Being on he field a long time, and being effective are not the same thing. Not hugely impressed by what I’ve seen of him so far. I’d remind you that Tetevano usually did quite long stints? That didn’t go so well and Palasia is a similar shape and size I think.

[quote="batleyrhino":yztdfnf6]Being on he field a long time, and being effective are not the same thing. Not hugely impressed by what I’ve seen of him so far. I’d remind you that Tetevano usually did quite long stints? That didn’t go so well and Palasia is a similar shape and size I think.[/quote:yztdfnf6] Well he's not got himself stupidly banned yet. The interchange was really messed up today with Croft, Smith and Frawley going off, he did well to play the extended minutes.

[quote="batleyrhino":12wdmd7c]Being on he field a long time, and being effective are not the same thing. Not hugely impressed by what I’ve seen of him so far. I’d remind you that Tetevano usually did quite long stints? That didn’t go so well and Palasia is a similar shape and size I think.[/quote:12wdmd7c] I agree but I thought he was quite effective today. Holroyd was also good off the bench and I liked what I saw of Jenkins, he reminds me of Anthony Mullaly but in a good way.

smith left the ground on crutches

[quote="Barrie’s Glass Eye":15kz91s1]I agree but I thought he was quite effective today. Holroyd was also good off the bench and I liked what I saw of Jenkins, he reminds me of Anthony Mullaly but in a good way.[/quote:15kz91s1] Holroyd and Jenkins were our best props today. I really like Tommy, but he needs to do what he does more often.

So is it still Arthur out or...

was it ever arthur out?

[quote="tad rhino":1m70js3d]smith left the ground on crutches[/quote:1m70js3d] Palasia to loose while he's out do we think? Spelled with JOC in game?

[quote="Neruda":yjdf6t6t]Palasia to loose while he's out do we think? Spelled with JOC in game?[/quote:yjdf6t6t] JOC and Gannon?

I don't know if it's been mentioned, I'm not reading through 13 pages on this site but am I alone in wanting to see more variation on our 4th tackle? It's always a forward drive.

[quote="batleyrhino":38qpxdbr]Being on he field a long time, and being effective are not the same thing. Not hugely impressed by what I’ve seen of him so far. I’d remind you that Tetevano usually did quite long stints? That didn’t go so well and Palasia is a similar shape and size I think.[/quote:38qpxdbr] Ive not been impressed either hardly noticed him on the field, be interesting to see the stats, looks a real plodder so far Holroyd and Jenkins best props today.

Glad Gannon went well, exactly what we need atm.

[quote="rollin thunder":2wf2l8ak]Ive not been impressed either hardly noticed him on the field, be interesting to see the stats, looks a real plodder so far Holroyd and Jenkins best props today.[/quote:2wf2l8ak] Palesia? He was excellent today. Hes nothing like Tetevano.

totally agree. a workhorse. might not be spectacular but he never stops in attack or defence

Over the last couple of years we've really struggled to handle any adversity and usually crumble, so despite today not being our best performance, it was really pleasing to see us tough it out. All the forwards played well. Keenan worked really hard, and Gannon and Holroyd are getting better by the day.

[quote="Jack Burton":3nd7d2u1]Over the last couple of years we've really struggled to handle any adversity and usually crumble, so despite today not being our best performance, it was really pleasing to see us tough it out. All the forwards played well. Keenan worked really hard, and Gannon and Holroyd are getting better by the day.[/quote:3nd7d2u1] It was a very pleasing performance, never strayed from the game plan and coped wiith adversity. I thought our scrambling defence was excellent the fitness paying off

[quote="christopher":3bwi0fco]Palesia? He was excellent today. Hes nothing like Tetevano.[/quote:3bwi0fco] I didn’t say he was

Havnt seen the game yet, stats on SL website have Cooper Jenkins at 12 hit ups/48 meters/4 meters per carry....Am i right in thinking those stats must be wrong?

[quote="tad rhino":2r1d4xgf]totally agree. a workhorse. might not be spectacular but he never stops in attack or defence[/quote:2r1d4xgf] Yep. Thought he did a great job of leading the pack. Seen him a few times in the flesh now and I keep noticing how hard he hits in the tackle. Don't think that comes across on the box as much. Also really like Jenkins. He has really sound technique and great leg drive. Could be a really good one. All in all I'd say I'm as pleased today as I was dissapointed last week. That felt like the first authentic Arthur performance. Let’s hope we can back it up next week.

[quote="rollin thunder":1p5ww1x6]I didn’t say he was[/quote:1p5ww1x6] Ok someone else did. His stats look impressive for ‘a real plodder’.

Much better than last week overall. On the positives, Palsia grafted hard as did McDonnell who went very well today. Both Jenkins and Holroyd good. Gannon showing bits of class. In the backs , Lumb did really well under the high ball and with ball in hand. Lost Nene a couple of times but McDonald ran hard. Key to me was Jake Connor , some touches of real class in his passing and kicking. On the negative side for me, we still looked very limited on attack , Connor aside. Someone said about 4 tackle and 5 tackle plays are Normally just 1 man drives. Early In second half v 12 men, we started a set on our 40. We did 5 one man runs and then Frawley dummied and ran on the last tackle. Bar Sneyd, Watkins and McDonald I thought they looked pretty average. I think a top team would have stuck 50 plus on them today but I am grumpy, which is entirely age appropriate. On Bentley, he made 4 errors in first 30 minutes but was also limping around and I was surprised he stayed on. But credit to his guts , he kept going and got a real comedy try which he grafted for. On a wider point , our squad looks very short on depth. Hope we don’t get bitten by it early but I suspect we will at some Point.

It's not surprising our attack looked clunky when Croft and Smith were missing for most of the game and Frawley was also carrying a knock to his hand.

[quote="christopher":2u0wl7k2]Palesia? He was excellent today. Hes nothing like Tetevano.[/quote:2u0wl7k2]Arthur praised him also.

Every time I've seen Lumb play he's impressed me.Hes safe under the high ball and as good ballance and pace .His main position is full back and if needed there should be a head of Edgell..