I would like to see him running off shorter balls with the halves looping back around for the offload. Or if he's going to play that wide then Jarryd should be hunting around in support.
Our problem is, these are our two main weapons so today they played almost exclusively either side of the ruck. And so Feleti was playing the extra man in the line, which just meant no support runners all night.
I still remain of the opinion that Mateo needs to be six.
If he isn't six, the bullet needs to be bitten and Hayne needs to be six and Luke Burt or Tom Humble moved to fullback because we're a team that offloads without anyone playing in support.
(BTW, we have one of the best supporting halves in the game, but he's not playing in the halves).
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He was desperate for a runner and the only jersey in sight was Ben Smith who had a roosters player between him and Feleti.
Interesting tonight when our forwards could not get a great deal of go forward because of the roosters hard defense that our halves were found wanting again and the work was left up to Hayne and Mateo.
I think Mateo will come back to haunt us,,, he will fire nicely at Warriors.
If it were up to me Mateo will be playing 5/8th with Robson at halfback. Mortz will be on the bench interchanging with Robson or MK depending how the game flows. This way Mortz will continue learning his halfback role as well as the hooker role which might be suited for him at this stage.
As for Inu I will keep him on. He electryfies in the big games. His last 3 games have been his best all year and he is getting better. I will have Humble replace Reddy in the centres and have Grothe (uninjured) come in for Burt.
Moi Moi on the bench. Starting him off is a huge waste. His an impact player. He plays his best footy there.
My team would look like this....
1. The Chosen One
2. Joel Reddy - Replaced by "Grothe" as soon as his injury free.
3. Tom Humble - Luke burt has been playing poorly.
4. Timana Tahu
5. Krisnan Inu - Building up momentum.
6. Feleti "The GreatOne" Mateo - The missing link to our Halves problem.
7. Jeff Robson
8. Nathan Cayless (c)
9. Matt Keating
10. Justin Poore
11. Nathan Hindmarsh (c)
12. Ben Smith
13. Justin Horo
14. Daniel Mortimer
15. Fuifui Moimoi - Plays his best off the bench. Impact player.
16. Tim Mannah
17. Brendan Oake
Do this and you have your playoffs as well as your Premiereship.