In the NBA you often see guys traded by GM's when a coach has a hard on for them.
The reason being that the GM's job is to use the draft to improve the roster, and if a obstinate coach keeps playing a limited vet over the new shiny toy then the GM looks like he picked a turd.
So they often...
Im sure Slater has one eye on the Storm job in a few years anyway...
KW is safe for now, and he should be given next season too.
No -one is immune from critiscm for "that" performance though..
But the club has made massive strides this year. Dont let one regular season game blind you from...
What a disaster.....im still shocked......are we about to let such a promising season slip straight through our fingers?
I will need time to digest this, but its unacceptable...
Mind you, no team punishes you for every single error you make in a game quite like the Storm.
We are not a top 4...
Suppose we should study how exactly we could get the W against the rapidly improving Storm.
With Patty missing, a lot of our link play to get Arey into his best positions is missing right now, but TMM return couldnt have been better timed..
Not much going on until Arey gets the ball with...
Im looking but honestly cant find too much to say about Newcastles attack right now.
Jake Clifford looked good last week but broke his arm i believe..
This really should be a matter of "how many" we win by rather than "we should win" type of game.
Not that we should be complacent - hopefully...
Pattys gunna be missed alright...
Its disgusting weather down here in ACT right now and i believe its no different to Sydney too.
Its Pattys ball playing that allows Arey to play wider with a bit more space and time to examine the defence.
He can do it at speed also, here it helps push...
Losing Patty now along with 2 points dropped last week...geez....tough week huh?
Look, this is the fine line that NRL coaches must tread.
That performance last week smacked of complacency. This is not the Siebold era where everyone gets another ride ticket to go again next week.
The players...
Big game this one, though im more confident in us jagging a result because its a away game strangly...
However, we really did need those 2 points we just dropped - we have a period of games now that will define our season.
Might not be fair given the strides we have made but thats footy.
We...
I dont recall this set, maybe i was on the loo..?
Check out this centre field scrum develop.
Note the red triangle, and note 3 Parra defenders lined up.
Here is how it developed;
Arey peels around the scrum and finds Oates run to the outside shoulder of Penisini.
Note 2 unmarked players...
Actually....you reminded me of something...
That 1 year extension to Kev before the season started.....genius move.
Gave Kev the space he needed to really impart his philosophies onto the playing group.
Made the roster realise he wasnt going anywhere.
And of course theres that level of...
I understand Perreria has Covid and thus has to isolate and miss out.
However, maybe theres more to it than that; is Kev watching what the Tigers did on 6/4 splits in attack on the oppo 10 metre line?
We also like to use a defensive shape similar to the Cowboys; good line speed and jam in...