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hank37w said:
Hopefully he will have his usual brain snap and be unavailable for Souffs at some stage and derail their season. (AGAIN)
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I don't think I have ever seen a player who has so much talent as Latrell - he just does everything effortlessly. It's a shame that he can be such a grub, but damn if I wouldn't love to have him as a Tigers grub!
 
gregjm87 said:
Evidence that a coach is only as good as his squad?
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Certainly a very good point and one we should all consider when we are slagging coaches. “If you don’t have the cattle” etc etc. it must be tough.
So with that valid point in mind…. What you want from your team is effort and desire, you want every player wearing your jersey to give it a red hot crack. Then what you want from your coach is to get the absolute best out of every player. If you lose, well you can still feel like they all did their best.
It becomes up to the coach, the club recruitment and player management to sort out and refine a squad who have the talent and skills to compete.
Our Tigers seem to have travelled down this path with Richo and Benji now, and if they can keep improving, are well placed for success.
 
gregjm87 said:
Evidence that a coach is only as good as his squad?
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Yes, spot on, in my delight of watching the mighty falling neglected to recognise this.

Also, their dilemma shows how difficult it can be to reverse a losing run, even with their weakened squad of previous years they have some experienced heads still in the side that don't seem to be making any difference.

To make things worse it looks like the halfback is injured, one has to ask are the Storm capable of getting out of this predicament this season.
 
Rock Hopper Steve said:
Yes, spot on, in my delight of watching the mighty falling neglected to recognise this.

Also, their dilemma shows how difficult it can be to reverse a losing run, even with their weakened squad of previous years they have some experienced heads still in the side that don't seem to be making any difference.

To make things worse it looks like the halfback is injured, one has to ask are the Storm capable of getting out of this predicament this season.
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No, they are not. I tipped them to miss the 8 at the start of the season but I thought they would be in the cluster of teams competing for the final couple of spots. I've seen nothing to suggest they will be one of those teams.
 
Rock Hopper Steve said:
Yes, spot on, in my delight of watching the mighty falling neglected to recognise this.

Also, their dilemma shows how difficult it can be to reverse a losing run, even with their weakened squad of previous years they have some experienced heads still in the side that don't seem to be making any difference.

To make things worse it looks like the halfback is injured, one has to ask are the Storm capable of getting out of this predicament this season.
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One thing is for sure RHS, we won't be playing them into form.

We need to be relentless against them.
 
gregjm87 said:
They could though I doubt they will. Munster has been awful but we've seen them pick and stick and get performances in the past.
Plenty of decent/in form options in DCE, Walker, Dearden, Clifford, Campbell, Boyd but none demanding selection.
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it should be a good series this year
 
Lestronge said:
Man I don’t mean to be a dick , but 2 years ago he was a bench player at the warriors . Last year he had a break out year , which he did , but if your team is completely at the mercy of an edge backrower you only recently brought in a couple of years ago …. There’s bigger issues going on.
No . Thier issue is fullback . He doesn’t organise the numbers correctly , he’s late getting into position , and there’s no trust in thier defence across the whole team .
He might get there , but for the 1 magic moment like that the last night , I’m not sure he’s worth the defensive issues .
That’s one of the big improvements we have this year . Sure it’s our physicality and contact , but also it’s extremely noticeable how loud Bula is now . When we were leaking like a siv , Bula was finding his voice .
Faalogo will probably get there , but he needs work big time .
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Agreed that they have multiple issues, however don’t underplay the impact of Katoa. He actually started at the Storm in 2023, NRL second rower of the year the last 2 seasons and in 2025 was almost the best player in any position.

We can see how having two quality edge backrowers have made a difference for us this year.
 
Dr_Ice said:
Agreed that they have multiple issues, however don’t underplay the impact of Katoa. He actually started at the Storm in 2023, NRL second rower of the year the last 2 seasons and in 2025 was almost the best player in any position.

We can see how having two quality edge backrowers have made a difference for us this year.
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Yes, he scored the first try so many times to get them going.
 
Milky said:
Credit to how strong the Broncos have been absent Carrigan, Haas, Walsh and Walters

Looking like another Penrith Broncos GF unless another team hits amazing form

Whilst I think we are much stronger than previous years, we need to stay fit and Luai needs to find another gear for us to be premiership contenders
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I think the Chooks are a real chance if the injury god is kind to them
 
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