Biffs report - Manly v Souffs

Player Ratings

1. Walker - 5. He tried hard but clearly not his position this we all know bar hasler. I think Harper will get the nod next week. Walker had some good moments and good runs, he also had some shockers! Needs to goto center next to Foran we need that spark.

2. Garrick - 6 Had some strong runs and good moments under pressure from kicks. Still got rag dolled a bit but much improved from last week.

3. Suli - 4 This guy I think we should of let go.. hasn't impressed in the slightest since owning gagai in the 2019 finals. Could have something to do with siro and dce not passing to him.. or dces form.

4. Parker - 6 had some strong runs and defended well, but he is not a threat at all. It was raining so it negated souths running rings around him. Needs to go and walker take his spot.

5. Saab - 6 has lots of promise this kid, made a good run up the field and unlucky cook was there. 1st time I screamed all season! Needs better kicks for the corner though Foran put a nice one up and he didn't do anything, the weather perhaps?

6. Foran - 6 Had some good moments and some not so good moments. He controls his side of the field well, he knows what plays are on and he puts in nice kicks to the corner. No repeat sets in the rain is a worry but he kicks down field were quite good. Even Anastasia said so and he hates us! Needs to take charge but needs help from dce and needs walker next to him

7. Dce - 2 Ah Daly.... what an enigma you truly are.... what can i say we expect so much more from this guy but the last two weeks he has been horrible. Absolutely horrible! He undoes all the hard work the boys put in and he cost Davey his season. Kicks out on the full and next tackle cust is concussed! Something is very wrong with our captain maybe his personal life is in turmoil I dunno but he has a real 5/8th next to him and he is even worse now. Dce just looks lost, the 360 spin and hospital pass is now embedded into his game. Needs to be dropped so he can pull his head in... or out whichever works.

8. Paseka - 8 Great effort from the big unit! Ran hard tackled hard offloaded at will and set up Marty.

9. TNI - 7 had a good game i thought, clever 1 and only run scoring a try. Problem is he doesn't run ever! He doesn't go forward putting a player onto the ball he just stops and looks to pass every time. Needs to grubber close to the line as well.

10. Martin - 8 Ran hard all night and didn't stop, made a few errors but really stepped up imo.

11. Davey - Got dce'd

12. Gosiewski - 6 Had a decent game and will only get better

13. Jake - 6 still pretty ineffective. He had more runs which I liked but he doesn't run full pelt and never offloads anymore for some reason.

14. Schuster - 6 didn't look out of place and Defended well. Some good runs and some not so good runs. Will be better for the run and in dry conditions

15. Keppie - 8 guy was in beast mode, really stepped up. Made good post contact meters and forced a few errors. He and Aloiai should be our bench props they feed off each other

16. - Aloiai - 7 had some good runs and quick play the balls. Mongrel in defence and hits hard.

17. Cust - Looked really good and is exactly what we needed alas he to was dce'd

Loads of improvement from the week before but the rain changes everything. Dragons played well especially hunt.

I will watch the game again and update my report 🙂

Edit. Dce has thrown 5 dummies to his outside men in the 1st 12 minutes. Done 3 360s and killed our momentum 4 times already. We could of really put on some points all these are in crucial spots and let souffs off the hook
 
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Watching again now. We did well in the 1st half.. you can see Foran scheming and probing with short side raids and mixing up his passes to walker Parker and Schuster. (Such a shame Foran and Davey wont combine now that combo would of been deadly) on the other side dce has nothing going on with his outside men... he barely uses them this is very concerning indeed.

Ps. ****ing Reynolds has to get a 40/20 in the last 20 seconds then they put in a crap kick that ricochets all the way to the try line..... smh and walker air swings. BLIMEY!!!
 
Player Ratings

1. Walker - 5. He tried hard but clearly not his position this we all know bar hasler. I think Harper will get the nod next week. Walker had some good moments and good runs, he also had some shockers! Needs to goto center next to Foran we need that spark.

2. Garrick - 6 Had some strong runs and good moments under pressure from kicks. Still got rag dolled a bit but much improved from last week.

3. Suli - 4 This guy I think we should of let go.. hasn't impressed in the slightest since owning gagai in the 2019 finals. Could have something to do with siro and dce not passing to him.. or dces form.

4. Parker - 6 had some strong runs and defended well, but he is not a threat at all. It was raining so it negated souths running rings around him. Needs to go and walker take his spot.

5. Saab - 6 has lots of promise this kid, made a good run up the field and unlucky cook was there. 1st time I screamed all season! Needs better kicks for the corner though Foran put a nice one up and he didn't do anything, the weather perhaps?

6. Foran - 6 Had some good moments and some not so good moments. He controls his side of the field well, he knows what plays are on and he puts in nice kicks to the corner. No repeat sets in the rain is a worry but he kicks down field were quite good. Even Anastasia said so and he hates us! Needs to take charge but needs help from dce and needs walker next to him

7. Dce - 2 Ah Daly.... what an enigma you truly are.... what can i say we expect so much more from this guy but the last two weeks he has been horrible. Absolutely horrible! He undoes all the hard work the boys put in and he cost Davey his season. Kicks out on the full and next tackle cust is concussed! Something is very wrong with our captain maybe his personal life is in turmoil I dunno but he has a real 5/8th next to him and he is even worse now. Dce just looks lost, the 360 spin and hospital pass is now embedded into his game. Needs to be dropped so he can pull his head in... or out whichever works.

8. Paseka - 8 Great effort from the big unit! Ran hard tackled hard offloaded at will and set up Marty.

9. TNI - 7 had a good game i thought, clever 1 and only run scoring a try. Problem is he doesn't run ever! He doesn't go forward putting a player onto the ball he just stops and looks to pass every time. Needs to grubber close to the line as well.

10. Martin - 8 Ran hard all night and didn't stop, made a few errors but really stepped up imo.

11. Davey - Got dce'd

12. Gosiewski - 6 Had a decent game and will only get better

13. Jake - 6 still pretty ineffective. He had more runs which I liked but he doesn't run full pelt and never offloads anymore for some reason.

14. Schuster - 6 didn't look out of place and Defended well. Some good runs and some not so good runs. Will be better for the run and in dry conditions

15. Keppie - 8 guy was in beast mode, really stepped up. Made good post contact meters and forced a few errors. He and Aloiai should be our bench props they feed off each other

16. - Aloiai - 7 had some good runs and quick play the balls. Mongrel in defence and hits hard.

17. Cust - Looked really good and is exactly what we needed alas he to was dce'd

Loads of improvement from the week before but the rain changes everything. Dragons played well especially hunt.

I will watch the game again and update my report 🙂

Edit. Dce has thrown 5 dummies to his outside men in the 1st 12 minutes. Done 3 360s and killed our momentum 4 times already. We could of really put on some points all these are in crucial spots and let souffs off the hook
Yep DCE was the difference
If he plays even a solid game we probably win that. I feel we were mostly the better team, we were winning the battle for a lot of that game! we just don't have the polish and strike the bunnies do.
 
Player Ratings

1. Walker - 5. He tried hard but clearly not his position this we all know bar hasler. I think Harper will get the nod next week. Walker had some good moments and good runs, he also had some shockers! Needs to goto center next to Foran we need that spark.

2. Garrick - 6 Had some strong runs and good moments under pressure from kicks. Still got rag dolled a bit but much improved from last week.

3. Suli - 4 This guy I think we should of let go.. hasn't impressed in the slightest since owning gagai in the 2019 finals. Could have something to do with siro and dce not passing to him.. or dces form.

4. Parker - 6 had some strong runs and defended well, but he is not a threat at all. It was raining so it negated souths running rings around him. Needs to go and walker take his spot.

5. Saab - 6 has lots of promise this kid, made a good run up the field and unlucky cook was there. 1st time I screamed all season! Needs better kicks for the corner though Foran put a nice one up and he didn't do anything, the weather perhaps?

6. Foran - 6 Had some good moments and some not so good moments. He controls his side of the field well, he knows what plays are on and he puts in nice kicks to the corner. No repeat sets in the rain is a worry but he kicks down field were quite good. Even Anastasia said so and he hates us! Needs to take charge but needs help from dce and needs walker next to him

7. Dce - 2 Ah Daly.... what an enigma you truly are.... what can i say we expect so much more from this guy but the last two weeks he has been horrible. Absolutely horrible! He undoes all the hard work the boys put in and he cost Davey his season. Kicks out on the full and next tackle cust is concussed! Something is very wrong with our captain maybe his personal life is in turmoil I dunno but he has a real 5/8th next to him and he is even worse now. Dce just looks lost, the 360 spin and hospital pass is now embedded into his game. Needs to be dropped so he can pull his head in... or out whichever works.

8. Paseka - 8 Great effort from the big unit! Ran hard tackled hard offloaded at will and set up Marty.

9. TNI - 7 had a good game i thought, clever 1 and only run scoring a try. Problem is he doesn't run ever! He doesn't go forward putting a player onto the ball he just stops and looks to pass every time. Needs to grubber close to the line as well.

10. Martin - 8 Ran hard all night and didn't stop, made a few errors but really stepped up imo.

11. Davey - Got dce'd

12. Gosiewski - 6 Had a decent game and will only get better

13. Jake - 6 still pretty ineffective. He had more runs which I liked but he doesn't run full pelt and never offloads anymore for some reason.

14. Schuster - 6 didn't look out of place and Defended well. Some good runs and some not so good runs. Will be better for the run and in dry conditions

15. Keppie - 8 guy was in beast mode, really stepped up. Made good post contact meters and forced a few errors. He and Aloiai should be our bench props they feed off each other

16. - Aloiai - 7 had some good runs and quick play the balls. Mongrel in defence and hits hard.

17. Cust - Looked really good and is exactly what we needed alas he to was dce'd

Loads of improvement from the week before but the rain changes everything. Dragons played well especially hunt.

I will watch the game again and update my report 🙂

Edit. Dce has thrown 5 dummies to his outside men in the 1st 12 minutes. Done 3 360s and killed our momentum 4 times already. We could of really put on some points all these are in crucial spots and let souffs off the hook
Your ratings are too generous, but really appreciate the thoughtful appraisal.
 
Player Ratings

1. Walker - 5. He tried hard but clearly not his position this we all know bar hasler. I think Harper will get the nod next week. Walker had some good moments and good runs, he also had some shockers! Needs to goto center next to Foran we need that spark.

2. Garrick - 6 Had some strong runs and good moments under pressure from kicks. Still got rag dolled a bit but much improved from last week.

3. Suli - 4 This guy I think we should of let go.. hasn't impressed in the slightest since owning gagai in the 2019 finals. Could have something to do with siro and dce not passing to him.. or dces form.

4. Parker - 6 had some strong runs and defended well, but he is not a threat at all. It was raining so it negated souths running rings around him. Needs to go and walker take his spot.

5. Saab - 6 has lots of promise this kid, made a good run up the field and unlucky cook was there. 1st time I screamed all season! Needs better kicks for the corner though Foran put a nice one up and he didn't do anything, the weather perhaps?

6. Foran - 6 Had some good moments and some not so good moments. He controls his side of the field well, he knows what plays are on and he puts in nice kicks to the corner. No repeat sets in the rain is a worry but he kicks down field were quite good. Even Anastasia said so and he hates us! Needs to take charge but needs help from dce and needs walker next to him

7. Dce - 2 Ah Daly.... what an enigma you truly are.... what can i say we expect so much more from this guy but the last two weeks he has been horrible. Absolutely horrible! He undoes all the hard work the boys put in and he cost Davey his season. Kicks out on the full and next tackle cust is concussed! Something is very wrong with our captain maybe his personal life is in turmoil I dunno but he has a real 5/8th next to him and he is even worse now. Dce just looks lost, the 360 spin and hospital pass is now embedded into his game. Needs to be dropped so he can pull his head in... or out whichever works.

8. Paseka - 8 Great effort from the big unit! Ran hard tackled hard offloaded at will and set up Marty.

9. TNI - 7 had a good game i thought, clever 1 and only run scoring a try. Problem is he doesn't run ever! He doesn't go forward putting a player onto the ball he just stops and looks to pass every time. Needs to grubber close to the line as well.

10. Martin - 8 Ran hard all night and didn't stop, made a few errors but really stepped up imo.

11. Davey - Got dce'd

12. Gosiewski - 6 Had a decent game and will only get better

13. Jake - 6 still pretty ineffective. He had more runs which I liked but he doesn't run full pelt and never offloads anymore for some reason.

14. Schuster - 6 didn't look out of place and Defended well. Some good runs and some not so good runs. Will be better for the run and in dry conditions

15. Keppie - 8 guy was in beast mode, really stepped up. Made good post contact meters and forced a few errors. He and Aloiai should be our bench props they feed off each other

16. - Aloiai - 7 had some good runs and quick play the balls. Mongrel in defence and hits hard.

17. Cust - Looked really good and is exactly what we needed alas he to was dce'd

Loads of improvement from the week before but the rain changes everything. Dragons played well especially hunt.

I will watch the game again and update my report 🙂

Edit. Dce has thrown 5 dummies to his outside men in the 1st 12 minutes. Done 3 360s and killed our momentum 4 times already. We could of really put on some points all these are in crucial spots and let souffs off the hook
did you give Dce minus 2 or hyphen 2. Minus 2 I’d agree with. Otherwise those ratings are fair. Walker after his first half getting a 5 was generous.
 
I think Froggy must be under instructions to "keep it simple; just get to dummy half and pass the ball" because he can run; he can attack. He was a running 5/8 originally. Unless his injuries have curtailed his attack then he may just need to be given a free reign.
I thought he tackled well yesterday and his one scoot resulted in a try.
Perhaps someone close to the coaching staff can comment on my uninformed thoughts?
 
I think Froggy must be under instructions to "keep it simple; just get to dummy half and pass the ball" because he can run; he can attack. He was a running 5/8 originally. Unless his injuries have curtailed his attack then he may just need to be given a free reign.
I thought he tackled well yesterday and his one scoot resulted in a try.
Perhaps someone close to the coaching staff can comment on my uninformed thoughts?
Yeah I don't know why he doesn't run, a few times he darted out and looked like he was gonna have a run but then just passed. He is doing his job but a few scoots a game would help!
 
I think Froggy must be under instructions to "keep it simple; just get to dummy half and pass the ball" because he can run; he can attack. He was a running 5/8 originally. Unless his injuries have curtailed his attack then he may just need to be given a free reign.
I thought he tackled well yesterday and his one scoot resulted in a try.
Perhaps someone close to the coaching staff can comment on my uninformed thoughts?
think its because when he was playing 9 last year he would run at exactly the wrong time i.e close to the line with 5 fowards in front of him .So i think his running license has been curtailed somewhat.Having said that he chose the right time last night .I still think Cust offers much more at 9 than Croker but you know we need to keep these guys on the field.SUch a shame about Davey he really was a shimmer of sunshine on an otherwise gloomy horizon does anyone know the prognosis for Davey ?
Also do you think with DCE being badly out of form at 7 that we give Foz a go at 7 Schuster to 6 DCE to 9 with Cust to 14 .I also think Walker needs to go back to center with Harper or Funa to the back ,anyway we will see what happens .At least a much better effort last night .But as much as I like DCE he is out of form at 7 .I think he would go better at 9 its a simpler position in a way that requires a little less cerebral input ,as that 15 minutes from DCE was appalling .
 
Cust in five minutes did more than Croker. Simply amazing he gets picked. He scored because they paid absolutely no attention to him for obvious reasons.
Poor passer, bad body language .no game sense and no running game.The absolute antithesis of what is required in the modern game- which guarantees his selection each week.
 
Suli: he is not playing to 1st grade standard. Big boy, goes missing.

He was meant to be brilliant in juniors with miracle passes and audacious runs. I don’t think I have ever seen him pass the ball, and he seems easy to tackle despite his size. We are getting no value there.
 
We have quite a few issues atm but we certainly arent a lost cause.

First four rounds was always going to be tough so we aren't too far behind the 8 ball.

The two biggest issues for me atm are DCE being woefully out of form and Walker not being a fullbacks butthole.

DCE hopefully can turn it around, maybe Des needs to strip him back a bit? Dunno?

Put Walker back in the centres, I can't judge him too harshly at fullback as he is not a fullback and shouldnt have been put there.
 
Honestly liked all our props last night, paseka a bit soft as per but still solid game with some good runs.

Keppie and Aloiai are obvious keepers in the 17 - I was off Marty but he aimed up more. I'd be tempted to put marty off the bench so he can really go beast mode... put schuster to 13 for 50 minutes of the game so we have 5 props: jake, marty, keppie, aloiai and paseka in rotation.
 
I think Froggy must be under instructions to "keep it simple; just get to dummy half and pass the ball" because he can run; he can attack. He was a running 5/8 originally. Unless his injuries have curtailed his attack then he may just need to be given a free reign.
I thought he tackled well yesterday and his one scoot resulted in a try.
Perhaps someone close to the coaching staff can comment on my uninformed thoughts?
worrying signs

Problem #1 at dogs was that lichaa would get picked (over cook!!!) because he was better at 'passing'... and essentially doing nothing.

Today is 50x more a running game from dummy half for momentum... if Des prefers Croker long term god help anyone who is a half decent dummy half with a running game (Lawton, Fainu, Cust all have great running games).
 
Honestly liked all our props last night, paseka a bit soft as per but still solid game with some good runs.

Keppie and Aloiai are obvious keepers in the 17 - I was off Marty but he aimed up more. I'd be tempted to put marty off the bench so he can really go beast mode... put schuster to 13 for 50 minutes of the game so we have 5 props: jake, marty, keppie, aloiai and paseka in rotation.

paseka soft can’t agree with that. He was a beast especially in second stint.
 

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