Zac Cini #243

[TrueTiger]

Its absolutely marvelous to see a young player given an opportunity to play NRL...Cini did a great job,especially that we were under enormous pressure to start winning games and the odds were against us to win in Wollongong against the Saints..
I can clearly see what Madge is trying to achieve with this squad,he constantly keeps saying that he has faith and belief in this group of players,the winning results will keep coming as long as the players produce good football for the whole 80 mins..
The mix of youth and experience is starting to gel and the older players are helping the younger ones build confidence in their game as well as support them..
Yesterdays win was a great morale booster,many people have had many times criticised some senior players over the seasons for many reasons,however their quality at this level was on display,Mbye gave good service and his defence was great,BJ stood up and we saw why he was reportedly the best centre in the NRL,Tamou ran well and the young guys replacing him played with great intensity.Everytime the young guys did something great the seniors were their to give them support and wraps for plays...
To me Cini will develop into an NRL player as he moves forward within this squad,once again congratulations Zac on a job well done on debut..
Madge is making the right moves for our club to start winning games and heading higher up the ladder,I think he has finally broken the cycle of mediocrity and putting these young guys on the path of glory in the not to distant future....

 

[facepalmer]

Doesn’t seem to be very quick. The only time he got in the clear, the idiot director had to pan the camera to his entourage jumping up and down in the stands.

No he isn't insanely fast but in fairness to him he actually got hurt early in the game and was limping around and he looked to be hobbled when he was running.

 

[diedpretty]

But who gets the axe …

Talau on current form.

Definitely Roberts will get dropped. He has been in terrible form most of the season because his mind is somewhere else and would rather run in semi-circles rather than through gaps.

Would be good to see Roberts in reggies - they create a lot of space and get the ball to their outside backs pretty quickly. we might get to see what is missing in firsts.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Great Debut for this young man... If he is not there next week we clearly have something wrong.
over 150m in your first game and could of been 2 tries is an excellent effort. Did not seem rattled and happy to put in anywhere just to win.. I still think we need to increase our 1 year extension otter to 2 year as a min as this kid could be out answer for a wing spot moving forward..

This is what gets me about recruitment and retention...we have some very good and classy young players coming up and available...yet they extend Noffa for 4 years after 1 solid outstanding year during covid...

Can you imagine how damn good he would be if he wasn't a ranga ...Turbo MK II

Did you get attacked by a Red King Parrot or something when you were a kid? Or did a red bombshell steal your heart when you where a teenager? Or did you get constantly smashed by rangas when you played?

Which aversion is it? Once identified appropriate therapy can be arranged.

Yeah the ranga jokes are mildly funny about the first half a dozen times.

 

[tony soprano]

Great Debut for this young man... If he is not there next week we clearly have something wrong.
over 150m in your first game and could of been 2 tries is an excellent effort. Did not seem rattled and happy to put in anywhere just to win.. I still think we need to increase our 1 year extension otter to 2 year as a min as this kid could be out answer for a wing spot moving forward..

This is what gets me about recruitment and retention...we have some very good and classy young players coming up and available...yet they extend Noffa for 4 years after 1 solid outstanding year during covid...

Can you imagine how damn good he would be if he wasn't a ranga ...Turbo MK II

Did you get attacked by a Red King Parrot or something when you were a kid? Or did a red bombshell steal your heart when you where a teenager? Or did you get constantly smashed by rangas when you played?

Which aversion is it? Once identified appropriate therapy can be arranged.

Yeah the ranga jokes are mildly funny about the first half a dozen times.

Yeah it’s so racist

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Great Debut for this young man... If he is not there next week we clearly have something wrong.
over 150m in your first game and could of been 2 tries is an excellent effort. Did not seem rattled and happy to put in anywhere just to win.. I still think we need to increase our 1 year extension otter to 2 year as a min as this kid could be out answer for a wing spot moving forward..

This is what gets me about recruitment and retention...we have some very good and classy young players coming up and available...yet they extend Noffa for 4 years after 1 solid outstanding year during covid...

Can you imagine how damn good he would be if he wasn't a ranga ...Turbo MK II

Did you get attacked by a Red King Parrot or something when you were a kid? Or did a red bombshell steal your heart when you where a teenager? Or did you get constantly smashed by rangas when you played?

Which aversion is it? Once identified appropriate therapy can be arranged.

Yeah the ranga jokes are mildly funny about the first half a dozen times.

Yeah it’s so racist

They're just not funny.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

But who gets the axe …

Talau on current form.

Definitely Roberts will get dropped. He has been in terrible form most of the season because his mind is somewhere else and would rather run in semi-circles rather than through gaps.


Would be good to see Roberts in reggies - they create a lot of space and get the ball to their outside backs pretty quickly. we might get to see what is missing in firsts.

Yes, I would like to see how he performs outside halves who are giving early ball to their backs.

 

[diedpretty]

Its off topic but was are still playing way to flat in attack, we looked much better today on the few occasions we played with a little depth.

The 2 tries in the second half showed what we can do when we play with some depth. Brooks even had time to take on the line and dummy to lead runner before going out the back to Laurie. I'm sure it was just an aberration. Back to clunky standing start attack next week.

 

[jrtiger]

How do I get tickets to sit in his fan club?

I've got a great story. all his mates had bought tickets in random spots and ended up in the one bay. turns out they were in our seats. we asked security if they could stay there as we didn't wanna spoil the day for em, so we went on the hill and, well, you saw the rest of it. how good was that. when he was walking towards them at full time that feeling he must've had would've been incredible. so happy for him.

 

[simonthetiger]

The mates of his going berko in "that bay" was my highlight of the day!!! Just brilliant!!!

 

[cochise]

Its off topic but was are still playing way to flat in attack, we looked much better today on the few occasions we played with a little depth.


The 2 tries in the second half showed what we can do when we play with some depth. Brooks even had time to take on the line and dummy to lead runner before going out the back to Laurie. I'm sure it was just an aberration. Back to clunky standing start attack next week.

Exactly mate

 

[Geo]

I think the best part for me was how the players were almost as excited as Cinis mates. It gives you an insight of the sort of bloke he is off the field, and we really need players like that.

They looked like a team compared to looking like strangers last week.

Agreed, saw that when they all got around Laurie after he somehow got out of the in goal. They really appreciated his effort and gave him a big Pat on the back

Play of the game. Although I think we were an ounce lucky. But about time we had some luck!!

I think that penalty made up for the one when Noffa was thrown over the sideline as I thought that should have been a penalty.

Possibly but that was just two bone heads doing bone head things. Wish them two would learn to play smarter.

Wasn't it dumb football lol, I think that is why the refs let it go. We deserved to be bundled out.

Three of our errors in the first half were just not acceptable from professionals. Until we can get rid of those we will always languish.

This is true ...however unlike previous weeks we defended those errors rather than going to water

If that attitude continues we will improve

 

[DGilly]

Interesting to not he wasn't the arm tackler like so many made him out to be. He had a great day defensively

 

[jirskyr]

Interesting to not he wasn't the arm tackler like so many made him out to be. He had a great day defensively

Read the above comments - people didn't make him out to be an arm-grabber, he was, but that was 2 years ago and none of the reserves played football last year.

So it's been a long time for these players to develop since their last complete season, and as Madge said, Cini works very hard on his game. It was also noted that several alumni from Cini's rep sides have gone on to start NRL careers already, and Cini has kept working to achieve his chance.

 

[DGilly]

Interesting to not he wasn't the arm tackler like so many made him out to be. He had a great day defensively

Read the above comments - people didn't make him out to be an arm-grabber, he was, but that was 2 years ago and none of the reserves played football last year.

So it's been a long time for these players to develop since their last complete season, and as Madge said, Cini works very hard on his game. It was also noted that several alumni from Cini's rep sides have gone on to start NRL careers already, and Cini has kept working to achieve his chance.

Yeah there you go, I'm saying it's good that its clearly been worked on

 

[tony soprano]

Were some people saying he was slow and can’t defend?

 

[Devon Head]

Give Cini the keys to the city now. With that head and mullet what's not to love? On a serious note without a doubt is an upgrade on AJ and Talau on the wing with no disrespect to AJ and Tommy. Kid looked comfortable out there and really offered a bit of punch.

 

[jadtiger]

Give Cini the keys to the city now. With that head and mullet what's not to love? On a serious note without a doubt is an upgrade on AJ and Talau on the wing with no disrespect to AJ and Tommy. Kid looked comfortable out there and really offered a bit of punch.

AJ is more of a center not a winger imo.

 

[the_third]

Its off topic but was are still playing way to flat in attack, we looked much better today on the few occasions we played with a little depth.

Wasn’t that madges half time comment?

Was it? Its been a huge issue all year so thought it must have been the plan.

Yeah that was the half time update on Kayo.

I thought the second half had much better attack personally

 

[Devon Head]

Give Cini the keys to the city now. With that head and mullet what's not to love? On a serious note without a doubt is an upgrade on AJ and Talau on the wing with no disrespect to AJ and Tommy. Kid looked comfortable out there and really offered a bit of punch.


AJ is more of a center not a winger imo.

Yeah have to agree, he seems a much bigger body and I've always thought he'd be better suited there.