The NRL Season of 2016
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Thought we worked our way back into the game well considering the shaky start ,
We can win this if we get our share of the ball and complete our sets
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the positive is , we are not playing well , and the aussies are struggling to put us away
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Obvious lessons. Storm forwards are better being guided by Smith and Cronk. And the Warriors spine not good enough for the NRL can't win test matches.
Fuck why were these in doubt?
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i dont think its a great aussie team , its there for the taking for us or the poms if we can get our shit together , big if though
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How rubbish has SKD been tonight. Drag him.
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@ACT-Crusader said in The NRL Season of 2016:
How rubbish has SKD been tonight. Drag him.
Because he's a shit player who is dumb as a sack of hammers
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yeah , been ordinary , we should get better in the 4 nations , we usually do
missing another ball player though , foran is a big loss
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This proves gow much better cronk Smith and JT are at making half decent better players look good
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Slow starts and shit fifth tackle options meant the Roos were always going to break away in the home straight.
Some thoughts:
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Fly me over to Perth and I can give the Kiwis the winning formula. If you have a great forward pack and a weak playmaking unit, don't try and play structured football like you have a great playmaking unit. Power running up the middle of the park, with runners following closely for the offload. Little guys (SJ, Leuluai, Luke, Brown, Kahu, Nightingale, Kata) dummyhalf run every second & fourth. Aussie forwards won't be able to stop it.
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I don't get the point in JWH. Makes dumb mistakes (although that was a fun closeline of JT which Boyd Cordner followed up with the people's elbow). Mannering comes into the secondrow, Blair to prop and Harris to the bench.
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Speaking of the bench, Brown/Taupau/Mau'u/Blair really got things going for the Kiwis after a slow start.
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SKD was rusty the commentators said. I'll let that pass for now.
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I get it is a warm-up game but was odd that both Luke and Taumalolo spent long stints on the sideline.
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Shaun Johnson has regressed as a player. Doesn't want to run, doesn't want to kick, doesn't want to take command. If Foran gets things right again in 2017 the Warriors should throw all the money at him and trade SJ to a Sydney club.
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Reffing was suss in this game and the bunker was worse, but finally they're making players be held responsible for dropping the pill intently whenever a defender's hand is on it.
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Best defender in the game was Thomas Leuluai - for both sides. Dude was shutting down Dugan and Ferguson like they were the ones who were 5'8. He would have made a great safety in the NFL.
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Rapana and Kata had good debuts. So did Valentine Holmes for Aussie. I really hate Valentine Holmes. Dunno why, but every time he plays I hope he snaps a leg or contracts something from the Shire. The latter is a real possibility.
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To beat Aussie you need to harrass Cam Smith. Have a crack at JT, for sure, and maybe Cronk (but he's the Maurice Gibb of the trio).
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How many times did we see Tupou looking for an offload and there was none there running off him. This just shows how clueless the coaching is. When you have a beast of a player like him, instruct your support players to stick with him. And what's the deal with not playing your most destructive forward in Taumalolo for the first 20 minutes of the 2nd half? Kidwell really seems to be out of his depth..
