Nathan Merritt

[BranVan3000]

Indeed. Any other winger would have run in-field and left a gap wide open for the opposition to score, or been virtually non-existant under a crucial high ball.

Perhaps any other winger would have done that, but not an Origin-standard one...

Daley's plan was for Merritt to rush in, and Merritt was left with no choice but to rush in on those occasions because there was a three man overlap. Seeing as it was Daley's plan there should have been cover defence behind the line to stop any overlaps occurring.

If Merritt was not marking GI he would be hanging out in 15 meters of no mans land while Morris is left covering three players.

Look how much space there is, the NSW team simply failed to slide over
Its not as simple as blame the winger cause the try was scored there when the inside men fail to number up

And that Thurston bomb with 11 men on the field was an absolutely perfect kick to the best player in the game. NOT ONE SINGLE WINGER in the game would overpower Greg Inglis to get that ball or stop him from scoring it when he is already on the line. Maybe if there were two or three defenders there, but Merritt was left on his own defending the line from the greatest try scorer in Origin history

 

[MrAnonymous]

Merritt is f**king a disgrace.
Bring Simmons in imo

 

[Danny-Boy]

lol you gotta laugh at the Souffs fans trying to cover his shit up. Morris had no f**king reason to slide over and cover the wing because he had his man clearly marked. The f**king shittest winger to ever pull on a blues jumper panicked and rushed in when there was no need too.....not once but f**king twice!!! He let in a third f**king try when he didn't even contest the ball against Inglis.

Worst performance in an origin game ever. Can't wait to see the player rankings. He should score a 1 or 2.

Nathan f**king Meritt.

 

[Big Sam]

It's curious that they put him on his non-club side of the field up against GI and Thurston.

He proved earlier this year that he can defend well on his normal side against Hodges.

 

[BranVan3000]

lol you gotta laugh at the Souffs fans trying to cover his shit up. Morris had no f**king reason to slide over and cover the wing because he had his man clearly marked. The f**king shittest winger to ever pull on a blues jumper panicked and rushed in when there was no need too.....not once but f**king twice!!! He let in a third f**king try when he didn't even contest the ball against Inglis.

Worst performance in an origin game ever. Can't wait to see the player rankings. He should score a 1 or 2.

Nathan f**king Meritt.

Morris needs to cover Slater there. If Morris covers Inglis then Slater slides through inside him with a short pass and the NSW inside defenders had already fallen for several decoys. They were shot, absolutely no pressure was being put on Thurston. In fact the only NSW defender who came up and in was Merritt. If they all did it as they did in game one, Queensland would not have been making set plays so easily

 

[Danny-Boy]

Rankings are in. He scored a 3.5. Nathan f**king Merrit.

 

[Chook Norris]

He was embarassed by following a completely idiotic gameplan. That will be the main reason he will never play origin again. NOT because he isn't good enough.

And how many chances has Pearce had? Pearce was far more responsible for this loss.

:lol: trying to deflect his performance on Pearce. Pearce let in 3 trys did he? Pearce had a very poor game but nowhere near the level Merritt had

Merritt was absolutely hopeless. Absolutely shocking debut

 

[fourplay]

Daley's plan was for Merritt to rush in, and Merritt was left with no choice but to rush in on those occasions because there was a three man overlap. Seeing as it was Daley's plan there should have been cover defence behind the line to stop any overlaps occurring.

If Merritt was not marking GI he would be hanging out in 15 meters of no mans land while Morris is left covering three players.

Look how much space there is, the NSW team simply failed to slide over
Its not as simple as blame the winger cause the try was scored there when the inside men fail to number up

And that Thurston bomb with 11 men on the field was an absolutely perfect kick to the best player in the game. NOT ONE SINGLE WINGER in the game would overpower Greg Inglis to get that ball or stop him from scoring it when he is already on the line. Maybe if there were two or three defenders there, but Merritt was left on his own defending the line from the greatest try scorer in Origin history

I think Daniel Tupou would have stopped Inglis on that bomb. But besides him, no one else.

I do feel sorry for Merritt because I believe his inside defenders made him look amateurish.

I think the defensive strategy they were attempting to use was to prevent Inglis from getting on the outside of Morris like what happened in game one. He is very, very experienced and never defends like that for Souths. He followed a poor game plan that NSW couldn't execute properly and cops all the blame. Poor guy.

 

[afinalsin666]

Drop Nathan Merritt, bring in Sisa Waqa.

The game plan tonight looked very much like the game plan for our grand final win. Difference is, Waqa can rush up and in, and Merritt clearly can't. So give the spot to the man who perfected the up and in play, winning us a grand final in the process. There is no better defensive winger in the game.

 

[cleary89]

Daley's plan was for Merritt to rush in, and Merritt was left with no choice but to rush in on those occasions because there was a three man overlap. Seeing as it was Daley's plan there should have been cover defence behind the line to stop any overlaps occurring.

If Merritt was not marking GI he would be hanging out in 15 meters of no mans land while Morris is left covering three players.

Look how much space there is, the NSW team simply failed to slide over
Its not as simple as blame the winger cause the try was scored there when the inside men fail to number up

And that Thurston bomb with 11 men on the field was an absolutely perfect kick to the best player in the game. NOT ONE SINGLE WINGER in the game would overpower Greg Inglis to get that ball or stop him from scoring it when he is already on the line. Maybe if there were two or three defenders there, but Merritt was left on his own defending the line from the greatest try scorer in Origin history

Hahaha wtf? Do you want Morris to leave GI and go mark Boyd too to help him?

 

[Usain Bolt]

For once I agree with lol souffs fans. We saw what happened in Origin 1 when Morris was left to mark GI one on one, simple hand off and offload to Boyd who scored. Daley obviously came in with the plan to squeeze in onto GI and not give him room

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Nathan should never have been picked. Every week he plays with GI and so you can make a fair comparison between the two. GI is the best player going around and Merritt looks sub par next to him. Yet he is chosen to mark up against him and Boyd in a centre/wing partnership? Laughable.

Merritt is the classic case of a good footballer made to look better by those around him. If you rated the best 8 lol@50uff$ players: GI, Sam Burgess, Luke, Reynolds, Sutton, George Burgess, McQueen, Teo - you'd realise that Merritt is nowhere near origin class.

And lol@lol@50uff$ fans blaming Daley's game plan :lol: Qld picked their lips when they saw Merritt on the team sheet, Morris & Merritt were always going to get raped down that side.

I feel for Nathan because he seems to be a nice bloke and his club try scoring feats are excellent. Unfortunately in league being nice doesn't stop you from being exposed as not up to scratch.

 

[Spot On]

What about when Morris is two on one versus Inglis and Slater?

The inside men left both Morris and Merritt outnumbered

Merritt at fault mate. That picture rams it home even more.

 

[Silent Knight]

:lol: trying to deflect his performance on Pearce. Pearce let in 3 trys did he? Pearce had a very poor game but nowhere near the level Merritt had

Merritt was absolutely hopeless. Absolutely shocking debut

It shouldn't matter who is worse between Merritt and Pearce. Both are absolute s*** and should be stamped never to play Origin again.

 

[Pistol_Pete]

He'll have his rep papers stamped never to be picked again

 

[Yoda]

He'll have his rep papers stamped never to be picked again

Amen to that. At least we won't have to put up with the annual "Merritt deserves to be picked in origin" calls.

 

[POPEYE]

Nathan should never have been picked. Every week he plays with GI and so you can make a fair comparison between the two. GI is the best player going around and Merritt looks sub par next to him. Yet he is chosen to mark up against him and Boyd in a centre/wing partnership? Laughable.

Merritt is the classic case of a good footballer made to look better by those around him. If you rated the best 8 lol@50uff$ players: GI, Sam Burgess, Luke, Reynolds, Sutton, George Burgess, McQueen, Teo - you'd realise that Merritt is nowhere near origin class.

And lol@lol@50uff$ fans blaming Daley's game plan :lol: Qld picked their lips when they saw Merritt on the team sheet, Morris & Merritt were always going to get raped down that side.

I feel for Nathan because he seems to be a nice bloke and his club try scoring feats are excellent. Unfortunately in league being nice doesn't stop you from being exposed as not up to scratch.

Well said . . . and what did you think about Hodges wiping the floor with that other pretender Jennings. I like your paragraphing and sentence construction

 

[kia ora storm]

Merritt should never have been picked...that was a media selection.

 

[Noname36]

At least the little bitch can stop whinging now that it was a racial thing why he hasn't been picked. Clearly even he would know now it's because he's shit.

 

[POPEYE]

Merritt should never have been picked...that was a media selection.

Half the NSW team is picked by the media, an Origin form player like McManus should have been picked before Uate and should still be there