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Gronk

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Same as how I watch all the other fullbacks. I’m not saying Hayne’s involvement wasn’t too low, I’m saying the reason wasn’t laziness. It was a lack of endurance which is common to big power athletes. Nobody’s good at everything, but some weaknesses can be hidden better in different positions.

As for modern fullbacks, they add so much to the attack if they are able to remain heavily involved. In any given carry you would expect Hayne to do more than someone like Slater or Gutherson but the latter two are everywhere. It means they get far more opportunity to hit a gap or support a break, or even just make the ball carrier’s job easier by drawing defenders away. Meanwhile power backs like Hayne, Radradra or Rapana would still be sucking in the big ones from their last damaging run.

There was a time that Hayne became a "power athlete" but before then circa 2009/10 he was a skinny NRL kid playing fullback at the eels who use to do some f**king brilliant things and often go missing and walk kick returns back. You say it's his physiology, I say he's prone to be a pea heart.
 

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There was a time that Hayne became a "power athlete" but before then circa 2009/10 he was a skinny NRL kid playing fullback at the eels who use to do some f**king brilliant things and often go missing and walk kick returns back. You say it's his physiology, I say he's prone to be a pea heart.

Yeah, confirmation bias is like that
 

Gronk

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Yeah, confirmation bias is like that

I sat in the stands and watched him for 10 years and rate him and the greatest player I have ever seen in the flesh, yet I am looking for ways to sledge him ?

No. In fact I want him to come back and play amazing for us, but I just don't think he has it in him.
 

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I sat in the stands and watched him for 10 years and rate him and the greatest player I have ever seen in the flesh, yet I am looking for ways to sledge him ?

No. In fact I want him to come back and play amazing for us, but I just don't think he has it in him.

I think you misunderstand what confirmation bias is.

You see a flaw in his game, you believe that he is a pea heart, so you chalk the flaw up to that existing belief. It's not about looking for reasons to sledge him ffs. It's about interpreting information based on your existing belief
 

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I don't want him back because I don't believe that he will have a dig like his team mates.

Buy hey, if they sign him then I will treat him no different than I did in 2006/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14. I will cheer him on when he does good stuff and yell at him when he is jogging kick returns back.

What do you think he will do ? Just collect money and fart ass around? He would want to stick it to all the media and show everyone he is still IT.
 

Gronk

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I think you misunderstand what confirmation bias is.

You see a flaw in his game, you believe that he is a pea heart, so you chalk the flaw up to that existing belief. It's not about looking for reasons to sledge him ffs. It's about interpreting information based on your existing belief

I know what CB is. So tell me what am I skimming over to arrive at my flawed conclusions ?
 

Bazal

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I know what CB is. So tell me what am I skimming over to arrive at my flawed conclusions ?

Lol. You've summarily ignored the gist of it from Pou, what makes you think I'll do any better at breaking through?
 

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