Canterbury Cup Team Announcement: Round 12

[WT2K]

Good result. Looked like we were gone for all money down 22-4.

 

[TheDaBoss]

Good result. Looked like we were gone for all money down 22-4.

Draw????

 

[Jock Koss]

Yep. Just to prove me wrong 😆

 

[hobbo1]

Gamble is terrible

Why what did he do?

Not much !

Apart from one kick through the line for Bilal to score he was crap at best .

 

[tigerap]

Can Hodgo coach?...he has so many NRL players in his side yet they struggle

 

[WT2K]

@TheDaBoss yep. 22 all

 

[TheDaBoss]

@TheDaBoss yep. 22 all

Not a bad result i guess... con sidering we were struggling.....

I really do think gamble deserves a second chance

 

[Danny Blanco]

@TheDaBoss me too...
Gamble has a lot 2 offer

 

[boonboon]

Can Hodgo coach?...he has so many NRL players in his side yet they struggle

Who ? He had FOnua and Rochouw who could be described as NRL players and thats it today and they got a draw away from home

 

[Danny Blanco]

Absolutely disgusting.

 

[boonboon]

A few players seem to impress every time I watch and a couple getting better every week

Kane Bradley - Looking forward to seeing him in FG either this year or next - big strong and today showed he is quick as well - a Corey Oates type player who will be in our top 30 next year for sure

Oliver Clarke - makes big meters and post tackle meters every run - Made 178meters in 53 minutes today and they were all big hard runs through the middle. Happy to see him play more FG this year

Alex Seyfarth - Really seems to have improved this season and with 146meters in 49 minutes today and looking hard to tacle every time plus 26 good tackles in defence really has some potential over the next couple of years

Braden Robson - set up the last try with a charge and a offload, started at hooker but just runs hard, tackles hard, has gr8 utility value given ive seen him start at C, FE, L,H and just looks dangerous all the time - would love to see him rewarded with a top 30 spot

 

[BalmainJnr]

Jamie Seaweed called the draw before kick off. As others have mentioned Robson goes hard, Bradley will bring some height to first grade in the near future and Clark worked hard again.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Robson was disappointed with the result. They should have won but never looked like it. I don't care if it is a Wests or Balmain named side but its role is to feed NRL quality players into the top team. Clark, Seyfarth, McIntyre, Bradley, Smith and Talau all have the talent. I'm not sure we have the coaching structure right.

 

[Danny Blanco]

Bradley is 1 heck of a specimen

 

[CarltonDry]

Bradley is 1 heck of a specimen

Just needs to grow into his body and position himself better and that will come

 

[balmain boy]

We were awful today. As we often seem to be. It's hard to judge a team and coach with so little talent though. More of a reflection of our awful junior recruitment and lack of signings for ISP.

Bradley does look promising and outran their 5/8 well over 70m. Seemed to get faster as he got going which is encouraging.

Robson has to be in our top 30 next season. He'll be playing first grade for someone, and hopefully it's us. A perfect squad player who oozes class, intelligence and determination.

Our forwards were largely poor today. Ratu only lasted 20 mins before his ankle injury. Rochow does the little things like closing kickers but nothing else. His defence was very poor, as was Clark's for their first 2 tries. We got easily steam rolled by props making hit ups to score.

This team has guts, they keep getting results despite being outplayed for large parts of the game. That's a bit of hodgo right there. Hard for the halves to do much, rarely on the front foot and no one with any skill to chime in with backline plays.

 

[Demps]

Good to hear the positives about Robson, Clarke & Bradley.
Would like to see them make grade and become successful for us.

We seem to lose our decent up and comers so these fellas should be invested in and see how they turn out.

Gamble is a dud.

 

[TheDaBoss]

Good to hear the positives about Robson, Clarke & Bradley.
Would like to see them make grade and become successful for us.

We seem to lose our decent up and comers so these fellas should be invested in and see how they turn out.

Gamble is a dud.

what about mclntyre and smith?

I like smith, he seems promising

you think either of them will make a debut this year? Mikaele took his chance and it paid off big time for him, Oliver Clark also had a strong debut as well

 

[Demps]

@TheDaBoss For me the 3 I mentioned are the standouts.
Robson has been killing it for us since he signed - really needs a shot I reckon.
Liked the Radley comparison - who IMO is ready for NSW.
Would like to see Robsob off the bench playing lock or hooker.

 

[Danny Blanco]

@Demps just need to elevate Bill Ma'arbani and we've got 3 Lebs playing. How good.