Dinner Ale better half than Nico.

[Weaponhead]

As if Nicho is playing anything other than 7. More chance of me playing FB.

Exactly. The club is all in on Hynes. He is the 7 for years.

For the sake of the team he needs to get his mindset right. Seems to be in his head and playing without focus. He wants to be the man and that means leading all the time.

The origin situation seems to be messing with his head like last year. If he gets picked and stinks it up, will he drop his bundle again? If he gets dropped will he drop his bundle?

 

[Quigs]

As if Nicho is playing anything other than 7. More chance of me playing FB.

How has your cover tackling been lately?

 

[Feej 2: Electric Boogaloo]

How has your cover tackling been lately?

On point. Sorta.

 

[Frenzy.]

As if Nicho is playing anything other than 7. More chance of me playing FB.

Is that an offer?

SIGN HIM UP!!

 

[Frenzy.]

Exactly. The club is all in on Hynes. He is the 7 for years.

For the sake of the team he needs to get his mindset right. Seems to be in his head and playing without focus. He wants to be the man and that means leading all the time.

The origin situation seems to be messing with his head like last year. If he gets picked and stinks it up, will he drop his bundle again? If he gets dropped will he drop his bundle?

Yes, to all of this.

The hybridisation model of transforming Nicho into a halfback has periods of working and then periods where the decision will get questioned. I'm in a space where I am questioning it at the moment. It's like the plan is to evolve the fella into a half who keeps all his utility skills he brought from Melbourne and still try and steer a team around the park. He seems conflicted to me, mentally and in his game play. He's fixated on the blind side as well. Especially on the right hand side. That may be confusing to the others. I mean, it seems like we play 2 halves. The right half and the left half.

 

[Stake Removed]

Yes, to all of this.

The hybridisation model of transforming Nicho into a halfback has periods of working and then periods where the decision will get questioned. I'm in a space where I am questioning it at the moment. It's like the plan is to evolve the fella into a half who keeps all his utility skills he brought from Melbourne and still try and steer a team around the park. He seems conflicted to me, mentally and in his game play. He's fixated on the blind side as well. Especially on the right hand side. That may be confusing to the others. I mean, it seems like we play 2 halves. The right half and the left half.

He can also jam himself on right side trying to put a kick in

 

[DJDL]

Nicho’s been poor lately.
But the answer is still no.

 

[Frenzy.]

1. Bubba
2. Big Sexy
3. Noodles
4. Iro???
5. Ronnie
6. Roadside / Tricky
7. Nicho - Bottles
8. Toby
9. Tinkerbell (formerly known as B2)
10. Herb
11. Nikora???
12. Teig???
13. McInnes???

14. Williams???
15. Lurch
16. TPP (The Pied Piper (of Hamlin))
17. Talakai / Hunt (should be nicknamed ‘Beast Mode’)

18. DA - Dinner Ale

Amended. The ability to miss out on big moments needs an appropriate nickname

 

[SharkShocked]

Amended. The ability to miss out on big moments needs an appropriate nickname

Hyding

 

[DJDL]

I guess we’re about to find out.

 

[sladden road]

start buying tickets to the GF

 

[bluefox68]

We are now in the ‘nothing to lose’ phase.

This gives Tricky the chance to run the team at 7, and DA to run the ball at 6… Obviously, we’re hoping he can improve his passing game.

We were definitely playing more north/south footy with DA rather than trying to go side to side with Nicho, which felt like (with DA) a better brand of footy.

This could end up being better than expected.

 

[SharkShocked]

Nah.

Back em to miss the 8.

 

[Stake Removed]

Nah.

Back em to miss the 8.

I agree
We have a team who goes missing when pressure on.
Now they have a ready made exscuse

 

[SharkShocked]

I just hope they play footy with Nicho gone.

Throw the ball around a bit. See if some of the players have the skills we are told they do.

Forget the one out / grind bullshit they don’t do it great with their strongest side. Have a go.

 

[Peach & Apricot]

The one-out runs need to end, especially when we are using wingers as battering rams.

 

[Quigs]

The one-out runs need to end, especially when we are using wingers as battering rams.

And centers and fullbacks and .... well yeah anyone who stands flat footed and catches the ball.

 

[sladden road]

We will now beat the tigers this weekend.

This is what the team and Nico needed. Gift wrapped in shit.

Nico can get away from the pressure and concentrate on Nico.

tricky can run the team and Dinner have the composure of a goldfish, one swim round the tank it’s all forgotten and off we go again. No more head noise affecting the team.
This will galvanise the group.

 

[Chimp]

The one-out runs need to end, especially when we are using wingers as battering rams.

This, coupled with our complete lack of threat or craft from dummy half is killing us.

I’d love to know the stats on how many tries we have scored from dummy half this season and last compared to every other team. I’d also like to see the same stat for tries scored from within 10 meters of opponents line. I’ll bet ya were last on the table.
This weekend alone there were so many tries scored by the dummy half, and loads more where the hooker actually steps out with the ball first, engages some defenders and then passes, creating space, we have none of that.
I’m gonna chase Wally the stats man from Fox on those numbers, see if he can provide them.

 

[txta2]

Nico out 6-8 weeks