Team List Team List Tuesday (2023 Finals Week 2) - Warriors vs Knights

[Inruin]

SJ named

No Volkman in the extended squad so SJ must be good to go. Otherwise we get TMM and Walker which doesnt fill you full of confidence

 

[WahsaurusRex]

I’m not taking this team list worth a damn honestly, Friday 6pm is what we really should be looking for lol

I’ll need a welfare check if Walker and Martin are in there come the end of the week.

 

[Sir Arrow]

 

[Aman 2.0]

Just don't penalise the brown brothers bro!

He just has this vibe about him. Real male Karen type energy. Kind of bloke that wouldn’t throw your tennis ball back if it landed in his back yard.

He fucking have the panthers 3 innocuous crusher penalties anytime they held their necks and nothing when our boys got whacked in the face. in my opinion completely ignored the panthers in the ruck. They absolutely raped us and he did nothing.

That cunt is a massive cunt

 

[Kondom]

really sick of seeing tevaga get shoehorned into line ups. bunty should be there ahead of him.

 

[Riz]

It's got to be an eye to the future leaving Volkman in reserves to get experience running his team through a finals campaign. I'm not of the opinion that he is on the outer at the club.

 

[Cces]

Volkman's game vs Dolphins shouldn't be picked over with a fine tooth comb because he had a B grade pack in front of him. If our top side provides him with a platform there's no reason why he couldn't perform in a NRL finals match. Won't be this week though & personally I'd have him in the extended just in case

 

[sup42]

Stacey, as brilliant as he was, had that trouble as well. I think Volkman's day will come.

Yeah he talked bout his early years and how he struggled to talk on field eh.
And he is the one working directly with Volkman.
The last time Stacey was interviewed about Volkman he said the only thing they are waiting for in his development is his defence, he said the coaches have told Volkman don't worry about attack (in his NRL appearances) and that the attack will come, but they only want him concentrating on defence.

Volkman has Reynolds about him, he could be a great half, but the Warriors are not going to use him until his defence develops.

 

[Makasene]

I'm remarkably at ease with this game. I have great belief that if SJ plays and we can control the ball we will win

The Knights winning run is a bit of a red herring - they are just like us in that they have found ways to win rather than lose, this is not Parramatta 2009 coming our way.

I don't think the ref will be a factor, if anything it should favour us with the ferocious crowd we will bring.

Ultimately, on a shorter turn around with travel and following a very tough and extended game against Canberra, if Newcastle do manage to come to MSS and win then I'm almost certain they will have deserved it.

 

[tajhay]

Can we please refrain from using swear words just for the sake of it, or using derogatory terms. It doesn't make you sound any tougher on the internet just because you can type it all out.

There's all types of people on this forum - ages, races and genders. Please be mindful.

 

[Warriorsfan92]

Here’s my opinion. He’s not training with the team to give his best chance to play come Saturday. It has been roughly 1 week since the injury, and by webbys account he thought he’d play last week, but given the risk (and the extra life), it wasn’t worth it. This week he hasn’t been training with the team, this is normal. I’ve seen images of him with the team, but not training. That’s not to say he’s not included in team huddles and/or decision making. SJ knows what he’s doing, he’s done it for many years, played in far bigger games than this & has been in career best form - he could not train all week, come out on sat & kill it. He knows the plays, the shapes, the timings. All he needs to do is maximise recovery time, he’ll take part in captains run (assume Friday) & see how he tracks. He’s not required early week. This concession that he hasn’t trained doesn’t detract from his chances of being available. He’s more likely than last week, and he was close last week - that’s enough from me. Imo he’ll play. This is a do or die.

 

[Billyspleen75]

The game this Saturday realistically is our Grand final.
If we win and we may.
Beating Bronco s at Suncorp with or without SJ would be at very long odds.
Play SJ Sat and win.

Yep exactly.
The 2023 season resulting in a Prelim Final and having SJ as Dally M + 2/3 other Dally M awards is a 10/10 season.

 

[Aman 2.0]

I'll probably get grilled for this comment as I'm being selfish here. I know SJ isn't 100% but do you guys think he owes us to play this game seeing how it's a crucial game.

How do you propose he play a full on contact sport that requires accelerations and endurance if he can’t run or move?

What are we even talking about here

 

[Leon Black]

SJ has to play end of story… it’s a calf not an ACL. This game NOW is all or nothing sudden death. All chips are in… without him we are fucked. Walker and Martin can’t learn how to kick better in a week. Ludicrous to think that!

Forwards need to dominate from the opening minute. Knights were giving up huge yardage in that period the Raiders shot out to a 10 point lead, a team with multiple rep forwards absent.

No excuse for the forward pack this week, we win this game if they aim up, which will make SJ’s role of dictating attacking raids easier. The other pair are not at his level. Trust in Webby and forget the last 2 games.

 

[Warriors4eva95]

Don't even need to wait till tomorrow boys but he is very confident he'll play

 

[Fonzie]

 

[Billyspleen75]

Photos coming out of Captain's run coming out right now..

There is no SJ, but there is a photo of Dylan Walker kicking


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They just put up a slightly wider view of the photos that were up half an hour ago.... someone's lurking in the background!

 

[Fonzie]

Well if unconfirmed social media ‘oil’ is anything to go by, he’s playing

 

[Fonzie]

 

[sup42]

Knights fans hearts sink from that little slice of death between beats.

Now we just gotta get our boy through the warm up and 80 minutes of play. His body guards better be on point.

If we win, and he comes through okay we are a decent shot at the Broncs.

 

[miket12]

I know this is only the fourth home finals game in the club's history and I've been to all the other three, somethings are more important and more precious than being at MtSS tomorrow night. To those going enjoy yourselves and, even if you aren't in your "normal seats", make some noise for me!!!

 

[RobRoyMcCoy]

I work for the main sponsor and I just won 2 x tickets in the Upper Eastern!! Bay 38 so very near Bruce's normal spot. STOKED!!!

 

[1995warriorsfan]

Sj is confirmed