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Toronto.Would Nightingale be picked for any other club?
Toronto.Would Nightingale be picked for any other club?
He only deserves better if he chooses that option.Im not bagging Flo, and your points about ball delivery are valid. They do not though override the fact that Flo, with all his guts, and finishing skills is playing battered and bruised, and the game now has athletic wingers ... Tall fast, and strong. I repeat I rate Flo as a club legend, but even my biase suggests its time to move on.
I dont want him being the scapegoat for another failed season. ( eg. playoffs).
He deserves better than that.
He only deserves better if he chooses that option.
For many the game is like a drug or and adrenalin rush and they want to keep having that feeling and whilst you seek that, then you put yourself in the firing line for critical analysis.
If he continues to play the game, then he deserves the criticism that comes with the territory not withstanding the fact that he has been acknowledged for that period when he was a great player which is some time ago if people are really honest about it.
His poor form should not be excused or condoned no matter the significant role he has played at the club over many years.
TrueOT, he didnt " pick " himself ( if he continues to play the game and so forth... " )
Your last paragraph I agree with 100%.
At 36yrs of age Chicka also scored 13 tries in 24 matches in 1990, a feat Jason can only dream of.
I would give him points for being in a premiership grand final and points for playing so long in one team.Well .. if you take the number of tries created (Tries/Assists) and subtract the number of try causes you get an interesting set of numbers.
Surprisingly Nightingale is not the worst .. that is reserved for Montoya with -17 .. Then SKD -12, Uate -10 and then Nightingale -9 …
So based on that Nightingale might get a run at the Bulldogs/Knights or Eagles
But then if you look at running (which everyone jumps on because you cant actually brag about his scoring) .. Well of all wingers in the game, Nighty comes in at number 32 for average metres a game and number 50 for average metres per run. Number 57 for average number of tackle breaks,.
Yet people still rate him?
I would give him points for being in a premiership grand final and points for playing so long in one team.
Damn. Them stats are poo.Well .. if you take the number of tries created (Tries/Assists) and subtract the number of try causes you get an interesting set of numbers.
Surprisingly Nightingale is not the worst .. that is reserved for Montoya with -17 .. Then SKD -12, Uate -10 and then Nightingale -9 …
So based on that Nightingale might get a run at the Bulldogs/Knights or Eagles
But then if you look at running (which everyone jumps on because you cant actually brag about his scoring) .. Well of all wingers in the game, Nighty comes in at number 32 for average metres a game and number 50 for average metres per run. Number 57 for average number of tackle breaks,.
Yet people still rate him?
Who rates him?Well .. if you take the number of tries created (Tries/Assists) and subtract the number of try causes you get an interesting set of numbers.
Surprisingly Nightingale is not the worst .. that is reserved for Montoya with -17 .. Then SKD -12, Uate -10 and then Nightingale -9 …
So based on that Nightingale might get a run at the Bulldogs/Knights or Eagles
But then if you look at running (which everyone jumps on because you cant actually brag about his scoring) .. Well of all wingers in the game, Nighty comes in at number 32 for average metres a game and number 50 for average metres per run. Number 57 for average number of tackle breaks,.
Yet people still rate him?
When SGI priorities winning each and every game over all else, we will win a comp. Even when we were at the top of the ladder, I was always wondering 'when will the wheels fall off'. Most on here will agree that our right wing and right centre are the problem in our backline. Dufty is still not consistant and is very poor in defence. Our bench management is a big problem and the rotation of our forwards is another real problem.
All of the above can be blamed on the coach and until these things are addressed, we will not be putting our best foot forward. Yes we might win our fair share of games, but we will not be putting our best team on the field.
Unfortunately, the likes of Lomax and Herbert have not been given the opportunity to develop their skills in first grade this season mainly because of a stubborn and thoughtless coach. My ideal team would be:
Dufty or Lomax
Macdonald
Lafai or Herbert
Lomax or Mann
Herbert or Mann
Widdop
Hunt
Vaughan
McInnes
Frizell
Sims
Host or Leilua
De Bellin
Graham
Ah Mau
Leilua or Host
Aitken
The main difference is Dufty was killing them in under 20s and then in Reggie's.You're spot on with that team Possm. And I hope you're well by the way.
Until Mary's love-in with Aitken & Lafai in the centres ends, the backline will be less than ideal. They have a gold pass because Mary considers his 'rescue' of Lafai post Bulldogs his great humanitarian achievement & in Aitken he sees the embodiment of his own struggle against adversity with leg injuries. Form meant nothing last year. He has his favourites, which usually causes friction and disunity in most enterprises.
For an anal retentive coach only injury or loss of personnel will induce change.
We've only got Dufty because of Dugan's exit, and Herbert & Lomax will only get a crack in the centres if Airken pulls a hammy off the bone or Lafai develops leprosy.
I'll keep plugging away for Field as well, as the 'ragdolled' slur against him doesn't wash with me. The same was said about Dufty's size, but most seem to have gotten over that issue. And the guy who should've got SOO man of series, Damien Cook who is of smaller stature than the above two ain't gettin' ragdolled too much by all accounts?? I like your evenhanded & sensible posts Possm.
And that's the point. People want to hold onto him for what he did in the past, not what he provides (or doesnt provide) to the team now. That's not the way to build a premiership winning team.I would give him points for being in a premiership grand final and points for playing so long in one team.
Really nothing has changed with his coaching , said before he has been very lucky so far with injuries . Graham ,Hunt ,Dufty at times making a difference as for coaching same ,same ....How is it this week Nighty to wing and Mann to bench is the right call yet last week against a strong pack and a team in the top 4 it wasn’t the right call even after losing Host early and Nighty unable to block the holes?
If ever Nighty had to be shifted to the wing last week was it, now this week he should have been shifted to “reggies”
A complete mystery as to how the hell Mc Fookknuckke works these things out in his head.
Unless a sudden bout of sanity strikes, and Nighty is played on the wing I think the thought process is something like;How is it this week Nighty to wing and Mann to bench is the right call yet last week against a strong pack and a team in the top 4 it wasn’t the right call even after losing Host early and Nighty unable to block the holes?
If ever Nighty had to be shifted to the wing last week was it, now this week he should have been shifted to “reggies”
A complete mystery as to how the hell Mc Fookknuckke works these things out in his head.