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"It's for turning up late to training."
"He's a gun. Go and watch the Eels/Tigers Preseason trial match from last year, he tore us apart. I think he just needs some time with Moses. He also needs some creative license when he comes off the bench and can't just be a ball distributer like…"
"It is, I think a TCT article the other week confirmed it. Must have been late to training."
"Its is almost a physcological trait of the site.
It seems to me that once some consensus comes through that people on here have their minds made up for them. Then that is it.
My initial reaction to TDS was not that positive, that said after…"
It seems to me that once some consensus comes through that people on here have their minds made up for them. Then that is it.
My initial reaction to TDS was not that positive, that said after…"
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2) it's expected French might have bad games, but you're making him out to be a weakness when so far, we've seen very little evidence to suggest that at Fullback.
3) I agree with this point, up until you said we have 1 creative player in our spine. French is arguably more creative than Norman, Gutherson is a fantastic runner and always takes the ball to the line before moving it onto a second phase. That's 3, then you have Mennings and Semi, plus Taka and his kicking.
4) If Semi works on the form he showed off in that one kick last year (yes, definitely a small sample size) then I think we will be just fine in the goal kicking department. But it is definitely a concern.
5) ....I feel like you haven't paid attention to our signings at all. Vave and Frank are a good place to start.
Albeit I do agree we shouldn't expect wonders, or that we're going to dominate - but frankly, every point you've made has been incrediably pessimistic and without any foresight. This side has more scoring potential than last years, and we put some big points on the board without Norman.
I was going to say my own spiel in response to it all but this sums up my thoughts.
2. Yes beven is young but thats why weve signed josh hoffman as cover plus Gutho can cover if needed.
3. Hooker is our weak spot agreed it puts extra pressure on norms to manage the attack.
4. Goal kicking is a issue but Gutho has kicked alot in the 20s so i hope he can step up. This maybe how the fog gets a run.
5. We have signed more big boppers brown vave etc.. we will be stronger next year.
1. We only have one half – yeah and that is Corey Norman and the other at the moment is Clint Gutherson......does Gutho have as much talent or more then Chad Townsend?? I think from what I’ve seen Gutho has more......Chad f**kn Townsend won the comp!!
2. We have a Kid – yeah and that kid scored 19 tries in 13 games!!!!
3. We don't have a lot of creativity at hooker – other than Cameron Smith & Josh Hodgson please tell me who the creative hookers in the game are?? and please dont say Robbie Farah look what hes done for NSW killed it...literally.
4. we have no goal kicker. – mmm Semi looked like he could kick to me.
5. we are short in the props – this is the best one...Mannah, Matagi, Pritchard, Brown, Alvaro, Vave, O Brien, Terepo......
I agree with you Bart. The props you have mentioned have plenty of size!!!!!
Top 8 contenders. Making the finals would be great after such a long time out.
Generally Poppa I really enjoy and value your responses on here but this has been less than thoughtful. I actually agree with the majority of what is written here and think it is a fairly accurate summation with the exception of our forward stocks (maybe Jimbo was unaware of Matagi's likely signing).
Just scraping into the 8 but not going any further is where we are at I think. At this point in time, we would have towards the bottom end of the competition in our 1,6,7 and 9 for the reasons outlined in the blog. We also don't have an established goal kicker. Don't get me wrong I really like Gutho and Bevan (I have said that the club should make significant efforts to retain Bevan) but at the moment both are unproven.
Maybe you should have thought more laterally prior to the start of last season in assessing Cronulla's chances. I had them down to finish 2nd after the regular season. Their roster based on simply two players (Ennis and Maloney) tops ours by a long shot. The rest of the two teams are probably on par with each other.
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