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Quote: Gerry Mander "Worse than that he lacks self awareness still believing he is a superstar
and carrying on like one. Mr High Five'"


Exactly my thoughts on him.

Brown played a blinder putting the two show ponies on one side.

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Quote: St pete "Our pack looks soft.

What we thought was our strongest asset looks our worst. The props are unfit and basically impact props, the back row is lightweight and slow.

On a whole, the pack lacks aggression.'"


This is in danger of becoming a love-in, but this is right. I actually think that there's no real excuse for full-time professional athletes to be as knackered after 10 minutes as some of our props seem. Jamie Peacock is 36, for Christ's sake, and is usually running the same way after 70 minutes as he is after 7 minutes. The pack need to take a long hard look at themselves fitness-wise.

But by far the biggest problem is out lack of aggression. We just don't have any. None. Every team we play has a couple of players who are nasty, aggressive, and intimidatory. Today, for example, you've got Ablett and Delaney being toerags to the opposition in every collision. Wigan have SOL leading by example. We have nothing. We have plenty of size - Greenwood and Soliola are big second-rows by league standards. We have some very big props. But I saw more natural aggression in my girls' U15 school team than I can see in this Saints squad. One of the things which made James Graham so vital to us, was his aggression. Before him, Scully was nasty too. But now, we have nobody. Our pack are bigger than most, and more talented than most, but they are being put on their s every week by smaller, less talented packs who know that they can bully our soft lads into submission.

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Quote: Roy Haggerty "This is in danger of becoming a love-in, but this is right. I actually think that there's no real excuse for full-time professional athletes to be as knackered after 10 minutes as some of our props seem. Jamie Peacock is 36, for Christ's sake, and is usually running the same way after 70 minutes as he is after 7 minutes. The pack need to take a long hard look at themselves fitness-wise.

But by far the biggest problem is out lack of aggression. We just don't have any. None. Every team we play has a couple of players who are nasty, aggressive, and intimidatory. Today, for example, you've got Ablett and Delaney being toerags to the opposition in every collision. Wigan have SOL leading by example. We have nothing. We have plenty of size - Greenwood and Soliola are big second-rows by league standards. We have some very big props. But I saw more natural aggression in my girls' U15 school team than I can see in this Saints squad. One of the things which made James Graham so vital to us, was his aggression. Before him, Scully was nasty too. But now, we have nobody. Our pack are bigger than most, and more talented than most, but they are being put on their s every week by smaller, less talented packs who know that they can bully our soft lads into submission.'"


Mostly agree apart from us having more talent than other packs which I totally don't not agree with.

Walmsley - good player in spells. Needs to be spelled or waste of time having him.

Roby- great player but shadow of himself.

Amor - quality.

Mose - looks awful.

Lms - awful.

Wilkin - to small, to slow.

Manu - still decent but looked sluggish this year.

Sia - great player but struggling with the lack of support.

Laffranchi - awful.

Would be unfair to call any of the young forwards.

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Look at Mose past playing history.

Released by the roosters.

Released early from panthers.

When the money is so strong in the NRL, how have we secured him? The answer is, no NRL team wanted him or would match what we paid.

He's basically a slight upgrade on Josh Perry in the fact he's actually out on the field and not sat in the stands.

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Quote: St pete "Mostly agree apart from us having more talent than other packs which I totally don't not agree with.

Walmsley - good player in spells. Needs to be spelled or waste of time having him.

Roby- great player but shadow of himself.

Amor - quality.

Mose - looks awful.

Lms - awful.

Wilkin - to small, to slow.

Manu - still decent but looked sluggish this year.

Sia - great player but struggling with the lack of support.

Laffranchi - awful.

Would be unfair to call any of the young forwards.'"


Spot on. The only mitigating circumstance is for Roby who is being systematically burnt out.
Saints invented two hookers now we insist on one hooker and one half back.
Roby is slowly morphing into a Potter style based on the the lack of runners
and the opposition targeting him.

Jones is a fair shout in the second row. He is doing well.

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Quote: Gerry Mander "Spot on. The only mitigating circumstance is for Roby who is being systematically burnt out.
Saints invented two hookers now we insist on one hooker and one half back.
Roby is slowly morphing into a Potter style based on the the lack of runners
and the opposition targeting him.

Jones is a fair shout in the second row. He is doing well.'"


Roby had been ruined and the fact he's going with wello as the utility over lance Hohaia is contributing to this.

I didn't mention Jones, he's played well but I don't know what he is.

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Quote: Gerry Mander "Spot on. The only mitigating circumstance is for Roby who is being systematically burnt out.
Saints invented two hookers now we insist on one hooker and one half back.
Roby is slowly morphing into a Potter style based on the the lack of runners
and the opposition targeting him.

Jones is a fair shout in the second row. He is doing well.'"


What makes it even more frustrating is that we waste a bench spot by having Wellens there. Surely his space would be better off being used on an interchange hooker?

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Who is your interchange hooker?

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Quote: Father Ted "Who is your interchange hooker?'"


I think most would prefer lance as a utility player or if he's playing at 6 could slot in at 9 to give Roby a rest.9

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Quote: Father Ted "Who is your interchange hooker?'"


Hohaia would be the obvious choice with Wheeler at 6. Or give one of the lads from the academy a chance.

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Quote: The Yellow Giraffe "Hohaia would be the obvious choice with Wheeler at 6. Or give one of the lads from the academy a chance.'"


Fozard didn't embarrass himself vs widnes, what harm could it do?

The problem with using hohaia at 9 is wheeler - who honestly could trust him to play week in week out?

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Quote: Magic Superbeetle "Fozard didn't embarrass himself vs widnes, what harm could it do?

The problem with using hohaia at 9 is wheeler - who honestly could trust him to play week in week out?'"


It's got to better having a player doing a good 30 min spell giving robes a rest than having wello sat on the bench for 66 mins each week.

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Quote: St pete "It's got to better having a player doing a good 30 min spell giving robes a rest than having wello sat on the bench for 66 mins each week.'"


I agree entirely. The amount of work Roby is getting through is phenomenal, but it's really getting to him. He had a good game today though. Our current top 5 tacklers
Roby 370
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Aka Roby is doing the work of 2 grafters!

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I tell you what. Who has been missing since we started losing?????
Laffranchi. I thought he was good his first season. Over powered in his second. But this 3rd season has made one thing clear to me. He will do the graft. He tackles. Sure he could not punch his way past the big fella's but he does the stuff no one cares about until we lose some. Before we were losing it was all about having big go forward.

Now we are losing it's all about defense. Well you need that defense, not everyone can be an impact prop.

I would have no problem putting Laffranchi in my first team from now to the end of the season.

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Quote: bewareshadows "I tell you what. Who has been missing since we started losing?????
Laffranchi. I thought he was good his first season. Over powered in his second. But this 3rd season has made one thing clear to me. He will do the graft. He tackles. Sure he could not punch his way past the big fella's but he does the stuff no one cares about until we lose some. Before we were losing it was all about having big go forward.

Now we are losing it's all about defense. Well you need that defense, not everyone can be an impact prop.

I would have no problem putting Laffranchi in my first team from now to the end of the season.'"


Brave statement on here icon_wink.gif but equally true. Laffranchi wins the ruck whilst tackling, which is our massive problem recently.

As I said at the time, laffranchi isn't the forward to win you momentum, but he's very capable of ... Pausing the momentum battle, whilst Amor/ walmsley rest on the bench (if that makes any sense) - the stats does back it up. Also, laffranchi generally made a point of getting up on the kickers and putting them under pressure. I think I could put in decent kicks with the time we allowed Leeds to today.

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