TEAM LIST Round 4 vs. Storm

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Earl said:
I'm interested in Reilly at 6. It gives us another option. It's worth a shot.
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He's a good footballer. Has the physical attributes but also knows how to play.
I'm reserving judgment until after this weekend though. I have a feeling the Wakeham inclusion is the turning point. The starting pack this week is far superior to the Storm. The backs are capable, particularly AJ and Toupou together. Douehei, as bad as he has been, only has to run onto it and look for a runner as per Titans game. That's his go. Naden and Staines are as fast as anyone they've got. Monsters one side, speed the other.
Wakeham only has to play as well as he did in the trial or the last 20 last week and we're a massive chance. To me, it wouldn't even be an upset.
 
TrueTiger said:
Mate I like your input and opinions on the forum but just want to say that I completely understand this particular post in regard to positions and what you are pointing to,however I would like to say that every position is equal at NRL level of rugby league,they are professional players contracted on big money to play in a TEAM environment where each and everyone has to do their job to win games...
I presume that a fair opinion would be that the spine is key to a winning,consistent and well organised team,that would be correct,its like a top car,it wont run without a fully working motor or wheels to get it mobile and moving...
The spine needs to be strong at this level,but if the forwards are not of quality and moving forward then the spine cant do its job properly neither can the rest of the team...
I just wanted to use this small analogy of the "car" just to put it into perspective how I see it because in my opinion at this level of the game there are no secondary positions,its a team game and all have to do their job to achieve the objective to win the game....cheers @aturkey ..
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...and Petrol - you need the right kind of Petrol - ESSO - Put a Tiger in your Tank!
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Halbrowne61 said:
I tend to agree with you on that but just heard TS say he gave the team Mon-Tues off, then a training run yesterday, they fly down tonight and captains run in the morning. Interesting prep and hope they can remember what the plays are !!!! If there are any.
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It's OK Hal - they have a chartered flight - the Captain's run starts in Economy and ends at the rear exit. Api can be heard singing "Come run with me, Come run with me" This could be The Play! 🛫🛬🏉🍻🐯
 
tigerballs said:
He's a good footballer. Has the physical attributes but also knows how to play.
I'm reserving judgment until after this weekend though. I have a feeling the Wakeham inclusion is the turning point. The starting pack this week is far superior to the Storm. The backs are capable, particularly AJ and Toupou together. Douehei, as bad as he has been, only has to run onto it and look for a runner as per Titans game. That's his go. Naden and Staines are as fast as anyone they've got. Monsters one side, speed the other.
Wakeham only has to play as well as he did in the trial or the last 20 last week and we're a massive chance. To me, it wouldn't even be an upset.
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Awesome post. I'm starting to feel a little positive but it's Melbourne and it's a short turnaround.

I reckon we could click at some point though and get some good wins. I hope it's this week.
 
The Storm game is the test
All last year our backline was excused because they were playing behind a second rate pack with no go forward
Well tomorrow they have a new expensive and high class pack vs a Storm pack without
Big Nelson and no more Bromwich brothers or Kafusi or Brandon Smith and no Hughes
Storm have been poor this year so we should win and if not it will say our backline is rubbish
 
Where is the Ken Maumalo thread? I wanted to say how happy this makes me. He plays like a slug and wingers shouldn't be slug like
 
Stevec said:
The Storm game is the test
All last year our backline was excused because they were playing behind a second rate pack with no go forward
Well tomorrow they have a new expensive and high class pack vs a Storm pack without
Big Nelson and no more Bromwich brothers or Kafusi or Brandon Smith and no Hughes
Storm have been poor this year so we should win and if not it will say our backline is rubbish
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All of that is true,but if we do lose it will also highlight what a terrible decision it was to put Sheens in as coach.We have the best team we have had in a decade but are playing worse football than i have seen in many many years(including the JT years)
 
Stevec said:
The Storm game is the test
All last year our backline was excused because they were playing behind a second rate pack with no go forward
Well tomorrow they have a new expensive and high class pack vs a Storm pack without
Big Nelson and no more Bromwich brothers or Kafusi or Brandon Smith and no Hughes
Storm have been poor this year so we should win and if not it will say our backline is rubbish
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I agree.
There is really no excuse for losing this game today.
Do it ugly if need be, scrappy wins are still worth 2 points.
 
Gotta win. Sad we could have won 1 or 2 games and therefore had time to work on combinations. In saying that maybe if we had they would have persisted with brooks and douiehi. Just want doueihi to move to centre already, tell him to pull his finger out and hopefully he realises that he can actually be a top line centre and make a career out of it…
 
jadtiger said:
All of that is true,but if we do lose it will also highlight what a terrible decision it was to put Sheens in as coach.We have the best team we have had in a decade but are playing worse football than i have seen in many many years(including the JT years)
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Sheens put the team together though. I think we have enough class players that at some point we will click.
 
Earl said:
Sheens put the team together though. I think we have enough class players that at some point we will click.
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The pack seems to be OK but would like to see them supporting Api/ other ball players more rather than one out crud more. It's a bigger job sorting out the prima donnas and numpties in the backs.
 
Our team is good enough on paper, like every other ream in the NRL at this time of year. There's no mystery here, spine don't click and we are 0-4, spine click and we are a shot at finally starting the season. Confident in everything except the 1, 6 and 7.
 
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