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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell done to the Great Dane, Ponga, Ben Hunt, Papalii and DCE. Absolutely marvelous. Hunt was magnificent playing 80mins at hooker. Marki.... Cam Murray, Jake T & Cook were best for NSW QLD got so much more impact off their bench than NSW Why did Fittler leave Klemmer on the bench???? Tedesco was also dangerous and kept NSW in it. But NSW had more bad players than QLD who hardly had any - Napa and Mbye probably the poorest or least influential. That wave of defence that hit NSW inside their 30m around the time of the Oates try in the 2nd halve was brutal. Papalii, Maguire, Kaufusi, Fifita, Gillett, Hunt were all coming off the defence line with fury and pinned NSW. That's where the game was won. It sapped NSW. Then you had football smarts kick in with DCE and Munster purposely kicking the ball to an injured Cotric knowing he couldnt return the ball with any venom. Footy is usually won by the smart players, and QLD has way more than NSW. Seems that Freddy was most disappointed with the backs ...Walker and Mitchell in particular not creating enough. Latrells stupid kick infield the first time he got the ball in space was an indicator of where his head was at... Certainly was wasteful. He didn't have a good game...but then again neither did Freddy. I think Freddy got lucky last year and incorrectly attributed the NSW good performance to his new found yoga techniques rather than the real reason which was a team full of young enthusiastic and in-form players who just did the job. This year, that stuff did nothing to prepare the players. Players like Mitchell (who's head was elsewhere) and Walker and Addo-Carr spent more time focused on whether they sing or don't sign the anthem than actually preparing themselves. NSW also had some incumbent players that probably shouldn't have been there (Cleary, Chrichton). But I come back to player smarts. QLD boasting a spine of Ponga, Munster, DCE, Hunt and also having Morgan in the team meant they had spine positions covered with experienced players and players that have done well in Origin area. With an 8-0 half time scoreline, they could have panicked, but they didn't. They steamrolled their way back in the game. It was impressive coz they had Munster and Ponga heavily influential to their play in the first half, while DCE, Ponga and Hunt took over in the second. Changing / variable tactics my friends. It will trump any brute force in any game. Taking the 2 against 12 men to level the scores showed plenty of composure and patience, while most including the commentators were questions the decision... your comment re latrells head similar to mine, perhaps we both think we know why... Hunt threw some woeful passes from dummy half and really should have cost QLD the game. So I don't think that was a great selection, but his team still won. Hunt made 50 odd tackles, kicked a 40-20 and did some other good stuff... this comment surprises me...
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+xI'm happy for us to go all out and make him our highest paid player, it will be the best recruitment decision we have made in years
Borrowed Villis text books from Uni of a Notre Dib have you???...
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+x+xI'm happy for us to go all out and make him our highest paid player, it will be the best recruitment decision we have made in years
Borrowed Villis text books from Uni of a Notre Dib have you???... Sometimes you have to roll the dice and try to sign the best option for a key position.
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+x+x+xI'm happy for us to go all out and make him our highest paid player, it will be the best recruitment decision we have made in years
Borrowed Villis text books from Uni of a Notre Dib have you???... Sometimes you have to roll the dice and try to sign the best option for a key position. Yes... but surely... top team dollar for a kid that has how much first grade experience???...
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell done to the Great Dane, Ponga, Ben Hunt, Papalii and DCE. Absolutely marvelous. Hunt was magnificent playing 80mins at hooker. Marki.... Cam Murray, Jake T & Cook were best for NSW QLD got so much more impact off their bench than NSW Why did Fittler leave Klemmer on the bench???? Tedesco was also dangerous and kept NSW in it. But NSW had more bad players than QLD who hardly had any - Napa and Mbye probably the poorest or least influential. That wave of defence that hit NSW inside their 30m around the time of the Oates try in the 2nd halve was brutal. Papalii, Maguire, Kaufusi, Fifita, Gillett, Hunt were all coming off the defence line with fury and pinned NSW. That's where the game was won. It sapped NSW. Then you had football smarts kick in with DCE and Munster purposely kicking the ball to an injured Cotric knowing he couldnt return the ball with any venom. Footy is usually won by the smart players, and QLD has way more than NSW. Seems that Freddy was most disappointed with the backs ...Walker and Mitchell in particular not creating enough. Latrells stupid kick infield the first time he got the ball in space was an indicator of where his head was at... Certainly was wasteful. He didn't have a good game...but then again neither did Freddy. I think Freddy got lucky last year and incorrectly attributed the NSW good performance to his new found yoga techniques rather than the real reason which was a team full of young enthusiastic and in-form players who just did the job. This year, that stuff did nothing to prepare the players. Players like Mitchell (who's head was elsewhere) and Walker and Addo-Carr spent more time focused on whether they sing or don't sign the anthem than actually preparing themselves. NSW also had some incumbent players that probably shouldn't have been there (Cleary, Chrichton). But I come back to player smarts. QLD boasting a spine of Ponga, Munster, DCE, Hunt and also having Morgan in the team meant they had spine positions covered with experienced players and players that have done well in Origin area. With an 8-0 half time scoreline, they could have panicked, but they didn't. They steamrolled their way back in the game. It was impressive coz they had Munster and Ponga heavily influential to their play in the first half, while DCE, Ponga and Hunt took over in the second. Changing / variable tactics my friends. It will trump any brute force in any game. Taking the 2 against 12 men to level the scores showed plenty of composure and patience, while most including the commentators were questions the decision... your comment re latrells head similar to mine, perhaps we both think we know why... Hunt threw some woeful passes from dummy half and really should have cost QLD the game. So I don't think that was a great selection, but his team still won. Hunt made 50 odd tackles, kicked a 40-20 and did some other good stuff... this comment surprises me... I forgot about the 40/20 ....most hookers make lots of tackles.... He threw 3-4 long passes to no one, NSW didn't really capitalise, that is the kind of play that sometimes ends up in the opposition scoring a long distance try. I just think he is playing out of position .. or is out of practice on that position. while it didn't show on the scoreboard Cook is way better, Cam Smith was way better, I think a SOO dummy half should be a specialist in that position...
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+x+x+x+xI'm happy for us to go all out and make him our highest paid player, it will be the best recruitment decision we have made in years
Borrowed Villis text books from Uni of a Notre Dib have you???... Sometimes you have to roll the dice and try to sign the best option for a key position. Yes... but surely... top team dollar for a kid that has how much first grade experience???... Wait a see Dman ... you will be singing a different tune in 2-3 years, it is a gamble, but this kid really looks good. We are not going to beat off the Storm with a low ball offer, I expect the Roosters, and at least 2 other Sydney clubs to bid high. The fact that we have signed Stimpson might give us a chance. .... Wait until he plays NRL at another club, the price will at least double, and we will be no chance of getting him.
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It is my attempt at Ponga type signing, the guy you sign to attract other players to the club ....
We are not going to get of the bottom of the table, if we don't take risks
Sure there are other good alternatives, but let's try to out bid the other clubs for this guy.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell done to the Great Dane, Ponga, Ben Hunt, Papalii and DCE. Absolutely marvelous. Hunt was magnificent playing 80mins at hooker. Marki.... Cam Murray, Jake T & Cook were best for NSW QLD got so much more impact off their bench than NSW Why did Fittler leave Klemmer on the bench???? Tedesco was also dangerous and kept NSW in it. But NSW had more bad players than QLD who hardly had any - Napa and Mbye probably the poorest or least influential. That wave of defence that hit NSW inside their 30m around the time of the Oates try in the 2nd halve was brutal. Papalii, Maguire, Kaufusi, Fifita, Gillett, Hunt were all coming off the defence line with fury and pinned NSW. That's where the game was won. It sapped NSW. Then you had football smarts kick in with DCE and Munster purposely kicking the ball to an injured Cotric knowing he couldnt return the ball with any venom. Footy is usually won by the smart players, and QLD has way more than NSW. Seems that Freddy was most disappointed with the backs ...Walker and Mitchell in particular not creating enough. Latrells stupid kick infield the first time he got the ball in space was an indicator of where his head was at... Certainly was wasteful. He didn't have a good game...but then again neither did Freddy. I think Freddy got lucky last year and incorrectly attributed the NSW good performance to his new found yoga techniques rather than the real reason which was a team full of young enthusiastic and in-form players who just did the job. This year, that stuff did nothing to prepare the players. Players like Mitchell (who's head was elsewhere) and Walker and Addo-Carr spent more time focused on whether they sing or don't sign the anthem than actually preparing themselves. NSW also had some incumbent players that probably shouldn't have been there (Cleary, Chrichton). But I come back to player smarts. QLD boasting a spine of Ponga, Munster, DCE, Hunt and also having Morgan in the team meant they had spine positions covered with experienced players and players that have done well in Origin area. With an 8-0 half time scoreline, they could have panicked, but they didn't. They steamrolled their way back in the game. It was impressive coz they had Munster and Ponga heavily influential to their play in the first half, while DCE, Ponga and Hunt took over in the second. Changing / variable tactics my friends. It will trump any brute force in any game. Taking the 2 against 12 men to level the scores showed plenty of composure and patience, while most including the commentators were questions the decision... your comment re latrells head similar to mine, perhaps we both think we know why... Hunt threw some woeful passes from dummy half and really should have cost QLD the game. So I don't think that was a great selection, but his team still won. Hunt made 50 odd tackles, kicked a 40-20 and did some other good stuff... this comment surprises me... I forgot about the 40/20 ....most hookers make lots of tackles.... He threw 3-4 long passes to no one, NSW didn't really capitalise, that is the kind of play that sometimes ends up in the opposition scoring a long distance try. I just think he is playing out of position .. or is out of practice on that position. while it didn't show on the scoreboard Cook is way better, Cam Smith was way better, I think a SOO dummy half should be a specialist in that position... That's the thing... he ain't a hooker and still stood up in D... And the mistakes didn't result in anything.. Cook is a blue and Smith retired so I don't get how that's relevant... Methinks your love triangle with Brittany and this other bloke is clouding your vision..,
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+xIt is my attempt at Ponga type signing, the guy you sign to attract other players to the club .... We are not going to get of the bottom of the table, if we don't take risks Sure there are other good alternatives, but let's try to out bid the other clubs for this guy. Ponca had obvious form in first grade... risks sure... but top team dollar for a rookie???.. even the knights didn't do that,,,
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Annnddd you gotta have room to move... if you offer a kid a million a season for three years you gotta up the anti to resign them if they go great... premiership or not.,, them that has implications for the rest of squad...
top dollar for a kid in reggies is simply a terrible idea... paying overs is a different story...
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+x+xIt is my attempt at Ponga type signing, the guy you sign to attract other players to the club .... We are not going to get of the bottom of the table, if we don't take risks Sure there are other good alternatives, but let's try to out bid the other clubs for this guy. Ponca had obvious form in first grade... risks sure... but top team dollar for a rookie???.. even the knights didn't do that,,, Maybe I exaggerated slightly, but Foran is our top player, everyone knows his body will not last, he will not attract other players to the club. There is nothing particularly special about our club that would attract other players. We also have a dire and I mean dire lack of a good 9. I can't think of a player who we could sign that could turn it around for us.... Perhaps Cook... Newcastle were lucky in that Ponga became available, at the right time...there is no other player with that level of proven ability who we could sign. There are a couple of other Falcons players who I would consider also consider signing.... The Storm have great talent in the feeder side .. some of these players already have a great combination.... Stimpson is one of the players in the group I'm thinking about...and it would p*ss Bellyache off big time.
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+xAnnnddd you gotta have room to move... if you offer a kid a million a season for three years you gotta up the anti to resign them if they go great... premiership or not.,, them that has implications for the rest of squad... top dollar for a kid in reggies is simply a terrible idea... paying overs is a different story... If you don't think we have a vacancy at 9, you are watching another side.... 9/7 at the place where smart coaches spend the big money.... after that 1 ... then 10 and 8.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell done to the Great Dane, Ponga, Ben Hunt, Papalii and DCE. Absolutely marvelous. Hunt was magnificent playing 80mins at hooker. Marki.... Cam Murray, Jake T & Cook were best for NSW QLD got so much more impact off their bench than NSW Why did Fittler leave Klemmer on the bench???? Tedesco was also dangerous and kept NSW in it. But NSW had more bad players than QLD who hardly had any - Napa and Mbye probably the poorest or least influential. That wave of defence that hit NSW inside their 30m around the time of the Oates try in the 2nd halve was brutal. Papalii, Maguire, Kaufusi, Fifita, Gillett, Hunt were all coming off the defence line with fury and pinned NSW. That's where the game was won. It sapped NSW. Then you had football smarts kick in with DCE and Munster purposely kicking the ball to an injured Cotric knowing he couldnt return the ball with any venom. Footy is usually won by the smart players, and QLD has way more than NSW. Seems that Freddy was most disappointed with the backs ...Walker and Mitchell in particular not creating enough. Latrells stupid kick infield the first time he got the ball in space was an indicator of where his head was at... Certainly was wasteful. He didn't have a good game...but then again neither did Freddy. I think Freddy got lucky last year and incorrectly attributed the NSW good performance to his new found yoga techniques rather than the real reason which was a team full of young enthusiastic and in-form players who just did the job. This year, that stuff did nothing to prepare the players. Players like Mitchell (who's head was elsewhere) and Walker and Addo-Carr spent more time focused on whether they sing or don't sign the anthem than actually preparing themselves. NSW also had some incumbent players that probably shouldn't have been there (Cleary, Chrichton). But I come back to player smarts. QLD boasting a spine of Ponga, Munster, DCE, Hunt and also having Morgan in the team meant they had spine positions covered with experienced players and players that have done well in Origin area. With an 8-0 half time scoreline, they could have panicked, but they didn't. They steamrolled their way back in the game. It was impressive coz they had Munster and Ponga heavily influential to their play in the first half, while DCE, Ponga and Hunt took over in the second. Changing / variable tactics my friends. It will trump any brute force in any game. Taking the 2 against 12 men to level the scores showed plenty of composure and patience, while most including the commentators were questions the decision... your comment re latrells head similar to mine, perhaps we both think we know why... Hunt threw some woeful passes from dummy half and really should have cost QLD the game. So I don't think that was a great selection, but his team still won. Hunt made 50 odd tackles, kicked a 40-20 and did some other good stuff... this comment surprises me... I forgot about the 40/20 ....most hookers make lots of tackles.... He threw 3-4 long passes to no one, NSW didn't really capitalise, that is the kind of play that sometimes ends up in the opposition scoring a long distance try. I just think he is playing out of position .. or is out of practice on that position. while it didn't show on the scoreboard Cook is way better, Cam Smith was way better, I think a SOO dummy half should be a specialist in that position... That's the thing... he ain't a hooker and still stood up in D... And the mistakes didn't result in anything.. Cook is a blue and Smith retired so I don't get how that's relevant... Methinks your love triangle with Brittany and this other bloke is clouding your vision.., I just think it is a big problem for us and if we are looking to fix the problem, try to get the best player. We will have cap space, because a lot of our players are not particularly in demand... Napa is our only rep player and Foran, would be cheaper if we resigned him... If we don't get this guy, Brittan is the next best option then there are a few others, who would be better than what we have.... I don't see our halves improving quickly and Meaney is also going to take a few years or might not be the answer... I think just signing average NRL players isn't going to move us up the table.
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+x+xAnnnddd you gotta have room to move... if you offer a kid a million a season for three years you gotta up the anti to resign them if they go great... premiership or not.,, them that has implications for the rest of squad... top dollar for a kid in reggies is simply a terrible idea... paying overs is a different story... If you don't think we have a vacancy at 9, you are watching another side.... 9/7 at the place where smart coaches spend the big money.... after that 1 ... then 10 and 8. Now you're twisting words a la another poster... obfuscating the debate... not addressing the counterpoints... and now playing the man not the ball... obviously we have a vacancy there... paying 800k + for a bloke with no form on the board in week on week out first grade is simply daft... if you'd have said top club dollar for say smith2.0 I probably wouldn't have batted an eyelid... #hookercrush...
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Windows win and send us in.., should be some sweet prime time viewing..
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell done to the Great Dane, Ponga, Ben Hunt, Papalii and DCE. Absolutely marvelous. Hunt was magnificent playing 80mins at hooker. Marki.... Cam Murray, Jake T & Cook were best for NSW QLD got so much more impact off their bench than NSW Why did Fittler leave Klemmer on the bench???? Tedesco was also dangerous and kept NSW in it. But NSW had more bad players than QLD who hardly had any - Napa and Mbye probably the poorest or least influential. That wave of defence that hit NSW inside their 30m around the time of the Oates try in the 2nd halve was brutal. Papalii, Maguire, Kaufusi, Fifita, Gillett, Hunt were all coming off the defence line with fury and pinned NSW. That's where the game was won. It sapped NSW. Then you had football smarts kick in with DCE and Munster purposely kicking the ball to an injured Cotric knowing he couldnt return the ball with any venom. Footy is usually won by the smart players, and QLD has way more than NSW. Seems that Freddy was most disappointed with the backs ...Walker and Mitchell in particular not creating enough. Latrells stupid kick infield the first time he got the ball in space was an indicator of where his head was at... Certainly was wasteful. He didn't have a good game...but then again neither did Freddy. I think Freddy got lucky last year and incorrectly attributed the NSW good performance to his new found yoga techniques rather than the real reason which was a team full of young enthusiastic and in-form players who just did the job. This year, that stuff did nothing to prepare the players. Players like Mitchell (who's head was elsewhere) and Walker and Addo-Carr spent more time focused on whether they sing or don't sign the anthem than actually preparing themselves. NSW also had some incumbent players that probably shouldn't have been there (Cleary, Chrichton). But I come back to player smarts. QLD boasting a spine of Ponga, Munster, DCE, Hunt and also having Morgan in the team meant they had spine positions covered with experienced players and players that have done well in Origin area. With an 8-0 half time scoreline, they could have panicked, but they didn't. They steamrolled their way back in the game. It was impressive coz they had Munster and Ponga heavily influential to their play in the first half, while DCE, Ponga and Hunt took over in the second. Changing / variable tactics my friends. It will trump any brute force in any game. Taking the 2 against 12 men to level the scores showed plenty of composure and patience, while most including the commentators were questions the decision... your comment re latrells head similar to mine, perhaps we both think we know why... Hunt threw some woeful passes from dummy half and really should have cost QLD the game. So I don't think that was a great selection, but his team still won. Hunt made 50 odd tackles, kicked a 40-20 and did some other good stuff... this comment surprises me... I forgot about the 40/20 ....most hookers make lots of tackles.... He threw 3-4 long passes to no one, NSW didn't really capitalise, that is the kind of play that sometimes ends up in the opposition scoring a long distance try. I just think he is playing out of position .. or is out of practice on that position. while it didn't show on the scoreboard Cook is way better, Cam Smith was way better, I think a SOO dummy half should be a specialist in that position... That's the thing... he ain't a hooker and still stood up in D... And the mistakes didn't result in anything.. Cook is a blue and Smith retired so I don't get how that's relevant... Methinks your love triangle with Brittany and this other bloke is clouding your vision.., if we are looking to fix the problem, try to get the best player. So this bloke in reggies is the best player??., what about cook or smith??? ... they're both better than hunt..., cmon dude... you must be trolling...
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell done to the Great Dane, Ponga, Ben Hunt, Papalii and DCE. Absolutely marvelous. Hunt was magnificent playing 80mins at hooker. Marki.... Cam Murray, Jake T & Cook were best for NSW QLD got so much more impact off their bench than NSW Why did Fittler leave Klemmer on the bench???? Tedesco was also dangerous and kept NSW in it. But NSW had more bad players than QLD who hardly had any - Napa and Mbye probably the poorest or least influential. That wave of defence that hit NSW inside their 30m around the time of the Oates try in the 2nd halve was brutal. Papalii, Maguire, Kaufusi, Fifita, Gillett, Hunt were all coming off the defence line with fury and pinned NSW. That's where the game was won. It sapped NSW. Then you had football smarts kick in with DCE and Munster purposely kicking the ball to an injured Cotric knowing he couldnt return the ball with any venom. Footy is usually won by the smart players, and QLD has way more than NSW. Seems that Freddy was most disappointed with the backs ...Walker and Mitchell in particular not creating enough. Latrells stupid kick infield the first time he got the ball in space was an indicator of where his head was at... Certainly was wasteful. He didn't have a good game...but then again neither did Freddy. I think Freddy got lucky last year and incorrectly attributed the NSW good performance to his new found yoga techniques rather than the real reason which was a team full of young enthusiastic and in-form players who just did the job. This year, that stuff did nothing to prepare the players. Players like Mitchell (who's head was elsewhere) and Walker and Addo-Carr spent more time focused on whether they sing or don't sign the anthem than actually preparing themselves. NSW also had some incumbent players that probably shouldn't have been there (Cleary, Chrichton). But I come back to player smarts. QLD boasting a spine of Ponga, Munster, DCE, Hunt and also having Morgan in the team meant they had spine positions covered with experienced players and players that have done well in Origin area. With an 8-0 half time scoreline, they could have panicked, but they didn't. They steamrolled their way back in the game. It was impressive coz they had Munster and Ponga heavily influential to their play in the first half, while DCE, Ponga and Hunt took over in the second. Changing / variable tactics my friends. It will trump any brute force in any game. Taking the 2 against 12 men to level the scores showed plenty of composure and patience, while most including the commentators were questions the decision... your comment re latrells head similar to mine, perhaps we both think we know why... Hunt threw some woeful passes from dummy half and really should have cost QLD the game. So I don't think that was a great selection, but his team still won. Hunt made 50 odd tackles, kicked a 40-20 and did some other good stuff... this comment surprises me... I forgot about the 40/20 ....most hookers make lots of tackles.... He threw 3-4 long passes to no one, NSW didn't really capitalise, that is the kind of play that sometimes ends up in the opposition scoring a long distance try. I just think he is playing out of position .. or is out of practice on that position. while it didn't show on the scoreboard Cook is way better, Cam Smith was way better, I think a SOO dummy half should be a specialist in that position... That's the thing... he ain't a hooker and still stood up in D... And the mistakes didn't result in anything.. Cook is a blue and Smith retired so I don't get how that's relevant... Methinks your love triangle with Brittany and this other bloke is clouding your vision.., I think just signing average NRL players isn't going to move us up the table. So signing an untested nrl player on Top club dollar will???... Top dollar... your words mate... like I said, signing smith2.0 I'd get it it... signing someone untested for top dollar I don't... pretty sure urge you regularly admit you thought lochs carved up 2nd grade... what's the difference with your two new lovers???...
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell done to the Great Dane, Ponga, Ben Hunt, Papalii and DCE. Absolutely marvelous. Hunt was magnificent playing 80mins at hooker. Marki.... Cam Murray, Jake T & Cook were best for NSW QLD got so much more impact off their bench than NSW Why did Fittler leave Klemmer on the bench???? Tedesco was also dangerous and kept NSW in it. But NSW had more bad players than QLD who hardly had any - Napa and Mbye probably the poorest or least influential. That wave of defence that hit NSW inside their 30m around the time of the Oates try in the 2nd halve was brutal. Papalii, Maguire, Kaufusi, Fifita, Gillett, Hunt were all coming off the defence line with fury and pinned NSW. That's where the game was won. It sapped NSW. Then you had football smarts kick in with DCE and Munster purposely kicking the ball to an injured Cotric knowing he couldnt return the ball with any venom. Footy is usually won by the smart players, and QLD has way more than NSW. Seems that Freddy was most disappointed with the backs ...Walker and Mitchell in particular not creating enough. Latrells stupid kick infield the first time he got the ball in space was an indicator of where his head was at... Certainly was wasteful. He didn't have a good game...but then again neither did Freddy. I think Freddy got lucky last year and incorrectly attributed the NSW good performance to his new found yoga techniques rather than the real reason which was a team full of young enthusiastic and in-form players who just did the job. This year, that stuff did nothing to prepare the players. Players like Mitchell (who's head was elsewhere) and Walker and Addo-Carr spent more time focused on whether they sing or don't sign the anthem than actually preparing themselves. NSW also had some incumbent players that probably shouldn't have been there (Cleary, Chrichton). But I come back to player smarts. QLD boasting a spine of Ponga, Munster, DCE, Hunt and also having Morgan in the team meant they had spine positions covered with experienced players and players that have done well in Origin area. With an 8-0 half time scoreline, they could have panicked, but they didn't. They steamrolled their way back in the game. It was impressive coz they had Munster and Ponga heavily influential to their play in the first half, while DCE, Ponga and Hunt took over in the second. Changing / variable tactics my friends. It will trump any brute force in any game. Taking the 2 against 12 men to level the scores showed plenty of composure and patience, while most including the commentators were questions the decision... your comment re latrells head similar to mine, perhaps we both think we know why... Hunt threw some woeful passes from dummy half and really should have cost QLD the game. So I don't think that was a great selection, but his team still won. Hunt made 50 odd tackles, kicked a 40-20 and did some other good stuff... this comment surprises me... I forgot about the 40/20 ....most hookers make lots of tackles.... He threw 3-4 long passes to no one, NSW didn't really capitalise, that is the kind of play that sometimes ends up in the opposition scoring a long distance try. I just think he is playing out of position .. or is out of practice on that position. while it didn't show on the scoreboard Cook is way better, Cam Smith was way better, I think a SOO dummy half should be a specialist in that position... That's the thing... he ain't a hooker and still stood up in D... And the mistakes didn't result in anything.. Cook is a blue and Smith retired so I don't get how that's relevant... Methinks your love triangle with Brittany and this other bloke is clouding your vision.., I think just signing average NRL players isn't going to move us up the table. So signing an untested nrl player on Top club dollar will???... Top dollar... your words mate... like I said, signing smith2.0 I'd get it it... signing someone untested for top dollar I don't... pretty sure urge you regularly admit you thought lochs carved up 2nd grade... what's the difference with your two new lovers???... *lich carved up...
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Ponga reportedly 720K a year for 5 years or equivalent with two starts and a few bench appearances...
Have either of these hookers shown his potential or displayed in jnrs, or limited first grade appearances...
i can tell you the answer in case you haven't been watching...
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Would finch be in the side if he wasn't captain???...
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Gotsta love watching the windies bowl with plenty of pepper...
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell done to the Great Dane, Ponga, Ben Hunt, Papalii and DCE. Absolutely marvelous. Hunt was magnificent playing 80mins at hooker. Marki.... Cam Murray, Jake T & Cook were best for NSW QLD got so much more impact off their bench than NSW Why did Fittler leave Klemmer on the bench???? Tedesco was also dangerous and kept NSW in it. But NSW had more bad players than QLD who hardly had any - Napa and Mbye probably the poorest or least influential. That wave of defence that hit NSW inside their 30m around the time of the Oates try in the 2nd halve was brutal. Papalii, Maguire, Kaufusi, Fifita, Gillett, Hunt were all coming off the defence line with fury and pinned NSW. That's where the game was won. It sapped NSW. Then you had football smarts kick in with DCE and Munster purposely kicking the ball to an injured Cotric knowing he couldnt return the ball with any venom. Footy is usually won by the smart players, and QLD has way more than NSW. Seems that Freddy was most disappointed with the backs ...Walker and Mitchell in particular not creating enough. Latrells stupid kick infield the first time he got the ball in space was an indicator of where his head was at... Certainly was wasteful. He didn't have a good game...but then again neither did Freddy. I think Freddy got lucky last year and incorrectly attributed the NSW good performance to his new found yoga techniques rather than the real reason which was a team full of young enthusiastic and in-form players who just did the job. This year, that stuff did nothing to prepare the players. Players like Mitchell (who's head was elsewhere) and Walker and Addo-Carr spent more time focused on whether they sing or don't sign the anthem than actually preparing themselves. NSW also had some incumbent players that probably shouldn't have been there (Cleary, Chrichton). But I come back to player smarts. QLD boasting a spine of Ponga, Munster, DCE, Hunt and also having Morgan in the team meant they had spine positions covered with experienced players and players that have done well in Origin area. With an 8-0 half time scoreline, they could have panicked, but they didn't. They steamrolled their way back in the game. It was impressive coz they had Munster and Ponga heavily influential to their play in the first half, while DCE, Ponga and Hunt took over in the second. Changing / variable tactics my friends. It will trump any brute force in any game. Taking the 2 against 12 men to level the scores showed plenty of composure and patience, while most including the commentators were questions the decision... your comment re latrells head similar to mine, perhaps we both think we know why... Hunt threw some woeful passes from dummy half and really should have cost QLD the game. So I don't think that was a great selection, but his team still won. Hunt made 50 odd tackles, kicked a 40-20 and did some other good stuff... this comment surprises me... I personally thought Hunt was the unfavourable MoM.
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+x+xAnnnddd you gotta have room to move... if you offer a kid a million a season for three years you gotta up the anti to resign them if they go great... premiership or not.,, them that has implications for the rest of squad... top dollar for a kid in reggies is simply a terrible idea... paying overs is a different story... If you don't think we have a vacancy at 9, you are watching another side.... 9/7 at the place where smart coaches spend the big money.... after that 1 ... then 10 and 8. I really don't understand your fascination with props. They are pawns dude. They have a role in a team but they are far from being top dollar value. Look at Bellamy's successful Storm formula. It involves sacrificing forwards the moment they seek bigger dollars. Just replace them with the next pawn. Your 80's mindset doesnt work in 2019
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell done to the Great Dane, Ponga, Ben Hunt, Papalii and DCE. Absolutely marvelous. Hunt was magnificent playing 80mins at hooker. Marki.... Cam Murray, Jake T & Cook were best for NSW QLD got so much more impact off their bench than NSW Why did Fittler leave Klemmer on the bench???? Tedesco was also dangerous and kept NSW in it. But NSW had more bad players than QLD who hardly had any - Napa and Mbye probably the poorest or least influential. That wave of defence that hit NSW inside their 30m around the time of the Oates try in the 2nd halve was brutal. Papalii, Maguire, Kaufusi, Fifita, Gillett, Hunt were all coming off the defence line with fury and pinned NSW. That's where the game was won. It sapped NSW. Then you had football smarts kick in with DCE and Munster purposely kicking the ball to an injured Cotric knowing he couldnt return the ball with any venom. Footy is usually won by the smart players, and QLD has way more than NSW. Seems that Freddy was most disappointed with the backs ...Walker and Mitchell in particular not creating enough. Latrells stupid kick infield the first time he got the ball in space was an indicator of where his head was at... Certainly was wasteful. He didn't have a good game...but then again neither did Freddy. I think Freddy got lucky last year and incorrectly attributed the NSW good performance to his new found yoga techniques rather than the real reason which was a team full of young enthusiastic and in-form players who just did the job. This year, that stuff did nothing to prepare the players. Players like Mitchell (who's head was elsewhere) and Walker and Addo-Carr spent more time focused on whether they sing or don't sign the anthem than actually preparing themselves. NSW also had some incumbent players that probably shouldn't have been there (Cleary, Chrichton). But I come back to player smarts. QLD boasting a spine of Ponga, Munster, DCE, Hunt and also having Morgan in the team meant they had spine positions covered with experienced players and players that have done well in Origin area. With an 8-0 half time scoreline, they could have panicked, but they didn't. They steamrolled their way back in the game. It was impressive coz they had Munster and Ponga heavily influential to their play in the first half, while DCE, Ponga and Hunt took over in the second. Changing / variable tactics my friends. It will trump any brute force in any game. Taking the 2 against 12 men to level the scores showed plenty of composure and patience, while most including the commentators were questions the decision... your comment re latrells head similar to mine, perhaps we both think we know why... Hunt threw some woeful passes from dummy half and really should have cost QLD the game. So I don't think that was a great selection, but his team still won. Hunt made 50 odd tackles, kicked a 40-20 and did some other good stuff... this comment surprises me... I forgot about the 40/20 ....most hookers make lots of tackles.... He threw 3-4 long passes to no one, NSW didn't really capitalise, that is the kind of play that sometimes ends up in the opposition scoring a long distance try. I just think he is playing out of position .. or is out of practice on that position. while it didn't show on the scoreboard Cook is way better, Cam Smith was way better, I think a SOO dummy half should be a specialist in that position... That's the thing... he ain't a hooker and still stood up in D... And the mistakes didn't result in anything.. Cook is a blue and Smith retired so I don't get how that's relevant... Methinks your love triangle with Brittany and this other bloke is clouding your vision.., I just think it is a big problem for us and if we are looking to fix the problem, try to get the best player. We will have cap space, because a lot of our players are not particularly in demand... Napa is our only rep player and Foran, would be cheaper if we resigned him... If we don't get this guy, Brittan is the next best option then there are a few others, who would be better than what we have.... I don't see our halves improving quickly and Meaney is also going to take a few years or might not be the answer... I think just signing average NRL players isn't going to move us up the table. Correct on your last point. You can get lucky, but you can also piss in the wind and cost yourself time....
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Fekking media "largely unnoticed"... the 9 commentators called it as it happened... warning for throwing into the crowd, not for the act of pulling it off... he was simply ensuring player safety by not leaving a tripping hazard in the field of play.., def not a fine, that's for tripping and eye gouging..,
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+xFekking media "largely unnoticed"... the 9 commentators called it as it happened... warning for throwing into the crowd, not for the act of pulling it off... he was simply ensuring player safety by not leaving a tripping hazard in the field of play.., def not a fine, that's for tripping and eye gouging.., Knowing the how the NRLol reacts to an article we will probably see an edict that play must stopped if a boot comes off or mouth guard falls out... and a new rule that you must only touch a player above the ankle...
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+xFekking media "largely unnoticed"... the 9 commentators called it as it happened... warning for throwing into the crowd, not for the act of pulling it off... he was simply ensuring player safety by not leaving a tripping hazard in the field of play.., def not a fine, that's for tripping and eye gouging.., Throwing to sideline ok but into the crowd is disrespectful to opposition team mate to my way of thinking. Not to mention putting felliow player into a dangerous situation of sustaining a serious injury. Not in the spirit of the game and a grub act you'd usually associate with Maguire. Akin to sandpaper ball tampering. I hope he loses a boot on Monday :)
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I loved the part in the 2nd half where QLD baited that media hyped Payne Haas to commit a penalty and allow DCE to kick fir a 40m advantage.
#dumbfootballerscostyougames
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+x+xFekking media "largely unnoticed"... the 9 commentators called it as it happened... warning for throwing into the crowd, not for the act of pulling it off... he was simply ensuring player safety by not leaving a tripping hazard in the field of play.., def not a fine, that's for tripping and eye gouging.., Throwing to sideline ok but into the crowd is disrespectful to opposition team mate to my way of thinking. Not to mention putting felliow player into a dangerous situation of sustaining a serious injury. Not in the spirit of the game and a grub act you'd usually associate with Maguire. Akin to sandpaper ball tampering. I hope he loses a boot on Monday :) Yeah I'm not a fan of it either. It would be like pulling off Kalyn Pongas head gear and throwing it into crowd. Unnecessary. Just throw it towards backplay and allow the game to go on.
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