Round 5 - Rabbitohs vs Broncos

[calsy]

The young guys don't suck, they are just playing on a team with no confidence and with no experienced players capable of motivating them. Its hard for Dearden or Turpin to make things happen when they are given nearly 0 options to work with. If you were to put them on a top 4 team they would be totally different players (If they got a run).

 

[vertigo]

Kevin needs to immediately hire someone who has a fucking clue about defence.

Defence is built around guys wanting to work for each other. We don't do that here.

 

[BroncsFan]

The most infuriating thing about Milf's kicking game tonight was that for the last 30 or so minutes, it was actually quite good. He stopped the midfield bombs and kicked a couple of really nice grass finding kicks that had Souths starting their set in their own 20.

Yeah, but it's just not consistent enough.

The perfect example is that during the period you are talking about he was driving them low and hard, finding grass and getting it close to the in goal... however he had an opportunity to do that in the first half and he kicks it miles past the dead ball line.

The guy has no idea anymore... he can't find a gap to run into, he can't find a pass, he just torp bombs it or drop punt bombs it to the 20m line.

The most frustrating thing for me is that his best game was round 1 on the right hand side... and Kevvie immediately shifts him to the left when Fifita runs through him a couple times. I guess having Riki, Dearden, Niu and Coates playing next to each other in defence is soooo much better defensively with all of their 20 games of first grade between them....

Someone mentioned that Glenn wanted him back on the left or Milf wanted to be next to Glenn... well why not move Glenn to the right and have Glenn, Milf, Niu and Coates??

The first kick that Milf did which set him off in the 30min period you mentioned was him wrapping around the ruck and kicking it running left to right.. i.e. a kick from the right hand side. It was smooth off the boot and pulled up right inside the ingoal.

The other kick he did on the left hand side of the ruck pulled up at the in goal and and found grass, but it required him to check his run a little bit and looked ugly as ****.

I just don't think he's natural on the left (even though he's been playing there since he came to us)

 

[Renegade]

Agree fully, the majority of this forum are following suit with all the fox commentators by letting KW off lightly because he’s a nice guy. Results won’t matter as long as their mate got the job.

Incorrect. Most just aren't expecting a wooden spoon team that got weaker to be better in the first 5 games. Bench management isn't the reason we're losing games.

 

[Unbreakable]

Xavier Coates - 12 runs for 68 metres. That is 5.6 metres per run.

Every single time he takes a run out of our own end he gets driven back and completely kills our momentum. I don't particularly care how fast he is or how tall he is, he fucking sucks to be honest.

 

[Super Freak]

Broncos need to do what they can to lure Reynolds to the club.

Don't give a **** about his age and his past injuries. When it comes to players we need, he is one of them. Brings experience and game management as well as a good kicking game.

 

[theshed]

Do you really think there are tactical decisions being made when the team is down by 30 with 10 minutes to go? He wanted to see how Croft would go running the side in the last 10 minutes.

Croft shouldn’t have been there to begin with. Not only is Kev completely mismanaging his halves, he’s fucking the bench rotation doing it.

 

[WASSHHH]

When you don't care anymore and you expect a flogging, it makes it easier to enjoy the weekend.

What Broncos game?

 

[FaithinHook]

Someone needs to put a broom through the front office and half the roster, and fast.

The scary thing is though, we've all been begging for that for the past 3 or 4 years and still it hasn't happened. The same imbeciles are in charge of recruitment and the same deadwood is hanging around like rotting carcasses out on the field.

 

[Renegade]

Croft shouldn’t have been there to begin with. Not only is he completely mismanaging his halves, he’s fucking the bench rotation doing it.

Yes bench management is the reason we are 1-4.

 

[Waynesaurus]

Strangely I'm not mad, annoyed or even disgusted, I think I've transitioned to acceptance and pity, to play week in week out this badly and for so long must be truly embarrassing and soul crushing for the players and club.

 

[Huge]

I thought we had some pretty good moments. We do need a better strategy around our 4th and 5th tackle management. It isn't that Deared, Milford and Croft cannot complete a simple enough set of moves but this insane rushing isn't helping. I'm sure when practicing they can do it and as Cronk said about Brisbane during the telecast, it's all about rhythm and timing.

 

[LockyersLeftBoot]

Xavier Coates - 12 runs for 68 metres. That is 5.6 metres per run.

Every single time he takes a run out of our own end he gets driven back and completely kills our momentum. I don't particularly care how fast he is or how tall he is, he fucking sucks to be honest.

He's just like a baby giraffe. He definitely doesn't suck, but he's young and clumsy.

 

[Battler]

Strangely I'm not mad, annoyed or even disgusted, I think I've transitioned to acceptance and pity, to play week in week out this badly and for so long must be truly embarrassing and soul crushing for the players and club.

Yet the very same players responsible for these pathetic performances have the audacity to demand stupid salaries and attempt to hold the club to ransom.

 

[Galah]

Kelly and khunt and I’ll watch next week.

 

[Waynesaurus]

Xavier Coates - 12 runs for 68 metres. That is 5.6 metres per run.

Every single time he takes a run out of our own end he gets driven back and completely kills our momentum. I don't particularly care how fast he is or how tall he is, he fucking sucks to be honest.

But these are the things the club should be helping him to improve, he runs very upright.

 

[theshed]

Yes bench management is the reason we are 1-4.

Well, I was giving Kev slack for the total lack of improvement over all and even regression in attack because everyone will blame that completely on the players so instead I am criticising him for the one thing no one else can be blamed for and that’s the terrible bench usage and the embarrassing treatment of the halves.

 

[Whatisgoingon]

But but the club didn’t see a future with a Wayne Bennett. They didn’t see a winning future they were after a losing future