Jayell said:
Strewth mate-
You are an idiot.
Finch is no longer a debutant, nor is anasta.
Gower and Orford would have done a much better job- look where manly are sitting on the table compared to the f***ing rooters.
You cant make excuses for players in orgin. If they are not good enough, they simply should not be there, and its ok to express that.
Finch is not up to it-never will be. He can barely hold down the rooters number 7.
cheers Jayell ;-) in any case I wasn't excusing Finch or Anasta, or even referring to them as debutants, so I don't know where that one came from, but obviously I agree that if they're not good enough they shouldn't be there.
What I was trying to say is I'm tired of the bandwagon in team selections and how opinions change drastically on a game to game basis, so the definition of 'good enough' can be very shakey IMO. For instance, Mogg played 'solid' and will be considered hard to get rid of. If the shoe was on the other foot, like if he'd debuted in, say, Game 3 of the 2000 series, and was 'solid' in a well-beaten side, he might have been blacklisted irrespective of how good he actually is </draws ridiculously long bow>. O'Hara was touted as the next big thing on the back of one very good incidental performance for Country. King had a good series last year and even if the Storm weren't in the top 8 I'd imagine he'd be picked regardless of club form based solely on past rep performance.
My point is, and I know it's an overly liberal and weak point, if/when we replace the NSW halves, it should be with someone who deserves it, most likely a debutant like Orford. If Orford then has a less than heroic game, even if it isn't his fault, it'll be all on his head and his reputation will suffer. Yet if he had a standout game he'd be an automatic selection for the next one. And if it were Gower, and the Blues lost, it'd be seen as the last straw. We know they're good enough. I mean, Farah had an ordinary game for City but nobody cares. Gasnier was quiet last night but nobody cares. The difference between him and Finch is, Finch has proven even at club level that he isn't good enough. Therefore, form in rep matches is probably only an illusion that some people hold onto a bit too much; he was the hero in Origin 1 for god's sake :lol: I say get rid of Finch, but if he has a blinder in game 3 then I won't be surprised, the bastard...
Excuse the rambling btw, uni study hurts my brain :crazy:
