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[9701]

Thanks for another loss Slater you overrated hack

 

[wittyfan]

I blame Gidley.

 

[Jason_(Is_our_King)_Smith]

Sack Ryles

 

[Wilson1]

The Kiwis winning was nothing to do with Benji Marshall, was it?

 

[ozenzud]

How can you blame Slater? He scored one of Oz's 2 tries and made one mistake (dropping that kick), which DIDN'T lead to the try. Lote also dropped a ball, Bird was a dick and got penalised, Oz missed like 28 tackles, none were missed by Slater.

Blaming Slater for that loss, shows me you haven't got a clue.

That was a tight forward dominated game. Oz forwards won last weeks game, but this week, the Kiwi forwards smashed Oz to submission.

 

[simostorm]

Its Petro's fault.. he didnt do anything last night.. :sarcasm:

 

[kia ora storm]

So it's Slater's fault ???...get over it.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Forget Slater, t was Archer - turns out his 2nd cousin twice removed is a kiwi.

 

[Moffo]

you're an idiot...hardly slaters fault

 

[The 18th Man]

I blame climate change.

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

F**k Hayne off for one

 

[Frank_Grimes]

Not Slater's fault, but he once again proved he has no ability to read big games, and crumbles under pressure. Honestly, is there a tallly of how many boneheaded passes he's thrown either over the sideline or to the opposition?

 

[The 18th Man]

Not Slater's fault, but he once again proved he has no ability to read big games, and crumbles under pressure. Honestly, is there a tallly of how many boneheaded passes he's thrown either over the sideline or to the opposition?

You don't win the Clive Churchill Medal because you crumble under pressure and have no ability to read big games.

You don't win the Wally Lewis Medal because your crumble under pressure and have no ability to read big games.

You don't win the Golden Boot Player of The Year Award because your crumble under pressure and have no ability to read big games.

 

[GongPanther]

I blame climate change.

I believe its referred to as "El-Dingo"

But I blame Pauline Hanson who has decided to come back to Oz to save the world.(again)

 

[TheFrog]

You don't win the Clive Churchill Medal because you crumble under pressure and have no ability to read big games.

You don't win the Wally Lewis Medal because your crumble under pressure and have no ability to read big games.

You don't win the Golden Boot Player of The Year Award because your crumble under pressure and have no ability to read big games.

When he's good, he's very good, but when he's bad he's garbage.

Just like Hayne.

 

[The 18th Man]

I believe its referred to as "El-Dingo"

But I blame Pauline Hanson who has decided to come back to Oz to save the world.(again)

Gold :lol:

 

[Pierced Soul]

id blame archer and tuquiri who was out of position and has a turning circle which would make tony williams proud

 

[mxlegend99]

The touchies were the ones responsible for that game. So many of the big plays happened through them and the referee missing blatantly obvious decisions. The Kiwis first and last tries scored were directly from forward passes - aswell as having thrown about 20 odd during the game which were let go.

I thought Billy Slater was going to cost us the game when he dropped that ball. But we defended the set and he got off the hook for it. If the touchies were doing their jobs that game would have been very different.

 

[Rovelli]

Nightingale's pass very was so forward it wasn't funny. Our union team suffered a similar fate at the 2007 World Cup with the winning try coming off a blatant forward pass (the referee also conspired against us IMO). It's mind-boggling to me that forward passes cannot be checked via the video referee, especially 'blatant' ones that you could say led to two Kiwi tries. Give BOTD to marginal ones, but rule on them. One day a team is going to lose a GF due to a forward pass that cannot be ruled on.

Also there was ineptitude on the part of the touchies in the lead-up to Tate's try. SURELY he could have seen that?

 

[Frank_Grimes]

You don't win the Clive Churchill Medal because you crumble under pressure and have no ability to read big games.

You don't win the Wally Lewis Medal because your crumble under pressure and have no ability to read big games.

You don't win the Golden Boot Player of The Year Award because your crumble under pressure and have no ability to read big games.

Do you set up tries for the opposition, or drop simple bombs at crucial moments because you don't crumble under pressure?

Do you throw ridiculously unnecessary passes to spectators in the third row when you have the ability to read big games?

Slater can be brilliant. But it's only possible when he's doing exactly as he's told - ie running off Cameron Smith, chasing down a Lockyer chip kick. Give him room to improvise or do his own thing, and he invariably goofs it up. The performances that have won him those accolades you mention, are all from rehearsed set plays where he serves (albeit to perfection) as a foil to a quality playmaker.