: Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:44 pm  

Did Cullen mention Tim Smith at all ???

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:46 pm  

Steve51 wrote:

Did Cullen mention Tim Smith at all ???

Should he have done?

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:12 pm  

Steve51 wrote:

Did Cullen mention Tim Smith at all ???

Along with every other half back on a losing team last week as being the weak spot in their defensive line that opponents target as a week spot, just mentioned this once or twice.

He made me laugh when he said Monnas tackling was weak because he goes low so attacking teams target him.

Who signed him??????

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:21 pm  

Coops wrote:

Who signed him??????

He contradicted himself a few times last night.

: Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:54 am  

I can almost accept that Briers is a bit weak in the tackle when he contributes so much in attacking areas (this year so far is probably not the best example of this).

Monaghan doesn't really seem like a threat in attack and isn't great in defense so how come he gets to play every game? I am all for giving players a chance as it sometimes takes a while for foreign signings to bed in but how long do you wait until you cut your loses?

: Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:06 pm  

Mighty Wires wrote:

Well at least we are tight inside Penny. You can tell now we are far better without him in the team, dropping one player makes a big difference.

Catalan scored 4 tries against us when we they were down to 12 men. 2 of which were scored on the wing with an overlap.

: Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:12 pm  

He made me laugh when he said Monnas tackling was weak because he goes low so attacking teams target him.

Who signed him??????

Answer to that is the same person who signed Matt King -- SIMON MORAN!!!!

Now your starting to get to the route of the problem- well done.

: Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:51 pm  

Fletcher ender wrote:

He made me laugh when he said Monnas tackling was weak because he goes low so attacking teams target him.

Who signed him??????

Answer to that is the same person who signed Matt King -- SIMON MORAN!!!!

Now your starting to get to the route of the problem- well done.

I think Monas tackling technique is fine, if you have good line speed and on the back of that get numbers in the tackle. If Monas is first man in, halts the tackler and quickly you have two men in clamping the ball and turtling him on the floor, then Monas becomes an asset. When you have him making the tackle solo, he halts the tackler but he's able to stand and offload and we get caught on the back of it. I think this is one of the reasons why the NRL suits Monas and his approach.

: Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:54 pm  

JWP wrote:

I think Monas tackling technique is fine, if you have good line speed and on the back of that get numbers in the tackle. If Monas is first man in, halts the tackler and quickly you have two men in clamping the ball and turtling him on the floor, then Monas becomes an asset. When you have him making the tackle solo, he halts the tackler but he's able to stand and offload and we get caught on the back of it. I think this is one of the reasons why the NRL suits Monas and his approach.

I agree, better he he takes the legs and makes the tackle rather than go higher and risk being brushed off.

: Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:57 pm  

Les Boyd wrote:

Catalan scored 4 tries against us when we they were down to 12 men. 2 of which were scored on the wing with an overlap.

That was to easy.