Round 14 - Storm vs Broncos
Interesting to see how we line up next week with Slater, Scott, Chambers and possibly Finucane all back, losing Jesse is a big loss and there is a chance Vunivalu will get rubbed out by the MRC, if that’s the case I would like to see this team run out against the Knights:
1. Slater
2. Chambers
3. Scott
4. Blair
5. Addo-Carr
6. Munster
7. Hughes
8. Glasby
9. Smith (c)
10. Asofa-Solomona
11. Kaufusi
12. Stimson
13. Finucane
14. Smith
15. Bromwich
16. Kasiano
17. Welch
1. Slater
2. Chambers
3. Scott
4. Blair
5. Addo-Carr
6. Munster
7. Hughes
8. Glasby
9. Smith (c)
10. Asofa-Solomona
11. Kaufusi
12. Stimson
13. Finucane
14. Smith
15. Bromwich
16. Kasiano
17. Welch
Surely Hughes can’t be dropped, he plays in the halves in the QLD Cup and carves up every week!! Plus we all know Smith is our play caller, when he plays well we don’t need a traditional halfback. As for Chambers on the wing it will limit the fundamental mistakes in his game and he has the pace to make a good go of it, I heard Finucane was actually pretty close this week so who knows maybe a coin flip in 7 days time? Either way I think Blair and Hughes have earned spots in the 17 next week, just my 2 cents worth.
Great, bullocking try from Young. His best play in purple. That really was some try. Happy that Blair got back in the side. He has has a rough trot with injury and he’s a good honest player for mine. Step up son and claim a regular spot.
Must have a new coach if you think drastic changes will be made lmao.
Get both our starting centres back next week which will be a boost.
Do wish Hughes could make the 17 somewhere with Bill healthy. He’s a quality football player.
Get both our starting centres back next week which will be a boost.
Do wish Hughes could make the 17 somewhere with Bill healthy. He’s a quality football player.
I think it's time for Jacks to hand back the halfback role - at least for a while.
Generally pretty ineffective the last 3 or so weeks.
Generally pretty ineffective the last 3 or so weeks.
We must all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately
He just had his first positive attacking output for months and you want him dropped? For shame.TC wrote:I think it's time for Jacks to hand back the halfback role - at least for a while.
Generally pretty ineffective the last 3 or so weeks.
Having finally watched the replay, why didn't Suli dive for the corner and all the Bronco's tries were scored down our left edge, Hoffman and Youngs side of the field. Would Chambers cure this problem, don't think so. There'll be a guru in amongst us, what's the stats re tries being scored against us, left versus right side?
Position - Left right out or hung out to dry
I was thinking the same thing there with Suli, why didn’t he dive? I’m sure he scores if he dives.Bullucked wrote:Having finally watched the replay, why didn't Suli dive for the corner and all the Bronco's tries were scored down our left edge, Hoffman and Youngs side of the field. Would Chambers cure this problem, don't think so. There'll be a guru in amongst us, what's the stats re tries being scored against us, left versus right side?
As for the stats about left and right field tries against us, while I don’t know any numbers for now, I remember just couple weeks ago while discussing Brodie Croft returning and Cameron blaming all the tries he let in as a reason for him not coming back. I did some research then and the majority of tries against us came on that left side. I could do it all again if you’s want
Ok, let's see.
Round 1 - Bulldogs, 3 tries - 2 right, 1 left
Round 2 - Tigers - 1 try - right side
Round 3 - Cowboys - 2 tries - 2 left side
Round 4 - Sharks - 1 try - Left side
Round 5 - Tigers - 2 tries - 1 left, 1 right - Chambers did not play
Round 6 - Knights - 3 tries - 3 right - Chambers did not play
Round 7 - Broncos - 4 tries - 2 left, 1 right, 1 under the posts
Round 8 - Warriors - 2 tries - 2 left
Round 9 - Dragons - 4 tries - 3 left, 1 right
Round 10 - Titans - 2 tries -1 left, 1 right
Round 11 - Manly - 4 tries - 2 left, 1 right, 1 under the posts
Round 12 - Cowboys - 1 try - left side
Round 14 - Broncos - 3 tries - 3 left - Chambers did not play
So that's 11 right side to 19 left side. Keep in mind that these were from the post out, some would probably be considered scored in the middle. So this means in the 10 games Chambers has played this season, only 6 tries were scored on the right side of the post, compared to 15 on the left.
Round 1 - Bulldogs, 3 tries - 2 right, 1 left
Round 2 - Tigers - 1 try - right side
Round 3 - Cowboys - 2 tries - 2 left side
Round 4 - Sharks - 1 try - Left side
Round 5 - Tigers - 2 tries - 1 left, 1 right - Chambers did not play
Round 6 - Knights - 3 tries - 3 right - Chambers did not play
Round 7 - Broncos - 4 tries - 2 left, 1 right, 1 under the posts
Round 8 - Warriors - 2 tries - 2 left
Round 9 - Dragons - 4 tries - 3 left, 1 right
Round 10 - Titans - 2 tries -1 left, 1 right
Round 11 - Manly - 4 tries - 2 left, 1 right, 1 under the posts
Round 12 - Cowboys - 1 try - left side
Round 14 - Broncos - 3 tries - 3 left - Chambers did not play
So that's 11 right side to 19 left side. Keep in mind that these were from the post out, some would probably be considered scored in the middle. So this means in the 10 games Chambers has played this season, only 6 tries were scored on the right side of the post, compared to 15 on the left.
I think I've got myself confused as to which side of the field Chambers defends, I think from the above list he must be right side? Regardless, what I was getting at was the inside men not sliding across to help defend the outside players, and potential step backs as happened to Munster on Sunday.
Hoffman is left side? and that's where the sliding across cover / defence stops. He seems to find himself closer to the posts and as a result his outside men need to come in thereby creating a large 'open area' and overlaps. I wonder if this is a result of a couple of years at the Warriors and / or age catching up. This I think, coupled with our spluttering attack (the biggest area for concern) must have the coaching staff scratching their heads / pulling their collective hairs out.
Edit to the above; We've got the fourth best attack and third best defence, it's not all doom and gloom. We just might need to lower our expectations a little bit.
Hoffman is left side? and that's where the sliding across cover / defence stops. He seems to find himself closer to the posts and as a result his outside men need to come in thereby creating a large 'open area' and overlaps. I wonder if this is a result of a couple of years at the Warriors and / or age catching up. This I think, coupled with our spluttering attack (the biggest area for concern) must have the coaching staff scratching their heads / pulling their collective hairs out.
Edit to the above; We've got the fourth best attack and third best defence, it's not all doom and gloom. We just might need to lower our expectations a little bit.
Position - Left right out or hung out to dry