Who's our weakest link ?

[Soren Lorenson]

You wanna replace Reed with a dummy half that can defend the middle as well, I think that rules out the fresh prince.

Nah, I don't really want to replace Rheed with Will Smith. I want to replace him with Gutho and put Smith at fullback.

 

[84 Baby]

Nah, I don't really want to replace Rheed with Will Smith. I want to replace him with Gutho and put Smith at fullback.

Pfft Smith to FB, Gunco to 6, Drown to left centre, Menko to right second rower, Matto to lock and Nrown to hooker

 

[Soren Lorenson]

Pfft Smith to FB, Gunco to 6, Drown to left centre, Menko to right second rower, Matto to lock and Nrown to hooker

Hmmmm, I reckon Drown would make a pretty good centre. @BradAthur's

 

[yy_cheng]

We need to work out a way to let stone take on the defensive role that rheed does and hide rheed on the edge or somewhere to give him a breather whilst stone is on

A bit like Paul Taylor and sterlo did

 

[84 Baby]

We need to work out a way to let stone take on the defensive role that rheed does and hide rheed on the edge or somewhere to give him a breather whilst stone is on

A bit like Paul Taylor and sterlo did

Have them both grow luscious blonde locks?

 

[Noise]

We need to work out a way to let stone take on the defensive role that rheed does and hide rheed on the edge or somewhere to give him a breather whilst stone is on

A bit like Paul Taylor and sterlo did

Where on the edge are you going to put Mahoney? You don't want him next to the halves, and certainly don't want him making the defensive decisions at centre. And you can't defend him in the half position because that means one of the halves has to defend in the middle

 

[TheRam]

BA for Trent. Robinson.

 

[Twizzle]

Reed Mahoney leads the NRL tackle count, yeh let's replace him.

 

[IFR33K]

Hard to totally pick out just one player or our weakest link.


So here’s my few picks in no particular order.

1. sivo. Is leaking tries like a sieve. He needs pull his finger out.

2. The waka/fergo combo. Not sure it’s totally working. Waqa running out of the line and leaving fergo on his own is an issue. Also fergo can’t be totally blamed for his lack of tries. Jenko is great at creating opportunities for sivo, what benefit has waqa been for fergo?

3. Dummy half. Reed has good vision and great attributes to be a great Rake. But lack of running is making him one dimensional. He also lacks engaging markers getting his runners over the advantage line. We lack potency thru our 9. Teams will work us out. He’s far from our weakest link, but I’m going to make a call now. If we’re to get anywhere near the GF we absolutely need this kid to fire.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Reed Mahoney leads the NRL tackle count, yeh let's replace him.

Fittlers theory is that players who's tackle counts are high are the players the opposition prefer to run at.

 

[TheRam]

Fittlers theory is that players who's tackle counts are high are the players the opposition prefer to run at.

There is some merit to this, but it also doesn't take into account players like Reed who go looking for more tackles to make. This is why I said earlier in the season, he needs to stop the extra work that he DOESN'T have to do and then he may have that extra juice in the tank to take the line on and have a bit of a running game. He used to in the lower grades but now just wants make 50 tackles and pass the ball. He needs that extra dimension in his game to male him the complete dummy half.

 

[yy_cheng]

Where on the edge are you going to put Mahoney? You don't want him next to the halves, and certainly don't want him making the defensive decisions at centre. And you can't defend him in the half position because that means one of the halves has to defend in the middle

On the left wing? Moses is sometimes on the right wing in defense.

 

[Noise]

On the left wing? Moses is sometimes on the right wing in defense.

Moses only defends on the right wing on the kickoff .

 

[Bandwagon]

Fittlers theory is that players who's tackle counts are high are the players the opposition prefer to run at.

I know who I'd run at if I had a choice between Reed, RCG and Paulo.

 

[hindy111]

Rheed has a running game. He just isn't using it. I'm sure he will soon enough.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I know who I'd run at if I had a choice between Reed, RCG and Paulo.

Well don't keep us in suspense!

 

[Eelogical]

I know who I'd run at if I had a choice between Reed, RCG and Paulo.

Why wouldn't you run at a gap?

 

[Bandwagon]

Why wouldn't you run at a gap?

Because it isn't there.

 

[Eelogical]

Because it isn't there.

It should be if your halves knew what they were doing.

 

[Twizzle]

Fittlers theory is that players who's tackle counts are high are the players the opposition prefer to run at.

or the smallest player on the ground, problem is this guy has pretty low missed tackle count

he goes OK