03-31-2018, 10:31 PM
(03-31-2018, 12:51 PM)LP link Wrote:Is that the bloke we persist with as our KPF because he's useful as a 2nd ruck?
Is that some cruel joke from the club to match up with the "Claim your Shame" ads they run on the scoreboard, part of the comedians campaign maybe?
I've always maintained that Casboult should not be considered a 2nd ruck as his stats are average in the ruck. It also suits Kreuzer better to ruck the majority of the game.
I've also been very vocal in the need to find someone better than Casboult up forward as he simply cannot be relied upon.
So baring that in mind, i don't attribute the loss to Casboult and think he should get an exemption for being played out of position.
Instead, i take aim at 2 places.
1. Stephen Silvagni...
Many people have pointed out how thin we are in ruck stocks and thought the recruitement of at least a couple of ruckmen was a given. We got 1 and 1 only. Taking our total up to 3, with 2 of them being injury prone.
So what happens in R1, we lose our #1 ruckman, our #2 ruckman has also been injured. Our #3 has been injured also. Our #4??? Well that would be our #1 key forward as well...who incidently isn't good enough for that role either.
2. Brendan Bolton...
Despite being hamstrung somewhat by the chess pieces handed to him by SOS, he still manages to make matters worse by picking the wrong ones on game day....and playing the ones he has in wrong positions. I would love for him to come out and explain the 'logic' he has used in picking the team so far as it is either...
a) Too smart for any of us to work out
b) As inept as we suggest it is.
Lets give him the benefit of the doubt and suggest it is 'a'. We just got thumped by a nothing team, so perhaps its too smart for the players to work out too......or most likely, its simply not option 'a' at all.
Yes, some players played bad and some players played good, but all of them were trying to push $**t up hill because of who else they ran out on the ground with.