Match Discussion: Round 11 vs Bulldogs @ McDonald Jones Stadium

[Knight Vision]

or do we go back to giving Ponga another crack there under O'Brien and put Hoy to 1?

Ponga certainly has the skill set, but.....

Is it weakening one position to strengthen another, he's still learning what it is to be an NRL fullback and I believe in a couple of seasons more we could have the best FB in the game.

The pressure would be immense, I'm talking blow torch stuff. FOX would be all over it. The slightest error would trigger a 20 min FOX special with Mick Ennis waxing lyrical about the demise of Ponga's career and is AOB the right man for the job..

Any Ponga positional change would take time, and plenty of patience. I think it would be best done in a more established team under less pressure ( for Pongas' sake )

 

[Knight Vision]

The player needed at 5/8 is not going to cone cheaply. He must be quality will all the skills needed to support Pearce ie run, pass, kick, vision, create, defend. Not a part timer, not a rookie but a genuine 5/8.

This

Planning should already be underway to replace Pearce in any case, he's at the end of his career

 

[Spot On]

Bellamy is a freak though. The rate of improvement in Papenhuyzen has been phenominal. Yes, Slater is helping as well but Mlb don't f**k around developing talent, they have a production line of spine players. They have three incredible number 9's on the books ffs.

 

[Knight Vision]

Bellamy is a freak though. The rate of improvement in Papenhuyzen has been phenominal. Yes, Slater is helping as well but Mlb don't f**k around developing talent, they have a production line of spine players. They have three incredible number 9's on the books ffs.

Rorters same, they dont develop they just pay big money for 16 yr olds that are a near to sure bet.

They have Flanagan, Lachlan Lamb ( had huge wraps ) and last year signed 16 yr old Sam Walker on a 300 K 2 year deal. .....mirrors what they did to get Cordner.

 

[Yosh]

Rorters same, they dont develop they just pay big money for 16 yr olds that are a near to sure bet.

They have Flanagan, Lachlan Lamb ( had huge wraps ) and last year signed 16 yr old Sam Walker on a 300 K 2 year deal. .....mirrors what they did to get Cordner.

They have the most appeal of any club in the league though. We have a big enough catchment area that if we work it right, I'm sure we won't keep losing the Inglises, Corners, Latrells, Pangai and the Haases.

Just a thought and a tad late but you guys reckon Brown saw that Pearce needed a great 5/8th next to him and decided early to try Ponga there?

 

[Loose Cannon]

Just a thought and a tad late but you guys reckon Brown saw that Pearce needed a great 5/8th next to him and decided early to try Ponga there?

Nope.

Brown didn’t have a clue with the on field game.

 

[aqua_duck]

Rorters same, they dont develop they just pay big money for 16 yr olds that are a near to sure bet.

They have Flanagan, Lachlan Lamb ( had huge wraps ) and last year signed 16 yr old Sam Walker on a 300 K 2 year deal. .....mirrors what they did to get Cordner.

I don't think any young halfback is a near to sure bet. Most of the better halves of the past decade have been guys who initially weren't high rated, guys like JT, Cronk, Keary, Walker, DCE, Maloney etc weren't highly rated juniors in fact not one of them made the Australian schoolboys team. I have a theory with halves that the ones that are really good juniors tend to struggle in the too grade because they get overcoached as kids and don't develop the natural instincts to play what's in front of them with Pearce being a perfect example.

 

[TooheysNew]

Nope.

Brown didn’t have a clue with the on field game.

Rubbish.

 

[Still Nutty]

Bellamy is a freak though. The rate of improvement in Papenhuyzen has been phenominal. Yes, Slater is helping as well but Mlb don't f**k around developing talent, they have a production line of spine players. They have three incredible number 9's on the books ffs.

Agree with your point re Bellamy and the Mlb machine...but what they also have re spine is the best number 9 to pull on a jersey, who also has the ability to enhance and maximise the strengths of all those other spine players around him.

Along with that, he also seems to be able to minimise exposure of their deficiencies through his game and player management, where they are likely to get found out or exploited by oppositions in other systems...I loathe him with a passion but I'd have him in a NSW or Newcastle jersey in a heartbeat

 

[Loose Cannon]

Rubbish.

His gameplan was, I agree.

I will let his 2019 record speak for itself.

 

[TooheysNew]

I will let his 2019 record speak for itself.

Of course you will. Seems to be pretty common with people that don't really understand things.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Of course you will. Seems to be pretty common with people that don't really understand things.

Explain it to us, genius.

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[slotmachine]

Is Coby Nathan Brown?

 

[Spot On]

Rubbish.

Explain it to us, genius.

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We've been down this path with Coby before... and his response was nearly identical.

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He is Nathan Brown, as Sots suggested.

Checkout the 'Sack Brown' thread if you haven't already.

"Of course, we aren't going to win every game"

Classic stuff.

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[TooheysNew]

We've been down this path with Coby before... and his response was nearly identical.

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He is Nathan Brown, as Sots suggested.

Checkout the 'Sack Brown' thread if you haven't already.

"Of course, we aren't going to win every game"

Classic stuff.

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Ah there you are