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Te Maire in reserves. That means he'll be back next week. Maybe Tesi will move to centre.
Te Maire in reserves. That means he'll be back next week. Maybe Tesi will move to centre.
It wasn’t long ago I wasnt confident going into Bulldogs games. And now they’re on the up that probably won’t change.I never go into an Eels game with confidence they just get up for us but we are better placed than we have been for a long time.
It is a vital game for our top 4 aspirations, if we lose it will be two wins out and we could be leap frogged by teams like Parra
Interesting you should say that: only three teams have been penalized less than us, and the one who's been penalized least is the Eels.I predict the ref is going to destroy us.
Idiotic statement.
He’s had a crack there. Got dropped because he was nonexistent in defence.I actually wouldn't mind seeing Tesi get a crack there.
He's been average defensively, but attack wise he's been good the past couple of weeks and has been a real handful for the opposition. He's willing to take the game on and look to create opportunities.
I don't think we'll be worse off defensively having Niu there over Lee, and we'll have more speed and spark on that left side.
He’s had a crack there. Got dropped because he was nonexistent in defence.
Or Gamble just twiddles his thumbs waiting for one of the halves to get injured. Which always happens.I can only guess that Gamble has been dropped because our bench would be too small with Paix, Kobe and Gamble all there... also noting that Kobe comes on for Pat at lock, so where would Gamble come on, unless we want to run with Kobe and Gamble in the middle for a period of the game, which isn't ideal.
I think for Gamble to get onto the bench we would need to move Pat to prop and Kobe to lock, with Gamble and Kobe to share the lock duties... then we have Flegs and Jensen on the bench for the prop rotation.
I do like that as a rotation; however Patty has just come off winning the Wally Lewis medal and has been very good for us in that 13 jersey, including his ball playing, which I think has improved a lot this year. Although it's likely he is also playing a bit of prop throughout the game when Kobe is on at the same time.
It could be something we look to transition to over the next preseason, but not necessarily something you look to jump to in the middle of the season... maybe we revisit it near the backend of the year pending how Kobe, Gamble and Palasia are looking.
He’s had a crack there. Got dropped because he was nonexistent in defence.