Trial vs Sharks 2025

[Big Marn]

Kennedys setting up for.the home team win

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Kali (?) Done for taking out Sharks player on catch?

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Poor kick selection by Jett.
6 again inside the 10m.
Sharks score easily off kick.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Kennedys setting up for.the home team win

Any bonus points in the game?

 

[Big Marn]

Poor decision there my son. Ball would have gone dead

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Let the ball go Pasikal!

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Someone calls early siren by 5 sec for that poor performance all round.

 

[Big Marn]

Probably a fair result. Their playmakers for the last 15mins outshone ours.

 

[Izz]

Jett Cleary made some good defensive decisions, but definitely a long way off FG imo

 

[Big Marn]

"Bit of a sloppy performance". The interviewers all class

 

[Big Marn]

Jett Cleary made some good defensive decisions, but definitely a long way off FG imo

Yeh agree. They need to find a place for Taupiki. I dont care where. The team looks better when hes on the field. Simple as that.

 

[Izz]

They need to find a place for Taupiki. I dont care where

Yeah - he went pretty well there on the wing...

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Yeh agree. They need to find a place for Taupiki. I dont care where. The team looks better when hes on the field. Simple as that.

He should get picked ahead of Kosi on the wing any day

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

ok so I’m steamed tbf but….felt a lot like some classic Websterball again? The young blokes couldn’t hold the ball or do the basics to save themselves and it feels like when we’re in a winning position, we deliberately lose the ball to put our defence under pressure and see if we can find a way to lose.

*deep breath* nah I’m sure we’ll be sweet and Webster isn’t an idiot, bring on 2025

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Early days boys.

Nice offload by Vaimauga, Walker with 2 quick touches and CNK scores.

This is the blueprint for me. We had the highest completion rate in 2024 and it got us nowhere. That was a pure offload, I'd love to see us play more second phase footy to open up defences. Start being less predictable

 

[Meth]

DWZ out for the rest of the preseason

 

[Meth]

Nicoll Klokstad played a good Nicoll Klokstad game. Barnett played a good Barnett game.

Nice to see a 40/20 from Metcalf and also him kicking goals (as that's the strongest argument for Pompey)

I agree with @Izz about Cleary. Looked good on defence.

Walker, Healey and Tauipiki good.

Kosi put in a lot of effort. He just isn't very good.

 

[Meth]

That Hazelton try was diabolically soft. Made me think that this season was going to be a slog. Soft as butter from Capewell.

 

[Meth]

Yeh agree. They need to find a place for Taupiki. I dont care where. The team looks better when hes on the field. Simple as that.

I think I'm cautiously agreeing with that. To be honest, his size does still concern me a bit and I'm not sure I'd sign on to a 'I don't care where' policy, but he didn't do his chances of a right wing berth any harm. I guess that creates a scenario though where there are two centre spots for RTS, Berry and Leiataua (and it seems as if the RTS centre experiment is over anyway)

 

[Meth]

I doubt we'll play too many of our Las Vegas players in the next trial.