Reds vs Sharks Rnd 4 2012

[Godfrey]

We might see something like Lucas on D with everyone sliding in one place and Davies taking Ioane's wing spot. I don't know if this will be bothered with though.

 

[RedsHappy]

Ah oh. Brisbok and Paarlbok are about to have kittens:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-16/mckenzie-says-reds-better-than-in-2011/3894818?section=sport

 

[biggsy]

Not saying much. I like watching Rod put on the gas, but he can't kick for shit! Well, not that I've seen. But he can run.

Rod can run further in a line Break further than he can kick.

 

[biggsy]

Ah oh. Brisbok and Paarlbok are about to have kittens:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-16/mckenzie-says-reds-better-than-in-2011/3894818?section=sport

Fucken love how Link looks at things. Wont give into the Media or Foxsports hype, He brings it all back to Rugby with his answer... So he knows he safe when the muppets are firing dumb ass Questions and he Replies with comments like he does... All they have for the next question is "When Quade Cooper back?" Follow his 121 tweets a Day..

 

[The Red Baron]

God I'm having a hard time staying away from the Reds 6-10 margin.. What do you think guys? should I put a lazy ten on 6-10?

 

[RedsHappy]

God I'm having a hard time staying away from the Reds 6-10 margin.. What do you think guys? should I put a lazy ten on 6-10?

'If you can afford to lose it', then go for it as it's probably the most rational scenario if you/we buy Link's building-for-better-soon assessment, which we Reds' fans do...can't break the habit.

 

[Ruggo]

Gave the Reds to much respect. Sharks simply cant afford dropping home matches and going on a tough tour (Tahs,Brumbies, Hurricanes, Blues)

Paarl do you remember the Reds visit to Newlands last year? I think that serves as a good reason to pay the Reds a fair amount of respect.

 

[Brisbok]

Ah oh. Brisbok and Paarlbok are about to have kittens:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-16/mckenzie-says-reds-better-than-in-2011/3894818?section=sport

Haha it must be true if Link said so...

 

[Scotty]

Fucken love how Link looks at things. Wont give into the Media or Foxsports hype, He brings it all back to Rugby with his answer... So he knows he safe when the muppets are firing dumb ass Questions and he Replies with comments like he does... All they have for the next question is "When Quade Cooper back?" Follow his 121 tweets a Day..

Also suspect that provided the reds are still teaseling well over the next 4 weeks that Link will bring Cooper back through the bench.

 

[Cave Dweller]

They will enjoy a dry rugby pitch for one and not trying to swim to victory for a change.

 

[biggsy]

Also suspect that provided the reds are still teaseling well over the next 4 weeks that Link will bring Cooper back through the bench.

It would be at the right time to with some big games around that time.

I do wont the win this weekend, but also am excited and nervous to see how the changes go.. It shows the depth QLD rugby has at the moment and the confidence all the player and coach have with each other.

PLus I hate South African rugby and love any team that beats, even the Tar's ... Hate is not a nice word and can be taken the wrong way. I don't hate the players or Supporter except a couple but hate there general style of Rugby.

As mush as link wants to play Rugby and not a kicking game that Teams can fall into playing against SA. They have great chases of the ball.....
I don't mind a few close drop kicks to settle the nerves against SA teams and having that little advantage over them.

Reds Win

 

[spectator]

I wouldn't say Ioane is a out and out finisher...
His meters gained and workload each week would suggest he is much more then just a guy on the end of a decent back-line move.

Point taken TOCC. I guess my point is they're more finishers than distributors, and that is generally what you want your outside man to be. Digby's extra contribution due to his strength are a bonus.

 

[spectator]

Lucas into 10 - Harris to 12
Mozz to the Bench - Rod to 15
Daley to the Bench - Holmes to 1
Van to Lock - Simo to the Bench
Lance out of the 22 - Frisby onto the bench

1. Greg Holmes
2. James Hanson
3. James Slipper
4. James Horwill (c)
5. Van Humphries
6. Scott Higginbotham
7. Beau Robinson
8. Radike Samo
9. Will Genia (vc)
10. Ben Lucas
11. Digby Ioane
12. Mike Harris
13. Ben Tapuai
14. Dom Shipperley
15. Rod Davies

16. Saia Fainga'a
17. Ben Daley
18. Rob Simmons
19. Jake Schatz
20. Liam Gill
21. Nick Frisby
22. Luke Morahan

I like the look of the forward pack... experience, size and physicality.

Big opportunity for Lucas and Davies to present some credentials as well.

 

[RedsHappy]

Kafe's giving us lots of encouragement for the SA tour. But to be fair to his consistency, he's said from the first that we'd struggle to stay at the top without QC (Quade Cooper).

http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/s...a-rod-kafer-says/story-e6frf4qu-1226300385846

 

[No4918]

Suspect most non-Reds supporters and prob even a few who are think there is a chance, and probably a good one, they will lose both games there. Nothing in that article most aren't already aware of, thanks Kafe, moving on.

 

[liquor box]

It is possibly a bit of double bluff from Link. Put out a scary looking back three – probably the two fasters players in Aus rugby plus the strongest runner in Aus rugby – and say ‘kick to us if you want’. They will either a) kick poorly and be punished, b) kick well and get good field position or c) not kick at all. Maybe Link hopes for option c), so it becomes a ball in hand game (don’t we all hope for this!).

I suspect the mid-field bomb is going to cause us more issues than kicking to the corners. I wonder if Genia will be employed to try and take care of these.

I dont expect many lineouts in our own half, I am thinking (and hoping!) that it will be like the Bulls game in 2010 where at every possible chance we took the quick throw and ran, ran and then ran.

 

[liquor box]

I don't know who's going to win v the Sharks on SA Saturday.

But I do know one, very important, thing:

We have been here before. Virtually every game of 2011, much including the GF v CRU, there was a retinue of learned rugby observers and wise posters most of whom articulated, with great wadges of historical game facts at the applicable ground, trend lines, w-l ratios, turnover stats, tries data, weather forecasts, kicking scenarios, front forwards analyses, backline analyses, and every other manner of assessment, that, surely, the Reds would likely lose this time, and the line of history would not be broken. So sorry Reds, this one will just be too far for you, but we like the way you play.

Mostly, they all proved to be fuck all use in predicting the actual outcome. Superior game plans, a fine spark, and raw belief coupled with genuine team play right up to 79:59, found the right way home.

What was true then, could become again. We'll know soon enough.

and sometimes 80:05 for a try

 

[liquor box]

Just got on Reds with10.5 start at $1.45

 

[Scotty]

Just thinking how important Lucas has been to the reds since he came into the squad. Initially he pushed genia out to become first choice halfback, then gets asked to play fullback while defending in the front line for quade Cooper and no he is first choice flyhalf while Cooper is out. Add to that I can't ever remember him having a poor game!

 

[liquor box]

well after this afternoons and this evenings results this game is even more iportant, if we can win with a bonus point we will be a game ahead of the Austraian conference. The importance of this cant be understated especially if we can force the Brumbies and Tahs to HAVE to win when they go to South Africa to stay in contact with us at the top.
t also allows a rest to injured players before the finals.

To me this is not the most important game of the season, if we win we can afford to lose a game later in the season, this is a luxury for any team.

Go Reds!