LIVE GAME Magic Round v Sea Eagles

[clontarfkid]

Yeh I don't see the point in developing Laulilii any further. He's not with us next year and at this time, I'd definitely have Skelton over him.

Mason I can give a little leeway as he isn't first choice, but we definitely need a better back up fullback.

Ive written off Mason AND LL...we deserve better

 

[Droppy05]

We had opportunity to bin them inside there half with a constructive kicking game,but we did not do that.

we need a kicking coach
we need a tackling coach

WE NEED A LONG KICKER, NOT THESE POP GUN KICKERS.

 

[TheEnz]

WE NEED A LONG KICKER, NOT THESE POP GUN KICKERS.

Long kicker is great, however if we have strong defense and good ball carriers you can survive with kickers who have more accuracy at medium and short range.

 

[Droppy05]

Long kicker is great, however if we have strong defense and good ball carriers you can survive with kickers who have more accuracy at medium and short range.

We can't get out of our half when under pressure. Last 3 games. A Burton or Fogarty type would relieve a lot of pressure when we can't ruck it out. It's a simple game. All the top teams have decent kickers , we never have that I can recall.

 

[balmain boy]

Disagree , madden is a good nsw cup player , his kicking is all down the fullback’s throat, he doesn’t run the ball , and his defence is pathetic, can’t see how u came up with ur , post . Sorry but true

His kicking is the best of any half we've had in a decade. His defence is not great, but is as good as Luai, Doeuihi, Brooks and co. He's made more breaks than Luai.
Your biased irrational anger is severely misplaced.

 

[WesternSuburbsBoy]

His kicking is the best of any half we've had in a decade. His defence is not great, but is as good as Luai, Doeuihi, Brooks and co. He's made more breaks than Luai.
Your biased irrational anger is severely misplaced.

Luai is a 10x better defender then Madden.

 

[Flippedy]

We can't get out of our half when under pressure. Last 3 games. A Burton or Fogarty type would relieve a lot of pressure when we can't ruck it out. It's a simple game. All the top teams have decent kickers , we never have that I can recall.

Pat Richards 😁

 

[Droppy05]

His kicking is the best of any half we've had in a decade. His defence is not great, but is as good as Luai, Doeuihi, Brooks and co. He's made more breaks than Luai.
Your biased irrational anger is severely misplaced.

I don't know what decade you are talking about, but the best half kicker? You must have forgotten about Moses and Brooks. Keep it real. Madden is average at best in all facets of the game.

 

[Droppy05]

Luai is a 10x better defender then Madden.

Maybe 2x ?

 

[liltiger]

Do you think one game at this stage of the season will make or break the squad?
It is very possible we smack the Dogs yet don’t make the finals and alternatively we can get smashed by them and go on a late run just scrapping in.
As a group we need to use narrow vision. 100% focus on next game up.
For mine we have already shown our cards. At least 10 of our top 30 can’t bang at this level….even if filling in amongst our near full strength teams. Once we get players back, we must start winning as further games missed by our stars will equal losses.

Very true Tucker but imo if we lose to the Dogs in a fortnight i just cant see the guys getting up enough to make the 8.

 

[balmain boy]

I don't know what decade you are talking about, but the best half kicker? You must have forgotten about Moses and Brooks. Keep it real. Madden is average at best in all facets of the game.

Maybe you should try watching our games with your eyes open. Madden has been kicking better than anyone at our club in the past decade. Yes, much better than Brooks.
Also note how he's been playing with one of the worst backlines ever in the past few weeks.

It's VERY hard to be a dominant half when your teammates can barely make 20-25 metres a set and you're living from your own 30m line.

 

[prattenhero]

Seems to me that Madden's main issue is that he's an arm grabber

 

[Droppy05]

Maybe you should try watching our games with your eyes open. Madden has been kicking better than anyone at our club in the past decade. Yes, much better than Brooks.
Also note how he's been playing with one of the worst backlines ever in the past few weeks.

It's VERY hard to be a dominant hair when your teammates can barely make 20-25 metres a set and you're living from your own 30m line.

Are you for real? A dominant heir ? You must be related to him, otherwise there is no explanation for your comments.

 

[hank37w]

WE NEED A LONG KICKER, NOT THESE POP GUN KICKERS.

It's obvious that Pat Richards has had no influence.

 

[Droppy05]

It's obvious that Pat Richards has had no influence.

What decade was that ? Original comment referred to last decade.

 

[hank37w]

What I'm saying is that Pat Richards has been around the team quite a bit since he has retired from playing and has either not attempted to impart any of his knowledge or kicking skills to any of our kickers or has failed in attempting to do so.

 

[balmain boy]

Are you for real? A dominant heir ? You must be related to him, otherwise there is no explanation for your comments.

Not related, just a realist. Madden has had more kicks find the grass in a handful of matches this season than our primary halves have had across an entire season, going back a long way.

Which considering he's often kicking from well inside his own half due to our incompetent backs is quite remarkable .

I'm also not saying he's an excellent defender by any means. But Luai missed a truck load of tackles on the weekend, and every week too. We all know the pasta if Brooks, Doeuihi etc. He's no worse than they're defence ever was.

And given he was only intended as a backup, and we're only paying him 50k this season he is by far the best value player on our roster.

 

[Tiger Stripes]

His kicking is the best of any half we've had in a decade. His defence is not great, but is as good as Luai, Doeuihi, Brooks and co. He's made more breaks than Luai.
Your biased irrational anger is severely misplaced.

And in the Manly game there were no chasers. Never a contested bomb. A couple of tackles and
back in our half again-----disorganised in defence---easy pickins!

 

[Tiger Stripes]

What I'm saying is that Pat Richards has been around the team quite a bit since he has retired from playing and has either not attempted to impart any of his knowledge or kicking skills to any of our kickers or has failed in attempting to do so.

Or they just can't kick that far.