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That’s the mentality of a true winner right thereDid Webby have a slip off of the tounge in the presser and say we will win no matter when and who we play next week? Love it!
He was very surprisingly physical i mean to the point he was bending the line with ease even through traffic.Almost 40mins for Going, great debut for him looked every bit a first grader.
Bang on. Individually there were some decent performances but just so clunky and out of sync which the Phins offloading style of play troubled us with.Wasnt really surprised by the result and tbh the result was never going to be a biggie for me, take out your entire spine (including your on field general), your alpha forward, your captain, and your strike outside back, hence why a number of us went the Phins in the old tipping comp before it went down.
Right move by Webby? I still think it probably was. I guess the question will be how much (if any) of our momentum and confidence it affects......im picking not too much, once all our leaders are back on deck they'll drive that team where it needs to be.
Dont think any of the newbies were poor by any stretch but hopefully that highlights the gap between grades to escpecially those that wax lyrically about certain youngsters that its no given that their talents are automatically going to transfer to be first grade ready out of the block....some may kick on but a lot wont.
Anyway top 4 is such a huge incredible acheivement for our club, we've given ourselves the best chance with that extra life. Panthers are the Everest of challengers but damn......just imagine if we could go over there and knock those bastards off?
Wasnt really surprised by the result and tbh the result was never going to be a biggie for me, take out your entire spine (including your on field general), your alpha forward, your captain, and your strike outside back, hence why a number of us went the Phins in the old tipping comp before it went down.
That’s the best analogy I’ve heard in a long time! Well done!!Wasnt really surprised by the result and tbh the result was never going to be a biggie for me, take out your entire spine (including your on field general), your alpha forward, your captain, and your strike outside back, hence why a number of us went the Phins in the old tipping comp before it went down.
Right move by Webby? I still think it probably was. I guess the question will be how much (if any) of our momentum and confidence it affects......im picking not too much, once all our leaders are back on deck they'll drive that team where it needs to be.
Dont think any of the newbies were poor by any stretch but hopefully that highlights the gap between grades to escpecially those that wax lyrically about certain youngsters that its no given that their talents are automatically going to transfer to be first grade ready out of the block....some may kick on but a lot wont.
Anyway top 4 is such a huge incredible acheivement for our club, we've given ourselves the best chance with that extra life. Panthers are the Everest of challengers but damn......just imagine if we could go over there and knock those bastards off?
Agree with the size disparity. The fact we had Sironen subbing on for Bunty and Going on for Barnett was crazy.A few comments:
- we lost due to a physical size disparity rather than a skill/ experience problem. The Dolphins had a massive man on man physical advantage and monstered us. Our team was young but also still physically developing and we were steamrolled.
- our smaller first grade players were exposed with the middle not on parity - Sironen, TMM, Berry, etc
- I don’t think we were mentally up for it. Our first graders were making uncharacteristic mistakes and their heads didn’t seem in it. Nothing to play for.
- AFB is crucial for the finals but also next years success rests on him staying fit. Fan of Bunty and Barnett but they are not first grade starting props. Ale does a lot of good stuff but is to small for a prop and doesn’t have a physical presence. I really fear we have too much riding on AFB next year. Still few we are one more starting prop short.
- Montoya seemed to be returning to his best.
- Dolphins were physically dominant but their halves lacked cohesion. So many balls to ground. We were lucky they lacked finesse or it could have got ugly.
- refs… enough said. Ugly game with forward passes and dropped balls everywhere played on. Low quality game.
- I hope Webby has the resting call right. We have lacked form for the past month and if we go out in straight sets we will regret not building combinations and form in this game.
- despite all that, happy for the Dolphins. They have great support and have had a decent first year. Good journeyman side to build on into the future.
That's a weird time for PTB, I wonder if that's correct. Just out of curiousity, I looked at all of the games so far this week and last week and no one's ptb speed is within a second of TMM, Jayden Nikorima.This what rust looks like
TMM:
3 runs 21m
6 errors - 3 handling
5 missed/ineffective tackles
Ptd speed 6.7 seconds
Not sure how he’s supposed to jump straight into finals footy against the reining prems so underdone.
Cleary and the Panthers are going to exploit this weakness …
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volkman at 6? Man, we'd better hope TMM and SJ fireThis what rust looks like
TMM:
3 runs 21m
6 errors - 3 handling
5 missed/ineffective tackles
Ptd speed 6.7 seconds
Not sure how he’s supposed to jump straight into finals footy against the reining prems so underdone.
Cleary and the Panthers are going to exploit this weakness …
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Volkman..
Yeah ain't no one that watched the game can say that he's a legit option, at least TMM has the rusty excuse. Volkman was poor last night.Volkman..
5 runs 28m
9 ineffective / missed tackles?!
PTB speed… 3.7s .. slower than Curran
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Penrith Analyst is gonna have a field day looking at these numbers …
Yeah ain't no one that watched the game can say that he's a legit option, at least TMM has the rusty excuse. Volkman was poor last night.
Yeah his option taking and kick variation was below par. He did a couple of good things but aside from that was not up to itMaybe he was trying too hard - whatever the excuse he did
nothing to suggest he’s ready for first grade ..