Team List Warriors vs Manly - [Round 2, 2025)

[Beastmode]

Luke Brooks & DCE vs CHT & Metcalf

Wow. What a match up.

 

[ShaunJohnson7]

This team is so average. We have small forwards who can't bend the line, a 9 that doesn't run, 2nd rowers on the fringes with no creativity or athleticism, the worst halves in the comp and the slowest backline in the comp.

There's nothing to get excited about and we are going to get run through again. Seems like the coach will be making the same selection and tactical errors as last year and we will get similar, if not worse results.

 

[Wrighty]

Luke Brooks & DCE vs CHT & Metcalf

Wow. What a match up.

Very funny Beastmode. You have missed your calling !!

 

[Worried2Death]

So who's up against Saab, Roger?

Just don't get pumped by 30+ please lads.

 

[Wrighty]

I am very happy with our team list provided we don't switch Barnett to Lock again. And that we keep Ford to 30 minutes off the bench. I want to end the forum meme and statement that he has elite fitness and go 80 minutes. He played all 80 minutes like 20 games in a row when he first started and stayed fresh. BIG DEAL. Virtually every second rower in the comp plays eighty minutes as well He is no more fit than anyone else and got badly gassed at the more demanding prop position last week. If he plays he belongs on the bench so he can blow himself out over 25 minutes and that can be him for the game. Please stop the forum meme he has elite endurance.

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

So who's up against Saab, Roger?

Just don't get pumped by 30+ please lads.

Luckily. If he was matched up against Taine, that would be a nightmare mismatch.

 

[OtautahiEast]

Realistically, we were poor in most aspects for our first game.

I'm not opposed to giving the players the opportunity to remedy this.

It's a win-win situation for Webby, if we produce a magic victory hes going to be seen as a special coach, whereas if the same shit happens and we get pumped, he can ring in the changes yet still be the good guy where he tried to let the team take accountability and improve on their shit performance.

That's a really good point,

A winger ? Like, The position where a league team would have their fastest players? Are you sure?

Yeah a glorified winger to be exact

 

[Wrighty]

Just don't get pumped by 30+ please lads.

My fear is this what they are thinking too and is very much Warriors thinking after a bad loss. "This week let's try to lose by less and at least make it close". I have seen this movie play out plenty of seasons. I want us to try to win and forget about "at least making it close". Remember we lost last week by 22 points and not thirty at all - and while 22 is a comfortable loss. Go talk the cowboys or eels if you want to find about what a hiding looked last week.
In my mind we had better cattle than the Raiders but due to weird bench use we didn't use some of our cattle at all and Ricky smoked Webster from a coaching perspective including an all out line speed blitz for the first twenty minutes. Ricky has been around for a long time and I am observing he is improving and starting to become an elite coach instead of just the solid one we all have come to know,
I can see it now from the coaching staff hidden messaging that all means "lose by less this week and then in round 3 off making it close this week we will actually aim up to win. That subtle messaging will sound like
"Let's have a full 80 minute performance this week"
"Let's turn up with fewer missed tackles than last week"
None of those messages involve winning and are instead about losing by less than 6 points this wee.

Screw warriors mentality of the last 7 years. Let's go out there to win and whatever we lose by is just a loss. Let's not put store in losing well.

 

[Playdaball]

Erin Clark - 180cm 98 kg
JFH - 187cm 103kg
Barnett - 187cm 104kg
Jackson Ford - 187cm 101kg

Taniela Paseka - 197CM 120kg.
Aloai - 189cm 106kg
Olakau'atu - 196cm 113kg
Sipley - 120kg

We let our two biggest forwards go early to the Sharks and Bulldogs

 

[Tohu’s_Knees]

As long as Mitch Barnett isn’t 13……

If only Erin had of started against the Raiders we would’ve won…….. lol.

 

[OtautahiEast]

A winger ? Like, The position where a league team would have their fastest players? Are you sure?

If that's the case let's put Metcalf to the wing, and Hammer

 

[ToiletDuck]

This team is so average. We have small forwards who can't bend the line, a 9 that doesn't run, 2nd rowers on the fringes with no creativity or athleticism, the worst halves in the comp and the slowest backline in the comp.

There's nothing to get excited about and we are going to get run through again. Seems like the coach will be making the same selection and tactical errors as last year and we will get similar, if not worse results.

100% agree mate. It is going to be a looong year. Worst halves (and spine) in the comp, worst backline in the comp. By some margin too. If they were all free agents I'm not even sure who would be picked up by other clubs, other than as depth signings for reserve grade.

 

[Wrighty]

As long as Mitch Barnett isn’t 13……

If on Erin had of started against the Raiders we would’ve won…….. lol.

Please don't make up strawman arguments to allow you to sniper other people's posts gleefully. That is poor posting and given you usually post insightfully i can only wonder if you had a bad day at work today.

I did not say we would have won against the raiders had Barnett not played lock at all. I said I would be happy with the line up if Barnett does not play lock this time.

 

[Worried2Death]

Luckily. If he was matched up against Taine, that would be a nightmare mismatch.

If I was Seibold I'd be pulling a crafty switch and swapping their wingers, Saab would have a 2 foot height advantage for bombs, there's 30+ right there.

 

[Christchurch_Warrior]

If I was Seibold I'd be pulling a crafty switch and swapping their wingers, Saab would have a 2 foot height advantage for bombs, there's 30+ right there.

TBH I could see Saab running in so many tries he might pull a hammy.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

I agree
He’s picking same guys as he did last year
You keep picking same players
You keep getting same results

Insanity!

 

[Muddogz]

He’s giving the team a chance to make up
for a poor first game. There are a few experienced players like CNK, Capewell and Niukore that have earnt the right to get another crack. If they don’t deliver than changes should be looked at.

If we rang changes this week and still got flogged than what do you do the next week?

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Jackson Ford and to think I was scoffing at sipley!

 

[Akkerz]

Changed my dogs name to Cuddles so I won't feel guilty kicking him in the ass on game day

 

[John Nick]

My fear is this what they are thinking too and is very much Warriors thinking after a bad loss. "This week let's try to lose by less and at least make it close". I have seen this movie play out plenty of seasons. I want us to try to win and forget about "at least making it close". Remember we lost last week by 22 points and not thirty at all - and while 22 is a comfortable loss. Go talk the cowboys or eels if you want to find about what a hiding looked last week.
In my mind we had better cattle than the Raiders but due to weird bench use we didn't use some of our cattle at all and Ricky smoked Webster from a coaching perspective including an all out line speed blitz for the first twenty minutes. Ricky has been around for a long time and I am observing he is improving and starting to become an elite coach instead of just the solid one we all have come to know,
I can see it now from the coaching staff hidden messaging that all means "lose by less this week and then in round 3 off making it close this week we will actually aim up to win. That subtle messaging will sound like
"Let's have a full 80 minute performance this week"
"Let's turn up with fewer missed tackles than last week"
None of those messages involve winning and are instead about losing by less than 6 points this wee.

Screw warriors mentality of the last 7 years. Let's go out there to win and whatever we lose by is just a loss. Let's not put store in losing well.

We will need a complete change up of attitude from our team defensively and our forwards need to become effective otherwise we will see more of the same.
Failing that we will again have posters on here bagging our halves.
RL games are won up front