Register a free account today to become a member of the world's largest Rugby League discussion forum! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
Here's a tip: we won't be the best team in the comp this year. You should've known that prior to last night's game. And the type of game that suits us is one where the refs enforce the rules, like they did in the first half of 2020.
Its good your always positive Gronk but wishful thinking and reality are different.
Your defence should be able to cope with a player getting beaten on the inside. That try was on Lane not giving a f**k, so yes, an edge defender. But one who should only be playing in the middle.
I didn't find any positives in last night's game, at least not about Hipgrave. He's below average, like the majority of backup players. I hope we don't need to use him much. These blokes are ahead of him:
Agreed. It was still a try down our right edge though. Lane sucked last year on the edge and appears worse this year. Unfortunately he’s going to be starting there for the first month or so. I can’t stand the lazy disinterested prick.
Tbh this is the only significant thing to come out of this trial and it really opens up some interesting questions. Will this be the new norm going forward? Was it done for a specific purpose ie. our halves will be playing both sides this year or maybe to give Dylan more opportunities to work on his long kicking game? Then again it could just be some massive BA smokescreen!
We won't???? Well thats disappointing. Oh well i might hold off on the World club challenge. We might not be number 1 on the park but we will always be first in excuses.
He's swapped our halves and edge forwards. That's a significant change.
I reckon it was done for defensive reasons. Drown is a better defender than Moses so they put him next to waqa Blake (who is shit).And Cartwright (also a shit defender) was going to start on the edge so putting him on an edge next to brown is also a better plan than having him and Moses next to each other. It’s not going to make much of a positive or negative difference to our limp attack.
It's the same shit in reverse, side to side crap that struggles to threaten the top sides. Hmmmmmm it seems we have seen this movie before......
Gee Gronky. Did Cleary kick your dog? I reckon he played some outstanding footy last year. How do you think it would work out if Mitch and Cleary swapped teams?
We played the NRL premiership favourites (TAB $5) on their home ground. Do you reckon you might've gotten more confidence if we had trialled against the Dragons (TAB $51) at Bankwest instead?
Don't forget the last game they played was the grand final loss. They seemed pumped.
You think we're-not-good-enough is an excuse? Weird
The top sides have good inside pressure in defence. The solution is obviously not to go around them but in a trial match where you want to get merkins involved you have to pass the ball.
I wondered the same but then JA also played on the right, even though he wasn't on for long. And I don't know if Will Smith is terrible on the right, so JA it was. Or maybe BA did it so Moses doesn't twig and throw a tantrum.
