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1st on the competition ladder!!!!!!!
You seriously cannot see the problem with having three forwards backing up from Origin and not using a bench forward at all?
1st on the competition ladder!!!!!!!
I think you may be right. I did notice that Mary replaced Vaughan in the first half and then brought him back on before halftime. I actually liked the idea.Here is my philosophy, Maybe he's trying to use all his subs on his best players and just having the 17th man there for injury cover? Maybe he thinks say giving Graham or Vaughan an extra rest is better than using his rookies.
We were overachieving last year, just as we were in 2015. We also had a bad injury toll in those 2 years. Do you believe that Host or Lawrie would have done a better job than any of our starting forwards? I don't. Maybe Mary is doing the right thing. If I was coaching us, I would want my best players on the field as much as possible. Host's and Lawrie's time will come.This is not an overreaction because it is the same sort of mismanagement of the bench that led to the team fading its way out of the finals last year. The side has better players this year, so missing the 8, or maybe even the 4, may not happen. But, at this rate, Mary will have key players dead, injured or with heavy legs in August or September when they are needed the most. The very least he can do is play someone like Sele or Lawrie or Host for 20 minutes per game instead of running the Origin and England rep (Graham) into the ground every week.
I would rather the 2 points in the bag today and then think about next week.I don’t think so.
We were lucky to get the win against a side that is an absolute rabble.
How is that in any way a good thing?
As the season goes on, against halfway decent teams, McMuppets bench use is going to hurt us, as it almost did today.
The same storm we beat by 20? That storm? Because we beat them. By 20 points.We must be the only team in history who leads a comp that we have next to no chance of winning.
Souths, Penrith and Storm would have no fear of us at this point.
I want us leading the comp in September too, probably more than you do. lol I wanted us to win today, bad. I am very happy that we got the 2 points today. That helps us with the goal of leading the comp in September. I bet that if Bennett or Bellamy were coaching us and used the bench the same way and we were leading the comp as we are, all of the Mary bashers would be very quite about the coach's use of the bench.I’d like us leading the comp in September.
If you can’t see the danger signs at this stage of the year, I’d suggest your not paying attention
Our origin players had 5 days to recover. Backing up after origin should be a non issue.You seriously cannot see the problem with having three forwards backing up from Origin and not using a bench forward at all?
I'd give Mann a fair crack over next 3 to 4 weeks. I think he'll improve on today's ordinary at times performanceFirst game Mann has started for ages. He has nothing to prove. Has been our best try scorer and was starting at Melbourne. These are just the facts. He has been patient and stuck at the club.
Mate that is yesterday.The same storm we beat by 20? That storm? Because we beat them. By 20 points.
Haha I love this club. We are coming first in the NRL competition and still we like to chuck wobblies at our team, coach, staff, management, and anyone in particular... Surely we are unique in this manner..
And yeah I was yelling at my TV today. But I wouldn't have it any other way..
We are looking very good.
The danger signs are not there.
True Saintisfied, I would take it.If we were outside the 8 and someone said would you be happy to be winning the comp and playing shit? I would take it, we all would take it. Dohhh wait, we are no1?
LOL, one of your best.
Straight Shooter
As the robot on Lost in Space used to say.....DANGER, DANGER, DANGER!This is a massive overreaction. Classic forum behavior. Love it.
Such as vs the Storm in a few weeks.Strategically. Mary is definitely going down a crazy path of showing no faith in the second tier players.
I can only imagine how the minds of bench dwellers must be churning ...
It will not serve us well over time when we need these players who are being stuffed around.
Mate you don’t win comps in June1st on the competition ladder!!!!!!!