I'm going to have a punt on what BA will do whilst Moses recovers.
i'll bet Taka will come in - in defence he is a big body and when he runs the ball he is hard to handle one on one.
Gutho was playing a halves role in attack in the second half and has a nice combination on the left with Lane etc.
BA has shown he has a preference for big bodies and is basing our game on strong defence. I doubt very much Salmon will get a run - and it's too soon to throw Field in when he has played no footy and doesn't know our defence system well enough yet in the pressure of a big game.
I may well be wrong, and I'd ban Taka from general play kicks - but I'm guessing this is where will will go
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the fish or jai field will IMO but ill put Matterson in the halves if i was BA and Andrew Davies to cover matterson. But I'm no coach and I just like how Davies play so abit bias
This would be my preference. Taka is a very experienced player and I think the penny has finally dropped for him not to overplay his hand. Just needs to run hard tackle hard. Brown to halfback. We won't be as good a side but good enough to beat the lesser sides. Our main passing try assist player even with Moses in the side is Gutherson anyway. What we miss most is the kicking game of Moses. We aren't going to replicate that with any of the other options.
Maybe Brown will be better with getting a chance at halfback anyway. Moses is a six.
Playing brown at six until now has probably been just as much about shielding him from the pressure/curse of the Parra 7 jumper, comparisons to Sterling etc
Field and Salmon would have been training with the team. I'd like to see either have a run, especially Field. How long is Mitchell Moses out for?
Moses will be back before all of last nights ref and match officials are replaced .
Please no Salmon or Smith anywhere near first grade. Can Field stop a bloke like Taumalolo? If not, it's gotta be Taka in and like Muttman said, swap him around in attack and defence
Agreed it will be Taka. In Defence he just plays on the edge next to Matto. In attack Brown becomes option 1 with Gutho, Reed and Taka as occasional alternatives. This would be the least disruptive.
Any of the above would be great options I just fuckin hope BA dont put will Smith there
How about Jordan Rankin? Just a thought
I trust BA will make the right call as he sees them training all the time
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