Fluffy said:
xavier said:
We're under the radar because we deserve to be. Anyone who thinks on current form we won't get found out in the Semi's is delusional. The simple fact is that we've lost too many quality forwards this year and just can't make up the shortfall. More than half of our pack wouldn't make first grade in most other clubs and its showing. The fact that, despite this, we are leading the comp is a tribute both to Toovey and the quality of our backs.
Please name more than half our pack so I can get my delusional mind back on track.
Silly me thinking BJ, Ballin, King, Watmough, Gift, Buhrer would make most teams in the NRL. Which 2 or 3 of those wouldn't get a run? Or is it Horo, Symonds & Starling who all played first grade in other teams you are talking about?
I'll do the maths for you:
Starling had a handful of minutes in the SOuths top side, JSL was playing park footy, King was a great player but is well past his best, Hassen has not produced all year. Lawrence is a great player but was unwanted at the Titans, Symonds unwanted at the Roosters and Horo unwanted at Parra. Obviously playing with guys of the calibre of Watmough, Stewart and Ballin has brought out the best in them, but the absence of Kite and Stewart this year has exposed our forward limitations. We've lost the kind of forward domination that we've had in previous years. There's nothing contentious about that. Without that forward punch, there's just not enought space and time for our backs to work their magic. I just can't see us matching it with the Cows/dogs/roosters/or souths in the big matches. Hope I'm wrong.