There's another basket case

[Harvey]

Just like us they lack patience in attack and their halves are taking poor options, or are out of position late in the sets. The team generally also pushes too hard in attack (like us). They butchered a lot of opportunities last night when they had the Dragons in disarray but instead of settling and spinning it wide or driving into a back-peddling defence on the next they just tried to score off pushed passes then and there. Part of the problem is a lack of playmakers. Austin doesn't have much ball-playing ability or if he does he doesn't use it much. Wighton has none. It puts a lot of pressure on Sezer and allows the defence to target him. They looked more dangerous with Whitehead at 5/8 to be honest - he's got a great passing game and is enough of a threat in his own right to draw defenders interests.

They're also suffering from the loss of Soliola who is a hitman for them in defence and runs really good angles close to the line off Hodgson.

Wighton has also been pretty useless at the back for them and it's becoming apparent that he's not really a fullback. They should probably move Rapana to fullback on his current form and shift Wighton to the wing (he's not playing well enough to displace Croker on Leilua in the centres).

They've got a bunch of problems but they might still click and make a charge if they can make a few positional changes and keep a consistent team on the park. Sezer and Austin have barely played together this season.

I agree Wighton has been ordinary at fullback, I am not sure about Rapana though. They might need to look to recruit (and not from us this time).

 

[Nelson]

I agree Wighton has been ordinary at fullback, I am not sure about Rapana though. They might need to look to recruit (and not from us this time).

Yeah I wouldn't have Rapana as a long term option there (unless he kills it), but I'd be giving him a run there ahead of Wighton this season.

If I was in the market for a fullback I'd be looking at Valentine Holmes or Brad Abbey as a youngster (although they're both locked in at their current clubs for a few years). David Mead would also be better than their current options and he's stuck behind Zillman at the Titans for reasons unknown…

 

[Tigermama]

I love the way Ricky was standing on the sideline and feeling every tackle and punching his assistant. That was one of the stupidest ways to lose a game , he is probably still going off 24 hrs later. I'd hate to have him here, but Ricky is entertaining , good for the game.

Is he the only coach that still sits on the sideline?

That was one thing i liked about Sheens. Sitting there with the boys.
I like to see all of the coaches doing it…Rain or shine.

 

[maxxy86]

Fancy making a thread bagging a side who flogged us by 54 points recently lol….ah a win changes everything.

Yeah maybe I'm talking thru my kit…..have backed this basket case to get top 4 so 'that's my reasoning guys'

Kick… Not kit

Kick = wallet
Speak thru your kick

Lesson learned or is it learnt…... Idgaf

 

[Nelson]

Lesson learned or is it learnt…... Idgaf

Either can be used

 

[Fade_To_Black]

I love the way Ricky was standing on the sideline and feeling every tackle and punching his assistant. That was one of the stupidest ways to lose a game , he is probably still going off 24 hrs later. I'd hate to have him here, but Ricky is entertaining , good for the game.

Is he the only coach that still sits on the sideline?

That was one thing i liked about Sheens. Sitting there with the boys.
I like to see all of the coaches doing it…Rain or shine.

Remember Johnny Lang suited up in his Driza-bone on the sidelines. He was great entertainment to watch go through agony and ecstasy on the sidelines. A real character. Remember a game over here in Perth a few years ago when the rain was absolutely torrential (think it was Souths v Broncos) and Johnny was assistant coach I think of Souths and after the game he did a big belly slide into one of the huge puddles on the field!
I couldn't imagine Bennett doing that…...

 

[hammertime]

I love the way Ricky was standing on the sideline and feeling every tackle and punching his assistant. That was one of the stupidest ways to lose a game , he is probably still going off 24 hrs later. I'd hate to have him here, but Ricky is entertaining , good for the game.

One of my mates saw him at Catalina's yesterday. Probably wanted to stay the heck away from going back to Canberra.

Funnily enough, Benny Elias was there too. Sitting across the other side of the room, not approaching each other. No doubt emotions still too raw to shake hands over 1989…

 

[Fade_To_Black]

The biggest basket case in the NRL is the Warriors by far. Spent up big on luring some more quality players to their club and still are easybeats.
They would have to be the dumbest side as well: massive breeze behind them in the 1st half today and Johnson kicks 2 out of his first 3 kickoffs over the dead ball line on the full- moronic. Then they had Penrith on the rack in the 2nd half and pushed at least 3 or 4 passes that were either dropped balls or intercepts.
They are a disgrace.

 

[Fade_To_Black]

I love the way Ricky was standing on the sideline and feeling every tackle and punching his assistant. That was one of the stupidest ways to lose a game , he is probably still going off 24 hrs later. I'd hate to have him here, but Ricky is entertaining , good for the game.

One of my mates saw him at Catalina's yesterday. Probably wanted to stay the heck away from going back to Canberra.

Funnily enough, Benny Elias was there too. Sitting across the other side of the room, not approaching each other. No doubt emotions still too raw to shake hands over 1989…

2 absolute tossers. I'm surprised they didn't seek each other out to sit together because you would imagine they wouldn't have too many mates between them.
Loved Benny as a player but he has proved himself to be a germ with his shonky business dealings. Stuart has always been an arrogant flog from day 1.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Warriors can sign all the stars they want, but until they sign a coach who has a long track record of consistently getting sides to finals they will flounder. Mental weakness has always been their achilles heel. Their culture is terrible.

 

[Nelson]

Warriors can sign all the stars they want, but until they sign a coach who has a long track record of consistently getting sides to finals they will flounder. Mental weakness has always been their achilles heel. Their culture is terrible.

They probably need a head kicker coach like Michael Maguire or an arsehole coach like Flanagan to sort them out.