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Every team will be going high and wide both left and right often. We have a real problem defusing bombs. Nofo is on the short side and Rankin is not actually that tall,so if Taylor is going to stick with them he has to work out a far better plan of giving them some protection.

I read somewhere that the speedster we got from the Sharks (AJC) is very strong under the high ball.If that is the case get him into the side because every team is going to bomb the hell out of us and they will have plenty of success.
 
On form AJC should have Rankins spot next week.

Thought he was much faster but turned inside as soon as he was shown the side line last night.
 
@jirskyr said:
Nofo needs a lot of work on many things, he was as bad as he was good yesterday.
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Geez he has a lot of mistakes in his game doesn't he. A tonne of upside but he just does dumb stuff all the time.
 
Yes fair point with the high ball, but where was teddy in support? That's the problem in teddys game positional play of the kick is missing, he had heaps of time to get across there and help.
But seriously did u see the tackle noffa did on manu, please not many would have stopped that try….
 
I just think it is such a big part of the game now the cross field bomb,every team are good at it and in most cases the team chasing the bomb have the advantage in the leap because there momentum is going forward. Even the best will drop the odd one, but if the kick is well placed we are in massive trouble with our two wingers and as great as Teddy is this is probably one area that he could get better at.I think Nofo plays a big part in getting dirty yards for the team and is such a great finisher,so I think it more about putting some structures in to give him protection. Not sure on Rankin,the speedster must be getting close to a gig
 
JAC should come in for Rankin, we would be a far better side overall, we lose on defence, but pick up on attack and high ball.
 
Nofoaluma's front on defence has become quite amazing. He hits like a truck. I think he should be in the centres now, but Naqaiama is playing very well in the centres too so he has to be somewhere. We do have some selection headaches these days with Addo Carr, Heleta and even Obed Karwhin heavily pressing for selection.
 
Apart from dropping one stone cold, what did rankin do wrong?
He got involved, tried to make the hard yards when the forwards had their hands on hips and defensively he didn't get caught out did he?
 
Nofo will be ok, I think that drop was made when he was looking directly into setting sun- I might be wrong. Very good pickup for his try running at full pace. Will make less mistakes with more game time….we know he is a champion finisher.

Rankin is not the long term solution on the wing, but did well enough to hold his place for next week, given the number of changes that will already be made. I think he is the perfect bench utility once we settle down our bench rotations.
 
JAC at this stage imo is still not an NRL player.

Rankin is not a winger I admit that but he didn't do too much wrong and he is the back up kicker.

You drop Rankin and put in JAC and we have Koro all over again. You would stop the bomb scenario but you would then have every team running their plays to that side side of the field. Will he score more tries than he lets in - don't think so.

He will, by the look of it, become the NRL winger but what is the rush, let him learn to defend and read the play properly first.

It is ok to let your opposing winger run around him and chase him down with your speed and tackle from behind but what are you going to do if this happens 40 or less metres from your own line?
 
Yeah you could but you lose experience and we will already have at least two changes to a winning team. I would give rankin another crack. Addo Carr not ready yet from what I have seen, makes too many errors and was nervous at the nine's. Give him a few more games to build confidence and lose the nerves. This will come once he is confident he is fully prepared for first grade.
 
Have you actually watched Addo Carr play because it would appear not? Rankin is no better a defender on the wing than he is and then we'd have the fastest guy in the NRL on the left wing. He'd save tries in cover defence and score tries nobody else could score, and Rankin's strengths are negligible.
 
Lol we were having the same conversations about Koroibete that we are now about Addo-Carr… what will happen is he will continue to kill it in state cup then another team will sign him to play first grade and he will kill it there... but yeah lets just stick with the short, slow untalented wingers who try hard.
 
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