Belly in Brisvegas said:
At least Thorman had the guts to try a fwe things a bit out of the ordinary. Sure he didn't have a great game but he was trying to break it up with some stuff that simply didn't come off.
If it did come off, we'd want to bloke to get citizenship here!!!
At the time I was calling him every name under the sun but when I took 5 mins to think about I could at least commend him on having a go which is more than I can say for the most who trotted out last night.
It was hardly like his fowards were laying him a platform!
Sheez :x
Yes, however somebody needs to tell the twit that in very cold and wet weather CONSTANTLY grubbering on the first tackle with 5 minutes on the clock will get you nowhere.
He has talent. He just does not have a footballing brain.
In answer to the first post, why the HELL would you spend half a million dollars on Orford for one season when:
(a) He'd only play for one season and with Joey and Gower, he would NOT play Origin
(b) He would not have left Melbourne anyway.
Orford is a greedy prick. He wanted more money because he believes he warranted it. Thus he put on this show about leaving the Storm blah blah blah.
And signing Joe Williams - what for? We already have young halfbacks; if we were to sign a halfnack, why not a Kimmorley, a Sherwin, a Gower? Why a rookie? We have a surplus of rookie halves.
Reality check people: our best attacking player this season (not to mention organiser) has been Dykes. Sure, at times he's erratic. But once he settles into the game he's magic.
I'd rtaher have him play 5/8 and have Witt play outside him, but whatever.
We have a good playmaking, organising and experienced half.
You know what we NEED? Forwards who are not pussies and break tackles. Vella, Pearson, even Stapo - they work hard but never look dangerous in attack. And only Stapo hits hard in D.
Tsoulos is rapidly becoming a huge turnstile.
Armit never gets a go.
Widders is a gamebreaking BENCH player.
Hopkins has heart and a good attacking game, but he never looks like breaking tackles or stinging in D.
Once we get our best team back, we'll do better.
Picture it:
8. Cannings
9. Morris
10. Armit/Tsoulos (if he pulls his finger out anytime)
11. Hindmarsh
12 Cayless
13. Wagon
There's mobility, strength, tackle-breakers, offloaders, pace, aggression.
Compare it to yesterday's pack:
8. Pearson
9. Morris
10. Vella
11. Hopkins
12. Stapleton
18. Thorman (he was named at lock)
Front rowers - slow and lazy
Hooker - too much work for him
Second rowers - Aggresive (Stapo) but don't break tackles (Hopps) and never sting in D (Hopps)
Lock - NOT a lock; selfish game
Without a good forward pack we'll never do well.
And that is probably the main reason the Warriors won. Their forwards were great.
