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| Have been poor for a number of weeks now for me and were again today. At the moment only Tautai seems to offer any go forward and wins the collision and there are rumours he's off at the end of the season. They need to up their game big time over the next month or so.
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| I agree. Tautai very good but the rest of our front row were poor. Flower in particular was shocking.
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| I feel like flower has been "average" for a while now and seems very much like he's just going through the motions. bar the odd decent game I'm still not convinced by FPN either.
Tautai has been one of our best props this season and despite the odd brain fart/bad offload etc he makes some great yards and is hard to put down. Feel Clubb was doing well after his return too so was a bit gutted when he got injured.
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| Quote ="Robbo"I feel like flower has been "average" for a while now and seems very much like he's just going through the motions. bar the odd decent game I'm still not convinced by FPN either.
Tautai has been one of our best props this season and despite the odd brain fart/bad offload etc he makes some great yards and is hard to put down. Feel Clubb was doing well after his return too so was a bit gutted when he got injured.'"
Totally agreed. Getting bullied in the middle, and last week in particular. Someone needs to have a word.
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| I thought Sutton was pretty good but in the main I agree. The starting two are the big issue. I don't think there's a lack of effort from Flower or Nuuausala but for whatever reason it's just not happening.
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| May be just my impression but it seems for the last couple of seasons our props have coasted through the first two thirds of the season and then turned up to play at the business end.
Tactics to keep them fresh for when it matters ?
Puts everybody else under pressure to perform though.
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| TT has been superb.
The biggest disappointment for me is that Navarrete showed a lot of promise in his games this year, so there is no excuse to continue to play FPN and Benny (and Clubb before he was injured) when we could give them a kick up the and put in a guy who would not let us down.
To me, that missing a trick, and if I was RN, I would be wondering what has to happen to get a game.
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| Flower - solid as always, he normally comes good business end of the year.
FPN - started slow last year, was really killing it towards the grand final run. Expected big things after a full preseason but he's not impressed yet.
Clubb - hope his injured is okay.
Sutton- impressed today needs more minutes
Tautai - one of our top 3 performers this year. Contract up at the end of the season.
Navarrete - impressive so far with limited action
Breatherton - doesn't seem athletic enough, think Crosby and Sutton at his age were ahead of him.
If we keep the 4 some of Flower, FPN, Tautai and Sutton fit and FPN gets better I'm sure we'll be fine.
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| Thought it was just me when discussing the state of our props..FPN is lacking that something for me he has everything when you look at him but i don't know it isnt coming together for me at least.
Flower has been average for awhile now,not sure why he has the fan club he has but for me he's coasting through putting,as others have said pressure on others to perform in his place.
Clubb is Clubb along with TT the best of them,young Naverette still to early to tell if he's going to make the grade,apart from the horror show of an injury list i doubt we would have even seen him yet,Sutty is coming along but needs more time on the pitch for my money.
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| Quote ="apollosghost"May be just my impression but it seems for the last couple of seasons our props have coasted through the first two thirds of the season and then turned up to play at the business end.
Tactics to keep them fresh for when it matters ?
Puts everybody else under pressure to perform though.'"
I agree with this 100%,the last 3/4 years our props have been poor for the majority of the season then pulled it together at the business end of the season.God knows why/how but that's what's happened,I'm hoping for the same this year,
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| Clubb wont be playing for a while yet so there will be the chance for someone else to step up.
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| I have mentioned before the props have not had much injury trouble but we been have been being beaten in this area. Only Sutton out for a while and in the meantime only Tauati earning his money. Not sure what has happened to FPN. I thought he looked a bit unfit last season when he arrived but was even so adding that extra bit of aggression to the pack we needed. With an off-season with Wigan I thought we had a Craig Smith MkII on our hands. Flower and Clubb have not impressed either.
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| Quote ="DaveO"I have mentioned before the props have not had much injury trouble but we been have been being beaten in this area. Only Sutton out for a while and in the meantime only Tauati earning his money. Not sure what has happened to FPN. I thought he looked a bit unfit last season when he arrived but was even so adding that extra bit of aggression to the pack we needed. With an off-season with Wigan I thought we had a Craig Smith MkII on our hands. Flower and Clubb have not impressed either.'"
FPN is sadly following the same pattern shown at a couple of previous clubs - strong start then descends into laziness. I hope our coaching staff can snap him out of it.
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| I think the props more then anyone are suffering a bit of a hangover from the Cronulla game and they look a little jaded from having to cover the back row in the absence of Bateman, Lockers and Farrell in the past month or so.
When the time comes to switch on they will do, they always do but we could do with a lift of intensity (especially in defence) in the meantime. We could really do with Tautai staying on though, he's been very good this past 18 months.
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| Quote ="NickyKiss"I think the props more then anyone are suffering a bit of a hangover from the Cronulla game and they look a little jaded from having to cover the back row in the absence of Bateman, Lockers and Farrell in the past month or so.
When the time comes to switch on they will do, they always do but we could do with a lift of intensity (especially in defence) in the meantime. We could really do with Tautai staying on though, he's been very good this past 18 months.'"
I think they need to snap out of their lethargy a bit quicker than that. We need to keep adding league points to the board and we will have Challenge Cup games soon. We could draw SL opposition in that. If Tautai can do it (and also Sutton who looks up for it) then FPN. Clubb and Flower need to up their game.
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| I'm going to disagree as I think the Props are playing to a game plan set out by Wane. We rely on our outside backs to make yards and our Props to damage the opposition in defence.
Tautai comes on and causes mayhem for 10 minutes then is pretty anonymous. Flower is never going to rack up big yards due to his size but he is an absolute machine in defence.
FPN probably underperforming but I expect his stats willl surprise a few when they are published.
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| Even defensively they've not been great recently. Sutton was caught out at least once yesterday, Frank was at fault for not pushing over for Saints' last try and Cas had a field day going up the middle last week.
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| I think the props are struggling partly due to our injuries elsewhere.
We rely a lot on the outside backs to come in and do some of the carrying for the big lads, and with the injuries and unfamiliar personnel in these backs, maybe the props have not been supported as much?
Tautai has certainly been the stand out prop in the side though. Really making yards and driving it up with aggression.
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| well Ive just looked at the stats and a few things stand out from the pack:
Faz - his stats are by far the most consistent - tackles, yards. errors - good in all
JT - poor all round. poor yards, high errors, lots of missed tackles.
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TT shading everyone in all categories.
FPN good yards but lots of errors and missed tackles.
Clubb and Flower - distinctly average all round.
Sutton - solid but not making many yards.
Navarette - good promise. Better all round that TC and BF.
I think those figures pretty much bear up what people have seen on the field.
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| Quote ="ShortArse"well Ive just looked at the stats and a few things stand out from the pack:
Faz - his stats are by far the most consistent - tackles, yards. errors - good in all
JT - poor all round. poor yards, high errors, lots of missed tackles.
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TT shading everyone in all categories.
FPN good yards but lots of errors and missed tackles.
Clubb and Flower - distinctly average all round.
Sutton - solid but not making many yards.
Navarette - good promise. Better all round that TC and BF.
I think those figures pretty much bear up what people have seen on the field.'"
The bashing of the forwards is a bit unfair. You say JT has been "poor all round" but he's fourth top tackler in the team and second in the off-loads. Yes he may not be making quite as good yards but you need to remember he's been playing alongside very young centres so the defensive effort is not to be overlooked.
In terms of Clubb, I've thought when he's come off the bench he's been superb. But due to injuries he's been playing much longer minutes which in combination with his consistent back troubles makes it quite unfair to be slating him in my opinion. Imagine someone like Walmsley having to play the number of minutes that Clubb has been lately, wouldn't be as effective as he is when he plays in stints.
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| Quote ="WARRIOR5"The bashing of the forwards is a bit unfair. You say JT has been "poor all round" but he's fourth top tackler in the team and second in the off-loads. Yes he may not be making quite as good yards but you need to remember he's been playing alongside very young centres so the defensive effort is not to be overlooked.
In terms of Clubb, I've thought when he's come off the bench he's been superb. But due to injuries he's been playing much longer minutes which in combination with his consistent back troubles makes it quite unfair to be slating him in my opinion. Imagine someone like Walmsley having to play the number of minutes that Clubb has been lately, wouldn't be as effective as he is when he plays in stints.'"
Firstly I'm not a Clubb basher but what has he done this season that has been superb? He has been poor and at times has done virtually nothing whilst on the pitch. If this has been due to injury fair enough but where on earth have you been able to identify superb play?
I like Clubb for his commitment and endeavour but this season he has been non existent in terms of performance.
Props aside TT and Sutton are not good enough at the moment. Time will tell if this is due to injury, capability or perhaps tactics.
Options on the 6th tackle are perhaps more of a worry at present
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| Quote ="Itchy Arsenal"Firstly I'm not a Clubb basher but what has he done this season that has been superb? He has been poor and at times has done virtually nothing whilst on the pitch. If this has been due to injury fair enough but where on earth have you been able to identify superb play?
I like Clubb for his commitment and endeavour but this season he has been non existent in terms of performance.
Props aside TT and Sutton are not good enough at the moment. Time will tell if this is due to injury, capability or perhaps tactics.
Options on the 6th tackle are perhaps more of a worry at present'"
Re: Clubb, rumours of a lower back problem all season, which he's played through up until last week. Unconfirmed reports that he could be out for a while. Could this still be repercussions from last years crusher tackle?
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| Quote ="Itchy Arsenal"Firstly I'm not a Clubb basher but what has he done this season that has been superb? He has been poor and at times has done virtually nothing whilst on the pitch. If this has been due to injury fair enough but where on earth have you been able to identify superb play?
I like Clubb for his commitment and endeavour but this season he has been non existent in terms of performance.
Props aside TT and Sutton are not good enough at the moment. Time will tell if this is due to injury, capability or perhaps tactics.
Options on the 6th tackle are perhaps more of a worry at present'"
Up until the Centurions game his stats in terms of average gain and tackles were impressive. Stats aside, his aggression in defence off the bench is usually very effective and he and others really stood up in the WCC against some very strong opposition, which I would say was superb.
From the Centirions game onwards the injury crisis kicked in and our middles have been paying much bigger minutes. Plus they have not had the luxury of Budgie and Gildart (our biggest metre makers) running from dummy half, which is bound to affect performances.
I'm not saying there hasn't been poor performances but I think people should consider the other factors before laying into our players.
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| We should be pulling out the stops to re-sign Tautai, he is fantastic, we should then be looking at replacing FPN, Flower and Clubb if things don't get better, bring in a decent NRL player, a SL player and try to find a big rawbone Union player, DAVE TAYLOR would be nice
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| Quote ="MattyB"Re: Clubb, rumours of a lower back problem all season, which he's played through up until last week. Unconfirmed reports that he could be out for a while. Could this still be repercussions from last years crusher tackle?'"
I believe his injury is to his kidney which hopefully isn't too serious however, I got told yesterday that he is out for 2 months.
I like Clubb and wish him a speedy and safe recovery.
He certainly hasn't been the same since the incident has he?
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