Magic Round Team Vs Manly

[colinbh]

Also he is a pure defender, brooks is a much better player

In your dreams.

 

[bythebeardofzeus]

1. Mason
2. Skelton
3. Turuva
4. Ta May
5. Laulilii
6. Luai
7. Madden
8. Te May
9. Latu
10. Pole
11. Si Fainu
12. KPP
13. Twal
14. Seyfarth
15. Hunt
16. Hope
17. Murray
18. Guyer
19. Sukkar
20. Tavana

 

[bptiger 0]

In your dreams.

Ur entitled to ur opinion

 

[tigertragic]

Your thoughts?

1. Jack Attard
2. Sunia Turuva
3. Heamasi Makasini
4. Taylan May
5. Jeral Skelton
6. Jerome Luai
7. Latu Fainu
8. Terrell May
9. Charlie Murray
10. Fonua Pole
11. Kai Pearce-Paul
12. Tony Sukkar
13. Alex Twal [C]

14. Jock Madden
15. Sione Fainu
16. Royce Hunt
17. Alex Seyfarth

18. Luke Lualilii
19. Ethan Roberts

I like this , best we have

 

[Flippedy]

Wakeham facing a 1-match suspension if he takes the early plea. He will be a big out for them as he was been one of the key cogs in Fozball.

Hard to believe isn’t it? Lol

 

[Flippedy]

None of our players facing suspension. Twal & KPP $1,000 fines for dangerous contact.

Phew! That’s a change.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Best we can do to in Api's absence imo is to play Latu at 9 for the first 20 mins.

Bring Hope on at this point when the ruck speed slows a tad & the ref has settled into the game.

Let Latu recover until 10-15 mins into 2nd half and then unleash him at lock.

Hope is fit enough to play 60 mins. No other better option at hooker without blooding Haywood & that I doubt will be fast-tracked.

 

[JB9918]

Best we can do to in Api's absence imo is to play Latu at 9 for the first 20 mins.

Bring Hope on at this point when the ruck speed slows a tad & the ref has settled into the game.

Let Latu recover until 10-15 mins into 2nd half and then unleash him at lock.

Hope is fit enough to play 60 mins. No other better option at hooker without blooding Haywood & that I doubt will be fast-tracked.

I don't mind that but would prefer Murray at 9. Latu at 7. Madden at 18 or 19. Hope at 14. Either Sione/Latu/Hope or Madden can play at 9 when required.

Gives Benji options to use Madden in the halves or Hope as hooker. Sione as an impact forward. ALL based on how Latu is handling #7 & game time.

Give Mason another crack at 1. Either Skelton or Tavana back in on right wing & Turuva to right centre. Tavana was improved in Cup yesterday with runs & catches. He can only defend in a way from the inside. Unfortunately Toa was only average.

1. Mason
2. Skelton/Tavana
3. Turuva
4. TayMay
5. L Lualilli
6. Luai
7. L Fainu
8. TerMay
9. Murray
10. Pole
11. Geyer
12. KPP
13. Twal

14. Hope
15. Si Fainu
16. Hunt
17. Seyfarth
18. Herbert
19. Madden

 

[Flippedy]

Best we can do to in Api's absence imo is to play Latu at 9 for the first 20 mins.

Bring Hope on at this point when the ruck speed slows a tad & the ref has settled into the game.

Let Latu recover until 10-15 mins into 2nd half and then unleash him at lock.

Hope is fit enough to play 60 mins. No other better option at hooker without blooding Haywood & that I doubt will be fast-tracked.

Maybe we do need to blood some of those young guys like Attard and Haywood into first grade. Look at what some other teams have done this season. Manly with Joey Walsh, Souths with Seigwalt and Ashton Ward, Newcastle with the two Fletchers. No one had heard of them, but all are playing gangbusters for their respective teams.

Why not find out if some of our highly touted juniors are ready. They might just surprise like those guys have. It can’t hurt, we already have mediocre replacement players and guys playing out of position to cover the injuries and it’s not working. Let’s throw the dice.

 

[Camel2281]

1. Mason - He was ok I thought.
2. Turuva
3. To'a - last chance. Tavana was a much bigger problem than him last game and he did better with Turuva outside him last year. He's also a better footy player than Herbert.
4. May
5. Laulilii (why are people dropping him? He's been great lately)
6. Luai
7. Madden
8. May
9. Murray - We need a better defender than Hope in the middle.
10. Pole
11. Sukkar - We missed Sione's impact off the bench and Sukkar is fine. The focus on the left will be May anyway.
12. KPP
13. Twal

14. Sione
15. Hunt
16. Latu
17. Seyfarth
18. Hope
19. Skelton

In the stats ratings website that's widely used, To'a had the lowest rating of any player in the NRL the other week, and one of the lowest rated performances of all time. To'a also negatively contributed to poor Tavana by leaving him stranded multiple times

 

[Camel2281]

Wakeham has been good. He is no Api, but at least if we both miss our starting 9s thats something.

I think we will go Latu at 7.

Madden was having a hard time last weekend.

No great options for 9 for us. Maybe Jock Madden at 9?

Latu to 9. We had our best period when he was one for Hope

 

[Camel2281]

Attard
Skelton
Turuva
Taylan May
Luke Lualii
Javon Andrews
Luai
Seyfarth (he was one of our best yesterday)
Ethan Roberts
KPP
Twal
Latu
Terrell May

Bench
Sione
Pole
Hunt
Charlie Murray
Mason
Madden

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Is Magic Round safe? Judging by the Foxtel/Kayo promo it looks like there will be traffic offences everywhere. We have Johns and his buddy with headrests removed in their moving car; a Titan on a jetski without a PFD; Bwaiff with his head out the window of a moving car (not sure this is a bad thing); Latrine with his hand on the roof of a moving golf cart; and a minibus full of Tahs travelling without seatbelts including the passenger. The fines and demerits points in this ad are ridiculous.

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no seatbelts...
the kiwis are not real bright simple poor buggers

 

[TigerBurnsy]

I initially thought that would happen, but we have no goal kicker without Jock on the field.

Ok I was confused because madden was named twice so I wondered if you meant to have latu in the halves

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

I don't mind that but would prefer Murray at 9. Latu at 7. Madden at 18 or 19. Hope at 14. Either Sione/Latu/Hope or Madden can play at 9 when required.

Gives Benji options to use Madden in the halves or Hope as hooker. Sione as an impact forward. ALL based on how Latu is handling #7 & game time.

Give Mason another crack at 1. Either Skelton or Tavana back in on right wing & Turuva to right centre. Tavana was improved in Cup yesterday with runs & catches. He can only defend in a way from the inside. Unfortunately Toa was only average.

1. Mason
2. Skelton/Tavana
3. Turuva
4. TayMay
5. L Lualilli
6. Luai
7. L Fainu
8. TerMay
9. Murray
10. Pole
11. Geyer
12. KPP
13. Twal

14. Hope
15. Si Fainu
16. Hunt
17. Seyfarth
18. Herbert
19. Madden

I would agree if Murray has been given reps at dummy half this season but he hasn't and I doubt he has at training either.

I also think Sukkar may come back into left edge backrow as I don't think he was dropped as such, I think he was managing a niggle after the Sharks game.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Maybe we do need to blood some of those young guys like Attard and Haywood into first grade. Look at what some other teams have done this season. Manly with Joey Walsh, Souths with Seigwalt and Ashton Ward, Newcastle with the two Fletchers. No one had heard of them, but all are playing gangbusters for their respective teams.

Why not find out if some of our highly touted juniors are ready. They might just surprise like those guys have. It can’t hurt, we already have mediocre replacement players and guys playing out of position to cover the injuries and it’s not working. Let’s throw the dice.

Except blooding a player in the middle is a lot different than on the edges with the increased levels of physicality & repeat efforts required. Given we have hardly seen Haywood in NSW Cup, I feel that he is being given time to get his body up to a level that high performance man Peter Moussa wants him to.

 

[jrtiger]

1. Mason
2. Tavana
3. Turuva
4. May
5. Laulili’i
6. Luai
7. Madden
8. May
9. L. Fainu
10. Pole
11. Roberts
12. Pearce-Paul
13. Twal

14. Murray
15. Hunt
16. Si. Fainu
17. Seyfarth
18. Skelton
19. Andrews

 

[TheEnz]

Shouldn't Makasini be back soon? will be interesting to see if Benji brings him back or gives him a game or two in KOE.

 

[bptiger 0]

1. Mason
2. Tavana
3. Turuva
4. May
5. Laulili’i
6. Luai
7. Madden
8. May
9. L. Fainu
10. Pole
11. Roberts
12. Pearce-Paul
13. Twal

14. Murray
15. Hunt
16. Si. Fainu
17. Seyfarth
18. Skelton
19. Andrews

Roberts looked all right against the storm in nsw cup , but he is a long way off to be picked for 1st grade , think he has only had two runs , he will be good but not yet

 

[426Tlgerland]

Shouldn't Makasini be back soon? will be interesting to see if Benji brings him back or gives him a game or two in KOE.

2 x cup for me , he had injury and his confidence was shot from all the players targeting him and getting to him , he was hit hard a lot in defence from others , he needs full recovery and a few in reserve grade before coming back into nrl