After the game, Hook and Hunt will placate us by telling the truth that the Dragons were right in it for 20min.We are a good chance to win this ................................................ If the game goes for 20 min NO LONGER .........................
Not in the 17 ggrrr. Why. Hell we need our best forward playing not sitting on his bum.
How do my crossed out players keep getting a start. Bewildering. Seems Griffin wants to be sacked rather than reapply.
If he's fit, surely he will start.
I think this week but not be available for selection until next week. But they'll probably spend at least a week in the NSW Cup.
Personally I wouldn't cross out Rava but I would start the process of moving him into the forwards.
He doesn't have the stamina to play in the forwards.
Not yet but I would start the process. Not exactly sure how I would do that. Maybe something like start him on the wing, move him into the forwards after 30min and then take him off for a rest after 50min and then the last 10. Something like that.
Agree. I crossed him because he is costing us points we can not afford.
That's not exactly how it works. I'll try to clear this up. So you have a big back big enough to play in your pack so how do you determine if you can transform that player. So Rav been playing wing defensively he avg 5.5 tackles last season missing 1.36. He avg 14.57 runs per game avg 138m in 2022. Now compare those figures with a decent backrower I'll use the Souths player Koloamatangi avg tackles 29, missed 1.92, avg 14.72 runs avg 135 run mtrs. So attack stat's similar but it's the defensive stat's that usually kills off the move. So Rav would have to make 5 times more tackles that he does now and that just wears a player out. I'd suggest that he would be tanked after 15 min. Just my experience and views
Good point. But what is there to lose by giving it a try? He's on the books for this year and next, he's bigger than most backrowers, he runs as hard as any. Is fast for a backrower but too slow for a good winger. Maybe he could recondition himself to play in the backrow. It's been done before. Ben Creagh actually started out on the wing, didn't he?
Add the defensive lapses when he leaves his wing and is too late on his man which creates an overlap leading inevitably either to large metre gains or a try. Three last match. The big guy is a liability. Either he is sacked or moved inside. He can handle the pack, has a big engine. If not then we have to let him go.
Yeh one we let slip our net. Cant keep em all and we have several good young three quarters coming thru.
This kinda senseless talk is sure to create some division among the players, specially the long termers.Those vultures in the media have already started the beat up and will continue to run with its controversy ad finitum.