What we are short of

Well our management has moved the club to a reasonable level of financial respectability. On Off field side of things we can be satisfied.

However I agree totally that on the coaching front and associated areas of recruitment and retention …. there is no pass mark for a long, long time. Just the fact that our players have had more coaching philosophies shoved down their throats over last 5 years can’t be good. People say that our attack and defensive systems seem to be crap ..... we’ll go figure why?

We missed the mark on number of players. Our backline woes are a direct result of bad reads on players we have let go. Six of our former players are currently playing for (league and union) national teams so that says a lot. And Siro brothers and Moses are doing much better elsewhere. So yeah ..... dissapinting.

I think we may be in for a difficult year. Normally I’m positive about things but circumstances we find ourselves in and our squad this year just doesn’t fill me with confidence.... and I’m not saying this after yesterday’s performance. We just need stability and some good recruitment please over next few years and there will be success to come. But this year .... naaaah!
 
@cochise said:
To me we looked like we had been training quite intensely right up to the game.

Quite possibly we have. I highly doubt we would only play one trial and not be getting flogged at training, especially with the comp still a couple of weeks away
 
@Furious1 said:
Quite possibly we have. I highly doubt we would only play one trial and not be getting flogged at training, especially with the comp still a couple of weeks away

I would guess there was a much heavier training load through the week than is normal for a game.
 
@tonza said:
We did not lock up the ball when defending. Warriors offloaded at will. Fatigue set in. Result predictable.

I said in another thread - trials favour very big teams, which Warriors are. I thought Warriors actually played really well for a trial but they were running big units on and off at will, with unlimited interchange. Let's see them keep that up when it's back to 4/10.
 
We just need better athletes. It’s been a problem for many years. Matterson and Jennings are a step in the right direction.

From our roster we need Liddle to blast Farah out of the 9 and Reynolds to do the same with Benji at 6\. As it stands Farah and Marshall deserve their roles. We also need Mbye to have a crack he has been lifeless for the back half of last year and the first trial.
 
We are lacking at least one prop that runs hard attracts defenders bends the line and can offload.

17 players that run hard

A quality 13

A dangerous 6

An edge that can defend.
 
IMO, Packerlino has the ability, but just didnt show it during that game. Most of the players during the game looked like a dogs breakfast
 
Makes sense I wouldn’t really put in for a trial either coming back from a knee injury.
 
I thought our forwards did well against the Warriors pack, who had a mountain of possession, especially in the first half, when we were also against the wind, and playing in New Zealand. In attack, it seemed we were always trying to get out from deep within our own half. Really Warriors looked most dangerous when they spread the ball wide to their big wingers. When we did get close to their line , majority the time we scored. i think we were just out muscled out wide. I think we need Jennings on the wing.
 
It was obvious again that we need a proper lock and props, Eisenhuth, Matulino and Packer are for sure the worst and the most useless players at their positions.
Eisenhith is still there because of a few games he played well when he moved from the ISP.
Matulino and Packer look like has beens, surely they hold record for the least meters run per game, unfortunately, Woods and Seumanufagai >>>>> Matulino and Packer, and Sue >>>>> Eisenhuth.:rage:
 

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