Welcome back, Rex! You've been missed!
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Welcome back, Rex! You've been missed!
Not as missed as the Stormers runners I'll bet
Great D system from wunderkind Phil "the gimp" Blake
SOS Axe Gilmeister
1) Dunning
2) Charles
3) Fairbrother
4) Sharpe
5) McCalman
6) Brown
7) Hodgson
8) O'Connor
9) Stannard
10) Ripia
11) Shepherd
12) Fairbrother
13) Cummins
14) Smith
15) Sheehan
That's the XV the force need.
what's wrong with Brownie?
Plays for Cottesloe!
ome on that XV is brilliant!
First of all, size > technique. O'Connors tenacity at the ruck would be brilliant if the force could get fast ball going. If you put him at 9 he'd be a waste, but at 8 he could still roam.
I just thought he'd be perfect for no8 when I saw him on the weekend. Sharpe got tackled with 2 storks on him and then O'Connor came in to try and get him moving forward again and then attempted to counter ruck!
He IS wasted in the backline!
edit> 2 Fairbrothers was a typo. ;)
way to bag/praise Sheehan there Rex
As for the defense, well one game was shit, yes, but on balance, the defense is a helluva lot better than it was under your supercoach. The only issue I can see is the attack, and we are yet to see the first choice 10 on the field.....I may not know as much about the game as you, but I think that might have a slight effect.
we need more speed of delivery from halfback, sheehan spends too long looking for options, (having an inside centre who doesn't chop out with rabbit ain't helping either) which is allowing the opposition to re-allign the defence forcing us to use the forward bash instead of the pacy backs. whats the old saying 'the ball moves faster than the man' we brought in a winger in smith who can beat any defence going but we never seem to pass the ball 9, 10, 12, 13, to wing, its frustrating to watch sometimes how slow our backs move the ball. pity justin turners injured, he gets the ball singing from breakdown.