Yep and all get dropped at some point you hope they come back better at some stage. As is the case here.
Targetted that side? By Vunivalu intercept? Or the Cam Smith try when Api knocked it out?
Your constant defence of ivan gets a bit old. No one is saying he had a shit year,just the decision to drop naden was clearly wrong.
If you think dropping players after a few poor reads in defence is how to coach then you're way off the mark haha.
He had an average game in defence against the chooks but IC had a knee jerk reaction and dropped him after being very good all year. If he'd had 4 or 5 average games in a row sure, but thst definitely wasn't the case.
He was clearly targeted. You can't seriously watch the gf and tell me he wasn't. Bellamy knew he was slow laterally and it was exploited. They don't have to score try's one on one against tmay to prove he was targeted lol.
The play of the scrum where Paps scored was a perfect example of If Naden was there he wouldn't of scored.
Paps targeted Nathan and may knowing may is slower laterally. Tmay shouldve jammed in because it was obvious Nathan was burned. Olam was 6m back and was never going to get the ball. Even if he did he was so far back that Nathan etc wouldve been able to slide and cover easily. When tmay realised Nathan was burned he tried to jam in but was just way to slow.
A clear play by Bellamy to target the slow inexperienced centre Tmay. Naden has the lateral speed there to cover the inside (paps), or if he'd passed to olam, like I said he was so far back Naden Nathan wouldve been able to slide and cover.
Pretty basic defence really. Whare was much slower in his later years but he'd still have stopped that. Stay tight and slide backwards if they spread with inside d covering any inside balls. Tmay got exposed and so did ivan.
Would naden have won us the gf. Of course not. But like I've said twice know, that was never what my original post was about.
