Australia vs South Africa - Brisbane 7th Sept 2013

[Slim 293]

Halves: Genia, Cooper (Suncorp factor plus Taylor made Tomua look good)
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I fail to see how Taylor made To'omua looked good when Taylor himself looked good?

It would be completely nuts for Link to drop To'omua off the back of 2 tests and good form when he's just starting to build a new squad.........

And as fatprop stated:

Strange, I thought To'omua was pretty good in the last test and Cooper showed nothing when he came on. Wasn't he one of the replacements Link complained about post test?

 

[RoffsChoice]

Can you really see Link dropping both Genia and To'omua? If you were going to drop a player in these positions, surely it would be more logical to drop one of them only and re-unite either the Reds or Brumbies halfback combination?

If I was to pick I'd go with White/To'omua. To'omua isn't certain because he's still building into it, Genia isn't certain because he has been of poor form. One is helped by a break, the other is not.

 

[GaffaCHinO]

UNLEASH THE BADGER!!!!!!!!!!

 

[biggsy]

Genia, Cooper to Start. Over To'omua already....

And yep, GaffaCHinO.... Get the Badger on Paddock so he can run around like a cut snake. He is pumped to play and im sure he is pumped to drop some of his lingo to the Media if picked

 

[Slim 293]

Genia, Cooper to Start. Over To'omua already..

You're "over" him?

 

[PiXeL_Ninja]

We now get a chance to spend two weeks working on things that were not going well, and then try them against a much stupider team.

Sigged.

 

[Rob42]

Genia, Cooper to Start. Over To'omua already..

And yep, GaffaCHinO.. Get the Badger on Paddock so he can run around like a cut snake. He is pumped to play and im sure he is pumped to drop some of his lingo to the Media if picked

Absolutely. Especially since he went literally vertical in scoring some meat for Southern Districts on the weekend.

 

[Braveheart81]

Absolutely. Especially since he went literally vertical in scoring some meat for Southern Districts on the weekend.

I thought he just added a sausage roll to his meat pie.

 

[biggsy]

You're "over" him?

Yep,

 

[biggsy]

I thought he just added a sausage roll to his meat pie.

I would love to hear his take on a Good Sausage roll.

 

[light]

And this has turned into yet another Reds v Brumbies thread.

Unfortunately, neither group of supporters can just forget which domestic team they support and put faith in the blokes Link chooses.

Can we put state rivalry aside for maybe 5 seconds and just support the bloody Wallabies!

 

[The Red Baron]

And this has turned into yet another Reds v Brumbies thread.

Unfortunately, neither group of supporters can just forget which domestic team they support and put faith in the blokes Link chooses.

Can we put state rivalry aside for maybe 5 seconds and just support the bloody Wallabies!

Too many Force and Rebels players in the squad. And Brumbies players. And Waratahs players. And Reds players.


Oh wait..

 

[Slim 293]

And this has turned into yet another Reds v Brumbies thread.

Nah, it's just biggsy v Brumbies..........

To [sic] Many Brumbies,

To [sic] many brumbies..

 

[Slim 293]

Anyways, I hope to see minimal changes this weekend........

These new combinations won't develop if we chop and change at the first sign of trouble........

The only players I see being under threat are Alexander and Mogg..........

With Higginbotham and Palu both out I'm not sure if there can be any improvements to the backrow, but our back 5 forwards in general need a rocket up their ass.........

 

[RoffsChoice]

I'm with Slim, consistency is key if we want the newcomers to develop well. Let's see how they do when they aren't being thrashed by the best.

 

[KOB1987]

Sky News is saying QC (Quade Cooper) is set to start

 

[KOB1987]

doesn't say what position. One would assume 10 but could just as easily be 15 I guess.

 

[light]

Quade at 15 would be ludicrous when you have an impact player like Issy sitting on the wing not touching the ball.

I get the general idea but he should be at 10 or not in the side at all. The game being at Suncorp helps his chances dramatically and I think we will see him starting. Not because To'omua has been bad, but because you pick the guy best suited to beating the opposition. Given the circumstances, that is probably QC (Quade Cooper).

 

[KOB1987]

^^^ I agree but just thinking outside the square. As you say, expect the unexpected!

 

[biggsy]

Nah, it's just biggsy v Brumbies....

I guess I'm not very good at writing sarcasm, and you don't like the fact of someone talking about your belovered brumbies, Which are my second favourite teem. I also have written on a few occasions how much of a fan I am of many of the players, especially mogg and also agreeing with huge when he came in defence of To'omua in a podcast

And my "to many brumbies" comment was a dig at the "to many tahs" in the wallabies people also whinged about. Again, a failed attempt of sarcasm on my behalf but you were the only one to ever comment and bring it up again.

I would useally have left this alone and not bothered with a reply. But you have got me all wrong slim and you are sticking up for your brumbies players in the team which is fantastic.

But this still dosent change the fact that I (me) would much rather see To'omua benched as I am over him. It's the Beauty about a public forum and 1000s opinions.

I hope To'omua does fine his form and sitting on the bench might just do that.