Lodge, you Monster

[Mark from Brisbane]

Thought his approx 20 minutes were very good considering his complete lack of match fitness.

Would he get a game in front of Paseka / AoA …of course not.

But we are not exactly flushed with Prop forwards so he plays, and did a job.

He took plenty of hit ups ( haven’t looked at the stats but I’d say 6 -8) and was very involved in defence.

I get the hate from many ( his past transgressions ) but I just look at his football stats rather than judge issues I have little knowledge about.

 

[CRPSI eagle]

Thought his approx 20 minutes were very good considering his complete lack of match fitness.

Would he get a game in front of Paseka / AoA …of course not.

But we are not exactly flushed with Prop forwards so he plays, and did a job.

He took plenty of hit ups ( haven’t looked at the stats but I’d say 6 -8) and was very involved in defence.

I get the hate from many ( his past transgressions ) but I just look at his football stats rather than judge issues I have little knowledge about.

Agree, I would play him for remainder of the year with extra minutes.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Agree, I would play him for remainder of the year with extra minutes.

We will need a couple more middles for 2026.

Can’t see him being re-signed , looks like AoA will be a medical retirement , and Jazz off to Super League

So the club is going to have to buy at least one established one , and punt on a couple of youngsters

 

[Hertera]

I hope we don't fall for this and give him an extension this is typical of his career when he is out of contract he plays a few good games get's a contract than back to being a bludger of an nrl player.
Time to move on no matter how cheap.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

I hope we don't fall for this and give him an extension this is typical of his career when he is out of contract he plays a few good games get's a contract than back to being a bludger of an nrl player.
Time to move on no matter how cheap.

Yep that’s a fair comment

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

I hope we don't fall for this and give him an extension this is typical of his career when he is out of contract he plays a few good games get's a contract than back to being a bludger of an nrl player.
Time to move on no matter how cheap.

I don't think we should be looking to extend him either, but we do need a warm body - even if it's a big, fat, warm body - to fill that role for the rest of this season. With Paseka, Aloiai and now Brown all gone, he's the next man up.

I thought his first stint last night (which turned out to be his only stint) was pretty effective. Took a lot of hit-ups, and that big, fat body of his definitely took a toll on the opposition. Would I have liked him to have played another 15-minute stint? Sure, if it was going to be equally as effective. But maybe one stint is the sweet spot for him right now, and he did make the most of it.

 

[Rocky]

Seibold played him the right way - start him and let him rip in for 15 minutes.

Most of us don't want Lodge here but its desperate times.

 

[Woodsie]

Seibold played him the right way - start him and let him rip in for 15 minutes.

Most of us don't want Lodge here but its desperate times.

Yep ... given our stocks of props with Brown also gorne ... Lodge is currently worth his impressive weight in Rocking horse poop ..

 

[47MVEagle]

Thought his approx 20 minutes were very good considering his complete lack of match fitness.

Would he get a game in front of Paseka / AoA …of course not.

But we are not exactly flushed with Prop forwards so he plays, and did a job.

He took plenty of hit ups ( haven’t looked at the stats but I’d say 6 -8) and was very involved in defence.

I get the hate from many ( his past transgressions ) but I just look at his football stats rather than judge issues I have little knowledge about.

I heard the commentators say TKO had made 7 hit ups while Lodge had made 10 (while both were still on the field).

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

I heard the commentators say TKO had made 7 hit ups while Lodge had made 10 (while both were still on the field).

He was working way harder than I expected but maybe that was the coaches plan ( even though apparently he’s a **** coach )

 

[Nordburg]

He was working way harder than I expected but maybe that was the coaches plan ( even though apparently he’s a **** coach )

He is a **** coach and nothing he did last night disproves that.That was barely NSW Cup standard

 

[Rosko]

Gee, tough crowd, I thought he had a reasonable game considering his lack of 1st grade match fitness.

Lack of any kind of fitness. A prop who can only play 15 minutes is not much use to anyone.

 

[Nordburg]

Lack of any kind of fitness. A prop who can only play 15 minutes is not much use to anyone.

Puts more pressure on the rest of the front rowers.Not saying it caused the issue but Brown is now out injured and Jazz looked beat up towards the end

 

[MissKate]

Shame he doesn’t have the same mindset as Brown, he would kill it

 

[Stuey Davis’s Socks]

NRL stats have Lodge at 9 hit-ups (10 runs) for 83 metres with 32 post contact and 1 tackle bust in 16 minutes. Only 8 tackles but 0 misses.

 

[StuBoot]

NRL stats have Lodge at 9 hit-ups (10 runs) for 83 metres with 32 post contact and 1 tackle bust in 16 minutes. Only 8 tackles but 0 misses.

Two of those hit-ups were in the same set too which is not that common yet both were pretty effective.

 

[ManlyTragic]

I don't think we should be looking to extend him either, but we do need a warm body - even if it's a big, fat, warm body - to fill that role for the rest of this season. With Paseka, Aloiai and now Brown all gone, he's the next man up.

I thought his first stint last night (which turned out to be his only stint) was pretty effective. Took a lot of hit-ups, and that big, fat body of his definitely took a toll on the opposition. Would I have liked him to have played another 15-minute stint? Sure, if it was going to be equally as effective. But maybe one stint is the sweet spot for him right now, and he did make the most of it.

I don’t know if we need someone with a warm body …. But someone with a pulse would be fine!

Just sayin’

 

[Nike]

If Cheese has really done an MCL, Lodge is gone for 6 to 8 weeks lol. Legitimately an idiot and danger to himself and others.

 

[Under the Sticks]

If Cheese has really done an MCL, Lodge is gone for 6 to 8 weeks lol. Legitimately an idiot and danger to himself and others.

Pity because it was his best game for a very long time but that was a very prolonged version of the hip drop.

His brain matter clearly doesn’t register we are already missing two top line props.

 

[eaglebuzz]

Lack of any kind of fitness. A prop who can only play 15 minutes is not much use to anyone.

I don't know if any other prop we have fit at the moment can do what he does in those 15 mins. I'd rather start the match dominant than have an ineffective prop playing big minutes.