thought we went ok when api got into first receiver and pushed Brooks wider like the Staines try.
Kind of thinking will Sheens contemplate 7. Api 6 Brooks and 9. Simpkins ?
thought we went ok when api got into first receiver and pushed Brooks wider like the Staines try.
Kind of thinking will Sheens contemplate 7. Api 6 Brooks and 9. Simpkins ?
he’s lost his last 17 straight and won 2 of his last 27 games. What does he have to do for you to drop him? He cost us the game today
This game was so similar to the rest of the season. On the front foot early but can’t score any points despite a heap of opportunities. Allow the opposition to a score an easy try with minimal fuss. Grind around and somehow get back into the game to suddenly go back to playing poor footy and let the opposition have the win.
I’m trying to avoid stating the same thing every week but our halves are poor and the cupboard is bare. Wakeham, Brooks, Laurie appear to be our only options, which is scary.
Sheens has mentioned different players coming in after round 10 but I’m not really sure who he means.
I can only think of Will Smith
thought we went ok when api got into first receiver and pushed Brooks wider like the Staines try.
Kind of thinking will Sheens contemplate 7. Api 6 Brooks and 9. Simpkins ?
its either put Api at 7 or bring in matamua to 13 as a ball playing first receiver. It’s a shame we didn’t come into the season with an attacking structure based around matamua and it feels like too big a change to make mid season.
Well in my opinion, we should move ahead with the same 17. Maybe with a few tweaks, unless Naden is available that is. I’ll agree with one thing that interim has stated, that of combinations. We need that first and foremost. Let’s just execute better halves, run harder and hit harder forwards. And play like this for 80 and not 40-50.
One of them is a thug… the other has just become one of my favourite Wests Tigers players.At least Wakeham has some passion
https://twitter.com/michaelchammas/status/1650081227540697088?s=46&t=t1bv1_SDgHKFtu6weJloAg
Passion is one word for it....
if that report is true and it stems from Wakeham sticking it to Fainu for a miss when we point our nose in front, with 16mins to go, when we havent won a game all year, then Wakeham is a moron who deserves what he gets and winners are grinners so you are going to get it so have the self respect to cop it and walk back to the shed.
Well in my opinion, we should move ahead with the same 17. Maybe with a few tweaks, unless Naden is available that is. I’ll agree with one thing that interim has stated, that of combinations. We need that first and foremost. Let’s just execute better halves, run harder and hit harder forwards. And play like this for 80 and not 40-50.
naden to centre, kepaoa to bench and talau to KOE. Also, playing simpkins for 3 minutes is absurd, either give him 20min or put matamua there so we can have a point of difference
Think the only way Simpkins gets a run is if he starts. Might sound crazy that our best player of probably the last 3-4 games and captain starts from the bench. Give Klem the c and see how that works 🤷♂️Well in my opinion, we should move ahead with the same 17. Maybe with a few tweaks, unless Naden is available that is. I’ll agree with one thing that interim has stated, that of combinations. We need that first and foremost. Let’s just execute better halves, run harder and hit harder forwards. And play like this for 80 and not 40-50.
naden to centre, kepaoa to bench and talau to KOE. Also, playing simpkins for 3 minutes is absurd, either give him 20min or put matamua there so we can have a point of difference
Not sure , where the brooks bashing and Wakeham bashing is coming from ?
and the idea that they played badly is meh !
They played well . That team is coming second now !
We lost because of some abominations in ref calls … and Haumalo(not saying his last name) , had 2-3 moments of class . That was the difference .
The ref had way too much influence on that game IMO. I’m not usually into ref bashing , but someone on that team had 1000k on Manly 12 plus . Some of the calls were absolute disgusting . The second Wakeham offside on the line withstanding (he was well off) .
The clear strips aT the end of the game. Like wtf ?
We shouldn’t have to challenge , to have a ref make the right call . And the fact that we lost the challenge because of Joffas arm (it was DCE who’s arm it was , you morons) is all the more frustrating.
This is the best worst team in the nrl I’ve ever seen . We could easily be 6 and 1 with a few different bounces of the ball.
But blaming brooks is ridiculous. Not on that game . Sure he dropped that ball , and threw a bad ball , but he didn’t drop the ball into the wingers arm , he didn’t have a ball stripped , to let the refs even make a bad call , and he was the one who got us firing to get back into it .
If you are getting upset because he didn’t pull off the miracle play at the end , then maybe we should look at the first 77 minutes .
We lost because of 3-4 moments of brilliance , and some bad ref calls . Unfortunately in 2023 this is how you win footy games . As Vossy keeps saying “how hard is it to win a footy game this year” . We just have a team who allow too many key moments to go the other direction .
This is our biggest issue . I think the attack looked ok . Bula is a weapon . I’m really excited by what I saw today . He was always in the right spots , got his arm free , made players miss , great ball playing .
This is not a bad footy team guys . I can see them going on a run of 4-5 wins . It just might be too little too late by then .
By the way , I noticed people saying Wakeham kicked because brooks can’t kick ??? .
No last year and previous years , every time brooks kicked , everyone knew brooks was kicking so he would be under immense pressure .
this year I notice our kickers have time , because Api shares the load , and passes to the guy who has the least pressure .
Usually Wakeham , because brooks is the number one and everyone knows he’s getting the ball .
AD got the kicks because he can near kick it 70m off the boot .
It’s not apples for apples .
@loganr21 we are close, as far a halves go only rela option is 7. Brooks 6. Laurie or we stick with wakeham. We were just pulipped at the post we are not that bad a side
@avocadoontoast and Brooks can play 6...
@avocadoontoast get real he didn't cost us the game, he dropped a pass, Bateman gave away a penalty bula dropped a kick. You always very biased when it comes to your assessment of Brooks
He cost us the game - any halfback with half a brain or any desire to win would have iced that game yesterday. He’s a terrible player and a complete loser. He’s a noose around the clubs neck. Can’t wait for him to retire or stink it up somewhere else.
