Laurie
Nofoaluma
B Leilua
Roberts
Talau
Mbye
Brooks
Tamou
Liddle
Twal
Tuilagi
L Lailua
Ofahengaue
Mikalele
Utoikamanu
Simpkins
Seyfarth
Can w3 confirm its Jake simpkins or tuki simpkins on bench
I would have Jake Simpkin on the bench after re;watching the trial, I would be close to having Simpkins as well.
Simpkin and Tuki should be on the bench. Seyfarth drops out. Garner will be starting I'd say, Tuilagi and Tuki may battle it out for a bench spot. Back coverage is a worry though, but hopefully that doesn't matter 1st game
Jake Simpkin looked better than Liddle think the 9 is still open for performance on next week trial
He was definitely better at hogging the ball and running on the fifth tackle, I'll give you that.
Haha oh dear
Look I don’t think a reserve grade trial is going to have a lot of team structure going, it’s more than likely madge told them to treat it as a game of back yard footy because I did not see a clear game plan out there
What was clear to me was he was a level above the opposition & he’s only 19 years old
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Laurie
Nofoaluma
B Leilua
Roberts
Talau
Mbye
Brooks
Tamou
Liddle
Twal
Tuilagi
L Lailua
Ofahengaue
Mikalele
Utoikamanu
Simpkins
Seyfarth
Can w3 confirm its Jake simpkins or tuki simpkins on bench
I would have Jake Simpkin on the bench after re;watching the trial, I would be close to having Simpkins as well.
Simpkin and Tuki should be on the bench. Seyfarth drops out. Garner will be starting I'd say, Tuilagi and Tuki may battle it out for a bench spot. Back coverage is a worry though, but hopefully that doesn't matter 1st game
Jake Simpkin looked better than Liddle think the 9 is still open for performance on next week trial
He was definitely better at hogging the ball and running on the fifth tackle, I'll give you that.
Haha oh dear
Look I don’t think a reserve grade trial is going to have a lot of team structure going, it’s more than likely madge told them to treat it as a game of back yard footy because I did not see a clear game plan out there
What was clear to me was he was a level above the opposition & he’s only 19 years old
It was clear to me that there was more structure and a semblance of a game plan when Liddle came on.
May have just been a coincidence say the Simpkin barrel pushers. Lol
In a reserve grade trial I doubt that’s to be expected. Majority of the players in that game had barely even trained together yet alone played a single game together, case in point Laurie
Why is it bad if Simpkin plays well anyway?
Don't get why people have to make it liddle vs Simpkin. They both play for us and both played well in the trial game, can't we just be happy they did well without comparing them and making crap up about how good/bad they played? ? keen to see how they go this week
I thought a Forum (by definition) was a great place to promote discussion on various topics. I would have thought that comparing Liddle with Simpkin (especially as they both play the same position) would have been a reasonable subject for discussion. I have spent many weeks reading on here how Simpkin was the next Messiah or at the very least the new Harry Grant without even having played a single NRL game. I have read how he will be the starting Hooker and Liddle will be on the bench. I have read if we buy Branden Smith or player 'X' and we have Simpkin it will be "see ya" Liddle. I have read how fit and solid Simpkin is and how injury prone Liddle is. I have read that maybe his contract won't be renewed, that he will go to "The Dogs" or we could swap him for various players we may need.
Many of these thoughts have been expressed by you jc99 and now you ask "why people have to make it Liddle vs Simpkin?"
Would have thought the answer was obvious.
Hahahaha what? Please show me where I've said anything like that. Every single time I've talked about either of our hookers I've tried my best to stay balanced. In fact every time I've predicted our team I've had Liddle as our starting hooker, I'm a big fan of his. You can literally check this thread and see I've rated Liddle over Simpkin. Other people have had over the top expectations of Simpkin but I've stayed quite reasonable, you must have me confused with someone else champ, so please don't make things up and put words in my mouth with no evidence.
You seem to think that only Simpkin or Liddle can be on the team and let favouritism cloud your judgement continually. They can both have a role in our team but you don't see that and for some reason Insist on rubbishing Simpkin to make Liddle seem better, and it's just as annoying when certain people (I think we know who) rubbish Liddle for no reason at all to make Simpkin seem better.
Just don't get why it's one or the other for some People! I like them both!
The point I was making - People were comparing the both of them, one or the other etc. even you as shown below.
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Not sure signing the best hooker in the game needs much explaining besides ‘we want to win games’
Comparison 46 Round one team
Stef was one I was really keeping and eye on and he was excellent. I thought Simpkin was better than Liddle in the game but Liddle still played well, Simpkin did well at lock too.
Comparison 52 Round one Team
Liddle was definitely just cruising because he only ran the ball properly twice and one of those times he lost us a few metres. Again he didn’t play bad but Simpkin showed way more out there yesterday.
Running hookers are the way of the future, even Madge mentioned he liked what Simpkin did and Liddle looked good when he did run so I reckon that’s what he wants.
Comparison 55 Round one Team
He did it once and I’m sure he learned his lesson. Besides that he was making good metres and getting us rolling with his runs and his passing was good too, the only concern I had with him was the fact he fell off one or two tackles. Sounds like the starting position is up for grabs but they’ll probably share the role anyway playing similar minutes
Have not the time or the inclination to endlessly scroll through pages of.....
There big difference is I have no bias about my opinions between the two, and I'm not of the thinking that both can't be in our team every week, some people seem to think it's one or the other and tear down one of them for no apparent reason.
While I thought Simpkin did better in the trial I think Liddle will be our starting 9. Please do not put words in my mouth cause I never had of those other opinions you mentioned.
Comparing how they played is fine. Making it a battle saying oh Simpkin sucks and Liddle is great or vice versa because of personal bias is just stupid because they're both our players and they both have heaps of potential
Anyway I'm keen to see how they go this weekend and how they go for us in the regular season, it's exciting to have them both fit and playing