General Pick Your Team 2022 Rnd 2 - Titans vs Warriors

[Wheels]

1 R Walsh
2 A Pompey
3 R Berry
4 E Aitkin
5 M Montoya
6 A Taylor
7 S Johnson
8 A F Blake
9 W Egan
10 M Lodge
11 E Katoa
12 J Curren
13 J Tavaga

14 T Otukolo
15 A Pene
16 B Afoa
17 J Murchie

With the changes made you can already see how bad the depth at this club is.

Yep I would go with this lineup!

 

[zaggo]

1 Reece Walsh
2 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
3 Adam Pompey
4 Euan Aitken
5 Rocco Berry
6 Chanel Harris Tevita
7 Shaun Johnson
8 Addin Fonua-Blake (C)
9 Wayde Egan
10 Matt Lodge
11 Aaron Pene
12 Elisia Katoa
13 Josh Curran

14 Jazz Tevaga
15 Ben Murdoch-Masila
16 Taniela Otukolo
17 Bayley Sironen...

Wouldn't you be concerned with having no out and out props on the bench? Granted, Addin Fonua-Blake and Lodge can play big minutes and Pene could slide across, but for mine that would definitely be a lightweight bench.

100% agree that Aitken is more needed in the centres at present though - although would probably mean Berry would get almost zero ball being outside him.

 

[Sup42]

I have missed alot of posts but I watched the Titans play and they were really good. Strong forward pack and scored some good tries out wide against the Eels. A mighty task for the Warriors this weekend especially with all the errors in their game!

There was nothing wrong with the Titans attack last year either....they racked up some big scores against top defensive sides.....they just let themselves down with an inability to defend for 80 minutes.

I thought they hung in there really well yesterday and were dogged.

They are like a clone of the Warriors, they get a lot of dud calls, and lack the ability to dig in.

Like the Warriors, they need everything to go their way to beat the good sides.

Hopefully with both clubs being minnows....unconscious Refs bias is not a thing since neither club is home to a Cam Smith, a Bellamy or Robinson and all the politics that go with playing favorites.

Anyway, the Titans will be extremely confident watching our round one performance.

 

[Cces]

With the changes made you can already see how bad the depth at this club is.

Am I failing to see some sarcasm or are you being serious? If you are, which player/s do you believe aren't up to first grade?

 

[Bangbros 2023]

Am I failing to see some sarcasm or are you being serious? If you are, which player/s do you believe aren't up to first grade?

Mostly sarcasm bro, but I throw nikorima, Ben Murdoch-Masila, at the moment.

 

[zaggo]

Mostly sarcasm bro, but I throw nikorima, Ben Murdoch-Masila, at the moment.

Niko, 100%.
Ben Murdoch-Masila is tougher to get a read on. He's at his best when injected mid-game and given a bit of space to rampage on the edge, but we've used him almost exclusively as a prop since we had our injury woes last year. I think the skillset is there but we're just not harnessing it - hopefully now that we have a rotation of A-FB/Lodge/Bunty/Pene that'll change.

 

[Five&Last]

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak reportedly out for up to 6 weeks with a broken thumb

Titans lose their best player

 

[AlexM]

pompey, kosi, ratuva
Seem to be our options...

 

[Roacheclip]

1 - REECE WALSH

2 - EDWARD KOSI

3 - ADAM POMPEY or JESSE ARTHURS ?

4 - ROCCO BERRY

5 - MARCELO MONTOYA

6 - KODI NIKORIMA or Chanel Harris-Tavita ?

7 - SHAUN JOHNSON

8 - ADDIN FONUA BLAKE (c)

9 - WAYDE EGAN

10 - MATTHEW LODGE

11 - EUAN AITKEN

12 - ELIESA KATOA

13 - JOSH CURRAN



14 - JAZZ TEVAGA

15 - BUNTY AFOA

16 - AARON PENE

17 - BEN MURDOCH MASILA

18TH MAN - ASHLEY TAYLOR

 

[Dixpat]

I haven’t heard anything about Vailea but he was limping on the weekend and it wouldn’t surprise me if we are looking for a right centre as well, if so that could be Pompey. Arthars seemed to be ahead of Pompey in the pecking order..

I’d probably go with Pompey on wing but like you I think Brown will go with Kosi

Vailea picked up a MCL injury in just his third NRL game — ruling him out for the next month.

[From NRL.com]

 

[playdaball]

Chanel Harris-Tavita to centres and Arthur’s to wing.

No to Kosi

 

[enterthewarrior]

Doesn't matter who we pick, the Titans will beat us anyway.

 

[6Again]

Shaun Johnson out for up to 4 weeks with a minor pectoral strain 🙁

 

[danyooll]

Shaun Johnson out for up to 4 weeks with a minor pectoral strain 🙁

Man we really can’t cop a break. We’ve really been shafted since 2020

 

[Afakasi247]

Shaun Johnson out for up to 4 weeks with a minor pectoral strain 🙁

Holy fuck!

Haere Mai Ash Taylor…

 

[6Again]

Cometh the hour, cometh the man. Ash Taylor to debut for the Warriors and take on his old side.

He no doubt will want to prove a point, hopefully he makes something out of this opportunity.

 

[Paulo24]

I like this, best team I think. Kodi stays at 6, Aitken stays at 11, Curran needs to stay at 13. Murdoch-Masila needs to spell on the edge. I think Kodi needs to stay because we need speed to make up for our ordinary centres and wingers. If we had some dynamic centres or wingers Chanel Harris-Tavita could slot in, but we need someone with the threat to hold a team up from sliding just that little bit extra & he is fast enough to get to a good support line. I admit it hasn't happened yet but we need to give it a little bit more time.

1 - REECE WALSH

2 - EDWARD KOSI

3 - ADAM POMPEY or JESSE ARTHURS ?

4 - ROCCO BERRY

5 - MARCELO MONTOYA

6 - KODI NIKORIMA or Chanel Harris-Tavita ?

7 - SHAUN JOHNSON

8 - ADDIN FONUA BLAKE (c)

9 - WAYDE EGAN

10 - MATTHEW LODGE

11 - EUAN AITKEN

12 - ELIESA KATOA

13 - JOSH CURRAN



14 - JAZZ TEVAGA

15 - BUNTY AFOA

16 - AARON PENE

17 - BEN MURDOCH MASILA

18TH MAN - ASHLEY TAYLOR

 

[Afakasi247]

Unbelievable that Shaun Johnson been back 1 game and already facing a month on the sidelines.

This season isn’t going to get much traction…club clearly building towards 2023 - and when we get there the goalposts will be moved again…

 

[6Again]

Yep, we’ll be going into this one with virtually a whole new right edge. FMD’s.

 

[kenny44]

This club is cursed.