Official Team Annuonced

[Club_Sandwich]

Anasta is playing like a player who has retired already and is thinking more about his life off the field.

I just cant see why Potter persists with someone who so obviously doesnt give 100% for the team. He's gotta go.

I want to punch Anasta in the face. There, I said it.

 

[thesquid]

So everybody is happy with the Sheens bench 3 forwards 1 back , ever since the 4 forward rotation was stopped the team has struggled ..I do not understand the logic of having Austin on the bench .

It isn't the 3 forward one back bench. It is our halves combo and zip in attack.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Anasta will be there all year bar injury…rightly or wrongly

This crap about '''after Origin''' makes no sense to me

We can only hope. Anasta is bred for semi final football.

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[Love_the_WestsTigers]

I want to punch Anasta in the face. There, I said it.

i dont think you want to do that, you will get locked up for assault and miss watching all the remaining tigers games

 

[Love_the_WestsTigers]

Anasta will be there all year bar injury…rightly or wrongly

This crap about '''after Origin''' makes no sense to me

We can only hope. Anasta is bred for semi final football.

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He surely grew an extra leg when he played against us in the important games :frowning:

 

[greatodensraven]

Anasta is playing like a player who has retired already and is thinking more about his life off the field.

I just cant see why Potter persists with someone who so obviously doesnt give 100% for the team. He's gotta go.

I want to punch Anasta in the face. There, I said it.

Haha gold! I wonder how many tv remotes have suffered a similar fate.

Agree Anasta has to go. Not just for his lack of form but also to allow Austin a go @ 5/8 & hopefully give our right side attack some ball. Will also allow us 4 big boppers on the bench. Until Gavet is fit I'd give the 4th bench spot to Akoula. Maybe rotate him with the likes of brown & Buchanan to give them more experience. Either would be better than having a back on the bench & carrying Anasta.

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[Glennb]

Lawrence & Anasta hold their spots.

Cue the wailing and gnashing of teeth.

For mine, I would have kept Rowdy (his form has been better save the Souths game). I still think its a matter of when with Anasta and that is the reason Austin keeps getting picked on the bench.

I have faith in Potter and don't agree with the bashing here. If you cant see the many positives and they don't outweigh the perceived negatives, then you don't understand this team.

You're delusional then Glenn. It's your right to be as delusional as you see fit, but it's clear as day that Anasta should be removed from the side ASAP with Lawrence hanging on by the skin of his teeth. Both players' individual efforts have directly resulted in us losing between 3-4 games so far this season.

Then you add on when the rest of the team also has a shocker.

They are passengers of the highest order and there is no reason whatsoever for them to be playing NRL this weekend. Every time they play, the team goes backwards. We have to remove the poison that is holding back our club.

Balmain Boy you clearly don't understand the word "faith". By this I mean that yes, if I was selecting the team, Anasta would not be in it, however I think that Potter has generally proven to be a positive influence and have the team going in the right direction. Therefore, I defer to him and have "faith" (perhaps blind) that this decision, although strange to me, has been made for the right reasons and to fit in with an overall plan or reasons that we are not aware of.

 

[boonboon]

So everybody is happy with the Sheens bench 3 forwards 1 back , ever since the 4 forward rotation was stopped the team has struggled ..I do not understand the logic of having Austin on the bench .

It isn't the 3 forward one back bench. It is our halves combo and zip in attack.

What it really is - Robbie Farah

With Farah - 8 games, 6 wins , 2 losses

Without Farah - 5 games , 1 win , 4 losses

 

[Flippedy]

One would think a player of Anasta's standing in the game would know when he is not contributing anything positive on the field and have the decency to stand down. Whilst I still think that Austin has a lot of work to do on his game, there is a marked difference in the team's attack when he replaces Anasta, during a match, that is there for all to see - all except the coaches, apparently.

I was right behind Anasta's selection early on. In fact, I thought he was quite good at the beginning of the season, as was the whole team, but his form has deteriorated a lot since then - just when the team needed him most, to step up in Farah's absence.

However, whilst Anasta is a major weakness at present, the entire team seems to have lost the spark, enthusiasm, hardness and will to win that it had in the first 6 rounds. The usual injuries, Origin and the interruption to what was fast becoming the best impact bench in the NRL hasn't helped, but apart from Gavet, everyone is back on deck now, so the team really needs to find its mental and physical fire again very soon before the season slips away from them.

 

[Tigermama]

I find it hard to understand the selection of Anasta as five-eight, because he seems to offer little in the games. If Austin was selected instead, the back-line would have more attack. Then we could have four forwards on the bench, which would seem sensible against the big Canberra forward pack.

I am baffled too about Anasta getting selected every single week. His form is abysmal and does not warant selection. I wonder if he has a clause in his contract that states that he must never be dropped to nsw cup. Just a thought.

 

[DonnyBrasco]

Anasta is easy to bash and yes his form hasn't been there, but do we think potter is a blind man who can't see this? If this is the best thing for the future of Luke Brooks for the next ten years then so be it, you need to have a plan for the future not just next week.

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[happy_tiger]

I see a reason to why Gavet wasn't picked if fit

If you look at our side both Sue and Sironen are only recently back from injury and are probably lacking some match fitness

If we pick Gavet it would be another forward without much game time in his legs

 

[TurnStyle]

Anasta is easy to bash and yes his form hasn't been there, but do we think potter is a blind man who can't see this? If this is the best thing for the future of Luke Brooks for the next ten years then so be it, you need to have a plan for the future not just next week.

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Yeh I'm with you DB. I really think potter knows what he is doing.
And for some reason I don't even think Anasta is that bad! I still think he must be doing what he has been told to do for the team, otherwise he wouldn't keep getting picked.

As for the 'no drop' clause: not sure if that was even a serious question?! That would be ridiculous…

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Anasta is easy to bash and yes his form hasn't been there, but do we think potter is a blind man who can't see this? If this is the best thing for the future of Luke Brooks for the next ten years then so be it, you need to have a plan for the future not just next week.

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By pairing him with halves partner who is non-existent in both attack and defence? How is that healthy for his development. The bloke is useless. May as well have a brick out there with a #6 painted on it.

 

[pHyR3]

Anasta is easy to bash and yes his form hasn't been there, but do we think potter is a blind man who can't see this? If this is the best thing for the future of Luke Brooks for the next ten years then so be it, you need to have a plan for the future not just next week.

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By pairing him with halves partner who is non-existent in both attack and defence? How is that healthy for his development. The bloke is useless. May as well have a brick out there with a #6 painted on it.

so what youre saying is that unless someone can lead by example, they are useless at teaching young halves.

wonder why we need coaches then….

i'm going to take the high praise of Robbie Farah and Luke Brooks over the past few months as well as continual selection by the coach to mean he IS very influential in his talk on the field over people on forums and facebook bagging him.

Although I wouldnt mind an Austin Brooks pairing with Moses on the bench (if he's physically ready which i dont know) haha

 

[innsaneink]

To be expected really. Just hope we get over the advantage line this week.

Agree. I would also hope Anasta, Lawrence and Galloway have been put on notice of the possibility of a stint in reggies if they put in another below par performance.

Seriously

When was the last time you saw three regualr first graders all with well over 100 career games, all ex reps…dropped to reggies at once

It just doesnt happen & I can see why

Knee jerk reactions never solve anything, especially cutting 1/4 of the team at once...all coaches start the year hoping to have as minimal _unforced_ changes as possible...its the number one priority....regardless of results and form, because the ethic in a top grade squad is ''hard work'' and ''striving to always improve''

 

[innsaneink]

Anasta will be there all year bar injury…rightly or wrongly

This crap about '''after Origin''' makes no sense to me

It's easy to see the rationalisation. No point dropping Anasta, only to pick him again when Austin has to help Luani at hooker.

Agree with the theory or not (I don't), **Potter has shown a commitment to keeping the team stable.** If he does drop gone Anasta, that might be the last we see of him.

yeh agree

Its a lot easier to work on what isnt working well when the same players are involved without unforced changes

Changing the squad doesnt automatically mean the areas - whatever they may be - that need work are rectified, it just makes it more difficult

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Anasta is easy to bash and yes his form hasn't been there, but do we think potter is a blind man who can't see this? If this is the best thing for the future of Luke Brooks for the next ten years then so be it, you need to have a plan for the future not just next week.

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By pairing him with halves partner who is non-existent in both attack and defence? How is that healthy for his development. The bloke is useless. May as well have a brick out there with a #6 painted on it.

so what youre saying is that unless someone can lead by example, they are useless at teaching young halves.

wonder why we need coaches then….

i'm going to take the high praise of Robbie Farah and Luke Brooks over the past few months as well as continual selection by the coach to mean he IS very influential in his talk on the field over people on forums and facebook bagging him.

Although I wouldnt mind an Austin Brooks pairing with Moses on the bench (if he's physically ready which i dont know) haha

His "experience" and "leadership" has been exemplary when Farah has been out too hasn't it? When did his experience and leadership come to the fore then when we were getting pansted by the Titans or Souths? What does Brooks get out of him? Apart from learning how to hoist two or three completely ineffective mid-field bombs per game and shut your whole right side out of the attack I'd say he's picked up sweet FA from him. If the intention was for Brooks to learn how to direct a side without any support from his halves partner it's been a resounding success.

He is non-existent in with the pill, virtually non-existent in defence, allegedly undermines the club he plays for and can't lead the side when he's handed the captaincy. The only game we've won this year under his stewardship was the Parra game where Sandow left his kicking boots at home.

He offers **nothing** to this team.

As much as I hate Easts, they had the foresight to see they were essentially playing with 12 men on the pitch whenever he was selected and subsequently turfed him. I'm not one for wholesale changes either, but we will see instantaneous improvement when we give him the hook or he retires (the latter looking like the more likely.)

 

[bigsiro]

If you cant see the many positives and they don't outweigh the perceived negatives, then you don't understand this team.

Re Anasta; most fans on here can probably name more negatives than positives. Even you yourself in your later post said that you wouldn't pick Anasta. The jury still seems to be out re Rowdy.

Balmain Boy you clearly don't understand the word "faith".

While I am totally behind Potter, I also understand that is absolutely reasonable for fans to question a new coach's decisions re under-performing players.

If we had won numerous premierships under Potter then he probably would have earned not only your blind faith but all of our blind faith. But that this stage it's way too early for that, so I think you owe it to yourself as a self-respecting fan to probably be more skeptical until your faith is not only warranted but anchored in something concrete - like a winning culture.

 

[Spartan117]

No surprises with the team named. Gavet obviously still out injured & assuming they are giving Halatau another week off to recover from the concussion.

Like Ink said Anasta will be there all year but if we're going to name a back on the bench it should have been Moses (Nothing against Austin as he hasn't put a foot wrong)

Would have been the perfect opportunity to inject Moses against the Raiders. When Gavet is available as others have stated we need to go back to a bench of Sue, Taupau, Semanufagai & Gavet.

A spine of Tedesco, Moses, Brooks and Farah is what we need. Make it happen before the finals are out of sight Potter.

Moses Later, He is not needed now and its not his time just yet.

Anasta is doing his job of steadying the ship for Brooks. Relax, he will be retiring soon.