We are in trouble.....
Defensively, our middle defence is good, our left side is good, our right side is not. AD, Bateman, Toa/TT, Nofa and Bateman is NOT the problem. IMO this is the most immediate thing that needs to be fixed. Has been a problem for years.
Doueihi and Brooks....where to start? On today, I'd start with AD. AD is playing 7 and its not working. I genuinely dont know what to do with him. A dangerous runner. Poor passing game, one dimensional kicking game and poor defensively. I dont know what to do with him or where to put him.
Staines is doing a good job at 1, other than that one kick he is doing well on kicks, one great take and on at least three occassions has been in the right place to take a pass/offload, usually top get bashed but at least he is there.
Kepaoa is a good un, loving his effort.
Bateman...if the jury was out, its now in and he is a great pickup. Busy in defence and almost the best debut try.
A few times Stef & Twal have hit the line at pace off Api and it looked like it is supposed to.
I dont know where points are going to come from.
@avocadoontoast brooks should be the backup 9 . Give Wakeham a go , and move AD to centre or 1 . I’m done with this . It just doesn’t work .
The solution to this team is two new halves ..IMO that’s all that’s needed. Brooks and Doueihi are hopeless no spark no footy brains . Sheens again this week running the protection racket for Brooks this needs to stop !Brooks needs to go to reserve grade , Doueihi to centre for another chance .
I can’t see us not getting the spoon again 🙁
I really can’t see where our points are coming from. We never look threatening, just waiting for someone to do something special.
Watching the other teams we have been in and around us on the ladder the last couple of years and they have all improved. We somehow look worse than last year.
Replace AD and Brooks with half decent halves and we’ll win more than we lose.
Seriously, the team as a whole has played okay except the halves. Brooks has had an off day in defence and both of them have once again been aimless in attack. I appreciate AD is trying harder than last week to take control, but his decision making of when to pass is horrendous and directly responsible for at least 12 points against us. It’s exhausting criticising these two week in, week out, but they are killing us. At least replace one (don’t care who) and move on.
No football brains. Can’t read the game.Why does AD keep kicking for Nofo?
Blows the mind doesn’t it that WTHQ constantly shows faith in the same halves that have absolutely no concept of the ebb and flow during play and how to game manage and move players around the field.
I’m sure they offer Brooks another contract soon enough just so he can find his voice in the field before he retires.
Replace AD and Brooks with half decent halves and we’ll win more than we lose.
Seriously, the team as a whole has played okay except the halves. Brooks has had an off day in defence and both of them have once again been aimless in attack. I appreciate AD is trying harder than last week to take control, but his decision making of when to pass is horrendous and directly responsible for at least 12 points against us. It’s exhausting criticising these two week in, week out, but they are killing us. At least replace one (don’t care who) and move on.
100% one of them has to move. It is clearly not working but listening to Sheens pre-game he just thinks it’s little things they need to fix. You can’t develop football smarts with more training. We just need to move on.
Both halves are terrible, but this slow and ponderous attack is on the coaching staff. There's zero depth, no straight runners, and the ball movement is awful.
Honestly not sure what the successful version of this game plan looks like.
Both halves are terrible, but this slow and ponderous attack is on the coaching staff. There's zero depth, no straight runners, and the ball movement is awful.
Honestly not sure what the successful version of this game plan looks like.
I’m not convinced they have an overall game plan, just a series of set plays they run through by rote.
Brooks has got pushed off some tackles today too.
if the Bateman try sticks it is 20 to 12
I think Api is the one who has been pretty poor. Every team he has been in he has had very good players, cleary Reynolds, cherry Evans foran, luai etc here he doesn't have that and is trying too hard at dummy half
I’ve been happy with Staines so far. Other than the burton classic, he’s been safe under the high ball and sniffing around looking for action. His jog chase of the intercept was a concern, but considering it’s 35 degrees and he was just smashed by reed, I can’t be too critical.
