Waratahs vs Lions. Sydney.
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TheRiddler
Dave Cowper (27)
Where's the Black Knight?
Hawko
Tony Shaw (54)
Wher do I queue for the Fire Hickey Club?.... he doesn't even watch the game his team is playing.
He's picked Anese again who has not made a linebreak yet, Carter who can't run attack lines or put his winger away, Barnes who doesn't know what to do, kept Mowen on the bench and consigned Nadolo, Betham, Palmer and Sidey to the Brumby Runners game, never to be seen again. TPN and Robinson are both carrying injuries and need a rest. Every one of the forwards who dropped one or more restarts has been kept on.
Watching the first half again it is obvious that Weismantel should be charged with fraud - clearly he has not been doing any backs coaching whatsoever. None of the backs knew what to do to break the line, not one set move was used, blind side wingers never entered the line or ran decoys and when the Sharks were two men short we could not find one hole to run through.
Incredible!
He's picked Anese again who has not made a linebreak yet, Carter who can't run attack lines or put his winger away, Barnes who doesn't know what to do, kept Mowen on the bench and consigned Nadolo, Betham, Palmer and Sidey to the Brumby Runners game, never to be seen again. TPN and Robinson are both carrying injuries and need a rest. Every one of the forwards who dropped one or more restarts has been kept on.
Watching the first half again it is obvious that Weismantel should be charged with fraud - clearly he has not been doing any backs coaching whatsoever. None of the backs knew what to do to break the line, not one set move was used, blind side wingers never entered the line or ran decoys and when the Sharks were two men short we could not find one hole to run through.
Incredible!
waratahjesus
Greg Davis (50)
just watched the waratahs train for half n hour on my way to uni. (they were playing semi contact)
Turner was at fullback the whole time with anesi on the reserve team, mitchell and someone i didnt recognise were on the wings.
barnes was playing 13 with horne at 12 and beale at ten, beale and hangers were swapping though from reserves to full team.
not much else happening forward pack was the same. lots of wide ball for those playing along at home and alot of training of short kicking plays in behind the line for mitchell and turner to chase.
Turner was at fullback the whole time with anesi on the reserve team, mitchell and someone i didnt recognise were on the wings.
barnes was playing 13 with horne at 12 and beale at ten, beale and hangers were swapping though from reserves to full team.
not much else happening forward pack was the same. lots of wide ball for those playing along at home and alot of training of short kicking plays in behind the line for mitchell and turner to chase.
waratahjesus
Greg Davis (50)
it might well have been sidey, it wasnt betham.
they had already been training for some time when i walked by so they may well be testing out other combinations.
TPN was killin git still though, he was putting on hits in training like he was on sat.
they had already been training for some time when i walked by so they may well be testing out other combinations.
TPN was killin git still though, he was putting on hits in training like he was on sat.
Lee Grant
John Eales (66)
Keeping last week's team is inexplicable both from a form and rotation point of view.
This game could be a banana skin for the Tahs. Out of form players may try to play the Lions at their own 7s type game, learning on the job so to speak, and start running into each other. The Lions did some good stuff against the Brumbies even though they benched many of their regular starters.
But if the Tahs do play an expansive game and the Lions don't play their best, the Tahs could have a good win. This may disguise some of the problems the players have been having as individuals and as team players also. They could end the game smelling like roses but still be manure.
Were they practising restarts?
This game could be a banana skin for the Tahs. Out of form players may try to play the Lions at their own 7s type game, learning on the job so to speak, and start running into each other. The Lions did some good stuff against the Brumbies even though they benched many of their regular starters.
But if the Tahs do play an expansive game and the Lions don't play their best, the Tahs could have a good win. This may disguise some of the problems the players have been having as individuals and as team players also. They could end the game smelling like roses but still be manure.
waratahjesus said:
Were they practising restarts?
waratahjesus
Greg Davis (50)
Lee Grant said:
i really dont think rotation can come into it when it is obvious that they dont have good combinations yet, would only ad to the clusterf@#k.
they where practising running with alot of short kicking options as i said above, lots of cross field kicking.
waratahjesus
Greg Davis (50)
Blue said:
ahh, blue, even in fishing you missed the point, the short kicking game means there putting the ball infront of him, kick chasing is one of his 100 best talents.
can you also check how many arabs are in parramatta for me?
Langthorne
Phil Hardcastle (33)
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Hmmm....Maybe we can send some cash his way to ensure a few forced changes to the squad....
Always with that favorite of Hickeyisms "disrupting the combinations". I can't argue with the clusterfuck part though.
waratahjesus said:
Hmmm....Maybe we can send some cash his way to ensure a few forced changes to the squad....
waratahjesus said:
Always with that favorite of Hickeyisms "disrupting the combinations". I can't argue with the clusterfuck part though.
waratahjesus
Greg Davis (50)
NTA said:
agree with you, but i cant see anyone besides horne coming in that is going to be a better player than what we have out there, its just getting the game out of them thats the problem.
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