Originally Posted by
Titanic
No complaints and ten observations:
1. If your job's on the line then you had better take a good look at yourself and our coach seems to have done that ... good on him.
2. I don't like twin hookers so I would plump for O'Dwyer but that is unlikely based on the coaches previous comments and yet it is not the end of the world as Falloon brings his own game to the table.
3. Takairangi may be a gamble but our left has been so problematic over the years that having a ball-player there should be a pleasant change so if we can score three and only leak two then we are better than we've ever been.
4. Taylor playing big minutes off the bench is fine, why not? He averaged 60+ minutes last season.
5. Neither Ridge nor Harrison are impact players so they are well suited to burning up that early defense and then make way for the juggernauts. I think later in the season there will only be one of them starting ... preferably the younger one.
6. Kelly/Sezer ... boom or bust ... I can't wait to watch their seasons develop.
7. If I was Zillman I would be looking over my shoulder.
8. I really hope that Gordon and Mead have both been working on combating taller opponents under the high ball. Don and O'Dare won't be idle in QCup.
9. Fingers crossed that we play smarter ... less unforced errors, less unnecessary penalties and wider attack.
10. This pack won't smash teams out of the park because they are not those sort of players but they are skilled ... if they can gell then the sky is the limit.