Round 1 team.

That team looks pretty locked in for round 1, and with all the injuries we have, sticking with the safe selections is the way to go.
Introducing players like Young, Johns, etc can wait till we bank a few points from these games we should win in the early rounds.
 
You could tell in the Melbourne trial that most guys already had their Jersey for round one in their locker.
The only guys having a real go were guys like Young, Crossland, Shibasaki, Musgrove etc who don't have a round 1 spot.
Jones and King both put in, probably because the 17 jersey was still up for grabs.
 
We will have to be a lot better if we are going to be the dogs. They will be up for a massive game
 
Billy said:
You could tell in the Melbourne trial that most guys already had their Jersey for round one in their locker.
The only guys having a real go were guys like Young, Crossland, Shibasaki, Musgrove etc who don't have a round 1 spot.
Jones and King both put in, probably because the 17 jersey was still up for grabs.
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Friz was going pretty hard
 
alexwilliams said:
If he keeps running like he did against the Storm in the trial, we're gonna be in for a good year
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He supposedly came here because OB impressed him on his plan on how we could use him, and make him a better player.

Hopefully he has a new lease of life here.
 
knightime said:
I think people have mixed up Fitz and Friz. In any case, hoping both backrowers nail it for us this year.
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Tell me about it, led to a very awkward conversation at Christmas for me. I was used to people getting Friz and Fitz mixed up, so when my mum and sister start bagging out Fritzl, I start telling em he's awesome. Then I find out they are talking about the Austrian bloke how kept his family captive in the basement for nearly 2 decades. The upside is they give me a lot more respect now.

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I'm really nervous about this game, last year we only looked threatening when Pearce had the pressure taken off him by having options in Green and Brailey and McCullough. I hope Brailey can go the full 80mins, we desperately need him to, and maybe we use Crossland as a reserve to cover Brailey or the 5/8 roll. Maybe Randall to cover Brailey would also be an option. I thought Crossland played really well in the Trial as did Randall and to me Crossland looks like a proper half and much more comfortable in the roll than Mann.
 
Fitzie has been well off the pace for the past two seasons. Will have to improve out of sight to even get a bench spot.
 
Kurriboy said:
Ever since the short balls from Ponga dried up.
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I'd say teams just read it better, seen them tried plenty with Pearce and even Ponga still but now teams know to seal the gap - shame we couldn't have played it to our advantage with a sneaky kick or cut out pass to our wingers.
 
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