Alex Seyfarth #232

[Red88_Tiger]

Thought Twal had covered Papali’i he needed to trust that and stay on Tapine in my opinion.

On nine they mentioned mason. Wasn’t really listening well but I think they thought he missed his assignment
my thoughts seyfarth probably should of got to him but haven’t watched again
He did score a try and linked for another though

 

[diedpretty]

Tapine's try was disgraceful defending by both Seyfarth and Mason. Seyfarth did nothing - he either had to go full in on Papalli and try and stop the pass or he had to slide across to cover the gaping hole left by Mason rushing up on Fogarty. He did neither and was virtually a statue as Tapine ran past. Masons hand in the try was just as pathetic - rushed out of the line to create the gap then puts his hands on his head after Tapine runs past. THose two should never be defending next to each other.

 

[diedpretty]

The second try - Seyfarth and Mason again missed crucial tackles on Weekes that saw the raiders run 70 mtrs downfield and score from the next set against a retreating and disorganised defence. The third try was another terrible miss by Mason and finished with a schoolboy error by Skelton in not grounding the ball instead of trying some miracle pickup.

 

[king_sirro]

Well he was replaced with a Prop for the last 20mins of the game. Hopefully that’s saying something.
There was also a point in the game following the Tapine try where Samuela moved across to defend with Mason on the line, once we were back in attack the original formation was back.
Hard to say Seyfarth needs a rest coming off a bye but I think to the Bench is a change at a minimum.

I see our backrowers defending well out of position a lot. One time last night Sam and Alex made a tackle together. That's insanity. Sukkar offers more punch in attack and defence.

We needs to structure our pack where Seyfarth mostly plays middle in KOE cup with the odd game off the bench in the NRL when we have injuries.

 

[crazycat]

I have always said Seyfarth is a decent bench player and he is,the problem is we are starting him due to lack of a better option.If he is on the bench each week because we have a better starter much of the vitriol directed at him will cease.

What you and Bellend are saying is right.

I like Seyfarth and IMHO he has risen and improved from 2024.
But we are playing all our front row for longer stretches.

We can't keep having a back and a hooker on our bench.

We culled 4 forwards for 2. Yes May has risen, hunt did well at the start and needs repair now. But we banked the farm on 2 forwards working and it's been May's performance that has made that work.

Jack Bird is the ideal reserve, who can step up to the front row or cover the backs. Yet we keep using him in other capacities and not as back cover so we can have more oomph on the bench.

I just don't know what were doing, we got super lucky that May is an absolute gun. We really need a first grade Prop, Lock or 2nd row .

 

[Winston Churchill]

Temu version of Luke Garner.

 

[Mccarry]

Tapine's try was disgraceful defending by both Seyfarth and Mason. Seyfarth did nothing - he either had to go full in on Papalli and try and stop the pass or he had to slide across to cover the gaping hole left by Mason rushing up on Fogarty. He did neither and was virtually a statue as Tapine ran past. Masons hand in the try was just as pathetic - rushed out of the line to create the gap then puts his hands on his head after Tapine runs past. THose two should never be defending next to each other.

It’s probably a little more complicated. The defender inside Twal was slow. That leaves Twal 1 on 1 post initial contact, hence Seyfarth turning in to be second contact.

Then compounding that Mason rushes Fogarty despite not needing too. Seyfarth obviously had no call from Mason as he didn’t even know there was a gapping hole on the outside of him.

On first look I was screaming at my TV about Seyfarth, looking again I think it’s both Mason and Seyfarth that get it wrong and no help from the inside.

 

[Jimmy]

Always loved Seyfarth and wanted him on the edge for the longest time….but please forget about it moving forward he has zero ability to defend out wide…he’s a good club middle and that’s it

I think he’ll stay play a part in our squad but he’s no edge and will never be a star forward(that’s ok as long as Benji recognises this and uses him accordingly)

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Always loved Seyfarth and wanted him on the edge for the longest time….but please forget about it moving forward he has zero ability to defend out wide…he’s a good club middle and that’s it

I think he’ll stay play a part in our squad but he’s no edge and will never be a star forward(that’s ok as long as Benji recognises this and uses him accordingly)

You want your edges to have some potency. He’s wet lettuce.

 

[The Chad]

I like Seyfarth.

But he didn't even see Tapine coming, because he only looked right after Papali'i had sucked him in & passed.

Mason was so out of position he may as well have been playing for the Raiders.

It was bad defending all around.

Particularly as Tapine is clearly a greater running threat than Papali'i these days.

 

[crazycat]

Thought Twal had covered Papali’i he needed to trust that and stay on Tapine in my opinion.

Ah, it was Twal inside him. Couldn't tell, Maybe he would be covered...
But it's still Papalii and still Tapine. Yea, hindsight I would want Seyfarth to move out... But looking at whom he is stopping it's danger time.

I would really only trust Twal and May to even have a chance of stopping Papalii one on one.

 

[Needaname]

Ah, it was Twal inside him. Couldn't tell, Maybe he would be covered...
But it's still Papalii and still Tapine. Yea, hindsight I would want Seyfarth to move out... But looking at whom he is stopping it's danger time.

I would really only trust Twal and May to even have a chance of stopping Papalii one on one.

Thing is though that Tapine broke the line around the 10m mark and ran through. Seyfarth had enough time to hold out on Tapine to make Papali’i second guess the pass and then move back inside to assist Twal in the tackle if Papali’i pushes through.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Sukkar please, big red bench or cup

I recall Sukkar was on the nose with some on this forum but it was obvious he had something about him which would get him to the NRL. I am pleased the club is moving him between the NRL and NSW Cup for his development.

 

[The Chad]

I recall Sukkar was on the nose with some on this forum but it was obvious he had something about him which would get him to the NRL. I am pleased the club is moving him between the NRL and NSW Cup for his development.

I distinctly remember hearing he was too small.

Almost as if people didn't know who they were talking about.

 

[crazycat]

Always loved Seyfarth and wanted him on the edge for the longest time….but please forget about it moving forward he has zero ability to defend out wide…he’s a good club middle and that’s it

I think he’ll stay play a part in our squad but he’s no edge and will never be a star forward(that’s ok as long as Benji recognises this and uses him accordingly)

THIS.

Seyfarth as a prop, crosses the line and is dynamic.
As an Edge, he has to rely on his laterial movement more.
As a Prop, he can use the laterial movement and running speed to cross the line. More like Willie Mason then Anthony Watmough.

Naturally he is better coming off the bench when people are tired. But all our forwards are Pushed and pushed past their comfort zones.

 

[Enmore_Tiger]

What you and Bellend are saying is right.

I like Seyfarth and IMHO he has risen and improved from 2024.
But we are playing all our front row for longer stretches.

We can't keep having a back and a hooker on our bench.

We culled 4 forwards for 2. Yes May has risen, hunt did well at the start and needs repair now. But we banked the farm on 2 forwards working and it's been May's performance that has made that work.

Jack Bird is the ideal reserve, who can step up to the front row or cover the backs. Yet we keep using him in other capacities and not as back cover so we can have more oomph on the bench.

I just don't know what were doing, we got super lucky that May is an absolute gun. We really need a first grade Prop, Lock or 2nd row .

Don't think it's ideal using Bird from the kick off. Should preserve him dynamic around the middle.

 

[Tigerscout]

I distinctly remember hearing he was too small.

Almost as if people didn't know who they were talking about.

You would only hear this from two blokes on this forum, they have been quiet since sukkar has been showing up as a source of hope in first grade in his few games. Hope he gets the opportunity to show off what he can do some more throughout this season in first grade

 

[JC99]

Seyfarth isn't mobile or smart enough to be an edge player in first grade

Problem is that he's not strong enough to be a middle either. He gets dominated every time he runs the ball, has 0 impact.

 

[innsaneink]

2 runs for 17m, one of the runs being from dummy half.

This tells us that either Seyfarth has the self-awareness that he's a liability with the ball or his fellow players have totally lost confidence in him and refuse to give him the ball except on pre-planned plays.
Either way we can't keep playing with 12 men.

On here the delusion remains strong with his zombie followers who want to give him "flowers" for effort.
That's like congratulating a husband for not beating his wife, it's the expected bare minimun.

Its unbelievable but also a regular stat...its.like benjis told him just tackle.
We already give oppositions head starts in too many areas.
I bag KPP for.his shit numbers but he looks like Olokoatu compared to baby G.
Absolutley insane and bizaare decision to extend him for 4 more years or whatever it was

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Its unbelievable but also a regular stat...its.like benjis told him just tackle.
We already give oppositions head starts in too many areas.
I bag KPP for.his shit numbers but he looks like Olokoatu compared to baby G.
Absolutley insane and bizaare decision to extend him for 4 more years or whatever it was

Don't forget reserve grade needs depth too, some more forward signings and that's where he will be playing.