Round 26 - Storm vs Titans AAMI Park, 26th Aug
With Harry starting from the bench (which I agree with, along with Nelson) I was keenly watching the rotations. I reckon it was about 27 minutes in before Welch and shortly after Tui got benched for Tom and Harry (Harry/Tom). It worked well and I think Garlic may have played the full 80
When Paps came on I thought we may have been a bit undersized, maybe with opposition tiring it was time to go small? We were also tiring very badly, of course we didn't help ourselves with discipline and opposition conning the ref.
Tepai showed why he's a bench player and I couldn't get him off quick enough. (His game against the Warriors two years ago was clearly very much a flash in the pan)
Munster with his F*CKING short line drop outs, why, anyone, WHY? He doesn't do it on a re-start when we're over 60 metres away...
Re the getting outside of our wingers, I always say it but the inner blokes are not pushing out hard enough.
The kick through worked today and could've been used a couple more times (not with the benefit of hindsight either) but sitting there live.
Tino really is a monster you can build a team around, he's work ethic is superb.
Did we miss Josh King today???
For the learned fellows amongst us, a question.
Voluntary tackle probably hasn't been called for decades. When a fellow takes the catch a metre out from the line and falls to the ground why don't we as a defence stand off the player and let them lay there and give the ref no choice but to call the penalty, OR, stand there and wait for the fellow to move forward and pick them up and drive them back in to the in-goal? It infuriates me or just is it that I don't know the rule correctly? (Happy to be corrected)
When Paps came on I thought we may have been a bit undersized, maybe with opposition tiring it was time to go small? We were also tiring very badly, of course we didn't help ourselves with discipline and opposition conning the ref.
Tepai showed why he's a bench player and I couldn't get him off quick enough. (His game against the Warriors two years ago was clearly very much a flash in the pan)
Munster with his F*CKING short line drop outs, why, anyone, WHY? He doesn't do it on a re-start when we're over 60 metres away...
Re the getting outside of our wingers, I always say it but the inner blokes are not pushing out hard enough.
The kick through worked today and could've been used a couple more times (not with the benefit of hindsight either) but sitting there live.
Tino really is a monster you can build a team around, he's work ethic is superb.
Did we miss Josh King today???
For the learned fellows amongst us, a question.
Voluntary tackle probably hasn't been called for decades. When a fellow takes the catch a metre out from the line and falls to the ground why don't we as a defence stand off the player and let them lay there and give the ref no choice but to call the penalty, OR, stand there and wait for the fellow to move forward and pick them up and drive them back in to the in-goal? It infuriates me or just is it that I don't know the rule correctly? (Happy to be corrected)
Yes. If this happens I reckon we play a reserve grade side next week, lose and allow Broncs first and us fourth and beat them the next week to get a prelim at home
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Storm_M_36
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No doubt dumb NRL will fixture our second finals clash on the same day/night that two Victorian AFL powerhouses clash across the road at the G.
Team for next week locked in:
1 - sua
2 - Anderson
3 - Smith
4 - olam
5 - Bradley
6 - nikorima
7 - wishart
8 - pene
9 - garlick
10 - King
11 - howarth
12 - Sims
13 - MacDonald
14 - Lewis
15 - Chan
16 - eisenhuth
17 - Papenhuyzen
1 - sua
2 - Anderson
3 - Smith
4 - olam
5 - Bradley
6 - nikorima
7 - wishart
8 - pene
9 - garlick
10 - King
11 - howarth
12 - Sims
13 - MacDonald
14 - Lewis
15 - Chan
16 - eisenhuth
17 - Papenhuyzen
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Papenhuyzen23
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Not a big believer in resting players a week before finals but after the year we’ve had I think it’s a perfect time for it, not just for the rest the regular guys need, I think this is the first time in a long time that with a fully fit squad heading into the finals we still haven’t got all positions locked down, so I would use this weeks game as a platform for guys like Papi, Smith, Olam, Macca, Sims etc to prove why they should get into the 17 for the big stage.
Seriously what a chance to show your hand and prove you deserve a place in the team, for me spots are up for grabs and we need to give some guys a chance, that being said we do have the Falcons in the finals again this weekend so I don’t want to disrupt them too much but the Storm first grade side always takes priority.
Seriously what a chance to show your hand and prove you deserve a place in the team, for me spots are up for grabs and we need to give some guys a chance, that being said we do have the Falcons in the finals again this weekend so I don’t want to disrupt them too much but the Storm first grade side always takes priority.
Yeah, it'd be a terrible shame to rape and pillage and possibly end the finals campaigns of the feeder clubs. Tough balancing act.
Debut Cole Geyer and Joe chan they have the week off
I’ve literally spent the whole year trying to get Storm to debut Sua and Jack and the bloody week they can and most likely will I’m conflicted and don’t want them too
Trouble is if falcons win they run in to the tigers and only one can make the final anyway so do you debut Sua and Jack bring back juzzy and Chris maybe Aaron and concede defeat on purpose or do you let them play hope they win and have an all storm semi final
Ahhhhhhhh this hurts so much
I’ve literally spent the whole year trying to get Storm to debut Sua and Jack and the bloody week they can and most likely will I’m conflicted and don’t want them too
Trouble is if falcons win they run in to the tigers and only one can make the final anyway so do you debut Sua and Jack bring back juzzy and Chris maybe Aaron and concede defeat on purpose or do you let them play hope they win and have an all storm semi final
Ahhhhhhhh this hurts so much