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should be our 80 minute hooker anyway. so much heart.
Agreed, I'd like to see him play 80
It's a hard choice. There are some things Cook does better, and there are some things that Farah does better. I do believe Madge needs to choose one or the other though. Having a hooker on the interchange means some of our forwards have to play more minutes, which means they will sometimes be less effective. Sutton could be an example of that yesterday.
Farah needs to play 80 mins!
Cook is overrated---he's now played in 20 odd games for us & for a bloke with so-called"blistering speed" he hasn't even managed to cross the line for a try.His dashing little runs usually come to nothing when he tends to stop dead in his tracks with no real plan in mind-----usually just to pass to a team-mate to be easily dumped!
Farah is much more of a thinker,runs & off-loads with purpose.
Farah will genuinely take the line on & has the silky skills to set up supporting players--a much,much better option than COOK!!
I second this. We need to play whoever suits the team better.It's a hard choice. There are some things Cook does better, and there are some things that Farah does better. I do believe Madge needs to choose one or the other though. Having a hooker on the interchange means some of our forwards have to play more minutes, which means they will sometimes be less effective. Sutton could be an example of that yesterday.
Gotta disagree there mate Farah does take the line on quite a bit and gets some great passes away; he put both Cody and Adam through gaps last night.I disagree with those comments 100%.
Farah service out of dummy half is slow which doesn't suit our style look at the past few years under Madge with Api and Luke, the big guys make the big hit ups and those two would pick there spots and run out of dummy half getting better position for a attacking set that's what worked for us. All Farah does is pass and kick. Doesn't really take the line on and the most of the time his passes are terrible eg. Going to guys heads and some of his kicking at times has been poor too.
Ennis on FoxSport said it yesterday before the game that Farah has only had one good performance this year which was the 2nd half against the Sea Eagles. Let's face the facts the guy had all the hype in the world when he signed with us and hasn't delivered a thing.
And I'm sick to death about people saying I don't know if Cook could play the 80 minutes.... look at his history when he played first grade for the dogs he was playing 80 minutes, last two games last year he was playing 80 minutes.
Gotta disagree there mate Farah does take the line on quite a bit and gets some great passes away; he put both Cody and Adam through gaps last night.
We definitely know that Farah is,at his best,a topline 80 min. player--------there is not much evidence to suggest that for Cook!! At present both are below par,hence a major reason for our poor ladder posse & general performances!
I agree we don't need 2 No.9s when we have the incumbent SOO one in our midst.
Cook is a waste of space,IMO-----we'd be better going with a ball-playing forward;say FUIMAONO!!
I completely disagree.Farah needs to play 80 mins!
Cook is overrated---he's now played in 20 odd games for us & for a bloke with so-called"blistering speed" he hasn't even managed to cross the line for a try.His dashing little runs usually come to nothing when he tends to stop dead in his tracks with no real plan in mind-----usually just to pass to a team-mate to be easily dumped!
Farah is much more of a thinker,runs & off-loads with purpose.
Farah will genuinely take the line on & has the silky skills to set up supporting players--a much,much better option than COOK!!
Farah is far too slow!!!!!!Gotta disagree there mate Farah does take the line on quite a bit and gets some great passes away; he put both Cody and Adam through gaps last night.
Remember I said before the match in the Round 7 v Bulldogs thread I'll be interested how Sutto backs up!!!!!!! I was concerned he couldn't back up last weeks performance due to fatigue.Cook should be in the first grade squad. I'm just worried what will happen if we drop farah. We dont need more drama at souths. Im pretty keen for sutton to go to be honest. if you cant play 80 minutes in the second row then thats a serious problem. all top teams have second rowers that can pump out 80 minutes. all our forwards bar Burgess and Crichton are unfit. i would rather have turner and crichton in the second row even as they can both play 80 minutes quite well. Or play turner off the bench for sutton. Give them 40 minutes each. minute distribution doesnt matter as long as sutton isnt on for 80. there was no effort from him at the end i assume because he was exhausted.
Question for you my old friend. Why re sign Cook to a longer deal if he was a so called waste of space?
By the way that so called waste of space saved two deadset try's yesterday afternoon.
I believed Farah is deteriorating and Cook is the better player.I accept that Cook is OK as a member of our squad but a waste of space in 1sts when we have the SOO hooker; who is a far smarter player!! Fuimaono should get his chance to display his supposed ball-skills from the bench!!
Cook was signed as a backup-----that's all he is.
Farah is the incumbent SOO hooker---a class player who needs to cover 80 mins for us---not in one's most generous mood could one call Cook class!!!!
I accept that Cook is OK as a member of our squad but a waste of space in 1sts when we have the SOO hooker; who is a far smarter player!! Fuimaono should get his chance to display his supposed ball-skills from the bench!!
Cook was signed as a backup-----that's all he is.
Farah is the incumbent SOO hooker---a class player who needs to cover 80 mins for us---not in one's most generous mood could one call Cook class!!!!
We should be doing all we can to cement Farah at No.9 on a permanent 80 mins basis!!