Some random comments
1) At first I was surprised to see
Hiku's name on the reserve bench. I suspect it is because
SK rates players and he is the next highest rated player. Ideally you would think the mix of the bench would come into in terms of what positions are covered, and while
SK does pay attention to that he also selects kind of just based on who is the next best player regardless of their position. Hope I explained that well.
2) Injuries will decide who wins the comp. If we are fully fit and I mean 100% fit then we can beat anyone, including the Roosters and Souths. By the way I have Roosters and Souths listed as my two best teams with the Storm in third. But we seem to get injured or suspended so frequently it just seems the way of things that we will be missing someone at the business end of the season.
4) Some key things that could really help improve our consistency down the stretch drive:
a)
Beale and
Fusitua develop a better connection. I feel they just need one pass to go right between them and then the flood gate will open and they could become a talked about combination in the league.
b) That in the very next game Kata passes to Ken twice. Even if it is a poor pass that gives Ken very little working room and he gets bundled into touch. Kata needs to do something here soon or this is going to turn into an issue in the locker room.
c) That
Jazz goes relatively error free from here on in. When he makes no mistakes then we win.
5) With the inclusion of
Bunty Afoa on the bench we must be favourites to beat New Castle on saturday. If we can't win this game we may be in trouble as the other games down the stretch are harder. They won't be a walk over though.