall found us out on a few occassions as did Shayne Dunely. The markers were slow getting to their feet and the defence around the ruck did not cover for them. That's one area where i'd be looking to improve.
The depth in attack was sensational. If we can use that sort of depth, Barrett and Head are going to have a huge amount of options.
One last thing, Michael Ennis is as keen as ever to get out onto the field, he will be fit round one and if his enthusasism is anything to go buy, we have bought ourselves a winner.
Hope this helps those that couldn't make it!
Timmins to me once again slowed the flow of attack. Whenever he died with the ball we looked unorganised. The guy is a damaging ball runner, not a ball player. It's beyond me why he wears the number 13, when he would be at his best running along the fringes of the ruck. I would really like him to cart the ball forward, because when he did last nigth he easily carried 3-4 defenders on him for 10 metres.
Bailey the animal is back! Had a very good hit out for game the Bulldogs game.
In refernce to our attack, i'd like to change it a little bit. If we could get Sims and when Ryles comes back running on the edges, and use Thommo up the middle that would be highly benefical for the team. Thommo makes yards, but his chances of beating the defenders outwide are minimal. Use his go forward to our advanatage and play him in the middle. I think it was obvious that Browny demanded Thommo to be more selective with his offloads, as a result Thompson was a lot more patient and his offloads were more effective.
I think Youngquest played himself out of a wing spot. Twice in the second half he went for intercepts and was caught out of position in attack. Best played soundly.
Brett Kelly is a damaging runner and could possibly be the backrower we have been looking for. But, i'm defiently worried about his defence. He has a tenedency to go high and get shrugged off with the fend. is attack is awesome, but he will need to clean his defence up for Round One.
Clint was his usual-self at the back, a fantastic player.
The halves combination was a vast improvement on last week. Gorrell played with a lot of depth and kicked a 2 40/20s. I was a little bit dissapointed in Razzle-Dazzle. After having dominated so much last week, he was very timid to get involved. He stood and passed a lot, without really running to the line. He has a very good kicking game so i think once he gets his confiednce levels right back up then he will be able to put pressue on for a NRL birth, but at this stage its way off.
Willie T outwide played well, although he was found out on two occasisions by Tezza. Daryl Millard was very impressive for a youngster when he came on. Lined up both Hill and Hoppa on a few occasions. Like Willie, he allowed Tezza to go over him for a try.
Willie Manu was strong in attack and hit hard, whilst Bryan Norrie looks a lot more confident then last season. It was dissapointing when Henderson went off as he was looking strong.
I'm not convinved on Corey Payne yet. He does not seem to me to have the will-power to be a first grader. He just lacks that extra step in attack.
Ash played a lot better then last week, but still has abit of improvement to do.
Keith and Lewis around the ruck and halves were very sharpe.
Some other general comments, one of the areas which needs to be drastitclty improved is our marker defence. Chad Randall found us out on a few occassions as did Shayne Dunely. The markers were slow getting to their feet and the defence around the ruck did not cover for them. That's one area where i'd be looking to improve.
The depth in attack was sensational. If we can use that sort of depth, Barrett and Head are going to have a huge amount of options.
One last thing, Michael Ennis is as keen as ever to get out onto the field, he will be fit round one and if his enthusasism is anything to go buy, we have bought ourselves a winner.
Hope this helps those that couldn't make it!
