Not the Round 5 team vs Souths

[Lyonstomenzies]

Who ever replaces DCE it has to be someone with a decent long kicking game.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Who ever replaces DCE it has to be someone with a decent long kicking game.

Does Isaac John have that??

Never taken much notice of him before this.

 

[Tragic Eagle]

1. Stewart
2. Lavaka
3. Lyon
4. Matai
5. Trbojevic T
6. Walker
7. Parcell
8. Lawrence
9. Koroisau
10. Myles
11. Symonds
12. Taupau
13. Trbojevic J
14. Lussick
15. Mateo
16. Vave
17. Brown

 

[Sheikheagle]

Does Isaac John have that??

Never taken much notice of him before this.

Yeah not too bad. Bit of a journeyman type player. Not unlike Blake green, jeff robson etc

 

[HappilyManly]

Mateo can kick, offload and kick goals

Can't wait for Thursday

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Yeah not too bad. Bit of a journeyman type player. Not unlike Blake green, jeff robson etc

Well he'd be fine for a few games then.

Our expectations shouldn't be high, just as long as he does the basics ok.

 

[Lyonstomenzies]

Does Isaac John have that??

Never taken much notice of him before this.

I know he has a pretty good short game, but I don't know about his kicking for meters either.

Can someone out there shed some light on Isaac John?

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Mateo can kick, offload and kick goals

Can't wait for Thursday

Yes we aren't completely screwed.

 

[BOZO]

Does Isaac John have that??

Never taken much notice of him before this.

For what its worth .
Isaac John (born 12 December 1988) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. A Cook Islands and New Zealand international representative, he plays at five-eighth and halfback and previously played for the New Zealand Warriors and Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League, and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super League.



2010[edit]
In Round 13 against the St George Illawarra Dragons at Mt Smart Stadium, John scored his first NRL career try in the Warriors 22–20 loss.[5] John played in 5 matches, scored 1 try and kicked 1 field goal for the Warriors in the 2010 NRL season.

2011[edit]
John played in 1 match for the Warriors in the 2011 NRL season in Round 2 against the Wests Tigers in a 20–12 loss at Leichhardt Oval.[6] On 29 October 2011 John signed a 3-year contract with the Wakefield Wildcats.[7] John mostly played in the NSW Cup, playing in the Auckland Vulcans 30–28 loss to Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the 2011 NSW Cup Grand Final.[8] In 2011 John was named in the Cook Islands side but the Test was cancelled by the New Zealand Rugby League.

2012[edit]
John played in 14 matches, scored 1 try and kicked 19 goals for the Wildcats in the 2012 Super League season. John was released from the club at the start of the 2013 season.[9] John played for the Cook Islands in the 28–24 win against Lebanon.

2013[edit]
On 25 February 2013, John signed with the Penrith Panthers on a one-year contract.[10] John spent the early parts of the season playing for the Penrith feeder side, Windsor Wolves, before making his Penrith club debut in Round 9 against the Melbourne Storm in the Panthers 12–10 victory at Penrith Stadium.[11] In his next match in Round 10 against his former club the New Zealand Warriors at Penrith Stadium, John scored a hatrick in the Panthers 62–6 rampaging win.[12] On 14 June 2013, John re-signed with the Panthers on a new two-year contract.[13] John finished the 2013 NRL season with him playing in 16 matches and scoring 5 tries for the Panthers. John represented the Cook Islands in the 2013 World Cup, playing in all 3 matches at halfback and scoring a try in the tournament.[14][15]

2014[edit]
In February 2014, John was selected in the Panthers inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad. John played in only three of the first eight matches, being behind Jamie Soward and Peter Wallace in the halves selection. John was a shock selections for the New Zealand Kiwis test team squad against the Australia Kangaroos in the 2014 ANZAC Test after Kieran Foran, Thomas Leuluai and Josh Hoffman were ruled out with injuries.[16] Originally selected at five eighth, John was shifted to the interchange bench to have Tohu Harris to start at five-eighth, having John to debut off the bench in the Kiwis 30–18 loss at SFS.[17] A week after making his international debut for New Zealand, John has had his season cut short by suffering a season ending ACL injury while going down in a tackle in the Panthers NSW Cup win over the Newcastle Knights.[18] John finished off the Panthers 2014 NRL season with him playing in 3 matches and scoring a try.

2015[edit]
On 24 January, John was named in the Panthers 2015 Auckland Nines squad.[19] In November, he signed a 1-year contract with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles starting in 2016.[20]

 

[BOZO]

Yes we aren't completely screwed.

We might have a few loose screws at the moment but have you seen the way South's have been playing ?
We will Screw the rabitts at home !!!

 

[Fluffy]

well he has a youtube highlights package. good enough for me

 

[Ben]

Parcell needs to stay starting hooker playing 80min with John coming in at halfback.
No point moving other pieces of the puzzle. Need to keep players in their specialised positions.

 

[Not Paul Kent]

Snake
Turbo
Killer
Matai
Taufua
Walker
John
Lussick
Parcell
Myles
Kapow
Mateo
Trbojevic

Brown
Leary
Vave
Lawrence

 

[lsz]

Considering how bad showed a preference (in the opening couple of rounds at least) for players he had known at the panthers it would surprise me to see John get a run

 

[Turbo]

Matai reckons Api will play 1/2 back

 

[Ceagle]

Koroisau is tipped to fill the 7 jersey

 

[Woodsie]

Don't be surprised to hear that everybody (including luke Burgess) will be playing halve between now and thursday. Bozo/TB/Zorba will be leaking more misinformation than ..

 

[Andrew..]

Don't be surprised to hear that everybody (including luke Burgess) will be playing halve between now and thursday. Bozo/TB/Zorba will be leaking more misinformation than ..

Bagdad Bob the Iraqi Minister for Information.

 

[Rex]

* Api played 5/8th in NSW Cup last week. How did he go? Can't see Trent moving Parcell into the halves. And Parcell doesn't have the necessary kicking game for that role.
* As @Lyonstomenzies suggested, with DCE out, we have to solve the issue of a missing long kicking game. Not sure who can best fill this need.
* Mateo is absolutely a possibility for 5/8th, especially if Trent wants to muscle up against the Wabbits pack. He's done the job well there before.
* Lyon could capably move to 5/8th with Brown filling in the centres. But can't see this happening because of Lyon's overt hatred of 5/8th duties.
* Have no real idea about the relative suitability of the other lower graders. Could be a big opportunity for someone.

 

[ricardo]

This week's team is harder to pick than a broken nose, but I'd like to see this:

Stewart
Taufua
Mattai
Lyon
Turbo1
Walker
John
Starling
Parcell
Myles
Kapow
Mateo
Turbo2

Brown
Lawrence
Lussick
Vave

Yes six props belting through the middle on high rotation RAGH!!! We can pretend Lussick and Lawrence can rotate through the second row and after Brown's very good performance at centre we could have the new Buhrer we need when (and only when) Ferris is broken.

Mateo is to play a second five eight role fiving Isaac John ball playing options left and right.

Looks like Trent has taken heed of my brilliant advice!! Well done Trent, you are learning son.