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Posted by Jneb on April 4, 2016 at 10:50pm
A) Corey Norman asked for 800k last week.He has shown us this season he is worth that. Especially when u consider how scarce halves are.The plays he provided against panthers were top shelf plays. Had the ball on a string all game and those 30meter cut out passes from mid field over to Semi and Jenko while in attack at top speed were superb. He made Foran look abysmal.Floppoate was on 800. Wotmough 700, Surely Norman is worth that. What do you guys think?B) Semi and Jenko are getting shut down.The big names of Semi and Jenko make too much noise and as a result, the opposition defence trains to crash our left side all week. They see our edges as left side danger = 80% danger and our right side attack = 20% danger. We need to split them up and balance our threat levels better.We MUST re unite the Takarangi & Semi combination.Takarangi and Norman have elevated their games to another level this year, imagine how many try's Semi would be scoring if the trio were reunited on the left.Taka is a ball playing center, with an awesome offload, and right now, he's passing to Gutho who isn't the sort of player who can recieve an offload in a tiny space while tip toeing down the side line. He screws up because he is too skinny and gets rag dolled as soon as he's anywhere near the side line and taken out of bounds. That's why he drops the ball so much when Taka passes to him. Taka needs a supreme finisher out side of him otherwise takas talent is gonna go to waste.Semi needs Taka and Taka needs semi.Jenko and Gutho are not passers of the ball. They are 1on1 players.So Foran can pick and choose who he wants to hit, Jennings in close putting him trough holes in 1v1 situations or throw a cut out to Gutho WHO CAN FINISH IF GIVEN SPACE and who WILL FINISH because Jenko will be his decoy. And Jenko is a decoy too juicy to resist. Would be a great thing for Gutho. Plus I truly believe Jenko will have more success on the right side because Foran is better than Norman at putting players through holes.That way we will cause nightmares on both edges.As it stands at the moment, Instead of recieving balls from Foran with space to move, Taka is being hit by Foran and then offloading to Gutho who then has no space and flirts with sidelines and screws up.Gutho is a 1on1 player who needs space to move, Needs direct feed from Foran NOT an offload from Taka.When oppositions see Gutho recieve ball from Taka in zero space they rush him like lions attacking a weak piece of prey knowing that he's easy to rag doll out of bounds.He needs to be hit directly by Foran before the defence can slide and put pressure on him.Plus Foran will be better at putting Jennings through holes.As for the Left side attack.Semi and Taka and Norman were the best left edge in the game last two seasons.Why change that? Just because Jenko likes his left edge? Is that really worth ruining the best left edge attack in league? I don't think so!Semi needs Taka and Taka needs semi...Unlike Gutho, Semi CAN dance along the sideline and finish in zero space from a Taka offload.We need to re unite the best left edge in league.Takas and Normans games have ascended this year, just imagine they were all back together on the left side, if you thought semi was scoring a lot of try's last year then just imagine what could be happening this year if we re United them.2 x options....1. Right side = Foran + Jenko + GuthoLeft side = Norman + Taka + SemiIf Jenko cries too much and is that unhappy about playing right side then maybe we can try plan B.2. Right side = Foran + Taka + SemiLeft side = Norman + Jenko + GuthoEither way - Semi and Jennings need to be split up. Placed on either side of the chess board.The reason I would choose to move Jennings first is because the combo of Taka + Semi on the left was the best attacking edge in league. So I would try to re unite them firstWe had the best left edge in league last year and now we have two superstars on one side and we look Mediocre because the defence crashes our left edge.RIGHT NOW Semi has been reduced to a 1on1 player like Jennings. They are both mid field attackers now instead of Semi being a supreme finisher.All they both do now is hit ups mid field and out of our end zone and when we get to the opponents red zone neither Jenko or semi are anywhere to be seen. The defence just crashes them.Semi NEEDS Takas ball playing skills. And Taka needs Semis finishing skills!And you will see the Try's will start to flow again.C) David Gower has been phenomenal for us so far this season and isn't getting any credit.I felt he was our best against the Tigers. And top 3 against Penrith.He made some massive tackle busts and massive massive offloads and blew the defence wide open.Same against the panthers... Massive tackle busts and massive offloads.He dropped a critical ball against penny but apart from that he's been out standing.(This is a repost of an earlier post I made that I accidently deleted. We were in the middle of discussions and I didn't get to read you guys replies I accidently deleted the post)
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  • Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown April 4, 2016 at 11:35pm

    Welcome and good blog some pretty fair points there, cant really argue with any of that.

    • Jneb > Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown April 5, 2016 at 12:17am
      Thanks snake
  • Parramate April 5, 2016 at 12:06am
    Well said jneb. Many Norman taka n semi too good of a side to resist. Gower 1_ of my favourites. Against tigers when we were struggling to get out of our end gower would make 20m run n get our go forward again. Our probs need to be Paulo, mannah, gower n wicks we win more games with that rotation
    • Jneb > Parramate April 5, 2016 at 12:18am
      Thanks mate. I agree
  • Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown April 5, 2016 at 12:34am

    Jneb whats with the unusual name? Is that another language or just Benj backwards?

    cheers

  • MINA kouroutis April 5, 2016 at 1:24am
    Excellently said, your blog was very
    similar to my blog as far as! only
    starting, that I really believed as I still do. That Semi so strong full of so much
    talent, as a very natural athlete play's the
    game as he sees it. Yes Jneb as I am so
    happy! hearing your self saying what I
    said two games ago.
    As Jennings must go on the other side,
    As You also have written as if sounds like music to my ears. You wrote your blog
    So very well. if we can see it!
    Why can't B.Arthur see it?
    We can not have Semi and Jennings together. The Best wing players together,?
    Out of all clubs, no no not right.
    Somebody from our site! That knows where they work out on the field,, could pass a letter, must be very well written,
    A very sophisticated and formal written letter. Certainly not me! that's for sure... Thanking you for this blog.
    Parramum...
    • Jneb > MINA kouroutis April 5, 2016 at 1:35am
      Cheers buddy
  • Jim Tabone April 5, 2016 at 8:48am

    Just sign him up now. The longer this is a topic of discussion the more his game will be up and down.

    If he has his future sorted he can get back to playing top footy.

    Just look at his last 2 weeks. He has hardly run the ball. Im just saying he was average at best for 2 weeks.

    Against the Dogs he was super.

    Time to get some players playing happy again and this means signing on the dotted line. Offer him 700k 800k 850 for 3 years

    Add a couple of nice TPAS or use the marquee money for him as well.

  • Jacko April 5, 2016 at 11:14am

    This is going to be very difficult to achieve. I'm hearing the 2016 roster as it stands now is over the cap and players will need to be shed even without that extra cost. 

    • Jim Tabone > Jacko April 5, 2016 at 11:24am

      If we are going to lose players

      Lets start with

      1-Gutherson  Im hearing he is on big coin purely because parra wanted him bad. is he really on 350k

      2-Gordon  Same as Gutherson on 350 but he adds value but next year we could bring french in and save 350k

      3-Kelly - Replace him with Cornish as backup half will be cheap

      4-Morgan - if he gets more than 75k to play for Wenty we have kids in the under 20s better than him dont ask me who if you do not follow under 20s. There is 1 kid who could be 1st grade now but they wont rush him in.

      5-Toutai Same as Morgan

      6-Folau Same as Morgan

      7-Watmough should be gone this year but 100% certain he will be next year

      8-De-Gois- King can come in top 25 and cheap

      10-Terepo If he is not on 150-200k max give him the flick.

      11-Mannah  Replace Terepo and Mannah with Faffita brothers, 100% we are paying way overs for Mannah and most of that heads to hillsong.

      Surely this will save you plenty of coin

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