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Is there anything more lame than continually making fake accounts on a fan forum and pretending to be a fan of a team you don't like?
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blazza18 wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2019 8:44 am Is there anything more lame than continually making fake accounts on a fan forum and pretending to be a fan of a team you don't like?
No doubt lame. But i just wish i had the time.
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Back on topic, how would people rate the work of ryan papenhuyzen. With Drinkwater out for an unpecified time, is Hughes a lock for fullback? How did others rate the work of Croft?
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Other options are Munster to fb and Walters to 5/8 or Scott to fb and Earl to centre.
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Gotta feel for Drinkwater... Looked to have sewn up the FB gig and cops this injury just ahead of round 1.

RL can be so cruel.
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Seeing Smithy give an interview with Storm media post-trial. He is obviously acutely aware of the poor completion rate (~50%) and how much of an important issue it is to get right.

He eluded to our more expansive attacking structure over recent years and how that may be a factor - but quickly filled that up with comments that the errors are mostly coming in the play the ball, in contact and simple areas of the game.

Gotta improve it dramatically in a short window...
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I’m gonna throw in another option. JAC to fullback and Earl to wing. Josh DID mention it in an article I read so if Hughes isn’t in the team or playing halfback (Croft hasn’t improved from what I’ve seen) then it could be a possibility.
Other than that, Hughes should have been first choice FB anyway.
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Lucas wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2019 9:28 am
blazza18 wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2019 8:44 am Is there anything more lame than continually making fake accounts on a fan forum and pretending to be a fan of a team you don't like?
No doubt lame. But i just wish i had the time.
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If not Hughes, we're not gonna move around players out of position. It'll be a one for one swap if anything. The drastic move could be Smith playing in the halves and Munster going back to his best position.
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Is Hughes injured? I would have thought he would be a simple in for Drinkwater given his first grade experience how good he looked when given an opportunity.
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Danger D Hughes has been troubled by a calf injury.
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Thanks Scooter. I was wondering why people on here were shuffling the decks so vigorously after the Drinkwater injury. I figured Hughes was either injured or had run over bellyache's dog or something. Otherwise he's too good of a player to be in reserves.
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