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re: Thomas....thought we were weak against him and our small defenders never picked him up...
Bolton probably made one of his few mistakes for the season playing Gorringe only and not having some cover with Cameron Wood....
There was some intimidation from the North bigger bodies especially down back where players like Lamb ended up on Firitto and didnt enjoy the extra physical attention..
Walker and Everitt are no subsitute for Casboult either yet we often bombed the ball to let Tarrant and Thompson take easy marks....Jones at least gave some effort IMO...Everitt was playing like he was 5' 2 and 60kg....
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(05-21-2016, 11:34 PM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:re: Thomas....thought we were weak against him and our small defenders never picked him up...
Bolton probably made one of his few mistakes for the season playing Gorringe only and not having some cover with Cameron Wood....
There was some intimidation from the North bigger bodies especially down back where players like Lamb ended up on Firitto and didnt enjoy the extra physical attention..
Walker and Everitt are no subsitute for Casboult either yet we often bombed the ball to let Tarrant and Thompson take easy marks....Jones at least gave some effort IMO...Everitt was playing like he was 5' 2 and 60kg....
Fair summation EB. Just on Walker, is it me or does he look like he is playing angry? Seems to me to sook up playing for free kicks alot.
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Not sure how walker fits into the side... Days of being a mid sized mobile forward are over. Not taking marks and kicking well and not offering much within the defensive sphere. Had some chances to get back into the swing if things and looks a yard behind behind the game. Time to try someone else.
Everritt is the classic soft cherry picker HF flanker. We are going to debate his inclusion on a weekly basis until a kid pushes him from the team. Stays in the side, for now, but suspect he is on notice for consistency of effort.
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(05-21-2016, 11:40 PM)laj link Wrote:Makes Jaksch a must next week. One of Everitt or Walker needs to play NBs, probably Walker as outside of last night Everitt has been performing and hitting the scoreboard. Jaksch and Jones as the key forwards, Wood and Gorringe rucking, Rowe back to defence.
We definitely need to start phasing out 1AW now IMO. He is pretty much a shadow of his former self and is sadly not a part of the future plans. We need to focus on the guys who are more likely to be.
I wish we had a better option than Everrit but sadly atm we don't have.
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(05-22-2016, 12:31 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Cookie..agree on AW...We have SOSOS ready to take his place as the 3rd tall forward but its too early and he would just get knocked about.......its time we gave Jaksch a run and started experimenting with players like Touhy down forward, the latter likes kicking goals and its not like we dont have half back options.
Yes EB, Tuohy is a very nice kick and he would also add a bit of steel to our forward structure.
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