nrl is a joke

[Pistol]

Actually Saab, Mark McGaw used to play well at Origin. And I seem to remember Gavin Miller captaining the Blues at one stage.

 

[Saint 60]

Weddgie boy has done a good job also --- ?

 

[Pistol]

Ditto Chris McKenna.

 

[Harvester of Sorrow]

no nutley
no kimmorley
=
no origin
ill be taking my wednesday evening tennis lessons and not attending this fake rep game. carlaw? give me a break

the selectors orta be ashamed of themselves. it wouldnt of suprised me if big jason stevens wasnt even picked even if he was available too the way these idiots work

Why pick Stevens ? From memory he played less than 20 minutes in the last Origin. Go and have a cry. It's a wonder you aren't whinging about Covell not being named.

Why not just have the whole Sharks team as the state of origin team do u think that's a better idea BBSF?

He would probaly have Covell in every position.

give me a break
what the replays
it was raked
and oh btw, the whole team didnt perform, to single out 1 player is like picking a cow out of a barn full of cows
idiot

Covell had a crap game and you can't even admit it. The whole team played terribly - Covell most of all.

how do u no nutley isnt up to standard?
he carves up first grade every week?
when does carlaw do this? hardly ever
face the facts i am right

and yes peachey was robbed in 99

How biased could any one person (with multiple personalities) be ? You're right - what a laugh!

How do we know that Nutley isn't up to standard - perhaps because other people other than Sharks supporters might watch the game.

Why the '?' after 'he carves up first grade every week?' - are you questioning your own statement ?

 

[JJ]

Apart from ET no other sharks players has played well in an origin game for NSW in he past 15yrs.

Why is everyone on about how poor Sharks players have been in rep games?

I'll ignore the 15 years thing, as an earlier poster suggested no Sharks player had played well in rep football aside from ET... While I agree with Jack Gibson on the Sharks, they have had numerous players that have been outstanding or very good at Rep footy...

Off the top of my head

Steve Rogers is a good place to start... (there are others from that era)
ET
Mark McGaw for NSW and Aust
Dan Stains was pretty useful in 89 for Qld
McKenna for Qld
Kimmorley for Aust
Jason Stevens for Aust
Gavin Miller
Matt Rogers
Les Davidson

 

[lazza]

yes u can say kimmorley did well for australia, but have you forgotten that that is the australian side and that no other country really comes close to australia. i mean if you put johns in the side instead of kimmorley, aust woulda won by a lot lot more.

you could put gower, orford in and they'd both do well

personally, i think origin is the closest battle in league ever and you cant compare nsw v qld against aust v the kiwis or brits, cos aust is just that far apart from them its not funny.

kimmorley needs a big fwd pack... means his a 1 dimensional player, ie he cant create for himself when pinned down.. i've seen lockyer, johns, the true greats get their teams outa a rut.. i never hear that johns or lockyer requiring a big forward pack for them to play well.

 

[JJ]

yes u can say kimmorley did well for australia, but have you forgotten that that is the australian side and that no other country really comes close to australia. i mean if you put johns in the side instead of kimmorley, aust woulda won by a lot lot more.

you could put gower, orford in and they'd both do well

personally, i think origin is the closest battle in league ever and you cant compare nsw v qld against aust v the kiwis or brits, cos aust is just that far apart from them its not funny.

kimmorley needs a big fwd pack... means his a 1 dimensional player, ie he cant create for himself when pinned down.. i've seen lockyer, johns, the true greats get their teams outa a rut.. i never hear that johns or lockyer requiring a big forward pack for them to play well.

i don't think that could have and should have arguments hold much water...

Bottom line is that Kimmorley has played well for Aust, and you're wrong - he was very good in the series when Aust were VERY understrength, so it;s not always that Aust jut has to turn up...

And if you haven't heard it before, every great half or 5/8 was/is much more effective behind a dominant forward pack - that is just as true of Johns and Lockyer as it is of Kimmorley, and was of Langer, Sterling, Mortimer and Stuart. That is perhaps even more true of Lockyer, as his defence is very questionable

 

[***MH***]

Why are NRL the joke when the NSWRL are doing the selecting?

 

[Mr Saab]

Off the top of my head

Steve Rogers is a good place to start... (there are others from that era)
ET
Mark McGaw for NSW and Aust
Dan Stains was pretty useful in 89 for Qld
McKenna for Qld
Kimmorley for Aust
Jason Stevens for Aust
Gavin Miller
Matt Rogers
Les Davidson

S Rogers...thats more than 15 yrs, more like 21
ET...great NSW player
McGaw....ok, nothing flash
Stains....please, played 3 games.
Kimmorley...talking NSW, not australia here. Anyone can shine for australia
Miller..zero, he captained? so what?
M Rogers....QLDr, not NSW
Davidson...how many games did he play???????

Face it, sharks do zero in origin (1990-2005 ET excluded), they turn up and thats it.
Noddy has had 3 straight SHOCKERS in origin...thats bad.

 

[JJ]

Why are NRL the joke when the NSWRL are doing the selecting?

wow - 67 posts, and we have a winner...


let's see, because BBSF doesn't have a clue?

 

[Mr Saab]

kimmorley needs a big fwd pack... means his a 1 dimensional player, ie he cant create for himself when pinned down.. i've seen lockyer, johns, the true greats get their teams outa a rut.. i never hear that johns or lockyer requiring a big forward pack for them to play well.

as one dimmesional as they come. Plays flat and thats it.

 

[Nugby]

Having said that Charlie, when has Lockyer ever *not* had a big forward pack in front of him, not to put him down. Johns on the other hand has provde he can create miracles with less able forward packs

 

[lazza]

i don't think that could have and should have arguments hold much water...

Bottom line is that Kimmorley has played well for Aust, and you're wrong - he was very good in the series when Aust were VERY understrength, so it;s not always that Aust jut has to turn up...

And if you haven't heard it before, every great half or 5/8 was/is much more effective behind a dominant forward pack - that is just as true of Johns and Lockyer as it is of Kimmorley, and was of Langer, Sterling, Mortimer and Stuart. That is perhaps even more true of Lockyer, as his defence is very questionable

Kimmorley played well for aust - wouldnt disagree with you.... but i still think aust woulda won all those matches with either orford, johns or gower at half...

easier for half/5/8 with dominant fwd pack - again, wouldnt disagree with you, but i never hear of that as an excuse for any other player other than kimmorley.

but u can say all u want about the need for a dominant fwd pack... he still made mistakes where u cant blame them...

- 1 on1 missed tackles,
- drop kicks only going 30m
- giving away penalties - only going back 7m off a 20m qld tap.. wtf? thinks he's king sh*t and can get away with it. lazy ass.
- kicking the ball dead - and i have no doubt that if he hada kept that last grubber in play at 20-19, we woulda won the match, he gave qld a shot at a field goal.
- passing to barret on the last in golden point (before the intercept pass so barret had to grubber it) very bad decision.

 

[lazza]

as one dimmesional as they come. Plays flat and thats it.

also how many years has it taken the sharks to get used to his "style" of play.. the flat attack?

no other side plays it... so the entire NSW side would have to change the way they play to suit him. and with what? 2-3 weeks training is enough to get used to his style?

thats the prob of being 1 dimensional... he cant play any other style...

 

[Mr Saab]

Having said that Charlie, when has Lockyer ever *not* had a big forward pack in front of him, not to put him down. Johns on the other hand has provde he can create miracles with less able forward packs

what you say is true. Every half needs a good pack, BUT,some need it more than others. Noddy is always talked about with "Forwards didnt lay a platform for his kicking"...worst excuse in the book.
Lockyer can adjust his game, same with Johns. Kimmorley is just a cardboard cut out

 

[Timmah]

He may have given up on this thread but the nong is continuing his Covell-tossing ways still on the NRL forum. Why he didn't stay at rleague when he pretended to leave is beyond me...