Raidersteve wrote: ↑May 16, 2021, 7:35 am
Melbourne haven't played yet they could yet be hit hard by the crackdown. The Storm are always pushing the rules as far as they can and if there is any consistency around this round I would be very surprised if they will get through without any charges.
I’m very interested to see that game
But I suspect the way the storm are run and coached, we’ll probably see them adapt to it the best
They always do
Yep, they were absolutely fine.
Very clean in what they were doing... almost like they're exceptionally well coached.
Kryptonite wrote: ↑May 16, 2021, 8:49 pm
I’m calling it here and now, due to favourable results we sit in 8th spot, upset of the year coming against the Storm, we win by 14, then we beat the Chooks by 22 points ( CNK MOM) sitting in 6th spot heading into origin and going on a 12 win winning streak to finish the regular season 4th
Kryptonite wrote: ↑May 16, 2021, 8:49 pm
I’m calling it here and now, due to favourable results we sit in 8th spot, upset of the year coming against the Storm, we win by 14, then we beat the Chooks by 22 points ( CNK MOM) sitting in 6th spot heading into origin and going on a 12 win winning streak to finish the regular season 4th
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gangrenous wrote: ↑May 16, 2021, 9:18 pm
And almost like with appropriate care there shouldn’t be 17 or whatever it was events requiring sin bins and send offs...
How many good, well-disciplined teams lost players this weekend?
The only real solace for us is that the storm will also be undermanned but gee they looked good against the Dragons with those players out. Although the dragons did defend most of the game with only 12.
Maybe Stick can have a chat to Hynes about playing here next year
If NAS doesn't spend time in the bin this week I will be shocked. Not that I think he'll do anything dirty but with the size of him he is going to have to start playinh on his knees to avoid a shoulder hitting a head by accident.
Umm, the people expecting him to get a 6 week suspension.
But who?
The people, in this thread, who expected a suspension of up to 6 weeks.
His points charge with all the priors etc is 510. Which is 5 weeks
The only reason it’s 3 is due to the early plea discount
So it’s not that **** far fetched, is it?
Nobody is including priors.
The tackle was a bit careless. 3 weeks seems reasonable. I know intent is no longer a factor, but is was nowhere near a reckless or intentional hit that cleaned him up.
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Botman wrote: ↑May 17, 2021, 9:12 am
I'll be honestly stunned if we keep them under 50
Reckon we'll see a pretty good effort from the Raiders this week. With so many players out and up against Melbourne this will be a backs to the wall kind of effort. Maybe not enough to get a win but they will avoid a blowout. Something like 26-12 loss. Storm 6 tries and 1 goal.
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GreenMachine wrote: ↑May 17, 2021, 10:04 am
Just have our players deliberately collide their heads with the storm players arms...get a few of them sent off nice and quick...
Hopefully when the Storm are down to 11 men, we might be able to keep the deficit respectable (under 40)..
No need to inflict head trauma on our own players. I was thinking that if a defender sees an attacker losing his footing in front of him, they raise their hands in the air while turning sideways so that there's a chance the attacker's head connects with a hip bone.
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GreenMachine wrote: ↑May 17, 2021, 10:04 am
Just have our players deliberately collide their heads with the storm players arms...get a few of them sent off nice and quick...
Hopefully when the Storm are down to 11 men, we might be able to keep the deficit respectable (under 40)..
No need to inflict head trauma on our own players. I was thinking that if a defender sees an attacker losing his footing in front of him, they raise their hands in the air while turning sideways so that there's a chance the attacker's head connects with a hip bone.
1. Aekins
2. Simo
3. Kris
4. Scott
5. Rapana/Semi
6. G. Willliams
7. S. Williams
8. Guler
9. Starling
10. James
11. Whitehead
12. CHN
13. Tapine (is he due back this week?)
Josh Papalii (next 3 weeks out), Jack Wighton and Josh Hodgson all took early guilty pleas for their dangerous contact charges. However, Jarrod Croker and Jordan Rapana are both due back against the Storm.
Team could look like this:
1. Aekins
2. Rapana
3. Kris if Croker doesn't return. Otherwise, he replaces Valemei on the wing. Simonsson back to NSW Cup.
4. Scott
5. Valemei/Kris.
6. S Williams because we need the experience that Frawley just doesn't have yet. Besides, why throw him in the deep end after one (?) NRL game.
7. G Williams
8. Havilli
9. Starling
10. Guler
11. CHN
12. Whitehead
13. Horsburgh because we need aggression right from the start if were going to stay in this contest.
Interchange
14. James
15. Young
16. Lui
17. Soliola
18. Frawley
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It's good to start a working week with a victory. I'm still very very hopeful of a good showing this weekend. You can see the team is still playing for one another with the celebrations of the Kris try.
I recall a backs to the wall effort in 1991 when we played the leading team Penrith at Bruce - we had a lot of people out due to SOO (including Tim Sheens as the coach - so did Penrith to be fair) and we beat them 20-0. We were travelling 8th back then in a top 5 comp. Penrith were leading the comp at the time.
The fox headline that we face a forward crisis is rubbish. Havili for Hodgson, Sia for Papa (if Sutton and Tapine are unavailable). If Sia is still out, then O'Donnell or a back like Rapana. I would keep the back five and have Sammy in for Jack. Croker if available needs to earn his spot back in the side - I do not think he would score in the same Kris position but then again, I don't think he would miss Will Hoppa that badly for that Cotric try. Kris is a bigger body and we need him to improve his defence against Olam and Addo-Carr. G Williams has shown he is a very good goal kicker.
The send offs and sin bins can make it a lottery for the good teams so that if one of the Storm err, it can be a sin bin.
I really hope we can prove people wrong this weekend and get the win. Now I need to go back to work.
1. Rapa
2. Bailey
3. Kris
4. Scott
5. Semi
6. Aekins
7. George
8. Liu
9. Starling
10. James
11. CHN
12. Whitehead
13. Tapine/Hors
INTERCHANGE
14. Havilli
15. Sia
16. Guler
17. Hors/Young
I know Rapa can get the shakes under the high ball but fullback will give him a licence to roam and Aekins showed some nice touches against the dogs so I’d slot him in at #6
I’ve got Tapine at lock if fit and fingers crossed for Sutton but I don’t think he’s available?
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yurithe1 wrote: ↑May 17, 2021, 1:01 pm
Josh Papalii (next 3 weeks out), Jack Wighton and Josh Hodgson all took early guilty pleas for their dangerous contact charges. However, Jarrod Croker and Jordan Rapana are both due back against the Storm.
Team could look like this:
1. Aekins
2. Rapana
3. Kris if Croker doesn't return. Otherwise, he replaces Valemei on the wing. Simonsson back to NSW Cup.
4. Scott
5. Valemei/Kris.
6. S Williams because we need the experience that Frawley just doesn't have yet. Besides, why throw him in the deep end after one (?) NRL game.
7. G Williams
8. Havilli
9. Starling
10. Guler
11. CHN
12. Whitehead
13. Horsburgh because we need aggression right from the start if were going to stay in this contest.
Interchange
14. James
15. Young
16. Lui
17. Soliola
18. Frawley
Matt Frawley is 26 and has 54 first grade (and super league) games under his belt. Not really a rookie.
Raider_Boy wrote:Don’t think we are gonna see Jarrod c for a while.... word is he’s gone with another knee reconstruction
Well there was talk floating around that his knee was bone on bone so wouldn't shock me if true
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Knee reco wouldn't help if that's the case.
I'd say reco was used as a general description of an operation.
If he'd blown his knee we'd know about it
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It is actually a form of knee reconstruction. The ACL is the usual one you hear about, but a newer procedure (I think called MPFL), is related to athletes with a history of patella dislocation. I recall that Croker went through this when he did his knee initially, there is a decent chance it never recovered properly (or, it was dislocated again but went back). Certainly he has lost some of his footwork and speed in the last couple of seasons.
Regarding the game - going to be extremely tough for the Raiders to keep them under 40 let alone 30 points. We might get some joy going left to target Reimis Smith and George Jennings but, unlike us, their attack turns all half opportunities into tries. Even with their players missing, this is likely to get ugly.