LIVE GAME Round 3 vs. Bulldogs

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Who gets dropped ? I thought Pole was great.

8. David Klemmer
9. Api Koroisau
10. Alex Twal
11. John Bateman
12. Isiah Papalli
13. Fonua Pole

14. Jake Simpkin
15. Stefano Utoikamanu
16. Sean Blore
17. Joe Ofahengaue


I think you neeed Simpkin on the bench. We'll kill Api with the work we are making him do. To me if you bring in Matamua Twal or Joe O get dropped and that is a massive call.
Yeah, a middle has to go - either Twal or Joe.
Im hearing Simpkin is weeks away, which means Wakeham probably stays on the bench until then. If Simpkin was back this week I reckon Wakeham plays half and Brooks five eighth.
 
If Simpkin was back this week I reckon Wakeham plays half and Brooks five eighth.

Surely this happens anyway. Play Rua off the bench.

I couldn't drop Joe or Twal. I thought Joe was poor this week but he was our best player last year and he has been decent so far this season. Twal has to me been pretty good but my expectations have been low.
 
Surely this happens anyway. Play Rua off the bench.

I couldn't drop Joe or Twal. I thought Joe was poor this week but he was our best player last year and he has been decent so far this season. Twal has to me been pretty good but my expectations have been low.
I don’t think Rua fits the Sheens style at all.
 
Rua is genuinely dreadful.

If he debuts we’re in a heap of trouble.

If we could get exemption from the NRL, I’d pick Smith on the bench to give Api a rest.
I think ‘dreadful’ is going too far, but I agree he’s a long way off NRL.
I might be looking away at the wrong times
but I never see him run it.
 
Listening to the after game presser, I was embarrassed for the club with some of Sheen's answers to questions. I have never heard a coach make up so many excuses for their own failures, it was poor at best. Does anybody not think that Shane Flanagan could have done better job? Sheen's is out of touch and now our of answers. Been saying it of over a year, Douhei is not a No 6

Sheens never has "excuses" he only has "reasons" and he always has many reasons when we lose.At the moment the main "reason" is it is all the ref's fault when everyone can see that so far the ref's have been decent.Not one of the reasons in his mind is the FACT that he is a complete fraud as a coach.
 
Just some thoughts for yesterday and sorry if it's already been said....
Game changed once we got AD away from the ball....never to play in the halves again he was woeful. his only strong point was his penalty kicks for touch. Every point that the dogs scored was through something AD did or didn't do. He killed our attack every time.
Brooks and Wakeham together?? I liked it. BW added some much needed spark and a lot of speed.
Never been so happy to see Nofoaluma hooked....thank god.
Klemmer and Bateman were immense, I like Kepaoa and Pole.
There are a few positives out of this game.
For mine, get BW and LB in the halves next week....you want to play running football that's the go.
Prepared to be roasted....
 
I think the come back has somewhat papered over the cracks, we simply cannot go into next game with Doueihi at 6 and Brooks at 7. It was blatantly obvious when a career reggies half came on we got better, i dont even know if i can deal with Doueihi at 1 for me its centre or bust.
 
I think the come back has somewhat papered over the cracks, we simply cannot go into next game with Doueihi at 6 and Brooks at 7. It was blatantly obvious when a career reggies half came on we got better, i dont even know if i can deal with Doueihi at 1 for me its centre or bust.
He is a WINGER !!
 
I dunno where Douehi fits but even. Blocker could see the bleeding obvious... And that's saying something... He's no ball player
Douehi 14

Most coaches work out their teams strengths before round 1...at least with us it's only two and a half weeks in
 
What's for sure is Wakeham is no 7 and maybe Brooks at 6 (he had a good last 25 mins with Wakehams help ) He sure gets thousands of chances
Douehi seemed to confuse the plays and maybe goes to the centers as I'm not sure he's fast enough for FB
IMO I thought Toa , Joffa and AJ had poor games
Eg When Nofo chased down a bomb on their 10m ( which is what your supposed to do )
Who covers if he doesn't get to the ball first ? Toa and right edge forward supposedly instead Dogs get runaway try .
Their was a lot of errors by a lot of players but I bet all the social media warriors blamed everyone of then on Nofo
Wakeham was the spark that lit the attack last 25 min
I form my opinion on players by watching game and then replays and don't use Social Media as my source of information
 
I think the most obvious change in the 2nd half aside from Wakeham was that our forwards were running straight and making metres, not under 7’s pass the ball along the line, which has been part of the game plan for the past 2.5 weeks. Hopefully the penny (sorry I’m old) has dropped in the coaches box.
 

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