Eric
Staff
I think he's a Torres Straight Islander. Definitely a lot of attacking potential.
Trial game v Eels
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Chris M
SGI NSW Cup
Jayden Hunt has to be added to the top 30!
Eric
Staff
Can we swap Molo with his brother and add Jaiyden Hunt into the squad?
Eric
Staff
Pluses: The reserve forwards. Sloan and Amone's attacking game. Suli was strong. Conner Muhillison is ready for NRL now. Would have liked to see him run the ball but his passing and defence was faultless.
Negatives: The starting forward pack. Amone's defence.
Negatives: The starting forward pack. Amone's defence.
jodragon40
Staff
Not a hard game football controlling the ruck goes a long way to having a chance of winning the game. 16 zip down because of miscommunication with the a and b defender not coming across to cover the inside ball, wrong players in those positions. Sloan was my m.o.m. definitely no.1 and our future. Suli at centre . So my backs for game 1 v Warriors 1. Sloan 2. Ramsay 3. Suli 4. Lomax 5. Rav. I was impressed with Jayden Hunt defensively. We have more players challenging for every spot this year thats a bonus. Looking forward to next week
jodragon40
Staff
Agree good to see Burgess get through ok. I think next week our starting pack will be the pack for game 1
jodragon40
Staff
Both were very impressive especially Molo
RedV01
SGI NSW Cup
x2
What about your forwards for round 1?
GCRV
SGI NSW Cup
Woods, Macca, Hunt, Sims, Sua, JDB,
Bench: Mbye, Lawrie, Burgess, Bird.
With pressure on all of them to perform.
jodragon40
Staff
I'll watch charity shield first but on what I saw today Molo can't start the game
Morgan
SGI NSW Cup
Coric was excellent in his first open age game. Hunt and Molo are so much better than Alvaro and Kerr. The winger on a train and trial deal was also good. Feanai's good. Suli very good. Sloan, excellent. Amone got better as the game went on. Muhleisen was good. Did Jackson Shereb get on the field? Gosiewski surprised me. Was really good.
Faamausili, Alvaro, F. Molo, Kerr, Fuimaiono were poor. Not so much in defence. Apart from the one try, they came about as a result of miscommunication and laziness. In attack the go-forward was pretty much non existent.
Faamausili, Alvaro, F. Molo, Kerr, Fuimaiono were poor. Not so much in defence. Apart from the one try, they came about as a result of miscommunication and laziness. In attack the go-forward was pretty much non existent.
jodragon40
Staff
Agree and Griffin did say he was disappointed in some of the senior players who he didn't name. Thought Mcguire was outstanding today.
Morgan
SGI NSW Cup
Agree about McGuire but I didn't mention him because I don't think he is going play in the halves much this season.
Chris M
SGI NSW Cup
One thing I noticed is how the commentators were having none of St George challenging for the spoon as some in the print media have. I was really impressed with Jaiyden Hunt. Sure the other Molo got a lot of wraps with his offloads and some good ball handling but the way Hunt kept storming over the advantage line in attack and present a brick wall in defence. If he does that again in the Charity Shield, surely he'll be the first prop picked for round 1.
jodragon40
Staff
Impressive enough to be in the top 30
Morgan
SGI NSW Cup
I was just reading Fox about "3 big hits" out of the game. Not worth posting it here but the real 3 big hits are:
1. Sloan has fullback nailed down. The only question is whether Ramsey is better on the wing than a number of other players. The mature age winger from North Queensland (Reuben?) was impressive as were both Feagai's. One of them looks like spending a few weeks on the sideline but Ramsey should be under pressure from the other.
2. As for the forwards, the front rowers are under pressure. F. Molo had better pull his socks up, figuratively speaking. F. Molo, Woods, Lawrie and Burgess are in for some rough competition from the other Molo, Hunt and Coric. Faamausili and Kerr weren't "bad" but due to the performance of the other Molo, Hunt and Coric, they have surely slipped even further down the pecking order. Gosiewski on the edge was outstanding but I can't see him getting selected before Bird, Sims or Su'a. Jackson Ford was good. Busy in attack and defence. He'll surely get a chance in the NRL at some stage this season.
3. Mixed bag from our much-hyped young players. Sloan was outstanding at fullback, not bad on the wing. Amone started badly but got better as the game went on. The coach had obviously seen enough to replace him early. Feagai's were good without being outstanding. Ran hard, some good footwork from Max to score that try.
1. Sloan has fullback nailed down. The only question is whether Ramsey is better on the wing than a number of other players. The mature age winger from North Queensland (Reuben?) was impressive as were both Feagai's. One of them looks like spending a few weeks on the sideline but Ramsey should be under pressure from the other.
2. As for the forwards, the front rowers are under pressure. F. Molo had better pull his socks up, figuratively speaking. F. Molo, Woods, Lawrie and Burgess are in for some rough competition from the other Molo, Hunt and Coric. Faamausili and Kerr weren't "bad" but due to the performance of the other Molo, Hunt and Coric, they have surely slipped even further down the pecking order. Gosiewski on the edge was outstanding but I can't see him getting selected before Bird, Sims or Su'a. Jackson Ford was good. Busy in attack and defence. He'll surely get a chance in the NRL at some stage this season.
3. Mixed bag from our much-hyped young players. Sloan was outstanding at fullback, not bad on the wing. Amone started badly but got better as the game went on. The coach had obviously seen enough to replace him early. Feagai's were good without being outstanding. Ran hard, some good footwork from Max to score that try.
jodragon40
Staff
Agree with your assessment and Fox assessment. I really liked the look of Molo Jnr and Gosiewski, Molo senior didnt turn up, its an attitude issue for sure. He was lazy in defence and didnt make any great impression. I did say that JDB should not be selected as a prop in an earlier post but wasnt impressed with Molo at all, he has next week to make amends against the rabbits or his wont start. Lawrie and Bird very interesting background stories for both and not good for team harmony with neither signing for next season, don't like that before a competition starts. Ramsay did enough to get a starting wing spot and will be under a great deal of pressure from Reuben who definitely knows where the tryline is. Feagai did enough to stay in top 30 but obviously one will be out for a few weeks. If McGuire in round 6 can return fresh and play probably his best game in years for us yesterday that will be a big plus. Amone defence still an issue im afraid got caught out a few times, in saying that our defence will be improved when our starting back rowers play next week. The rabbits game will be a big game for a few players wanting to make that top 30. Sloan if he continues to develop will be a future blues player in years to come and will be one of our main scoring options, he was lucky with that cut out pass but has obviously been working on it so that makes him extremely dangerous linking into the backline. Happy enough with the attack but defence needs to improve greatly to match it with the top 4
GCRV
SGI NSW Cup
Amone got caught out in defence and just missed tackles by throwing an arm out. I'm sure Hook will get into about that. Not a major issue unless it keeps happening.
jodragon40
Staff
Thats exactly what happened last season and I was hoping it would be rectified in the off season but hasn't it is a big concern to me
GCRV
SGI NSW Cup
Is that right? I didn't notice it last season but it was very obvious yesterday. Hook has to rectify it or go with Sullivan.