Pick Your Team Warriors v Knights - [Round 8, 2025]

[Dannevegas]

Would this scenario involve Boyd playing on the left, and creating a new defensive combination out there, or Metcalf shifting sides and bedding in two entirely new edges?

I’d put Metcalf on the left he’s played there before and well, I don’t think it would be too much of a disruption. Just thinking what looks best long term.
Realistically with a better team last night we could’ve put 40 on them

 

[sydneywarrior92]

I'm sure CNK goes back to FB under Webby but part of me would be tempted to just swap him out with Kosi. TT was looking super dangerous through the middle. Could add another dimension to our clunky attack. At this point CNK's main contribution to the team are his running meters, rather than any distribution role in the attacking shape. He can do that from wing or center.

 

[run_it_str8_again]

I have said this before in certain situations where form or injury or formidable opponents are before us.....

I do not much care who is named. I care that our team applies themselves to the highest standard and intensity for the entirety of the game and earns the right to go wide by getting front foot fast ball on attack. So less about who and more about how.

 

[Lance155]

I have said this before in certain situations where form or injury or formidable opponents are before us.....

I do not much care who is named. I care that our team applies themselves to the highest standard and intensity for the entirety of the game and earns the right to go wide by getting front foot fast ball on attack. So less about who and more about how.

And that especially counts for results. On paper we should have had absolutely no chance of winning last night.

 

[JustLikeStartingOver]

Kosi or berry - big ed does not really deserve to be dropped, also gets Pompey off of the wing were he looks unconvincing.

I’m a sucker for a feel good story, could they give TSS 15 minutes off the bench in his hometown? Probably not.

NRL teams never rotate they just play everyone until they break down, but they could afford to give capewell or Niukore a week here or there. Laban looked keen.

with capewell no longer in the backline don’t need TMM on the bench

 

[Lance155]

Kosi or berry - big ed does not really deserve to be dropped, also gets Pompey off of the wing were he looks unconvincing.

I’m a sucker for a feel good story, could they give TSS 15 minutes off the bench in his hometown? Probably not.

NRL teams never rotate they just play everyone until they break down, but they could afford to give capewell or Niukore a week here or there. Laban looked keen.

with capewell no longer in the backline don’t need TMM on the bench

Kosi doesn't deserve to be dropped?! He never deserved to be there in the first place

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Unpopular opinion.

I'd drop Leka back to the bench. Capewell came good, and imo probably does those 1% that we don't see.
I thought a few times before Leka's try he looked to be impatient and on another occasion got carried away. He's young, and has a big career ahead of him, give him a few more starting opportunities this year but also, I really like the thought of him taking a good year to learn how best to use his frame against a tiring opposition off the bench. Let him focus on the minute to minute grind of NRL a little later.

To quote my boy Wrighty, "No flames please"

Nah I dig it. Plus at 19 he's still filling out. He'll be even more hard to handle next year.

 

[Noitall]

Kosi or berry - big ed does not really deserve to be dropped, also gets Pompey off of the wing were he looks unconvincing.

I’m a sucker for a feel good story, could they give TSS 15 minutes off the bench in his hometown? Probably not.

NRL teams never rotate they just play everyone until they break down, but they could afford to give capewell or Niukore a week here or there. Laban looked keen.

with capewell no longer in the backline don’t need TMM on the bench

Yeah good point on TSS being from Christchurch, would be massive for him. Berry was picked for form from nsw cup, but I thought there was nothing to justify him rejoining the team next week with the amount of points scored over his side against storm. Admittedly JFH injury had a bearing and Ford targeted, and Berry scoring a try but I think Pompey on the left centre has built good combinations with RTS/Kosi, and Leiataua to me looks more threatening on the right and has a good combination with Tuaupiki. Yet to see it with DWZ though and Berry has had the good combination with him, but you can’t leave Leiataua out either

 

[CWC]

We can get away with Berry as the knights looking shot right now

But with Metcalf still bombing half the right side attacks in the red zone especially in the first quarter we need players who can break lines on their own like Leka or Ali were doing and Berry isn’t that lol, he’s not really a creative playmaker either, or meter eater, Webby will stick with him but you get more value out of Pompey at centre than wing, Berry can play wing but then Kosi has better meters

In baseball you have catchers who only plays when certain pitchers are starting, Berry is like that with Dallin, Taine doesn’t have that corner dive in him