Round 1, 2011: Canberra Raiders 40 - Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 12
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andrew's_sharks
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I like the that. i was thinking the same thing today. Would stop us loosing momentum in games.
Clearly to have one offset the other. Mannah comes off, snowy in with dougie, then dougie off and cordoba in, still have one in all the time. same goes with bukuya and smith, off comes bukuya in toups. Sounds good in theory, but I wonder what everyone thinks, in particular, would it work???
Mark^Bastard
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To be honest I think a combination of Vave and Mannah with some investment could sub in for Snowy and Dougy, even at the same time with no overlaps. Just need to invest some time into these young props.
snowman
Total gronk
i thought mannah was very um... underdone
cordoba was the better of the bench props
cordoba was the better of the bench props
PMQ_Tony
Tiger Shark
Agree :Yes:
snowman
Total gronk
and thats not writing mannah off, **** me we all know what he has been through, but he didnt look damaging
i think the next couple of weeks should be in nsw cup getting some fitness up where the games really dont mean ****
i think the next couple of weeks should be in nsw cup getting some fitness up where the games really dont mean ****
Vave needs to get his fitness up and fast. We can't have douggie and Snowy off at the same time. Our front row rotation is key, we need to get that right. We also need the right players there. Vave and mannah are key to our hopes this year.
I think we were trying to hard yesterday and need to be more settled. Bring back the grind of 08. We are trying to do to much with the football. Just hold it for 5 and kick the thing. Save all the off loads for inside the oppositions 30. From the stats I saw we missed 34 tackles and completed about 50% or so. We can't win games of football with that sort of completition rate. It needs to be at 70-75%, at least!
I think we were trying to hard yesterday and need to be more settled. Bring back the grind of 08. We are trying to do to much with the football. Just hold it for 5 and kick the thing. Save all the off loads for inside the oppositions 30. From the stats I saw we missed 34 tackles and completed about 50% or so. We can't win games of football with that sort of completition rate. It needs to be at 70-75%, at least!
josh11223344
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after the first 15 I thought we were shoe ins for the 8 but after that, you know the rest
djhabib
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Hopefully its our one really bad one and we improve from here
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No, it would be ****. If you think Tupou should come off the bench after his performance yesterday you're daft. He was incredibly damaging. Will only be better with more ball.
The idea of benching Snowden and starting with Mannah? Are you serious?
The idea of benching Snowden and starting with Mannah? Are you serious?
Murphy
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aiton up for one week if an early guilty plea
Mark^Bastard
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Tupou played 80 minutes, so if you bench him it means someone else has to make up the time he plays. Broderick Wright played 20 minutes and didn't do much. Would you want him playing even more minutes?
no one is saying toops isnt good but to ignore the problems we had when the bench came on is daft, at least it wouldnt be such a decrease in ability eg. all internationals come off and replace them with nsw cup standard players.
toops is always good in his first 20 so bring him on after twenty when smith needs a break leading into half time.