Charity Shield 2026 Thread

Frank Facer

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No Surrender said:
First 20 minutes we played with urgency and energy.

Leilua was very good.

Stewart and the Coachman’s same.

Cook, Gutho, Atkinson were sharp.

Both Atkinson & Flanagan had one wild pass each.

TU was good until gifting Souths a try in the second half.

LKT Gifted Souths with a second half try with another woeful pass.

After 2 trials, I would take Reed to Vegas in front of LKT. Unsure what is wrong with LKT at the moment. Seems reserved and lacking interest.

Buchanan had one very good run.

Don’t rate Tuipolotou. Better off playing Fegai.

Overall forwards played well.

Backs lack speed and enterprise.

Don’t usually bash Kyle, however tonight he was ordinary.

We need to fast track Reed otherwise it’s going to be a long season.
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Good post. I agree on most if not all points.
 
TheRev

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the problem is Suli is actually the prototype Flanno player.. and in the first half he was monstering blokes.. in theory if everyone is monstering blokes.. you kick to the corners.. u force mistakes.. u tire them out and u win... but its not often that tgame plan has worked for us.. if Suli was Staggs or Best or someone who scores tries then sure.. be big and score tries..

Defensively Suli can be a liability also.. but i dont think hes too bad in that area.. its more just that he isnt a line threat in particular.. our attack does seem to die around him.. though it wasnt any better on Fales side.

Nick is an option, hes more of a line threat than Suli I feel but hes a much worse liability in defence.. he rly is a 2nd rower..

And Buchanan is like the smallest bloke out there.. a little bigger this year, but I dunno if he improves us at all.. and we lose our punch with the ball too.. im rly not a buchanan fan, but if they wanna play him its fine, but i just think ppl got a sugar hit today with his 1 run, i dont think it improves us.. and I dont think Heidke is ready.. I think he could have been but were obviously looking at Fale/Buchanan first.

Cant wait for Val to get back... lets pray he stays fit.. like proper pray.
 
Frank Facer

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TheRev said:
I think if you hand Flanno the Sharks roster or the Storm or the Cows or the Titans roster, anything like that with juicy big packs and plenty of strike in the backs.. I think he would be a rly good coach.. he would harden them and hes good at getting players up..

But were in a weird position where we are desperately trying to get this squad that has so many gaps to something respectable.. and the bash/barge style isnt rly working anymore.. im sure Ennis and co are telling him that.. but hes gotta believe it.. but at the same time the roster is pretty much poo so on one hand I cant blame him.. but on the other.. you have to commend Ryles who seemed to rly understand exactly what he needed to recruit.. and maybe Flanno cant get the players he wanted to recruit tbf.. but it does seem like its very hard to win with big oversized lads who do hurt ppl when they run.. but it doesnt seem to turn into points.

The key to the great coaches though.. is they do evolve.. and im not sure Bennett has evolved in terms of strategy.. but somehow he seems to find himself with good talent and it seems to work.. maybe its the talent not the coach.. i have no idea.. chicken or the egg maybe.
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Flanno has never had the cattle, while coaching us. He is in the process of building a team from the ground up. Koloamatangi will help and our younger players being a year older and more experienced next year will help, but we do need sign some outside backs with speed, agility and X factor or produce them through our juniors.
 
Mailroomsgi

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The facts are that great teams have great spines to win them games. It’s so deflating as a forward pack having all the momentum but your spine can’t create or score points consistently

Look at how many times we scored more than 4 tries in a game last year. Grim reading. So we’ll never really be able to put teams to bed and stand on their throat when we have the momentum

This is where all the things are linked. Spine scores points, forward pack lays a platform. Coaching creates mismatches and field position to win games consistently rather than hoping for individual brilliance to bail you out.

Currently we lack all 3 and it’s why we look so poor
 
Dragons Chris

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Looking through the comments I have to disagree with general consensus on LKT. He takes the the ball right to line in both hands and runners with him. He did it once when he went himself and almost scored. Did it another time when he put Buchanan through late in the game. There is something to work with there. If the coach was working on it all off season rather than telling everyone you know who is going to start with Atkinson, so obviously doing a lot more work with him, I think we would have a decent 5/8.
 
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RandomDragon said:
Talk about wrist slitting, holy shit!! its a trial, nothing more. You dont put on your best plays in a trial and you certainly dont reveal your hand, yes we didnt play our best but there is no incentive too. Calm the farm
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Maybe so RD, but it was the Souths ressies side, sure you dont expect to see your hand but I didn't expect to see our embarrassing plays either, surely you are not telling me we go out there to practice playing crap.
 
blacksafake

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Feagai is our best winger which says a lot about what we’ve got.
I’m not seeing what others are seeing in Tu.

I’d be looking at someone like Derby from the cowboys,sure he has a few issues but can score a try & has something to work on. He may be one looking for more opportunities than what he’s getting.
I’m not seeing anything from what we’ve got.
Also if Kyle is going to be used at dummy half he really needs to work on his passing.
 
George Sancti

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As bad as it looked last night, I do think Flanno treated the game like a genuine trial and used it to experiment with the halves and the backline. It felt like Kyle didn’t have a clear role in the first half, but he looked more comfortable once he shifted to dummy half. Atkinson isn’t an organiser, but he ran off Gutho well and his long kicking game is definitely an upgrade. Fale’s defence is a real concern, while Tu, despite a couple of costly errors, competed hard in both attack and defence. As grim as things seem right now, I’m still expecting a far better showing in Vegas.
 
Mailroomsgi

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RandomDragon said:
Talk about wrist slitting, holy shit!! its a trial, nothing more. You dont put on your best plays in a trial and you certainly dont reveal your hand, yes we didnt play our best but there is no incentive too. Calm the farm
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Talk about putting your head in the sand. Brother it shouldn’t take trick plays and top tier performances from our NRL 17 to beat that Souths side.

If that’s our performance level or close to it after 3 years of Shane Flanagan then we are in for a long season

Which begs the question, what’s the minimum amount of wins he needs to get to deserve to stay another season?
 
Mailroomsgi

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George Sancti said:
As bad as it looked last night, I do think Flanno treated the game like a genuine trial and used it to experiment with the halves and the backline. It felt like Kyle didn’t have a clear role in the first half, but he looked more comfortable once he shifted to dummy half. Atkinson isn’t an organiser, but he ran off Gutho well and his long kicking game is definitely an upgrade. Fale’s defence is a real concern, while Tu, despite a couple of costly errors, competed hard in both attack and defence. As grim as things seem right now, I’m still expecting a far better showing in Vegas.
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We’re playing a team who finished 1st in points conceded last year and the field size is considerably smaller than here in Australia.

we’ll be lucky to score 12 points
 
Edward

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George Sancti said:
As bad as it looked last night, I do think Flanno treated the game like a genuine trial and used it to experiment with the halves and the backline. It felt like Kyle didn’t have a clear role in the first half, but he looked more comfortable once he shifted to dummy half. Atkinson isn’t an organiser, but he ran off Gutho well and his long kicking game is definitely an upgrade. Fale’s defence is a real concern, while Tu, despite a couple of costly errors, competed hard in both attack and defence. As grim as things seem right now, I’m still expecting a far better showing in Vegas.
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If it isn't much better we are going to be a laughing stock.
 
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