The Bermuda triangle@. Sharks r9

[Saints Forever]

You don't underrstand how the Flanno machine works. It will be more or less the same team every week regardless of the performance the week before.
He has a top 17: Sloan, Rava, Suli, Bird, Lomax, Kyle, Hunt, Eisenhuth, Leilua, Sua, Sele, Liddle, F. Molo, Brown, Lawrie, De Belin, RFM.
If an outside back is injured, CT comes in and there is a reshuffle.
If a half or hooker is injured, Marschke comes in.
If a forward is injured BMM/M. Molo come in.

I suspect he feels the lower grade players aren’t ready yet

I think you will see that by mid-season this will change

 

[Dragon the chain]

I suspect he feels the lower grade players aren’t ready yet

I think you will see that by mid-season this will change

I suspect there are a few in his top 17 that aren't ready yet.

It won't change. He did the same with Sharks.

 

[TheRev]

I dont 100% agree with selections, but I support Flanno's approach, fans want musical chairs after every loss... but the music stops pretty quick when you play that game.

However.. a couple of consecutive losses will shift how rusted on that 17 is.. and we haven't had a bad run of games yet, we have in fact exceeded expectations.

Note: The only obvious upgrade from cup is Toby Couchman.. i.e. there is no hidden talent pool in our cup team.

 

[TheRev]

Sheez I didnt realise we hadnt beaten the Sharks since June 2020, 7 straight losses.. that said its probably not too dissimilar to results against penrith, storm, broncos etc... jag the very odd win.

 

[steerlerbab]

You don't underrstand how the Flanno machine works. It will be more or less the same team every week regardless of the performance the week before.
He has a top 17: Sloan, Rava, Suli, Bird, Lomax, Kyle, Hunt, Eisenhuth, Leilua, Sua, Sele, Liddle, F. Molo, Brown, Lawrie, De Belin, RFM.
If an outside back is injured, CT comes in and there is a reshuffle.
If a half or hooker is injured, Marschke comes in.
If a forward is injured BMM/M. Molo come in.

It is understandable. He is trying to get combinations going. At the moment our team is a bunch of individuals and a lot of times our set plays fail or in defense our defensive collapses . One good example of this was when Suli got concussed last week. Our team could not compensate for this and we all saw what happened.

 

[Tiger Shark]

Flanno was known when he was at the Sharks to rarely make changes and often he’d take ages to promote a junior who is obviously better than what is currently playing.

A good example was Holmes. Took longer than it should to promote him.

Dont expect him to change that much.

 

[Dragon the chain]

Flanno was known when he was at the Sharks to rarely make changes and often he’d take ages to promote a junior who is obviously better than what is currently playing.

A good example was Holmes. Took longer than it should to promote him.

Dont expect him to change that much.

Another good example was Frizzell.

 

[Slippery Morris]

If Flanno wants to surprise the Sharks I think a last minute change of Zac to fullback and someone from reggies to centre. The Sharks will probably base their attacking gameplay around Sloan and if they see Zac their may have to make last minute adjustments that throw a spanner in the works. Maybe put Sloan on the bench and have Sharks guessing will he or won't he come on. Play some mind games. Bird can drop into the backrow if Zac moves to centre to account for Sloan and fullback.

 

[Dragon the chain]

If Flanno wants to surprise the Sharks I think a last minute change of Zac to fullback and someone from reggies to centre. The Sharks will probably base their attacking gameplay around Sloan and if they see Zac their may have to make last minute adjustments that throw a spanner in the works. Maybe put Sloan on the bench and have Sharks guessing will he or won't he come on. Play some mind games. Bird can drop into the backrow if Zac moves to centre to account for Sloan and fullback.

He'll have to reduce the team sheet to 19 players on Saturday. Mat Fegai is the only outside back on the team sheet. So he would be the only possibility. It won't happen unless Sloan is injured.

 

[Dragon David]

If Flanno wants to surprise the Sharks I think a last minute change of Zac to fullback and someone from reggies to centre. The Sharks will probably base their attacking gameplay around Sloan and if they see Zac their may have to make last minute adjustments that throw a spanner in the works. Maybe put Sloan on the bench and have Sharks guessing will he or won't he come on. Play some mind games. Bird can drop into the backrow if Zac moves to centre to account for Sloan and fullback.

Yes, keep them guessing and playing mind games. Fitzy would have set game plans on our 1-17 for sure and have Sloan targeted and of course running up the middle all day so Flanno needs to cover these plans somehow.

 

[SBD82]

Yes, keep them guessing and playing mind games. Fitzy would have set game plans on our 1-17 for sure and have Sloan targeted and of course running up the middle all day so Flanno needs to cover these plans somehow.

This is genius.

Instead of playing our best team, we should surprise them and not play our best team.

They’ll never see it coming.

 

[HenryTatana]

With the forecast weather a short kicking game will need to be employed. Certainly hope Sua brings his kicking boots.

 

[since77]

This is genius.

Instead of playing our best team, we should surprise them and not play our best team.

They’ll never see it coming.

Well to be fair, he's still not playing our best team if f*$king Lawrie is in the side......
I bet that big, mean, well drilled Sharks forward pack is shaking in their boots and having a sleepless night knowing tomorrow they're going to be facing Blake Lawrie lumbering towards them in slow motion.

 

[since77]

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[since77]

With the forecast weather a short kicking game will need to be employed. Certainly hope Sua brings his kicking boots.

Never fear! We'll have Ben "Marquee game manager halfback" Hunt making sure our last tackle kicks make us look like the Three Stooges and I'm betting not one kick goes along the ground in wet conditions.

 

[Crush]

Just come from the ground and it’s pretty dry at this stage, the track won’t be underwater unless it pours for the next 24 hours.

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

Never fear! We'll have Ben "Marquee game manager halfback" Hunt making sure our last tackle kicks make us look like the Three Stooges and I'm betting not one kick goes along the ground in wet conditions.

After being at the Knights game recently and watching them destroy us with short kicks on the ground into the in goal area in very very wet conditions I will be totally pissed if we don't use this tactic....then again we do play ultra dumb at times dont we

 

[steerlerbab]

To win
1. Minimize errors
2. Minimize penalties and repeat sets that we give away
3. Control the possession rate
If it is another 53% 47% possession against us, we will lose

 

[BLM01]

Just come from the ground and it’s pretty dry at this stage, the track won’t be underwater unless it pours for the next 24 hours.

Guess what is predicted tomorrow!

 

[justadragon]

All I hope for is not another embarrassing showing. We always tend to be at our worst on national tv.