Oh you mean the guy who got the ball approximately 10 times, and set up NSW's only legitmate try. And was controlling the only attacking side that looked even remotely dangerous. The ONLY back in the entire team who didnt miss a tackle, in a game we lost due to inept defense
ohh yea, he f**ked himself :lol: you twit
Farah gave all the ball to Giddley and Wallaces side and they did f**k all, at least when it went to the other side with Jennings, Campese, Creagh and Hayne, we looked like scoring. It amazes me to this day why on earth we elected to attack through Wallace, Giddley, Lyon and McManus.
:lol: Oh my, and you have the audacity to call Knights fans biased.
Campese was a pedestrian and blew his rep chances all by himself mate. He barely ran the ball (which is his strength) and went missing in attack barring the 1 decent pass he threw.
BTW, he touched the ball 25 times mate but dont let the truth get in the way of your justification.
On Gidley-gate I can see both arguements.
The Newcastle side (minus Johns Magic): "C'mon guys, just leave him be".
Yeah I agree a lot of fans on here do get carried away and Gidley isn't anywhere near as bad as they suggest. I mean, going by the way some of the fans in this thread and others are describing him, you'd imagine he'd be playing to the level of Shannon McDonnell or me if you'd slot me into fullback (especially right now, I'd be so unco that I'd run into the post and bite my tongue...)
Then on the other hand, the majority opinion of: There's more deserving players ahead of him and I believe the role of a utility (especially in Gidley's case) isn't neccesary in the international arena.
I agree with this opinion. I mean if it was up to me, this would've been the Australian squad. (Given injuries)
1. Billy Slater
2. Jarryd Hayne
3. Greg Inglis
4. Justin Hodges
5. Darius Boyd
6. Darren Lockyer (c)
7. Johnathan Thurston
8. Ben Hannant
9. Cameron Smith
10. Petero Civoniceiva
11. Nathan Hindmarsh
12. Anthony Watmough
13. Luke O'Donnell
14. Justin Poore
15. Tom Learoyd Lahrs
16. Ben Creagh
17. Sam Thaiday
18. Josh Morris
19. Michael Ennis
20. Cooper Cronk
21. Dave Taylor
22. Keith Galloway
23. Luke Douglas
24. Brett Morris
To me that would've been a fair squad with the perfect balance of forwards and backs.
Boyd earns his spot largely due to his ability to play on the right wing and for the fact that I can't think of anyone who's better (Monaghan maybe...but he didn't have a great season).
I also find it humerous that some of you Knight's fans find it difficult to accept that Gidley put in a poor Origin performance. The area's in which he was poor had little to do with Peter Wallace, Terry Campese and Robbie Farah and frankly he's done little since bursting onto the represenative scene in 2007. In all fairness, he certainly deserved his place in the Origin side, especially this year when he was among the five best players in the NRL (at that stage). Following Origin though, it was easy to see that the series had taken it's toll on Kurt. (Don't worry, all players have suffered from the Origin blues, just ask Lockyer after 2005 when Joey proved that he was the superior half).
Good post mate.
No doubting that club fans will stick up for their players when they are being continually shat on by other posters and look to blame other players for a poor game. It happened during the Origin period with Tigers fans, Canberra fans (R69 just gave us a good example above) and Bronco fans for their players in the NSW side copping a pasting in the interstate forum and it now seems to be Gidleys turn.
Its clear to most here that Gidley plays a certain role in a team and is very, very good at it and has never been given that same freedom at rep level because quite frankly, that style of play really isnt needed given the quality of players in those sides.
Im not even going to bother responding to those who are calling him a "hack", "crap" or whatever because thats just plain rediculous. At the end of the day everyone is entitled to their opinions but I suggest people on both sides of the arguement have a good look at their own biases before bagging others for theirs.
sh*tcan Gidley all you like but Knights fans will always value him as Im sure Canberra fans value Campo, Broncos fans value Wallace, etc, etc
