TEAM LIST Round 2 vs. Knights

[1eyedmel]

Tbh u gotta be a egoist to be a great halfback imo

Brooks lacks self confidence
....

💯 correct. And this infiltrates through the rest of the playing group and compounds our problem. The sooner the club recognises this problem instead of trying to solve it, the sooner we win a premiership

 

[Macca0806]

Not really but John Bateman was training with the squad.

 

[rusted-on]

He made more runs than Blair ever did in his career on Sunday

My parra mate said it was weird seeing him on the left edge, he was always right edge at parra. So maybe it’ll just take him time to adjust

He played left edge in 2021 when he won dally m second rower of the year

 

[ElleryHanley]

Blore out is huge.

Our edge on that side will now be:
AD
Kepoa (with Seyfarth sharing mins)
Nofa

That is the side Ponga attacks...

I don't want to be negative, and I don't rate the Knights at all...but Ponga will absolutely slaughter that edge.

Surely we don't play AD, Kepoa, Nofa together?

 

[ElleryHanley]

A few people are saying Naden is out? ToA (Who can't tackle at all, is in).

Can anyone confirm that? What is the issue with Naden?

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Shawn Blore told us at the open training session today he has failed the concussion protocols and has been ruled out for Sundays game. He said it was a bad concussion and he doesn’t remember anything from the game.

Geez he just can’t get a break

 

[thegbone]

We’re going to see Kepaoa play back row and Toa centre aren’t we?

I hope all you people who wanted to Sheens back are happy

 

[BAGNF05]

10 years and 1 game isn't a big enough sample size for you?

You might want to fact check this but I reckon we’ve started favourite in 10-20% of games in recent years and that’s probably in line with our win%. Yes weve lost a lot of games with him as our halfback, but no experts really expected any different because we’ve had a putrid team. It’s completely unfair to lay the blame for a bad team losing alot on an individual.

 

[BAGNF05]

It doesn't all get pinned on him for me.

But a halfback is a large part of a clubs success as well. It goes both ways.

If we had Cooper Cronk, instead of Luke Brooks for example, our results would be vastly different. There is no argument here.

There is a huge argument. Each time we go after a [insert marquee playermaker] they run for the hills as they know that careers come to WT to die. Cronk would not play here. In some ways Brooks has been more courageous than his peers who all go and play at the big comfy clubs.

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

We’re going to see Kepaoa play back row and Toa centre aren’t we?

I hope all you people who wanted to Sheens back are happy

What other options do we have?

 

[tigerballs]

Blore out is huge.

Our edge on that side will now be:
AD
Kepoa (with Seyfarth sharing mins)
Nofa

That is the side Ponga attacks...

I don't want to be negative, and I don't rate the Knights at all...but Ponga will absolutely slaughter that edge.

Surely we don't play AD, Kepoa, Nofa together?

Did you watch any of the trials or last weeks game? Kepoa will be massive.

 

[tigerballs]

We’re going to see Kepaoa play back row and Toa centre aren’t we?

I hope all you people who wanted to Sheens back are happy

Kepoa a chance for man of the match. Don't you watch the games?

 

[thegbone]

What other options do we have?

Kepaoa at center and a back rower in the back row

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Kepaoa at center and a back rower in the back row

Who would the backrower be?

 

[matchball]

Sheens is sweating bullets. Wants to Matt Groat the poor boy Tumeth.
How long before Sheens murders him?

 

[thegbone]

Who would the backrower be?

Seyfarth, Tumeth, someone who started playing there more then 3 weeks ago

 

[TheDaBoss]

Kepeoa to replace blore in starting

Tuki or matamua to fill in that bench role

 

[earl]

We’re going to see Kepaoa play back row and Toa centre aren’t we?

I hope all you people who wanted to Sheens back are happy

I like it. To'a is our best centre. Kepaoa has looked good so far. I'd prefer Bateman to be there but that is another topic.

 

[TheDaBoss]

I like it. To'a is our best centre. Kepaoa has looked good so far. I'd prefer Bateman to be there but that is another topic.

Imo
Best team

Kepaoa centre, Bateman 2nd row, blore bench, talau nsw cup

 

[earl]

Imo
Best team

Kepaoa centre, Bateman 2nd row, blore bench, talau nsw cup

Kepaoa looks good this season but To'a handled basically everything last season. He is just out of favor I assume due to the coaching staff changes. I would have To'a as the first picked centre until someone else proves themselves better.

Naden is pretty good but he has mistakes in his game.

Talau might make it as well but talk about getting a spot without performing.

We need a gun Bateman on the park don't we. I have no idea what is happening there but a 4 year contract is looking pretty stupid right now. I hope this signing doesn't turn bad.