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Jarryd Hayne - Make him an Eel for Life

hindy111

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Also:

King dropped twice, early in the year for Pritchard then Mahoney was picked in front of him

Taka was demoted to the bench, with Nuikore picked in front of him towards the end of the year

Mannah demoted to the bench

Salmon picked in the halves over Norman


Cam King should of never been in NRL in first place ffs.He cant even get a NSW cup gig.
Taka hadnt played 2nd row in how many years? He was never going to slot in as a starting one. Barely NRL standard at 2nd row.Was a mistake to pick him in starting spot in first place.
Did Mannah play less minutes off bench then when started?

All of above where BA fixing his mistakes from original selections.

Yes Norman maybe 2 games at fullback. BA making the big calls with Salmon off bench in rnd 21.
 

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Not sure. Somebody that was getting the absolute fundamentals of the game right, would of been a start. Continually dropping the ball, bombing tries and running out of the line were schoolboy errors. How he continually got picked was beyond belief.
So you can’t think of anyone at all?

Seeing as no-one springs to mind, maybe an out of form Jennings was still a better option than the available replacements?
 

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Cam King should of never been in NRL in first place ffs.He cant even get a NSW cup gig.
Taka hadnt played 2nd row in how many years? He was never going to slot in as a starting one. Barely NRL standard at 2nd row.Was a mistake to pick him in starting spot in first place.
Did Mannah play less minutes off bench then when started?

All of above where BA fixing his mistakes from original selections.

Yes Norman maybe 2 games at fullback. BA making the big calls with Salmon off bench in rnd 21.
Shifting the goal posts...
 

Joshuatheeel

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Cam King should of never been in NRL in first place ffs.He cant even get a NSW cup gig.
Taka hadnt played 2nd row in how many years? He was never going to slot in as a starting one. Barely NRL standard at 2nd row.Was a mistake to pick him in starting spot in first place.
Did Mannah play less minutes off bench then when started?

All of above where BA fixing his mistakes from original selections.

Yes Norman maybe 2 games at fullback. BA making the big calls with Salmon off bench in rnd 21.



:thinking:

FFS:

We ran last and I do not recall him making any player accountable. This is or was a major floor in his coaching ability. Other teams in bottom 4 dropped players.
 

IFR33K

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So you can’t think of anyone at all?

Seeing as no-one springs to mind, maybe an out of form Jennings was still a better option than the available replacements?


I could name plenty, but I’m sure as hell you’d still find an argument.
 
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Cam King should of never been in NRL in first place ffs.He cant even get a NSW cup gig.
Taka hadnt played 2nd row in how many years? He was never going to slot in as a starting one. Barely NRL standard at 2nd row.Was a mistake to pick him in starting spot in first place.
Did Mannah play less minutes off bench then when started?

All of above where BA fixing his mistakes from original selections.

Yes Norman maybe 2 games at fullback. BA making the big calls with Salmon off bench in rnd 21.

So, basically, nothing will count as evidence against your grand theory. If a guy gets dropped, it's because BA picked the wrong guy in the first place.
 

ash411

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Cam King should of never been in NRL in first place ffs.He cant even get a NSW cup gig.
Taka hadnt played 2nd row in how many years? He was never going to slot in as a starting one. Barely NRL standard at 2nd row.Was a mistake to pick him in starting spot in first place.
Did Mannah play less minutes off bench then when started?

All of above where BA fixing his mistakes from original selections.

Yes Norman maybe 2 games at fullback. BA making the big calls with Salmon off bench in rnd 21.
So essentially you're saying this.

"BA is a soft cock because he didn't drop the players I wanted him to".

Sound about right?
 

hindy111

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So, basically, nothing will count as evidence against your grand theory. If a guy gets dropped, it's because BA picked the wrong guy in the first place.

C.King is using facebook to try and get someone to sign him....

I will grant Bevan as dropped. But when make 20mtrs in multiple games and drop ball 4 times there is little option.

Squad fillers do not count.

King started while Kaysa was prob injured.

I am talking these guys should of been dropped 100%

Moses,MJ, Taka(out of side)
 

hindy111

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We missed out on guys like Klemmer,Ponga,Kikau cause BA chased old timers like Watmough and Scott then went balls out for Moses.
Bar Gutherson and Brown his 5yrs in recruitment has been nothing short of a disaster.
 

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We missed out on guys like Klemmer,Ponga,Kikau cause BA chased old timers like Watmough and Scott then went balls out for Moses.
Bar Gutherson and Brown his 5yrs in recruitment has been nothing short of a disaster.

You meant balls deep.
 

ash411

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We missed out on guys like Klemmer,Ponga,Kikau cause BA chased old timers like Watmough and Scott then went balls out for Moses.
Bar Gutherson and Brown his 5yrs in recruitment has been nothing short of a disaster.
Hindsight is a beautiful thing, isn't it? I wish all decisions BA made were done with complete knowledge of the future, but THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

Moses, Watmough and Scott (I'm assuming Beau, right?) were all solid buys at the time they were done.

You can't possibly be saying that Beau Scott was a dud buy can you? Even given his age he put in exactly as was expected and led the team. The fact that his body gave out early doesn't undo the years he put in great performances for the club.

Watmough wasn't bought because he was lighting up the field, he was brought in for his experience and leadership, and possibly to help BA get Foran and Gutho in from Manly.

And Moses (who I actually believe cops a bit of unfair criticism) was Wests player of the year the year before we scooped him up. He still has potential we've yet to tap into. I actually think he could be very good for us, but that's my opinion of course...
 

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C.King is using facebook to try and get someone to sign him....

I will grant Bevan as dropped. But when make 20mtrs in multiple games and drop ball 4 times there is little option.

Squad fillers do not count.

King started while Kaysa was prob injured.

I am talking these guys should of been dropped 100%

Moses,MJ, Taka(out of side)

You avoid the fact that we are constrained by the top 30 and I wonder who from Wenty you would have used last year in place of Moses, Jennings, Take etc. ? All well and good to use throw away lines about the coach having the courage to drop a player, but blind Freddy knows that an out of form Jennings is better than say Nathan Davis.
 
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