stormshark
Jaws
Great signs,Manly were missing 3 Aus rep players but.
Trial Match: Cronulla Sharks vs Manly Sea Eagles @ Jubilee Stadium 1st March 6pm
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Yeah I think with the current roster he probably misses out this year but need a dev contract if he doesn’t have one or we will lose him.
Push Fifita to England next season and bring Pele in. Fif didn’t look any better this season than last and we have him on the roster until 2022. Ditching Fifita gives us money to keep some of these young guys and he’s probably still good enough to make an impact in ESL
They’re 3 big players too.
But we also had 3 internationals out - Dugan, Moylan and Johnson
CrazyMatt
Jaws
Always a gamble when your bringing in rookies. But he’s one worth taking. No brainer.
We had some pretty high profile players out too...
Gards
Jaws
whiskey and milk - you can have some too if you like
they serve a purpose. a regular season game against Manly is what I call pointless
sounds like we have been practicing...
old man Hartley up in the box
he was a weapon last year and he hadn't even reached peak fitness. the ceiling for this guy is very high
coach had us in a wind tunnel last week. explains some of the hair
hahaha
he's our halfback though
Chad be like buffering watching live at the game
credit where it's due, our young rookies consistently come up into firsts and perform
I get the impression that the older rusted on starters feel their position is 100% safe, they show alot more complacency. some carry over from the Flanno era of coaching stubbornness perhaps. young blokes by nature are probs gunna have more energy but they havn't yet experienced a decade of bumps, bruises, injury and general slowing down that comes with age. That said that urgency, desire, execution and focus really should be coming out from the experienced players leading by example and trickling down, not the other way around.
coach Morris seems great at motivating and developing the younger crew but less so the older blokes. you can't win this comp on youth and energy alone, we need some of these older ****s to start earning their pay again
A quick session with Master Robson will sort that
they hate our club even more than us, passionate unbearable ****s that they are
Easter just around the corner
sharkboy18
Jaws
Yeah Fifita is certainly not getting any younger, in the NRL he's probably got 2/3 years max in him. These young props for us (Uele still included) gives me lots of hope for our front frow future.
Sir Chadley
Jaws
Really enjoyed tonight’s trial. Thought it was a good game of footy.
Tight game to begin with but we did score some good tries.
Even though Manly scored three tries I thought our defence was quite good. There was one from dummy half, another from a poor read and the other after they had about 4 repeat sets on our line.
I’m not adverse to having Kennedy there at FB in Round 1. Katoa made a silly error early on but after that was strong and he impressed me. If Xerri is not right Round 1 then Jmo slots in.
Very impressed with Connor Tracy. Looks the goods. Scored two tries and looked dangerous.
I did love the young guns, Rudolf, BHU, Hunt, Pele, Talakai and there was one other guy who’s name I don’t know.
Yes they ran strong and hard putting pressure on Fifs and Woods but they didn’t face Manly’s starting pack with Tapau etc so I’d like to reserve judgement until I see them against the better players. Rudolf got bashed up a bit early on but he then was a beast. Should be on the bench Round 1.
These young guys have all come through with Coach Morris so they’ll be out to play well for him.
Not sure what our team come Round 1 will look like but if Moylan, Dugan and Xerri aren’t there I think we’ll still have a strong side.
Tight game to begin with but we did score some good tries.
Even though Manly scored three tries I thought our defence was quite good. There was one from dummy half, another from a poor read and the other after they had about 4 repeat sets on our line.
I’m not adverse to having Kennedy there at FB in Round 1. Katoa made a silly error early on but after that was strong and he impressed me. If Xerri is not right Round 1 then Jmo slots in.
Very impressed with Connor Tracy. Looks the goods. Scored two tries and looked dangerous.
I did love the young guns, Rudolf, BHU, Hunt, Pele, Talakai and there was one other guy who’s name I don’t know.
Yes they ran strong and hard putting pressure on Fifs and Woods but they didn’t face Manly’s starting pack with Tapau etc so I’d like to reserve judgement until I see them against the better players. Rudolf got bashed up a bit early on but he then was a beast. Should be on the bench Round 1.
These young guys have all come through with Coach Morris so they’ll be out to play well for him.
Not sure what our team come Round 1 will look like but if Moylan, Dugan and Xerri aren’t there I think we’ll still have a strong side.
He was Priors **** season away from being our 4th best prop last year. At this stage that is an achievable position for him this season.
sharkboy18
Jaws
Talking about Uele there mate?
I think we ran all our scrums from the edges and I noticed we had Morris feed one. Looks like Bomber has a different approach to that new rule than everyone who like staring centre field.
Welch even kindly explained (not that it wasn’t obvious) how Storm wanted to approach it. Hide Munster behind scrum so you don’t know which side they will run at. That’s the most obvious way to approach the new rule but I doubt Bellamy wanted him to spell it out to the commentators.
Welch even kindly explained (not that it wasn’t obvious) how Storm wanted to approach it. Hide Munster behind scrum so you don’t know which side they will run at. That’s the most obvious way to approach the new rule but I doubt Bellamy wanted him to spell it out to the commentators.
Fifita. Only reason he wasn’t our 4th best prop last year was because of how low impact Prior was. At least Fifita had a few good games, Prior had like... one?
sharkboy18
Jaws
Too true there actually tbf, Fifita is certainly losing his momentum unfortunately, I've liked Prior for a few years but it certainly was time for him to move on. Depending on what Rudolf shows compared to Fifita in consistency I certainly wouldn't be down to see Fifita leave end of this year if he breaks his contract.
Gards
Jaws
wouldn't surprise me if our club wasn't even told about the new rule LOL
2019 Middle forwards
1. Uele (by length of Roosters cap)
2. Woods
3. Fifita
4.Cameo/Fill in players
5 prior
sharkboy18
Jaws
Interesting, I didn't take much notice on playtime for the players but just read that both Fifita & Woods only got the 1st 20 minutes & neither returned, maybe thats showing Bomber is showing faith in our younger forwards now.
Gards
Jaws
our main 13 rarely get much game time in a trial. pretty much same deal with every club
it's a trial for young rookies and a hit out for the older blokes
it's a trial for young rookies and a hit out for the older blokes
And Fifita spent half of that time standing up after his runs.
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Of those who went to the game what are your thoughts on the ground?
Viewing is much further back from the ET stand & I felt the lighting was poor when it got darker, any one else noticed it was quite dark on the field to other grounds?
Viewing is much further back from the ET stand & I felt the lighting was poor when it got darker, any one else noticed it was quite dark on the field to other grounds?