Rohan Smith would disagree with you, “trainings over rated for some of these blokes who have done 12 or 13 pre seasons, they’re good players, they know what they’re doing”. Unless Momorovski was injured, he needed to be embedded within the squad and training with them to hit the ground running. I’ve referenced part of what Rohan Smith said elsewhere , he made this statement regarding Sam Lisone after the Salford game. I really don’t see how a pre season with a different club in say 2014 or 2015 has a beneficial effect on a players fitness or sharpness with his current club in 2024.

I beleive Momorovski was granted extra time in Aus to sort things out also he had to go back for a bit... not ideal and not the clubs fault. He will get there i am sure. He's been a good player in the NRL. He will be taking time to settle no doubt, don't forget it's a huge change for him and his family.

Yep, spot on

Lisone is in ten times better shape than he was this time last season, so clearly hes had a good pre season. Yeah he had a bad spell this week but he changed the game last week.

We're a poor attacking side. Off the cuff is occasionally very entertaining but most of the time won't trouble an organised defence. And any side will struggle to control a game with only two or three scores on the board.
I hear the theory that the new spine ought to get better in time but I worry we're simply running with four Blake Austins, given the apparent absence of any structure. Actually, make that three; Ackers appears to know what he's about.

Hopefully he will come good when we get on to some firm pitches. Last night’s pitch was dreadful ,especially if you are playing in three quarters

Agree. And it's good to see Newman come away with hamstrings intact after that sort of test, he seems to be increasingly confident in his running the longer he's staying fit.

The problem with playing off the cuff as your main ( and seemingly only tactic) is you need forwards that can bend the line and get a quick PTB or second phase offloads, a hooker that can nail passes abd knows when to scoot, support players hunting the above and enough brains to know when to pass or put a kick in so even if you domt score you can trap them in goal or pin in their 10.

Much easier to play with structure / to maintain possession and turn the screw or play % when you have a depleted front row and struggle to make big yards on the best days.
You just need some brains abd good kicking game with some dummy runners and hard direct contact.

Alfie can't fault him but you can tell we missed Fusi making yards early in the tackle count

You’re making a load of assumptions from a little quip and joke from a 1 minute interview.

Momirosvki had prior engagements that he had made before we signed him, remember he was signed for the roosters for next year and wasn’t expecting to be in the UK for the 2024 season.