Cross-Forum-Discussion Round 3 2024 Cross forum chat

{53844}{}{Noitall}{NZWarriors.com}{September 1, 2023}{2,576}{7,397}{
peewee said:
Very open competition at the moment. My dread is I cant see us (wahs) being as good as first thought pre season.
Hope I'm wrong tho. Some of those big forwards give me the heeby geebies.
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Don’t want to peak too early either but gotta keep the wins flowing too, so it’s a tricky balance. I get the feeling things might really click in the backline when CNK returns. Also the intensity of Niukore is another factor and also hopefully getting a healthy Egan soon is plenty to be optimistic about. These guys play to win so hopefully they’re hungry to experience more of it after registering their first one of the season}
 
{53847}{}{Viking}{NZWarriors.com}{September 1, 2023}{176}{516}{
Tookey 2.0 said:
Hmm I dunno, it's essentially the reverse of us last year.

I think Webby had it right last year (and even this year) where we've been defence first, attack second.

That attack ended up coming through last year and we went on a run.

I feel that's still the case this year, I think we were told not to offload at all this week, which is very different to how we usually play
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Depends on who's coming back. We looked clunky on attack on Friday, some rejigged combos still need settling.

Nuikore and Capewell starting gives us more strike than Capewell and Ford. I could be wrong but doesn't Capewell normally play on the left side for club and Qld?}
 
{53884}{}{Tookey 2.0}{NZWarriors.com}{September 1, 2023}{560}{2,863}{
Viking said:
We didn't earn the right to offload for large parts of the game.
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Yeah I agree you can't go in to every tackle looking for an offload. But we had none. Just checked and the last 15 games we've played (couldn't find the finals games tho) we've offloaded in every other game except for the weekend, so to me it would have been a clear directive from Webby.

Maybe we threw away opportunities in the first few games so Webby wanted us to play a bit more direct and grind the Raiders down instead of trying to create something from nothing.}
 
{53886}{}{ndp26}{NZWarriors.com}{September 1, 2023}{232}{702}{
Viking said:
Depends on who's coming back. We looked clunky on attack on Friday, some rejigged combos still need settling.

Nuikore and Capewell starting gives us more strike than Capewell and Ford. I could be wrong but doesn't Capewell normally play on the left side for club and Qld?

We didn't earn the right to offload for large parts of the game.
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Capewell played left for Brisbane, but has previously played on the right (e.g., at Cronulla). I'll admit that I thought the sensible move would be to keep Capewell on the left and play Ford on the right, as his game is more of a defensive / crash-type second rower (and he doesn't pass often) who would work well with SJ, especially given he likes turning second rowers under - but I'll trust Webby on that one.

Niukore will almost certainly play in the middle rotation, and when he returns, he'll be off the bench in any event.}
 
{53942}{}{Boats n Hoes}{NZWarriors.com}{September 1, 2023}{362}{1,453}{
Worried2Death said:
Chooks and Manly have got me worried so far, attack looks so fluid and can strike from anywhere, looking deadly early rounds.
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Agree the strike they have in those teams is pretty formidable. The key with those games is to try and control the tempo. Those sides get ancy if their not scoring every 5 minutes. Turn it into a grindfest for long periods just go set for set see who blinks first......Websters instilled that resilience in us.......teams like Manly, the Eels, the Chooks who can put points on in a hurry.....im still not so sure.}
 
{53945}{https://cdn-1b8d.kxcdn.com/data/avatars/l/0/177.jpg?1708840751}{Stalefish540}{NZWarriors.com}{September 1, 2023}{249}{1,289}{
JaggedJ said:
Cowboys have played Dolphins, Dragons, Knights and still managed to give up over 20 points a game.

Give it a few rounds to see where they're really at.
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Cows have had an easy run, bit of fake form until they come up against a tough defensive side where points won't just flow.

If the Broncos were full strength or close I would expect they would get a wake up call.

Unfortunately they don't have a dicey game till Parra, but they also have defensive issues so even then it's not a real test of their potential fragility.}
 
{53947}{https://cdn-1b8d.kxcdn.com/data/avatars/l/0/74.jpg?1693601218}{juju}{NZWarriors.com}{September 1, 2023}{883}{2,567}{
Stalefish540 said:
Cows have had an easy run, bit of fake form until they come up against a tough defensive side where points won't just flow.

If the Broncos were full strength or close I would expect they would get a wake up call.

Unfortunately they don't have a dicey game till Parra, but they also have defensive issues so even then it's not a real test of their potential fragility.
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It could be fun if they belt the Broncos this week.}
 
{54072}{https://cdn-1b8d.kxcdn.com/data/avatars/l/0/328.jpg?1693906572}{CWC}{NZWarriors.com}{September 5, 2023}{537}{1,767}{Ya for all the talk of us getting our players back from injuries (ie Egan, CNK, Marata), remember we had the whole squad available (minus Metcalf) but it was like the end of the world if SJ can't play

Probably sensible for Metcalf to be doing the goal kicking and taking more last tackle kicks to prepare for games where SJ has to rest or do HIA etc

His goal kicking though, lol, how is he still kicking sideways right in front? Still to see a beautiful strike from him yet lol}
 
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