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He wasn’t just ‘passing the footy’, he was playing between split halves.Forwards passing the footy is hardly a concept created by mh Paulo and the Parramatta Eels
He wasn’t just ‘passing the footy’, he was playing between split halves.Forwards passing the footy is hardly a concept created by mh Paulo and the Parramatta Eels
He wasn’t just ‘passing the footy’, he was playing between split halves.
No he was quite good at it, which is why he also played a few games in the spine. What he was rubbish at was the physical side of the game. But his passing game was the thing that got him 167 games in the NRL. Flanagan used him off the bench as a middle half in 20 games in 2016 before he injured his knee in the final game against Melbourne and missed the finals.He was just rubbish at it.
Momoisea was a backup who was playing well in reserve grade when we signed him. But like most career backups, his motivation declined as he got older and he is currently having his worst ever season at the Dogs. He is playing worse at 26 than he did at 21. That’s his fault, not ours.But that's all a pissy little under-resourced club like parramatta can expect, right? Which is why you justified his recruitment as the best we could expect, right?
More attempts to defend the Arthur regime...but not a surprise, because you are still defending the Kearney regime!
That's debatable. He averaged 100m per game and tackled at 88% efficiency in 14 games for the Knights reserve grade in 2022.Momoisea was a backup who was playing well in reserve grade when we signed him. But like most career backups, his motivation declined as he got older and he is currently having his worst ever season at the Dogs. He is playing worse at 26 than he did at 21. That’s his fault, not ours.
Latu is as big and more mobile. He's filled in at centre and defended ok.If he’s been extended on a full time contract then I’ll agree he has NRL potential. If he’s just got a part time extension in the supplementary list then he’s the next Dan Keir or whatever.
By comparison, Mataele is in his second year in the top thirty and only a year older than Latu.
That’s good for a backup.That's debatable. He averaged 100m per game and tackled at 88% efficiency in 14 games for the Knights reserve grade in 2022.
It’s fine for a backup in your own club. But there’s no need to be recruiting other people’s average reserve graders.That’s good for a backup.
There is if you don’t already have them at your club. You need backups just as much as you need top 17 players. Ones who have proven themselves in reserve grade are lower risk NRL backups than blokes who’ve only played Ball, Flegg or RM Cup.It’s fine for a backup in your own club. But there’s no need to be recruiting other people’s average reserve graders.
We already had Moretti, Makatoa, Ogden, Rodwell, Emu and also signed the other plodder we tried to turn into a middle, whose name escapes me. He was a mistake.There is if you don’t already have them at your club. You need backups just as much as you need top 17 players. Ones who have proven themselves in reserve grade are lower risk NRL backups than blokes who’ve only played Ball, Flegg or RM Cup.
We bought Doorey, Murchie and Momoisea at the same time. All smaller mobile forwards, which is the way middles are going. They were all fine as backups.We already had Moretti, Makatoa, Ogden, Rodwell, Emu and also signed the other plodder we tried to turn into a middle, whose name escapes me. He was a mistake.
That’s what I am debating. Murchie and Doorey, agreed. Momoisea not so much. IMO.We bought Doorey, Murchie and Momoisea at the same time. All smaller mobile forwards, which is the way middles are going. They were all fine as backups.
You reckon the players read this forum and lose confidence and become shit? I heard Doorey doesn’t own a computer or smart phone.Well considering his form declined in reserve grade it’s fair to say he became a worse player than the one we signed. You win some, you lose some. Doorey’s become one of the form back rowers in NSW Cup, as we probably expected when we didn’t shitcan him with the others.
Ryles’ first directive was to ban them from reading the shit list.You reckon the players read this forum and lose confidence and become shit? I heard Doorey doesn’t own a computer or smart phone.
Well considering his form declined in reserve grade it’s fair to say he became a worse player than the one we signed. You win some, you lose some. Doorey’s become one of the form back rowers in NSW Cup, as we probably expected when we didn’t shitcan him with the others.
Is Russell injured?
I’ve been over there … it’s garbageif he was you certainly won't read about it in the injuries thread