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Paseka, Aloiai, Olakau’atu & Brown have all missed significant game time this year! When you lose your best front row pair it does become difficult. Add to that your best forward in Olakau’atu & BFB… yeah makes good for an excuse!
Brown is not a loss and Olakau’atu had only missed 4 games for the season at the time the comment was made
Olakau’atu has only played 15 games this year!
Yes,so he’d only missed 4 games,at the time I made the comment and the team was playing ordinary when he was playing.They beat Melbourne without him.And now as it stands,Souths have only 2 less wins than them,despite how injury ravaged they are
then we have fill ins that get injured as well...
Talau signed for 2026 so far.
🤣, you know, I listened to that album in the last 3 months or so. Reminder of Mowbray days.
The injury excuse is a bit rich. Instead of making excuses for what is fast becoming a failed season, people should be asking the hard questions of the clubs management/coaching team. Our recruitment over the past three seasons has been absolutely deplorable. I dare say those in charge are dreading the game this weekend. After watching Kao Weekes tear us up last weekend, they will have all their fingers and toes crossed, hoping the Fainus don't embarrass us next. If they do the "dumb dumb" recruitment rumblings will start to sound more like an impending storm.
I was agreeing with you until you mentioned Weekes.He hardly tore them apart and whilst he’s been very good this season playing fullback,would you have kept him ahead of TomT and Lehi or kept him to play another position? Fullback seems to be his spot,so the jury is still out on how he’d have gone anywhere else in the backline.
I think he could have been kept on sheer ability alone. It's not like he cost Canberra much. We flicked him early and he definitely should have been kept above Ray Ray, Schoupp and Clayton. I was peeved at the time and even more so now. Ricky picked him and backed him in like he has lots of young players. We threw him into dummy half against the Panthers then banished him to NSW Cup. He could have been an awesome utility, centre or fb cover. Limited vision costs us a good player again.
Weekes is a good advertisement for young players not to go to Manly. Withstanding the money aspect, a young player would have more chance playing 1st grade under Ricky than Seibold at Manly. Case in point Xavier Savage...Ricky is patient with the youngsters. Also when there are rumblings that we are going after Klemmer, who do you think is going to get first crack at prop if you were an up and coming player off contract and Manly is interested in you as a forward.
That’s because Ricky isn’t under any internal pressure for his job.Not suggesting what you’ve said is wrong,but coaches that are under the pump,don’t like to take many risks with their team lists,for better or worse.Des was the same in his second stint at the club.Look at Ryles,he’s made all these big roster decisions in his first year,freely knowing his job isnt on the line yet and the fact he’s backed his ability
| Team | P | W | D | L | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raiders | 21 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 168 | 38 |
| 2 | Storm | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 248 | 36 |
| 3 | Bulldogs | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 140 | 36 |
| 4 | Panthers | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 119 | 31 |
| 5 | Warriors | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | Broncos | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 104 | 28 |
| 7 | Sharks | 21 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 28 |
| 8 | Dolphins | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 119 | 26 |
| 9 | Roosters | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 72 | 26 |
| 10 | Sea Eagles | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | -10 | 24 |
| 11 | Dragons | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | -50 | 22 |
| 12 | Tigers | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | -121 | 22 |
| 13 | Cowboys | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | -177 | 19 |
| 14 | Knights | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | -152 | 18 |
| 15 | Eels | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | -153 | 18 |
| 16 | Titans | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | -153 | 16 |
| 17 | Rabbitohs | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | -197 | 16 |
