TEAM LIST Round 4 vs. Eels

[Telltails]

Ability comes to mind.

Seyfarth was much maligned last week and was solid. He doesn't have to star just limit errors.

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

I hope Olam is on the same side as Harper.

Other side

 

[Canadian Club]

I don't mind AJ coming on to the bench as we will likely see Pole, Samuela and Stefano play take up the extra minutes in the middle.

 

[Buttface]

Not good.

Yeah I had a look at the Reggie’s game thread since, and it sounds like he was the worst player, or at least forward, on the field. So is he getting the nod over others bcoz he’s got NRL experience?
Who was the best forward on the park for the reggies? And it’s a prop we are replacing, so whom was the best prop for the Reggies?

 

[Camel2281]

So we have ZERO spare middles outside our Starting 17?
There's no other Injuries that I know of....

Sione Fainu looks capable

 

[The Chad]

Had to be Kepaoa. He's been on the fringes of the squad all season.

Just means Fainu plays more middle this week. And Seyfarth needs to do more minutes.

As for Harper v Olam. I actually like that he's against Fataape. I think Fataape's running will be a nightmare for Harper's poor defence.

 

[ancient_magpie]

Eels team still looks quite strong, and Talagi seems very confident. Look at what Galvin has done for us - they are the same age, but Talagi is a bigger build...I'm still nervous about this game.

Im nervous about every game.😄

 

[tiger_one]

*** Bryce Cartwright is out.

 

[stephen]

I am think that this may very well be the case and that Olam is able to inflict the same pain and mental anguish that Talakai was able to inflict on him a season or two ago.

I think it took him a bit of time to get over that and after seeing Olam's return last week I am sure that Harper may already be doing a bit of soul searching.

Harpers played for Manly & Parramatta.
He has no soul!!!

 

[hank37w]

Harpers played for Manly & Parramatta.
He has no soul!!!

Not completely correct @stephen, he is an r-soul.

If he is r-soul searching and is having trouble finding it, Olam could help him locate it by kicking it for him.

 

[old_man_tiger]

They have a much better bench, big test for Fainu and Seyfarth this week

 

[stephen]

Not completely correct @stephen, he is an r-soul.

If he is r-soul searching and is having trouble finding it, Olam could help him locate it by kicking it for him.

Haha. Love it!!
Not completely correct @stephen, he is an r-soul.

If he is r-soul searching and is having trouble finding it, Olam could help him locate it by kicking it for him.

 

[Asu Kepaoa's #1 Fan]

Kelma Tuilagi named to start for the Eels. We should send a lot of attack his way. We know about his defensive frailties.

 

[jrtiger]

the more I think about AJ on the bench the less I like it.

if hypothetically he does come on and pushes Bateman to the middle I think it exposes Galvin. having him between Olam and Bateman up to this point has been huge for him because they have acted as bodyguards. Kepaoa has a lot of defensive lapses in him himself. imagine what happens next to a three game rookie, no matter how good he is.

would like to see Matamua come into the side in some fashion. seems to be playing well in reserve grade and means we can run a similar rotation to the past two weeks, which has kept us in games both weeks and saw us come over the top of Cronulla last time out. Parra's middles do not let up.

 

[Winston Churchill]

I wouldnt mind swapping the 16s.

 

[guywolf]

I wouldnt mind swapping the 16s.

Still don't understand why he was let go, thankfully we don't have to deal with baffling decisions like this anymore.

 

[supercoach]

Still don't understand why he was let go, thankfully we don't have to deal with baffling decisions like this anymore.

Price tag I would imagine

 

[Stevec]

Based on what? He’s always on the cusp if there’s one or two injuries.

I can only assume no one has watched the tapes from his previous encounters
Yea everyone knows he rushes up out of the line and they see him coming and pass or run around him . However what he does next I can't condone that is he does nothing ! Just stands and watches .He can also find away to lose games in the last minutes once against Parra at Comm bank ,once against Dragons at Win stadium and could argue once against Cows in Townsville. Apart from the Flipper hands and lack of footy smarts .
He can do a couple of hard defensive hits early in the game but not even close to balancing the negatives .

 

[Bigscreentv]

Let’s hope it’s some Sheenius/Marshius to have Matamua in the 17 - with Kepaoa a late swap out.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Let’s hope it’s some Sheenius/Marshius to have Matamua in the 17 - with Kepaoa a late swap out.

Unlikely.