Go Blake & Kurtis!

[larrycorowa]

anasta to bench…..can play backrow and in the halves. If any injuries austin can shift to centre and simona can play win and fullback.....if halves struggling, sub him on.....problem solved.

 

[southerntiger]

anasta to bench…..can play backrow and in the halves. If any injuries austin can shift to centre and simona can play win and fullback.....if halves struggling, sub him on.....problem solved.

NO. NO. NO.

Why would you tamper with a bench that is the most effective in the league.

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[southerntiger]

anasta to bench…..can play backrow and in the halves. If any injuries austin can shift to centre and simona can play win and fullback.....if halves struggling, sub him on.....problem solved.

NO. NO. NO.

Why would you tamper with a bench that is the most effective in the league.

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[Eddie]

Just forget about Braith. Austin is double the footballer. Gives us a genuine threat running, passing and kicking on the edges.

Ive said it all year put faith in youth!! These guys are hungry for success!! Braith was playing ok and got way too much credit for settling down Brooks and whatever else he does off the ball, provide a lot of talk apparently. He made 8 tackles last week against Manly. thats 8 in total.

People said we would miss Braith in defence. I didnt see it. I dont think we missed him at all.

 

[Irvine]

Do you really think Potter is going to make Anasta play NSW cup ?

 

[supercoach]

Austen just played his first game at no6 for us in a nrl comp game and looked class, he can only get better. With no Teddy their will be NO attack in our backline if Austen is not playing no6\. He has all the skills of Anasta, but he has speed

 

[Irvine]

Austen just played his first game at no6 for us in a nrl comp game and looked class, he can only get better. With no Teddy their will be NO attack in our backline if Austen is not playing no6\. He has all the skills of Anasta, but he has speed

I know his better than Anasta in some areas just can't see Potter dropping Anasta. Maybe Austin to fullback would work.

 

[larrycorowa]

No….anasta to bench is only solution i can see.

The prop rotation is what is working....not the bench.In the two games we have lost, the bench hasn't been able to cope with early injuries. In fact in every game almost we have had a backrower spend time in the centres for mixed results. With no injuries the back-rower gets 15mins at the end which I wud be happy for anasta to play when we are +30 ahead. He saves face and coach keeps a senior player happy, just in case we need him.

 

[happy_tiger]

Just forget about Braith. Austin is double the footballer. Gives us a genuine threat running, passing and kicking on the edges.

Ive said it all year put faith in youth!! These guys are hungry for success!! Braith was playing ok and got way too much credit for settling down Brooks and whatever else he does off the ball, provide a lot of talk apparently. He made 8 tackles last week against Manly. thats 8 in total.

People said we would miss Braith in defence. I didnt see it. I dont think we missed him at all.

Sorry Eddie , if you didn't see it watch the game again

He had some one on one misses especially on kick returns and they were clean misses

If it was a Inglis ,Slater or HAYNE (who we play next week ) they would of made some serious metres from those missed tackles

People need to remember the whole key in this is Brooks , and Brooks needs Anasta beside him far more than Austin and Anasta's defence is far better than Austin's

Sometimes a better player isn't always the better option , what works better for the team is paramount

Defence is always far more important than attack , defence wins Finals matches not attack

 

[Guest]

Both players did well.
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I dont think Austin did enough to keep Anasta out though.

Really?
I thought he was far superior in all facets than what Anasta has shown. In particular his kicking and passing.

Agree, looked much more dangerous than Anasta in attack and defended well also. I also prefer his kicking game to Anasta's.

 

[thesquid]

Just forget about Braith. Austin is double the footballer. Gives us a genuine threat running, passing and kicking on the edges.

Ive said it all year put faith in youth!! These guys are hungry for success!! Braith was playing ok and got way too much credit for settling down Brooks and whatever else he does off the ball, provide a lot of talk apparently. He made 8 tackles last week against Manly. thats 8 in total.

People said we would miss Braith in defence. I didnt see it. I dont think we missed him at all.

Sorry Eddie , if you didn't see it watch the game again

He had some one on one misses especially on kick returns and they were clean misses

If it was a Inglis ,Slater or HAYNE (who we play next week ) they would of made some serious metres from those missed tackles

People need to remember the whole key in this is Brooks , and Brooks needs Anasta beside him far more than Austin and Anasta's defence is far better than Austin's

Sometimes a better player isn't always the better option , what works better for the team is paramount

Defence is always far more important than attack , defence wins Finals matches not attack

The way you put your argument for Anasta, you also make it sound like we should get rid of Brooks. He is no master defender either.

Anasta is no baby sitter and if Brooks is still a baby after 8 nrl games, then he should step aside.

Its time for Brooks to change the nappies and put on big boys pants.

Austin more than held his own in defense last night.

The kick and chase on your own is always the hardest 1 on 1 tackle to get because you are at speed, trying to get the right angle. His kick and chase 1 on 1's did not disappoint me at all. He pressured them, slowed them down.

I would be asking the question of why he was on his own tackling a player taking his own kick.

 

[laufoofan]

The boys had a great debut. Their time will come, let them find their feet gradually instead of throwing them in the deep end, in this way they will develop into very good players. Meanwhile they will come in whenever they are required. I am happy with Potter's selection according to his game plan.

 

[happy_tiger]

Just forget about Braith. Austin is double the footballer. Gives us a genuine threat running, passing and kicking on the edges.

Ive said it all year put faith in youth!! These guys are hungry for success!! Braith was playing ok and got way too much credit for settling down Brooks and whatever else he does off the ball, provide a lot of talk apparently. He made 8 tackles last week against Manly. thats 8 in total.

People said we would miss Braith in defence. I didnt see it. I dont think we missed him at all.

Sorry Eddie , if you didn't see it watch the game again

He had some one on one misses especially on kick returns and they were clean misses

If it was a Inglis ,Slater or HAYNE (who we play next week ) they would of made some serious metres from those missed tackles

People need to remember the whole key in this is Brooks , and Brooks needs Anasta beside him far more than Austin and Anasta's defence is far better than Austin's

Sometimes a better player isn't always the better option , what works better for the team is paramount

Defence is always far more important than attack , defence wins Finals matches not attack

The way you put your argument for Anasta, you also make it sound like we should get rid of Brooks. He is no master defender either.

Anasta is no baby sitter and if Brooks is still a baby after 8 nrl games, then he should step aside.

Its time for Brooks to change the nappies and put on big boys pants.

Austin more than held his own in defense last night.

The kick and chase on your own is always the hardest 1 on 1 tackle to get because you are at speed, trying to get the right angle. His kick and chase 1 on 1's did not disappoint me at all. He pressured them, slowed them down.

I would be asking the question of why he was on his own tackling a player taking his own kick.

When did I question Brooks defence ??

And the key to putting pressure on kick chase is keeping a straight line , he moved up far too quickly and caused the isolation himself

I didn't question his play bar his defence

So I'm guessing your suggesting if Farah doesn't play that we have a 1,6,7 and 9 with maybe 30 games experience combined v Parra

Good luck with that

 

[Defiant]

imo Austin > Anasta.

The tackles missed were mainly Austin chasing kicks aggressively, Wouldn't happen to Anasta because he wouldn't be there in the first place to attempt the tackle.

If Farah is out perhaps they can share the 6 and nine duty between them?

 

[Tiger_In_The_Gong]

Sometimes a better player isn't always the better option , what works better for the team is paramount

Ok im going to assume you were either drinking when you wrote this one Happy.

Either that or you are a NSW selector.

 

[tig_prmz]

Sorry Kurtis was a little timid at times but did a job Wasn't as bad as Moltzen at the back as some suggested

timid? he attacked the ball every time he got it. he ran full pace at the line when he got injured. he was far from timid.

he was not big enough but he was brave today.

as for austin/anasta- i agree with KS. it's better from brooks if anasta plays alongside him rather than austin. speaking of which, austin did better than brooks last night and this year apart from a couple of kicks to tedesco brooks hasn't shown much SO FAR.

however, he seems to be getting better and yesterday i felt he missed anasta out there. hope he kills it against the eels.

 

[happy_tiger]

Sometimes a better player isn't always the better option , what works better for the team is paramount

Ok im going to assume you were either drinking when you wrote this one Happy.

Either that or you are a NSW selector.

Give you an example of what I mean

Mark Taylor , ex Australian cricket captain was in a shocking form slump late in his career

Probably at least 3 other openers could of been brought in to replace him

But he was a good leader and got the best out of others around him

Anasta is a good leader to have around Brooks

 

[Tiger_In_The_Gong]

Sometimes a better player isn't always the better option , what works better for the team is paramount

Ok im going to assume you were either drinking when you wrote this one Happy.

Either that or you are a NSW selector.

Give you an example of what I mean

Mark Taylor , ex Australian cricket captain was in a shocking form slump late in his career

Probably at least 3 other openers could of been brought in to replace him

But he was a good leader and got the best out of others around him

Anasta is a good leader to have around Brooks

Look i know what you mean, but its one of those things that just dont make as much sense when you say it out loud.

II was happy to read your example until i saw it was Mark Taylor. He absolutely destroyed the early career of Mathew Hayden while the Australian selectors hung on to every excuse trying to justify his place in the team.

 

[Eddie]

Wow Happy

He missed a couple of kick, chase tackles. Lets hang the guy for that. Lets point out that that is the reason we need Braith back. Don't worry about the enthusiasum and pressure he put on to nearly pull off those tackles.

Anasta made 8 tackels against Manly. He misses a few as well he is far from a great defender. Austin gives us a whole new dimension in attack. Braith adds a fraction more then zero to it. With Farah out i reckon the case is even stronger for Austin, we need avanues to score points.

I don't buy into the experience for experience sake factor. I buy into confidence, youth and players that are hungry for success. We will just have to agree to disagree.

 

[Tiger_In_The_Gong]

I should put it out there that im not against Anasta, i want him in the team.

Id be moving him to lock and would look at introducing Fulton to Fletcher and giving Flanagan his number.

Ive got two words for Fulton - Sitaleki Akauola

He is our future!