Naden has taken his game to the next level, pretty much a MOTM performance.
I canāt see how Cleary snr could select Luai over Burton based on last nights performance.
Tyrone May looks very eager and hungry, and has to obviously keep us his training and fitness. Will be interesting if he slots into the side come round 6.
Both Laurie and Crichton played well at fullback.
I thought Yeo had a great return, and both Burns and Hethrington are pushing for a spot in the 17.
As much as they have been great clubmen, both Whare and Mansour should be nervous with the talent coming through, Crichton for one will be hard to keep out of the side through the year.
Is it just me or did Mayās blonde hair cause of momentary memory lapse of Samitt lol?
Scary to think the attacking options we could have if the coach is prepared to pick the side on formā¦
Thanks for the recap, SHP. I saw a few minutes here & there online, mainly the 1st half. Looked like a good solid grind.
Re May, I read somewhere that Canterbury Cup is not included in his suspension. If thatās right, the club could play him in reggies til round 5 to keep his fitness up & have him ready to go if he cracks first grade.
TBH, I didnāt recognise May with blonde hair. Wonder if that was the intention?
Hard to make judgements on a trial like that, with both clubs going without several certainties to play round 1 & then a big changeover during the game.
Naden looked good & showed some form last week in Perth. He looks fit, fast, strong and a real danger in attack, basically exactly the opposite of our other first choice centre. Crichton looked very likely.
Would have been good to see Aekins in the #1, but apparently was on new dad duties
Glad to see Jack back - I guess they have all kissed & made up.
Based on that game I would rather be the Panthers than the tiges.
Trials are exactly that, nothing more than a run for many who have trained in the off season.
You might all recall we belted Souts Game 1 in the trails last year only to be held try less against the Eels in the 2nd trial
I find it instructional the comments made by Girdler about our attack where he sees Cleary as too structured and doubts Luai is our best #6 going forward
Thanks for your feedback about the trial but guys its a very long season.
And PUSSā¦maybe i am way too old but for May to basically put a neon sign on his body by saying look at meā¦Cleary the Coach should have said champā¦sit the week out and com back with an attitude about your football, not your attitude about how you feel about yourself
I donāt like that and one would have thought he would be talking to Cleary and saying what do i have to do to get into the run on squad.
Anyways he did what he did but for meā¦i would have just looked to blend in not stand out.
Cleary snr has been quotes in a news article saying that Mayās hair colour and Luaiās haircut are self imposed discipline for training misshaps, apparently something the players have come up with themselves;
well that will do me, the lunatics running the asylum
Isnāt Cleary supposed to be coach and what ātraining indiscretionsā are metered out by players themselves?
Has all the hallmarks of the tail wagging the dog.
I may be wildly wrong but i would have urged May NOT to stand out and IF there were training indiscretionsā¦sit them on the sideline and give a go to kids who will turn up.
You are possibly reading more into this than necessary, it could just be a āpunishmentā for who drops the most balls at training or something similar (do they still do the nudie run at the end of the year? Pretty sure thatās not the coaches direction for not scoring tries!).
Years gone by similar was to buy a round at the club, but we canāt promote drinking can we lol
It is common in sporting teams for the players to set āpenaltiesā for minor indiscretions in training etc as part of team bonding. Major infractions are administered by coaches, but for minor things like Southern mentioned like dropping balls, forgetting something etc. Sometimes the players try and catch one another out for fun, and then the punishment gives everyone a chance to have some fun.
I have seen in a skills drill, at some prearranged point the players just start doing it wrong, catching out one of their mates & so they would have to do the punishment. Any complaint of foul play by the victim, would lead to further āpunishmentā.
All part of of being part of a team.
At work yesterday afternoon, we had a team culture/ bonding session lead by no other than former NSW and Kangaroos lock Wayne Pierce.
Fabulous speaker and certainly has made a great career for himself post coaching.
He had us complete an excersise - a blindfolded obstacle course with mousetraps set - yes I copped a punishment when I let out an expletive when it court my toe lol.
He also told the story how he first used this on the blues team one year at SOO. One unnamed forward was so scared he refused to undertake the task and ran away screaming lol. The team decided the punishment he had to play the SOO sans underwear.
All in the name of bonding. And as Wayne told us SOO training is 3 days bonding, 1 day rest and 1 day skills and coaching.
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