NRL Round 10 - Knights Vs Dragons - 3:00pm Saturday, 9th of May - WIN Stadium

frankLauda said:
Yeah not sure why Holbrook didn’t use Smith.
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Defence.

Although, defence aside, Sharpe had a good game at 6, did his job, but he must be struggling in some way. He registered zero tackle breaks for the first time ever in FG. If we needed points in the last 10-15 mins I'd be bringing Smith on for Sharpe.

I wonder how long it'll be before we see Sharpe at 100%
 
Probably a lot of moving parts to re-introduce in one week if you’re also bedding in a new bench hooker. If it’s Phoenix the ball is going to be coming out of DH the same way every time. From memory Graham was an unused sub for a game before we unleashed him.
 
Where we at on hopwood? Not the first time ive thought the game looked a little quick for him. Id look to give him some extended game time v dragons depending on how we are going and then ld spell him in cup again for abit
 
Think Smith is a good half back, a 7 really but his tackling deficiency makes him an unlikely 9 or bench relief 9 so if Brown and Sharpe are our 7 & 6 then Graham is the better option for bench and could play half or hooker along with Crossland. I prefer giving Crossland and Croker a bit of time off with Graham providing relief.
 
Still not convinced Saulo does enough, tackles well, but lacks in attack. fails to break the line, rather see Hola or Crouch, both strong in Cup not just try scoring. Along with Frizell looks a stronger bench alongside the likes of Hopwood, Manuleleau, ESL etc
 
Looking at Crouch's stats, he only started playing cup last year, when he was too old for Flegg (11 games for Newtown and now 15 for the Knights, and his best games have been his last 3 by a long way.
Today's game was easily his best in fact.
Holbrook seems to notice good games in reserves and you often see the best performer in reserves in the 22 man squad for firsts the next week.
 
Frank McWilliams said:
Think Smith is a good half back, a 7 really but his tackling deficiency makes him an unlikely 9 or bench relief 9 so if Brown and Sharpe are our 7 & 6 then Graham is the better option for bench and could play half or hooker along with Crossland. I prefer giving Crossland and Croker a bit of time off with Graham providing relief.
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It's easier to defend in the middle then on the edge it's just you need to make more tackles
 
Frank McWilliams said:
Still not convinced Saulo does enough, tackles well, but lacks in attack. fails to break the line, rather see Hola or Crouch, both strong in Cup not just try scoring. Along with Frizell looks a stronger bench alongside the likes of Hopwood, Manuleleau, ESL etc
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He does a lot of the unseen stuff in d feel like he needs to add a few more kgs to stop him getting dominated so much . And just with crouch is it just me or does him seem a bit slow with his runs his work rate is great but that's my only criticism of him just with how the game going
 
Frank McWilliams said:
Think Smith is a good half back, a 7 really but his tackling deficiency makes him an unlikely 9 or bench relief 9 so if Brown and Sharpe are our 7 & 6 then Graham is the better option for bench and could play half or hooker along with Crossland. I prefer giving Crossland and Croker a bit of time off with Graham providing relief.
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Yeah, I’d agree either way that. He tends to paw at people in defence and gets pushed off too easily. Would have created a big hole in the middle if he had come on at 9.

Tough on Sandon but would rather see Graham on the interchange and give Sandon time to run a team in the ressies.
 
The Gidley flick said:
It's easier to defend in the middle then on the edge it's just you need to make more tackles
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Correct, if Sandon is getting caught 1 on 1 in the middle then a lot more is going wrong than just him being there.

Let’s just see how it goes. He looked very very dangerous as a bench hooker at Easts in the time I saw him there, without overplaying his hand, and a bench 9 who can sucker punch the opposition with a nippy running game when they’re already worried about every other potential first receiver could potentially make us the most lethal attacking team in the comp. A nightmare to try to defend.
 
I'd be keeping it as close to the same as we can, I'd bring Hola in for Saulo to see if he has more impact with the same minutes Saulo gets. Worth a try IMO. I'd send Hunt back to Cup with Hopwood, and put Graham and Saulo in 18/19. Team list as below:
Ponga
Marz
Best
Gags
Young
Fletch
Brown
JSaf
Crossy
Mooney
Lucas
McEwen
Crokes

Smith
Friz
Hola
Manuleleua
Graham
Saulo
 
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