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It's spilt milk now! Perhaps Nona does play what's in front of him.....Reserve Grade
Very good point, but this the Dragons Forumn - it’s just designed to bash the Club/Coach at any opportunity.You're forgetting Nona was also on Melbourne's books, and Bellamy - apparently, a good coach - did not use him either.
He is reserve grade material only, and won't play a single first grade for Brisbane (even during the Origin period...he'll be 29 this year FFS!).
Sorry I forgot about that Mary!McCrone was a 140 game NRL veteran....
The point I'm trying to make is Mcgregor never once tried Nona in first grade even though he had a very good all round game including a very nice short kicking game one game he forced I think 7 or 8 line drop outs .and was never tried once I'm not saying hes a star but injury should have given him an opportunity but because J. D liked Nona ,Mary never used him .........
I don't think you'll have to wait that long, I'm of the opinion he will finally get his chance to show his stuff. Mary should have used him when McCrone was playing well below form. Maybe we would have one a few extra games and made the finals.OK, Ill hold you to that. Ill watch closely to see if he makes a name for himself at the Broncos. I will check back in after 15-20 rounds when he a still hasn't played 1st grade........STILL
And if he does make the broncos starting side as their halfback or 5/8 and play well I will say well done Nona and Mary had a shocker by not selecting him.I don't think you'll have to wait that long, I'm of the opinion he will finally get his chance to show his stuff. Mary should have used him when McCrone was playing well below form. Maybe we would have one a few extra games and made the finals.
Still no sign of intelligence CRUSHAnd if he does make the broncos starting side as their halfback or 5/8 and play well I will say well done Nona and Mary had a shocker by not selecting him.
But if he doesn't I will post every single week in this thread "still no sign of Nona".
Who me or mary? Or both?And apparently J
Still no sign of intelligence CRUSH
Maybe all of usWho me or mary? Or both?
I think you are on the money with you're assessment.Nona plays what's in front of him, that's probably the reason he can't make a team that's very structured and micro-managed. Very skillful all rounder in attack and defence just not as malleable as McCrone and others who do what they're told. It's a shame, I always wanted him to get a crack at firsts just to see how he went. Didn't JD call him " the best player never to play first grade ". I'll defer to JD on that one.
I think you are on the money with you're assessment.
Nona was very creative and a natural footballer that had an important role to play as a back up half for first grade.
If he had slotted into 5/8 at the time Widdop got injured, we would have won more games than we did.
Certainly would have made the difference between making the finals and not.
I would back JD's judgement over McGregor's any day of the week.
No way we would have missed the finals in 2017 and probably the same in 2016 under JD.
Anyway - the list of players that have withered on the vine at STI while waiting for their chance in FG is long and painful.
Nona, Havili, Wakeman, Hind, Bird, Hastings spring to mind.
Being conservative is one thing.
Being bloody minded and stupid is another.
I am a great believer in playing players in their specialist positions.Nona: the wrong side of 20, yet to play a single first grade, and was also ignored by Bellamy.
Havilli: couldn't gain a regular spot with an inconsistent Warriors side - this isn't a compliment.
Wakeman: currently plying his trade in the ESL; he didn't capture any interest with any other NRL clubs.
Bird: fair call but I believe he's someone who wouldn't have played under McGregor no matter how much money was thrown at him.
Hastings: punted from the Roosters, and has hardly set the world alight with Manly - isn't he now considered a utility player, instead of a halfback nowadays?
Hind: reserve grader with no guarantee of making it to first grade.
Most of the above haven't been missed. Bird is the obvious exception, but he wouldn't demand a spot in the halves and I doubt he'd be happy for long in the centres (even though Brisbane will probably start him there). Besides, I don't think the position suits him.
Blue font is better TBHperhaps you should use more CAPITALS then..?
that may get your point ACROSS?
Nobody here said he was a superstar .if your going to rant at least read the posts before you reply .Mr Walford regardsThis revisionist history on Nona's abilities is hilarious. Mary didn't pick him in first grade = Mary's a shit coach = Nona's was a superstar who was single handedly held back by McGregor. f**k off! What absolute bullshit. He hasn't played first grade anywhere, under any coach, and never will. Just like his very able fellow reserve grader Darren Nicholls. I don't like Mary any more than most but he's at least shown he's better at spotting a reggie than half this forum.
I would have thought Nona for McCrone and Mann for Widdop. Everyone accept Mary was of the opinion that McCrone just did not have it and was not up to first grade standard. Why didn't Mary give Nona a go?When Widdop got injured the forum was crying out for Kurt Mann to get a shot. He did. It didn't work out well.
Now the forum is saying Mary should have played Shaun Nona at that time. Its laughable! If Mary had of played Nona at that time the forum would have crucified him and said why was he playing a reserve grader when we have a superstar 5/8 in Kurt Mann in our squad!
Honestly its like some people hate the coach so much that they blame everything on him. Why anyone is frustrated that Shaun Nona has left our club now is beyond me.
He sees one in the mirror every dayI don't like Mary any more than most but he's at least shown he's better at spotting a reggie than half this forum.