Round 5 Discussion

[Galah]

You just have to hope he comes back to us in a couple of years, I still think it’s he’s on too much unless he starts doing this against good teams. The knights are rudderless atm

 

[Wolfie]

Absolutely. Never cared what the naysayers said about Wallace. He's been going well ever since Holbrook got there.

He had a spell last year where he was playing like trash and they dropped him. Ever since he came back he has been solid i think

 

[I bleed Maroon]

Jesus it's a pasting now

 

[Battler]

Did people seriously think fifita would just coast on his big contract?

The guy is literally paid to steamroll players on the edge. Freak specimen and one of the few attacking weapons we had at our disposal. ****.

He’s still on too much money. The Titans won’t be able to build a squad capable of winning a premiership around him imo, but he’s sure as shit making our management look like a joke for not locking him up on 700-800k years in advance of him coming off contract.

 

[Fernando]

Yeah he’s gotta do it against the top teams now, but what he does against lower sides I don’t think I’ve seen a backrower capable of. He’s like Inglis on an edge.

 

[Wolfie]

I like what Titans have done really. Holbrook, even though they didnt get results straight away you could see he got them improving a lot of aspects of their game and it started to come together later in the year. I just dont see that with us, we are being better coached and i'm seeing no improvement.

 

[Wolfie]

Fifita just brushed Frizzell aside like Inglis on Soward.

 

[Allo]

They are talking about playing Tino as a right edge backrower. Always liked him playing there and i think the Titans have the forwards to accommodate it. Imagine having Tino and Fifta as backrowers. Could be so destructive.

Joliffe, Wallace, Mo Fo, Lisone, Ese’ese, Whitbread. Surely can accomodate that move

 

[Wolfie]

Ponga showed some wheels there

 

[Jedhead]

I like what Titans have done really. Holbrook, even though they didnt get results straight away you could see he got them improving a lot of aspects of their game and it started to come together later in the year. I just dont see that with us, we are being better coached and i'm seeing no improvement.

Well two coaches and the results and effort looks the same. Perhaps it might be the cattle on the field don’t know the meaning of teamwork and putting the team first. Penrith have a younger side than us and there is such gulf in class in terms of teamwork and backing each other up.

Passive is how I’d describe our present mindset. In everything the club does. It’s like the club has been stuck in 2nd gear for the last three seasons.

 

[pagey]

I like what Titans have done really. Holbrook, even though they didnt get results straight away you could see he got them improving a lot of aspects of their game and it started to come together later in the year. I just dont see that with us, we are being better coached and i'm seeing no improvement.

It's not like they did much until the end of the year , it's round 5 i think Kevvie deserves a little more time. We have the worst draw in the NRL as well .

 

[tommy]

I like what Titans have done really. Holbrook, even though they didnt get results straight away you could see he got them improving a lot of aspects of their game and it started to come together later in the year. I just dont see that with us, we are being better coached and i'm seeing no improvement.

Titans may well have won a premiership or at least made it to a gf by now if they didn’t buy Hayne.

 

[I bleed Maroon]

Do we know if Herbie will be back next week yet?

 

[Wolfie]

Well two coaches and the results and effort looks the same. Perhaps it might be the cattle on the field don’t know the meaning of teamwork and putting the team first. Penrith have a younger side than us and there is such gulf in class in terms of teamwork and backing each other up.

Passive is how I’d describe our present mindset. In everything the club does. It’s like the club has been stuck in 2nd gear for the last three seasons.

Penrith though brought their young blokes over a period of time through with players like Maloney, Tamou, Merrin, Wallace, Grant, Mansour, Whare plus the likes of Capewell, Korisau and Eisenhuth. Its not like they just threw in every young player and hoped they came off, they actually had a plan and let them develop. Thats the big difference between them and us really. They integrated their players, we just throw them in.

 

[Wolfie]

It's not like they did much until the end of the year , it's round 5 i think Kevvie deserves a little more time. We have the worst draw in the NRL as well .

We do have a tough draw, but i'm not seeing any improvement at all yet. I think he is out of his depth personally but i really hope he can show me i'm wrong. I'm more concerned about that rather that winning or losing right now.

 

[Midean]

Ref needs contacts.

 

[Jedhead]

Penrith though brought their young blokes over a period of time through with players like Maloney, Tamou, Merrin, Wallace, Grant, Mansour, Whare plus the likes of Capewell, Korisau and Eisenhuth. Its not like they just threw in every young player and hoped they came off, they actually had a plan and let them develop. Thats the big difference between them and us really. They integrated their players, we just throw them in.

I know they all played lower grades together as well. The point I’m making is their age. They’re all fully developed enough to run roughshod over almost any team. I’m guilty of using the ‘we have such a young side’ but after two years in first grade for most of them that excuse is wearing thin.

 

[Wolfie]

I know they all played lower grades together as well. The point I’m making is their age. They’re all fully developed enough to run roughshod over almost any team. I’m guilty of using the ‘we have such a young side’ but after two years in first grade for most of them that excuse is wearing thin.

I think its the difference between good and bad development. Look at Luai for example. Had to bide his time behind Maloney until he was a 23 year old. Up until then he was a bit part player for them. Cleary played earlier, but next to an experienced half who could manage a game in Maloney. They had their young forwards learning from and then taking over the likes of Tamou and Merrin. Its night and day from what we are doing. If we did a similar thing, then i believe our players would be going a lot better.

You can see the difference between players like their who have been allowed to develop and learn their trade over ours who have been thrown in with little guidance in a basket case team under a basket case coach in Seibold. I think its a bit of a moot point to even compare our blokes even if they have had similar game time. We are just clueless.