This Week

[glenmoresharkie]

JT surprise?

Better

 

[bluefox68]

Better

Cool

 

[Craigshark]

Better

no chadddddd

 

[R-15-3]

Under the new rules Talakai is good for another few weeks rest coming up.

Makes you wonder if this crackdown was a few weeks earlier would we have resigned him? I’m sure he can change his style a bit and will be fine.

 

[R-15-3]

As much as iv been against everyone calling for Pele as I don’t think his defence is up to it, I’m starting to lean towards giving him a shot for 10min as we haven’t used one of our bench players any longer than that for past 5 weeks.
Seen his highlights from the jets last week and looked trimmer than at the start of the season?

 

[Tiger Shark]

Makes you wonder if this crackdown was a few weeks earlier would we have resigned him? I’m sure he can change his style a bit and will be fine.

Absolutely we would have. Players can adjust their tackling style pretty quickly, especially if they have to!

Talakai is pretty destructive in attack so that's reason enough to keep him.

 

[Ads]

Cya Chad.

 

[myrrh ken]

Pele steamrolled a few players on his way to a 50m try for Newtown on the weekend. Faded a bit as the game went on but I could see him playing in that Magoulias role as the last player off the bench and being effective for 10 minutes.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...s/news-story/622ffe929573d1442250c89ab266e312

 

[Ozzi_78]

SJ and MM.

Nice call Fitz.

 

[carinashark]

SJ and MM.

Nice call Fitz.

Just no. Then again their chance to shine? They should be an easy read for the Titans.

 

[Frenzy.]

Makes you wonder if this crackdown was a few weeks earlier would we have resigned him? I’m sure he can change his style a bit and will be fine.

Yes. He's one of the first retained so was an obvious priority retention.

 

[snout]

So CT, SJ and MM all available.

Hmmm.

Chads dropping probably woulda happened 2 weeka ago if SJ didnt go down

 

[Frenzy.]

Chads dropping probably woulda happened 2 weeka ago if SJ didnt go down

It would have. He's known for weeks.

 

[snout]

It would have. He's known for weeks.

Nah nah nah.
Youre not doing that.
Claiming insider knowledge AFTER da fact.

Nobodys put anything out there thats come to pass yet - so we arent resorting to posters claiming they knew something was going to happen AFTER we all see it.

 

[R-15-3]

It would have. He's known for weeks.

“Our man Chad Townsend cannot and will not get dropped for the remainder of the season. Why? Because both Chad and Coach Josh Hannay belongs to the same Management Company - Pacific Sports Management. Interestingly, the same company as John Morris!”

which one is it??

 

[Ozzi_78]

“Our man Chad Townsend cannot and will not get dropped for the remainder of the season. Why? Because both Chad and Coach Josh Hannay belongs to the same Management Company - Pacific Sports Management. Interestingly, the same company as John Morris!”

which one is it??

To be fair one is frenzy’s opinion and one is Hannay’s.

 

[BatteredFlake]

Absolutely we would have. Players can adjust their tackling style pretty quickly, especially if they have to!

Talakai is pretty destructive in attack so that's reason enough to keep him.

Well they can adjust their tackling style quickly but the instictive Stick your arm out if you've been stepped, throw your arm over the shoulder when chasing a runaway try, etc are reactions that need a lot of practice and training to overcome . they need an alternative... you have been stepped , you miss ... throw an arm out ? or maybe turn , chase look for off load etc Its a game of Millimetres and also a gAME OF MILI SECONDS the reactions need to be conditioned reactions that need to be trained into players till they are instinctive.
shoulder charges ? big Tino really walks a fine line with these , might be something chambers could remind him of . really is a big one to concentrate on for our guys for rest of yr , AND off season cause its not going away .

 

[BatteredFlake]

Yeah .. I might never have played league to high level but Have played other sports and Adjusting Tackling style , at this level ., having come up through the ranks doing it in set way ,, is not going to be an overnight fix .