Can we give it up for Ali’s try. Jeez. He took off from outside THE FUCKING 25.. That would be impressive for a prop, but a centre? Kid could be top 3.
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Great game, good atmosphere. Surprised to see the drummers so close to the field. At Mt smart they are quite a ways away. Team played well, something about that Waikato air...
Anyway found this tid bit cool:
View: https://www.instagram.com/blokeinabar/reel/DGFFYNhh78p/
Anyway found this tid bit cool:
View: https://www.instagram.com/blokeinabar/reel/DGFFYNhh78p/
Also, how good was Egan, we'll be in for a great season in he stays injury free
The TMM to FB probably asks more questions than it answered:
Did TMM look that sharp at fb as it was his 2nd outing?
Did CHT play better because there was a 3rd play maker on the field?
Is TMM to fb a viable option theyve been practicing in training, or a late fuck around that paid off?
Imo it really muddies the waters as to 'what half played better', as Martin created from the back and also at half when he was there later on in the game, while CHT also looked really good too.
Did TMM look that sharp at fb as it was his 2nd outing?
Did CHT play better because there was a 3rd play maker on the field?
Is TMM to fb a viable option theyve been practicing in training, or a late fuck around that paid off?
Imo it really muddies the waters as to 'what half played better', as Martin created from the back and also at half when he was there later on in the game, while CHT also looked really good too.
Its a treat watching Vaimauga smash it up, then seeing Leka following up off the back of it......next gen!
Leka has to be one of the most balanced players I've ever seen run.
It doesn't matter whose in front of him but when he hits contact he seems to eat up so many post contact meters effortlessly.
It doesn't matter whose in front of him but when he hits contact he seems to eat up so many post contact meters effortlessly.
I think on reflection, the management would concede they should have held on to Tu, especially after the release on Montoya. Although he didn't perform well last season, we are missing a experienced NSW cup level winger who can fill a hole for 5 games a season. Perhaps they think Kosi is that guy. We will need another back up winger this season, which is a shame as most clubs can rely on a development contract/young gun to fill that spot. Kali and Pasifikala didn't look ready in the trial unfortunately.
Thinking about our side, to have a guy like Taine miss the team potentially for a Kosi is completely arse about face. I would love to see a back 3 of Taine, RTS and CNK. Don't really care who plays where on attack/defense, using 3 fullbacks will get our best 3 backs on the park.
Thinking about our side, to have a guy like Taine miss the team potentially for a Kosi is completely arse about face. I would love to see a back 3 of Taine, RTS and CNK. Don't really care who plays where on attack/defense, using 3 fullbacks will get our best 3 backs on the park.
TBH I don't have a problem with any of the above.
AFB wanted out, Zyon didn't kick on and has been overtaken, Tohu tried to come back, the club always keep their recruitment cards close to their chest.
How good an endorsement is this for Webby from Nathan Cleary when discussing Jett:
“I think it was good for him at a young age to be able to go over there and get out of the Sydney spotlight and the Penrith spotlight, obviously with me and dad [Panthers coach Ivan] attached to the club,” Nathan Cleary said.
“He’s gone over there with a coach that we trust [former Panthers assistant Andrew Webster], he’s a great coach.”
The great Penwah extended whānau.
“I think it was good for him at a young age to be able to go over there and get out of the Sydney spotlight and the Penrith spotlight, obviously with me and dad [Panthers coach Ivan] attached to the club,” Nathan Cleary said.
“He’s gone over there with a coach that we trust [former Panthers assistant Andrew Webster], he’s a great coach.”
The great Penwah extended whānau.
FFS the season hasn’t even started.
We had a pre season game where lots of players had a hit out, we defended pretty well and had some nice ball movement at times and threw the ball to space on early tackles sometimes. Bit of clunkiness as was expected. No one was terrible. Attitude was good.
Some bad ball handling on the left may have cost us two tries but hey it’s pre season.
Pretty sure we will see TMM get more involved this Saturday.
The TMM and LM combo will be lethal if Webby can get the chemistry right.
We lose a winger and the world is ending.
Not so.
Kosi, Kali, Dion A, MGT, Pasikala can fill in decently enough I reckon but T will probably get the nod in R1.
Onwards and Upwards.
We had a pre season game where lots of players had a hit out, we defended pretty well and had some nice ball movement at times and threw the ball to space on early tackles sometimes. Bit of clunkiness as was expected. No one was terrible. Attitude was good.
Some bad ball handling on the left may have cost us two tries but hey it’s pre season.
Pretty sure we will see TMM get more involved this Saturday.
The TMM and LM combo will be lethal if Webby can get the chemistry right.
We lose a winger and the world is ending.
Not so.
Kosi, Kali, Dion A, MGT, Pasikala can fill in decently enough I reckon but T will probably get the nod in R1.
Onwards and Upwards.
In the last couple of years the club has kept a very, very tight ship.
The truth of the matter is that none us actually know what the club has been planning, because they keep it in house. We may have been having a flutter on all of the above and failed to sign them due to the 'overs tax' of coming to NZ, or total rejection. Neither Mulitalo or Brown have been positive about the Warriors in the past.
If we have a policy of not paying overs then about bloody time. If our aim is sustained success then you don't get it by paying overs for franchise stars that don't contribute their worth onfield. I can handle a rough season if we are patiently putting the right chess pieces in the right places for the future.
This is why we have to go all in with the current management and pathways.
The pain will be whether we can attract good value players from Australia to keep us competitive in the meantime. That has obviously been difficult, hence our current back stocks.
11. Laban
12. Halasima
13. Vaimauga
I reckon that could be the best back row in the comp, in a year or so...
I dunno man, largely I think the club have been fantastic with recruitment over the last little while.
Healy and Clark are both good gets, with Fish being a huge signing.
You say Fish shouldn't count because we were insanely lucky, but I mean we were even more insanely UNlucky that the best prop in the games Mrs decided she didn't want to live in NZ. So it's a bit unfair not to count that haha.
Also, prior to this year we signed RTS and Capewell, who at the time were fantastic signings and while it didn't move the needle for us last year, would be seen as above average signings imo.
Time will tell anyways, but despite our lack of outside backs atm I'm still confident for this year. Maybe Kosi will surprise us all, who knows haha
Ffs. The guy is a Warrior after all and he is one of us.
I am sure that he is trying his arse off and our recruitment process has let us down.
Not Kosi himself
Show some respect guys especially when not many of us have played up to FG NRL level if any.
Pisses me off when some of the biggest critics have never ever even played the game at any level.
Sure have your opinion but don't get out of your level
I am sure that he is trying his arse off and our recruitment process has let us down.
Not Kosi himself
Show some respect guys especially when not many of us have played up to FG NRL level if any.
Pisses me off when some of the biggest critics have never ever even played the game at any level.
Sure have your opinion but don't get out of your level
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Yeah.
Thing is though it is an extension of Websters personality/life philosophy to not use excuses (cue the Webster frequent sound bites about not blaming Refs and accepting responsibility).
We are in a rebuild. I do not see that as a negative thing. When you look at rebuilds objectively, and lay aside Warrior angst, every single club goes through them when the Chief play maker retires, when other key players age and slow down, when GLue type players like your Mannerings or Tohu Harris's retire.
The four best Warriors players of a rugby league cycle were here last season and have either gone or are on the wane.
SJ, best in a generation.
Harris, best ball playing forward in the generation. The best hands since Ali Lauitiiti, but could tackle, probably the greatest forward to ever pull on a Warriors jumper.
AFB best Prop of a generation.
Roger Tuivasa Sheck, best of an era, now aged and like Tohu diminishing.
Those are the most important guys in a RL team, the halfback, the fullback, the ball playing forward slash defensive rock, and the line breaking prop.
Take them out or have them on the decline without like for like new signings then you are in a rebuild.
Train spotters will point out we did get like for like with James F H replacing AFB.
While that is true, both top of their game, the Warriors are a special case, unlike the Roosters, or the Storm, who have enjoyed coaching stability, the new Star player coming to the Warriors is not the same as the new star joining those other outfits under coaching dynasty's like Bellamy and Robinson.
Which leads me to my core point about rebuilds. The Warriors are in constant rebuild because more than any club in living memory they have made the short sighted decision to sack more coaches than any club in existence.
This is why we are in constant rebuild and this is why it is absolutely critical that the Warriors ignore results and commit to Webster for six years minimum, absolutely minimum....because that would have given him time to have over seen our best sixteen year olds and bring them up in a stable system to eventually be a team with an age range in early to mid twenties in ninety percent of the run on side with years of playing together to threaten the comp.
The fact that this has not been tried since Cleary reinforces to me even more that the Warriors need to do a long term Webster commitment and suck it up till the young stars are all available for him to pick as men who have played grade together for five and more years together.
Yeah thought so. In the future if you are going to try to use words like RSS, understand how it works first..
And probably would be a good idea to vent without fabricating bullshit and posting it online as if it is fact. Its not like this is your first occurrence either. Get a hobby if the warriors consumes you too much and it evidently impacts your mental health.
Sorry but making up shit to slander a player is just low life material. Feel free to dislike how he plays but making up elaborate stories is just really low. There is no excuse for that.
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I think Ali Leiataua is in as good as place than Vaimauga. This is Leiataua's time to shine and never look back.
I've been so high on this guy, and have said we could have one of the best centres in the NRL, huge call i know.
For me it's a question of Metcalf and CNK using Leiataua and giving this kid space to run like newcastle do with Best.
Nah Demitric is getting his shot because of hard work. He didn’t get extended until 2028 because Tohu retired