Round 20 vs NZ Warriors

kogarahwarrior

kogarahwarrior

SGI Jersey Flegg
Mailroomsgi said:
What’s the consensus on Atkinson?

Gave him a grace period but Fark me he’s got nothing aye, even his defence isn’t great
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I think there's a footballer in there somewhere. Atko is definitely a confidence player though, and he doesn't have much of that rn. he looks like he's thinking too hard about everything he does. Every good game I've seen him play, especially when he was playing for Italy in the World Cup (that being said it was against some much weaker opposition which could've also contributed to that confidence), came when he was just going out there and having fun, which he definitely is not doing right now.

It also should've been obvious to literally anyone that he's an 'eyes-up' or ad-lib player, and not an organising half, but try explaining that to Flanno.
 
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redv13

SGI NSW Cup
kogarahwarrior said:
I think there's a footballer in there somewhere. Atko is definitely a confidence player though, and he doesn't have much of that rn. he looks like he's thinking too hard about everything he does. Every good game I've seen him play, especially when he was playing for Italy in the World Cup (that being said it was against some much weaker opposition which could've also contributed to that confidence), came when he was just going out there and having fun, which he definitely is not doing right now.

It also should've been obvious to literally anyone that he's an 'eyes-up' or ad-lib player, and not an organising half, but try explaining that to Flanno.
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With Metcalf and Drinkwater in the spine, I expect Dan to improve considerably like the player he was early on at the sharks.
 
Morgan

Morgan

SGI NSW Cup
redv13 said:
Sorry mate, know he’s only a young pup but LKT just doesn’t do it for me at this point. Hope he improves big time in the next year or two but at the moment he is nowhere near first grade level. Want the kid to succeed but his efforts in cup have been ordinary
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I've never said he is very good. I've just said he is better than Atkinson and way better than Kyle and he is only 20. But he's hardly had a chance in NSW Cup. He's been the unused reserve in almost every game.
 
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Justadragon

SGI NSW Cup
kogarahwarrior said:
I think there's a footballer in there somewhere. Atko is definitely a confidence player though, and he doesn't have much of that rn. he looks like he's thinking too hard about everything he does. Every good game I've seen him play, especially when he was playing for Italy in the World Cup (that being said it was against some much weaker opposition which could've also contributed to that confidence), came when he was just going out there and having fun, which he definitely is not doing right now.

It also should've been obvious to literally anyone that he's an 'eyes-up' or ad-lib player, and not an organising half, but try explaining that to Flanno.
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100% KW, enjoying your footy is 90% of being a good player.
 
TheRev

TheRev

SGI NSW Cup
AyiosYiorgos said:
This 6 man bench is causing fitness issues, guys not playing reserve grade and getting 5-10 minutes or nothing at all most weeks does nothing for their fitness levels..
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do hope the 6-man bench is one of the things they look at over the off-season... my main request is what Gus said before a ball was kicked offff... that all 6 players should be available to play in a given match.. you can still only have 8 interchanges overall, thats the limiter.... but this way a young kid can be (almost) guaranteed some minutes or his debut.. and the coach doesnt have to hold 1 man back for almost the entire match just in case there are injuries he needs cover for.

Wont help with the fitness side of things.. that's impossible to solve with a 6-man bench, but if they have a way to better plan NSW Cup and Flegg matches, that will drastically help.... all good if Kerr gets 8mins or 0 mins in 1st grade.. as long as he can go back and play 40 in NSW Cup.
 
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RandomDragon

SGI Jersey Flegg
There’s an easy way to do plan out the reserve grade comps. Make it a national reserve grade and have them exclusively played one after the other (probably reserve grade after 1st grade). Such a simple solution
 
RufusRex

RufusRex

SGI NSW Cup
RandomDragon said:
There’s an easy way to do plan out the reserve grade comps. Make it a national reserve grade and have them exclusively played one after the other (probably reserve grade after 1st grade). Such a simple solution
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you want to start reserve grade games at 10pm at night?

Nah - the chris guider example tells you all you need to know ...

Agree a full national cup comp with games same day - to me they should be played before 1sts and get NRLW away from mens game .. if NRLW is good enough to stand on its own it will.

1st grade bench is 4 fresh players and you can call on 2 from Cup to also sit on the 1st grade bench. There may need to be tinkering with squad sizes in cup to allow for this.

It is important for players likely to be playing 1st grade to be getting minutes each week.
 
GCRV

GCRV

SGI NSW Cup
RufusRex said:
you want to start reserve grade games at 10pm at night?

Nah - the chris guider example tells you all you need to know ...

Agree a full national cup comp with games same day - to me they should be played before 1sts and get NRLW away from mens game .. if NRLW is good enough to stand on its own it will.

1st grade bench is 4 fresh players and you can call on 2 from Cup to also sit on the 1st grade bench. There may need to be tinkering with squad sizes in cup to allow for this.

It is important for players likely to be playing 1st grade to be getting minutes each week.
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Good in theory but it comes down to money. Clubs don't want to spend so much on reserve grade.
 
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