Team Performance (6.5)
1. Gutho (7)
Vommited during the game. Perhaps he was sick? Undermind Moses a bit. I feel like Gutho has seen the form of Turbo and is trying to replacate it. Turbo has the potential to be the best player ever. So Gutho just relax and do your job. Let Moses control the team. Also stop making silly errors. Not captain like. His defence was good tonight. Couple of try savers.
2. Sivo (4)
Nice assist for Blake. Was caught out once when a kick was put behind him. Unlucky for his injury.
3. Blake (8)
Broke more tackles than he made. He provided some great runs from the back end (11 TB, 136M). He needed to straighten up before passing on the inside for Dylan early in the game.
4. Penisni (7.5)
Looks very strong. Absolutely man handled attackers a couple times. Hopefully he keeps his starting spot.
5. Dunster (7)
Plenty of meters tonight. Great kick for Gutho's try.
6. D Brown (7)
Linked with Moses very well tonight which is something we rarely see. A couple of good defensive moments. Would of liked to see him run the ball more.
7. Moses (8.5)
Great kicking game tonight. Ran the ball well.
8. Papali'i (7.5)
Wasted in the middle.
9. Lussick (7)
Made his tackles. Overplayed his hand a bit. Service from dummy half is a bit slow and loopy.
10. Paulo (7.5)
Pretty good tonight
11. Lane (6)
Please go back to the middle. A couple good moments but a few dum moments. Uneccesary charge down. Dum errors. A couple of good shots in defence
12. Niukore (7.5)
Finally starting on the edge. His pressure from the inside is very notable in defence. Sometimes he puts too much pressure. He needs to tackle the ball in defence. A lot of offloads happens when he is invovled in the tackle.
13. N Brown (5)
Really poor recently. Dum errors and missing tackles. He allows quick play the balls sometimes due to his poor contact. I think he will get suspended for his crusher which will give him a needed rest IMO.
14. Smith (7)
Did well tonight. Proved his utlity value.
15. Carty (4)
A dum slopy swining arm which was a high tackle. Wish he got some more minutes.
16. Kaufusi (6.5)
Less minutes than normal. Perhaps because of his concussion.
17. Makatoa (7)
Good. Should be starting.
Defence.
We allow to many offloads when we have 3 players in the tackle. Please tackle the fucking ball. Penisini was very strong in defence. TBF cowboys looked clueless in attack at times. For the fijian try, we counted numbers horribly. We had so many players on the short side for no reason.
Attack:
We had to many unforced errors in attack. We need to complete much better. Our attacking structures and gameplan has improved inside the opp red zone with Moses and Dylan connecting with each other. Unfortunately, I think we have changed our attack too late. It will take more times for our attack to be more fluent and click with this new style.
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I thought Junior played like an Alpha tonight, we were so much better when he was on the park.
If Isiah's our best back rower surely Marata would be number 2.
Agree wholeheartedly re Carty. He's won me over this year but he NEEDS more minutes. He would be a massive plus if the coach just had the nous to use him properly.
Will Smith - very valuable player - I can't fathom that he's still unsigned for next year. I reckon he's one of the best multi role utilities in the comp and we haven't fucking signed him.
JA is signed for 2022. Go figure 🤷🏼♂️
Brad will be pushing the club to sign him for 8 years before he gets the punt.
Yeah - wonder what the rest of the playing group think about that....
Rating Wakka higher than Paulo, Nuikore, Will Smith & Papali'i really does put the anal into analysis.
Nathan Brown was a 4 at best tonight. Worst game i have seen him play.
He seems to drop a lot of balls off the chest when recieving a pass.
Think it might be a combo of his upright running style and taking his eyes off the ball, watching the defenders.
He looks tired. A crusher is pretty much a guarantee suspension so I expect brown to have a week off
He's got a technical issue there. He catches the ball onto his chest, then he re-grips it in order to pass it off. He shouldn't be catching the ball onto his chest. He should be catching in upright hands so he can immediately pass without needing to re-grip.
Back end of the season. For at least the last 6 weeks, N.Brown, Gutherson, Sivo & when he was there, Fergo, they have all seemed to be down on energy & impact & are probably playing with some sort of niggle. Even prior to SOO, Paulo has been wearing a noticeable protector for his chest/sternum. I can't see a lot of upside playing guys not fully fit in the next two weeks.
I still think Mahoney was brought back into the run-on side too quickly, especially expecting him to play 80 minutes, from the bench could have been a better option.
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