Team v Eels

[SpaceMonkey]

Metcalf is back in NSW Cup too.

 

[Big Marn]

Hasn’t he regularly played wing in NSW cup?

i think he did in 2023 but not so much this year.

 

[Big Marn]

So Johnson, Nicoll-Klokstad, Ale in
Ford, Martin, Kosi out.

woops. I cant read..

 

[SpaceMonkey]

With Ford out, no player will manage to play every round in FG this year.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Metcalf is back in NSW Cup too.

No shit!?!? Wow, that's awesome.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

CNK has the no1 locked down.
Martin injured or dropped on form?

 

[Penrose Warrior]

CNK has the no1 locked down.
Martin injured or dropped on form?

He's named in the extended squad, so dropped presumably? Ford is injured.

My issue is - and we always temper this with the fact I know very little about league structure - we now have a crocked SJ, who hasn't shown much in terms of playmaking and his previous spark this year, and CHT who might be a great defensive presence, but really hasn't been putting people away on attack, either. That is nervous times for our ability to score points.

 

[ozenzud]

He's named in the extended squad, so dropped presumably? Ford is injured.

My issue is - and we always temper this with the fact I know very little about league structure - we now have a crocked SJ, who hasn't shown much in terms of playmaking and his previous spark this year, and CHT who might be a great defensive presence, but really hasn't been putting people away on attack, either. That is nervous times for our ability to score points.

I agree. Every game is must win now. SJ has been injured and not playing that well. TMM was playing reasonably well and the spark that did score tries.

If the team plays well, all the last games are in theory, win-able. There's no Storm, or full strength Penriff team there. Cronulla will be hard and so will the bulldogs. Actually so will the Phins and Manly. But in theory, we could win if we play well. Very, very few games this year have been really good performances.....

 

[Izz]

TMM's form might've dropped a bit but we've still been in games, and in most cases the better team even if we've lost. This feels to me like a 'we have to get him back in because he's SJ decision.' I hope I'm wrong, of course, and SJ and the team have a blinder and beat Parra by 40 but I'm just not feeling it right now.

 

[Meth]

Sj is a Hail Mary play

 

[vvvrulz]

I'm willing to chuck some faith in SJ, let's not forget the guy absolutely carved up last year and was often the difference between a win and a close loss (and we've had a LOT of close losses).

I just hope he's actually fully fit.

 

[vvvrulz]

Wow I just assumed TMM was the #6, that's huge.

If he got straight dropped that's a very interesting call.

 

[RHYTHM AND STEALTH]

He's named in the extended squad, so dropped presumably? Ford is injured.

My issue is - and we always temper this with the fact I know very little about league structure - we now have a crocked SJ, who hasn't shown much in terms of playmaking and his previous spark this year, and CHT who might be a great defensive presence, but really hasn't been putting people away on attack, either. That is nervous times for our ability to score points.

I think having Walker at 13 will help negate this

 

[Meth]

It’s a bit of a Hail Mary play for SJ, the player, too

 

[Izz]

Wow I just assumed TMM was the #6, that's huge.

If he got straight dropped that's a very interesting call.

My guess is CHT will have goal-kicking duties. He also has a better long kicking game than TMM. Too, when SJ and TMM have been the halves this year, TMM has basically been invisible

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Sj is a Hail Mary play

Feels that way to me. His last outing was the Titans debacle, where he clearly wasn't fit. I love SJ, I have since I watched him in 20s. But I have no expectations. He hasn't really fired a shot all year, he is carrying one of the hardest injuries to carry as a playmaker,

I wonder, even if it's subconscious, if Webster can't bring himself to drop a guy with the gravitas of SJ. He just can't pull the trigger on playing him in NSW Cup.

Incidentally, anyone remember when SJ last played NSW Cup and who the coach was who banished him down there? And for a bonus point, who played 7 in his place?

 

[sup42]

Hasn’t he regularly played wing in NSW cup?

I don't follow that comp as closely as @sup42 so I haven't seen it if he has.

Yeah Moala is a Center Winger. He is good in both positions. I prefer him at Center because of his passing and Try assists but he is a genuine power winger and good finisher as much as he is a Center and as @Brian potter say's he plays at Wing in cup too.

 

[Blair]

Feels that way to me. His last outing was the Titans debacle, where he clearly wasn't fit. I love SJ, I have since I watched him in 20s. But I have no expectations. He hasn't really fired a shot all year, he is carrying one of the hardest injuries to carry as a playmaker,

...Incidentally, anyone remember when SJ last played NSW Cup and who the coach was who banished him down there? And for a bonus point, who played 7 in his place?

Cappy and Jeff Robson? Circa 2016?

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Cappy and Jeff Robson? Circa 2016?

Shit I might've missed something around that time...but the one I remember was Tony Iro 2012, replaced by Pita Godinet. Iro tried to make a 'look at me I'm tough' play and dropped SJ and Maloney in the final game of the season. No one bought it.

 

[Blair]

Shit I might've missed something around that time...but the one I remember was Tony Iro 2012, replaced by Pita Godinet. Iro tried to make a 'look at me I'm tough' play and dropped SJ and Maloney in the final game of the season. No one bought it.

No, I was just guessing, and thought it was my answer. It wouldn't be, as 2016 was a pretty good year. Some tight games won, some tight games lost.