NRL 2018
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I will say it now, I like the energy, the talking, the back slapping and the playing for each other. Have not seen this in years.
Green is exactly the player Johnson needed. He is the structured but creative half we need and allows Johnson roving commission.
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@raznomore said in NRL 2018:
I will say it now, I like the energy, the talking, the back slapping and the playing for each other. Have not seen this in years.
Green is exactly the player Johnson needed. He is the structured but creative half we need and allows Johnson roving commission.
Also the leadership. After scoring points we’ve seen the Warriors in a tight huddle with the leaders urging the lads to keep focused.
You don’t win the NRL in round 1, but these are some of the more promising signs from the Warriors we’ve had in years.
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@raznomore said in NRL 2018:
I will say it now, I like the energy, the talking, the back slapping and the playing for each other. Have not seen this in years.
Green is exactly the player Johnson needed. He is the structured but creative half we need and allows Johnson roving commission.
Alex convo , ex storm and broncos strength and conditioning coach looks to be a massive signing as well , cant remember the warriors looking like this in round 1
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A win. Not readinv much in to it, because the rabbits are a bit shit.
Adam Blair ia going to he such a massive bust. Fuck how dumb?
Same old Johnston. Commentators pulling him off for running a blind alley and kicking it dead.
Still, it's two points and breaks an 8 month losing streak
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@mariner4life I think thats a pretty harsh mark on Johnson. He was dynamite tonight.
Agree on Blair. I think by round 8 he'll be coming off the bench.
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@raznomore said in NRL 2018:
@mariner4life I think thats a pretty harsh mark on Johnson. He was dynamite tonight.
Agree on Blair. I think by round 8 he'll be coming off the bench.
I actually think he’ll be better for us in that role off the bench. But we paid massive overs for him so he needs to earn that $600K pa by playing minutes.....
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Warriors win away.... in Perth?
Holy sweetbaby bajesus, the Warriors won in Perth!
The big take-away: Unlike last year, the Warriors looked like they were actually trying. This might be because, unlike the past several years, the Warriors looked match fit. Not fit-fit as in "how many abs do I have?" but match fit as in "I can play the full 80 if need be".
I'll be honest - without Mannering I expected the Warriors defensive middle to crumble. Yet it got stronger as the game went on. A lot of this was due to Isaac Luke playing his best game in a Warriors jersey so far, he was a pest with and without the ball. James Gavet also provided some much needed mongrel in the middle.Players to note: The new guys all did their bit. Tohu Harris was Tohu Harris. Leivaha Pulu provided some experience off the bench. Peta Hiku was reliable and worked well with Fusitua (two awesome tries).
Blake Green was the obvious stand out and seems to be what Jeff Robson was suppose to be in 2016 - the straight man in Shaun Johnson's act.
Adam Blair made some dumb penalties and while Kata got sent off, it was Blair who put them in that position. There is a difference between playing dirty and playing smart. Luke and Gavet played smart today while Blair played dirty.The real MVP: The MVP today was Isaiah Papali'i. It was about 20 minutes into the game that I remembered Papali'i was wearing the number 11 jersey and not Pulu. He's only 19 years-old yet was playing like a 10-year wily veteran.
What about the other guys?: As for the Bunnies, they looked buggered after 50 minutes. Alex Johnston was shit at fullback and probably played his last game there while the key playmakers were rusty.
WTF was that?: The breathing exercises the Warriors did after each try was very new-age and hippy. You know the Matty Johns show will be taking the mickey out of it on Monday. But hey, if it works soon all the teams will be doing it. I might even start doing it at work.
