Farmduck Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 FT: Storm 26 Souths 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lounge Room Lizard Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Cant see the Bunnies going far in the play offs. They had alot of possession and played against a team with a man in the bin and struggled in attack. The forwards didnt really dominate and struggled to give a good platform for the halves to do much. They were lucky that the score was not bigger against a Melbourne team missing a key players like Papanhuizen, Hughes, Brandon Smith, Welch. Melbourne again so dominant and looked like they could score at any time when they had the ball. Munster and Smith killed them and the Storm should again have scored more tries. Missing some key players didnt seem to effect them in any way. Hines at Fullback had a great game for me and looked like he had played all year in the NRL. The System and depth Melbourne have especially in the backs is unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allora Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 40 minutes ago, Lounge Room Lizard said: Cant see the Bunnies going far in the play offs. They had alot of possession and played against a team with a man in the bin and struggled in attack. The forwards didnt really dominate and struggled to give a good platform for the halves to do much. They were lucky that the score was not bigger against a Melbourne team missing a key players like Papanhuizen, Hughes, Brandon Smith, Welch. Melbourne again so dominant and looked like they could score at any time when they had the ball. Munster and Smith killed them and the Storm should again have scored more tries. Missing some key players didnt seem to effect them in any way. Hines at Fullback had a great game for me and looked like he had played all year in the NRL. The System and depth Melbourne have especially in the backs is unreal. I work with a bloke who is Head Coach at a Brisbane Club at a reasonable level and he told me that the Storm identify a half a dozen up and comers and pour more time coaching and money into them than other NRL Clubs spend on 30 + players. They employ specialist Coaches in whatever area the player needs, be it kicking, passing or tackling technique. I am not sure if this is true but this bloke knows what he is talking about. Talent is secondary to whether players are confident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clogiron Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Today's 2 games reminded me what I really love about RL, the skills, intensity, thrills and effort the players give is what makes the game far superior to any other team sport. From my point of view both results went the wrong way but you couldn't argue that the better team won in both matches. The Raiders just seem to lack that little bit extra needed to win big games, and I personally don't think George Williams will be the answer to that, they seem to rely too much on Hodgson near the line to the point of predictability, you need a couple of options to keep the opposition guessing so time for others to step up:Wighton, Seizer kick but not often close to the line, time for a change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 I was rooting for the raiders and souths but both were just lacking that little bit extra that the roosters and storm have . You could tell they were four quality teams though , small margins between them . By the way the more I see of Gerard Sutton in recent times the more I think he only gets all the top games and rep games coz his brothers in charge . He’s nowhere near the standard he was . Yet Cecchin never got a look in and he’s far better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lounge Room Lizard Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 36 minutes ago, DavidM said: I was rooting for the raiders and souths but both were just lacking that little bit extra that the roosters and storm have . You could tell they were four quality teams though , small margins between them . By the way the more I see of Gerard Sutton in recent times the more I think he only gets all the top games and rep games coz his brothers in charge . He’s nowhere near the standard he was . Yet Cecchin never got a look in and he’s far better I dont think the Rabbits are a quality team. The last month or more they have been poor. They rely too much on Sam Burgess. They looked very tired and predictable against the Storm. I cant see them making the Grand Final at all. Agree regarding Sutton. He is not the best but somehow like calamity Klein, gets the big games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 34 minutes ago, Lounge Room Lizard said: I dont think the Rabbits are a quality team. The last month or more they have been poor. They rely too much on Sam Burgess. They looked very tired and predictable against the Storm. I cant see them making the Grand Final at all. Agree regarding Sutton. He is not the best but somehow like calamity Klein, gets the big games. Yeh fair point actually , they’ve lost their way in the second half of the season . Odds are on a repeat of last year at present . Dane Gagai intrigues me , surely this isn’t the same bloke who plays origin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleD Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, DavidM said: Yeh fair point actually , they’ve lost their way in the second half of the season . Odds are on a repeat of last year at present . Dane Gagai intrigues me , surely this isn’t the same bloke who plays origin Gagai has always been hit and miss. Never been his biggest fan. Souths are not the same team without GI and Crichton. They rely too much on Sam, Murray and Cook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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