Team vs Titans

[RHYTHM AND STEALTH]

I expext an extended bench today with all the guys carrying niggles

 

[Penrose_11]

I expext an extended bench today with all the guys carrying niggles

VODAFONE WARRIORS v GOLD TITANS
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
5pm, Saturday, July 2

VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 David Fusitu?a
2 Tuimoala Lolohea
3 Blake Ayshford
4 Solomone Kata
5 Ken Maumalo
6 Thomas Leuluai
7 Shaun Johnson
8 Jacob Lillyman
9 Issac Luke
10 Albert Vete
11 Bodene Thompson
12 Ryan Hoffman (c)
13 Simon Mannering

Interchange
14 Nathaniel Roache
15 Sam Lisone
16 Ben Matulino
17 Charlie Gubb

 

[Penrose_11]

Wright dumped and Tui on the wing.

My 9yr old just said to me "But Dad that makes no sense. Fusi is a much better finisher. Why is he at fullback? He's a winger."

 

[hitro]

Goodbye Wright for now, goodbye Robson for ever

 

[Benek]

I'd like to see Fus on the wing but at least Cappy made the one obvious change of Tui in for Wright. Had he not done that I would have lost my marbles.

 

[vvvrulz]

I like Fus at the back, and as long as TL is immune Lolo as starting wing is the next best thing

 

[spear tackle]

The coach must read this and many other message boards

 

[Leber]

Where's Manu? Supposed to be back this week.

Swap tui and fus around and the teams good

 

[ZEROMISSTACKLES]

The coach must read this and many other message boards

Do you reckon? Cos I might make a thread called 'f**k u cappy'

 

[Big Marn]

Do you reckon? Cos I might make a thread called 'f**k u cappy'

+1


We won 3 on the trot and he goes and changes things. He bullshitted the media about Loloheas defensive woes, yet we conceded 18, 18 and 12 points in those games before he moves Fusitua to FB. Now Fusitua is not going to be on the end of the line doing those pinpoint touchdowns. Tui doesnt have those big long arms and cant do the splits in midyear, so i just think he is blunting our attack by not Having Fus on the wing. He got 4 tries in one game there ffs. He is just tinkering for the sake of tinkering and its f**king bullshit. The guy is clueless.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Haha, our coach is a complete muppet.

Defends Wright vehemently in the presser, says the dropped catch was Ayshford's fault, says he does a role that the team appreciates...then delivers the ultimate show of no faith and that Wright is useless by dropping him after a week in.

Mind you, it is the right decision. As is no back on the bench. I still think we all agree 1. Lolohea 2. Fusi is better than 1. Fusi 2. Tui but hey, small victories and all that. I dunno. Who saw issues in Tui's game? Who saw any issues in the incredible finishing of Fusi? This guy McFadden changes his mind more than I change my undies.

 

[RHYTHM AND STEALTH]

f**k me
Roache over Jazz your kidding me

 

[Meth]

f**k me
Roache over Jazz your kidding me

no surprise

Tevaga is out of favour now, for some reason

 

[Meth]

well, it's probably because both of our halves are dodgy atm

 

[TheDMC]

As Big Marn indicates, McFadden has Tinkeritis -

As defined by Merriem Webster: Tinkeritis - A symptom of ineptitude, where one randomly tinkers in the hope of obfuscating a complete lack of strategic or tactical nous.

On current form, who do you guys think is actually the better full-back or wing? Futs or Lolo?

I'm tending toward Futs on both counts. Just based on the past month mind you.

Despite that, I think Futs should be on the wing because his finishing is sublime there. And you need that on the wing.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Roache is bog standard. Tevaga brought something more from what I could see, but I dunno.

Neither does our coach.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

As Big Marn indicates, McFadden has Tinkeritis -

As defined by Merriem Webster: Tinkeritis - A symptom of ineptitude, where one randomly tinkers in the hope of obfuscating a complete lack of strategic or tactical nous.

On current form, who do you guys think is actually the better full-back or wing? Futs or Lolo?

I'm tending toward Futs on both counts.

Despite that, I think Futs should be on the wing because his finishing is sublime there. And you need that on the wing.

Fus is a better fullback, IMO. But he's also a better winger. There's a theory in economics called comparative and absolute advantage. Fus might have an absolute advantage over Tui in playing FB and wing, but in terms of comparative advantage I believe we gain more with 1. Tui 2. Fusi.

 

[RHYTHM AND STEALTH]

Roache is bog standard. Tevaga brought something more from what I could see, but I dunno.

Neither does our coach.

Agreed

 

[MKEB...]

Devil's advocate here. But, what much has Roache done wrong in comparrison to Tevaga?

 

[RHYTHM AND STEALTH]

Nothing
But Jazz tears it up in whatever team he plays for