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Well said
Spot on..I just watched the game for first time and Brooks letting that Kafuusi try happen when it was 16-8 by blocking for a high kick when there was no one to block and no one catching the ball that’s a first ..some courage to go for the ball to at least get in the way would have helped and his passing wasn’t crisp enough to give Mbye time to work a play but Mbye he had a big chance with 19 to go to put the score out to 28-14 he had a two on one out wide but he went by himself and got held up...then with 7 to go 5 m from the line with both his outside men marked he held up the pass and instead of grubbering through for a repeat set or try he passes it anyway with nothing on......it’s not that we cant beat the good teams it’s just a couple of dumb plays from a couple of players that can eliminated with some kick arse attitude instead of being defensive/scared ..Brooks should be barred from play making in the last 5 minutes ..that nothing kick to vunavalu with 5 to go didn’t even reach the try line ...it went down hill from there...
I don’t see anything positive about Mbye, he lacks courage, he lacks the conviction he would not play NRL at any other club and we are paying him overs. The only thing of note I have seen him do was a couple of try saving tackles against Penrith. His defence is ordinary, his positional play is diabolical, he never ever backs himself to take a high ball and he gets in the way in attack. If I was the tigers I’d be shopping him around and backing a young bloke from group 6 to take his place, seriously there’d be better fullbacks running around The southern highlands of NSW than Mbye. He has always been over rated, he was dog shit in the front line and only a mediocre fullback at his best. To quote some of the most interesting posters on this forum he is at best a merkin.
They are professional footballers, near on every side in the Comp plays the same basic structures and plays, they are taught these structures from the time they are 14-15 years old. Being professionals and knowing their roles they should be able to walk into any NRL side and put their best foot forward within weeks/months, not years. It’s not rocket science.
When the pressure is on I’m talking about the last 5 minutes of yesterdays game type pressure in a pressure situation within that time frame pressure, some can and some can’t . And that’s all between the ears . There has to be players that can..we have them but not necessarily the players that are on overs . But that’s not Madge’s fault.He will be licking his lips for when Mbye Reynolds and Packer free up $2.4m I’m still gonna back us to get in the 8..otherwise why are we here
That’s when they as professionals should revert back to the things they’ve done at training a million times. That’s what makes a professional, you practice, practice and when you’re in the trenches you go to what you know the best, the thing you’ve practiced a million times.
I’m thinking like when the big pressure hits keeping the mind open and seeing the options available..so for Mbye thinking ok so that pass option is a dumb one so what else is there ok the grubber for the repeat set...coz big pressure tends to closes the mind down for a lot of players ...or passing to Jennings for a probable try when he had that overlap instead of going for the try himself which he did and was a maybe ...but yes of course over time that training and inevitable better cohesion is going to get big dividends ...I just think to land the big one players that can see those options and execute under massive pressure are needed and they aren’t that plentiful
Pezz, haven’t you heard, the NRL don’t want him back, the noisy minority and 1 CEO won’t allow it. I guess that’s for another forum though.
