2023 State of Origin ~ Game 2 *21st June*

[JokerEel]

Good Work By Moses and Paulo making the NSW Side!

Looks like everyone has their new scape goat!

 

[Gronk]

 

[The EELiminator]

Tedesco had better aim up and play a blinder
anyone else would have been dropped for game one let alone game two

 

[eels_fan]

Teddy could play a 1/10 game in games 2 and 3 and will still be picked first in 2024. Bloke shits rainbows

 

[Incorrect]

Bloke shits rainbows

With pride I imagine....

 

[Eelementary]

Teddy could play a 1/10 game in games 2 and 3 and will still be picked first in 2024. Bloke shits rainbows

That's my biggest gripe about Origin.

His form doesn't warrant selection, incumbent, or not.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Moses is a good player but I get the sense he has a big ego, and it's as much about him as the team. That takes time for other players to get used to, and there isn't the time in an origin prep.

It makes him a good club player but not suitable for origin.

Moses can’t be any worse at origin than Cleary.

 

[King-Gutho94]

So what if Moses and NSW pull off a victory in QLD and go on to win the series which saves Freddy's arse.

Does that mean next year Moses is the Blues 7 no matter how the form is going at club level.

Or does he go back to Cleary just because he is best HB at Club level.

Because its not like Cleary is going poorly for Penrith he just doesn't translate it to Origin level.

 

[Eelementary]

How many "team-first" players do NSW have?

Latrell?
Luai?
Crichton?
Addo-Carr?

I'd say there aren't many.

 

[Eelementary]

So what if Moses and NSW pull off a victory in QLD and go on to win the series which saves Freddy's arse.

Does that mean next year Moses is the Blues 7 no matter how the form is going at club level.

Or does he go back to Cleary just because he is best HB at Club level.

Because its not like Cleary is going poorly for Penrith he just doesn't translate it to Origin level.

Cleary reminds me of Pearce on that regard (though he's much, much better) - dominant at club level, average in Origin.

 

[King-Gutho94]

How many "team-first" players do NSW have?

Latrell?
Luai?
Crichton?
Addo-Carr?

I'd say there aren't many.

How many of the Qld players want to play for QLD & Australia.

Compare that to the NSW Players how many want to play for Samoa & playing for NSW is just for the prestige & $30k.

 

[Noise]

So what if Moses and NSW pull off a victory in QLD and go on to win the series which saves Freddy's arse.

Does that mean next year Moses is the Blues 7 no matter how the form is going at club level.

Or does he go back to Cleary just because he is best HB at Club level.

Because its not like Cleary is going poorly for Penrith he just doesn't translate it to Origin level.

If that happens Cleary 7, Moses 6 I reckon.

 

[hineyrulz]

If that happens Cleary 7, Moses 6 I reckon.

They’d be a pretty good combo IMO.

 

[eels_fan]

If that happens Cleary 7, Moses 6 I reckon.

Which is what it should have been in game 1 if not for all this “club combination” bullshit

 

[Pumpkin]

Yeah the club combo thing has turned out to be BS. Look at Qld spine: Cherry-Evans, Munster, Walsh and Hunt, all from different clubs.

 

[Gronk]

 

[Eelementary]

Freddy has finally figured out that starting Paulo with Haas is our best starting front row.

Fmd - he really is a walnut.

 

[Gronk]

I have not been as invested in a blues game since when Jarryd was a decent human. I really hope that Mitch has a strong game.

Since his selection I have heard merkins on Fox, Bloke in a Bar and MG on MMM all say that if NSW lose SOO II, then Hynes comes straight in for game III. Yes they are not selectors, but this thinking affirms my suspicions that they are cocooning Hynes and see Moses as expendable like Pearce was in the past.

I know that Moses is resilient and will take this opportunity as is, but if the chin guy is not available for game III, I will be massively pissed off if Mitch is discarded and treated as poorly as the dozens of NSW 7s on the origin scrap heap before him.

 

[Bandwagon]

I have not been as invested in a blues game since when Jarryd was a decent human. I really hope that Mitch has a strong game.

Since his selection I have heard merkins on Fox, Bloke in a Bar and MG on MMM all say that if NSW lose SOO II, then Hynes comes straight in for game III. Yes they are not selectors, but this thinking affirms my suspicions that they are cocooning Hynes and see Moses as expendable like Pearce was in the past.

I know that Moses is resilient and will take this opportunity as is, but if the chin guy is not available for game III, I will be massively pissed off if Mitch is discarded and treated as poorly as the dozens of NSW 7s on the origin scrap heap before him.

He still needs to have a pretty decent game to retain his spot, he's not their first choice, even if they don't see Hynes as a genuine option at seven or six for that matter yet.

I still don't get Hynes on the bench, you play him or you don't, a cameo at the end of the game is what you do in a dead rubber after winning the series, not in game one where winning almost all but decides the series.

 

[Gary Gutful]

I reckon Moses will be up for this. I expect him to play really well.