NSW Team 2014

[jason taylor]

Hopefully Tupou is gone for Game 2

I still think Richards should have that wing spot.

 

[perverse]

How can you say he was pretty good and then say the bolded? Hodkinson and Reynolds were awful and in the end had to give up the kicking game to Hayne because neither of them are capable. They may have been better than the roosters duo but calling them good is being WAY too generous.

Also if you count giving away dumb penalties then i disagree that Reynolds didn't make stupid mistakes. He almost lost us the game with his penalties.

They can't kick very well, and we all know Reynolds is a grub - but they definitely did better than Pearce/Anyone combination of general play organisation. They kicked to the right places, too... even if it was clumsy and poorly executed at times.

At the end of the day, I'm trying to be kind to them and not looking to be campaigning for "that guy that plays for the team I support". I would also still way prefer this pair over the previous... and it makes me pretty happy that Pearce's stock for reselection just went down considerably.

 

[lockyno1]

I still think Richards should have that wing spot.

Hopoate would be better, unless Pat is goalkicking, what is the point!

 

[madunit]

Reynolds and Scott were woeful when together in defence. Scott is too slow laterally and Reynolds is very weak in a sliding defence. That was a big issue for NSW all night.

Hoffman did sfa yet again, why do they persist with that plodder?

Woods, Morris boys, Farah, Gallen, the blues bench all played very well.

But Hayne was superior to everyone by an epic margin.

 

[ek999]

How can you say he was pretty good and then say the bolded? Hodkinson and Reynolds were awful and in the end had to give up the kicking game to Hayne because neither of them are capable. They may have been better than the roosters duo but calling them good is being WAY too generous.

Also if you count giving away dumb penalties then i disagree that Reynolds didn't make stupid mistakes. He almost lost us the game with his penalties.

They gave Hayne those few kicks because he has a longer boot and we're were 25m out. The halves were both among our best, both did exactly what they were picked for. The only blemishes was Hokko's first kick to Tupou's wing and the second missed shot at goal

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Just as long as Pearce doesn't get back in. Daley did say he was only not being considered for Game 1.

I'd rather have "a someone else" in the halves but if it comes to Pearce or keep tonight's combo I'm all for keeping what we had tonight - provided Hayne puts in some kicks.

 

[madunit]

Hodkinson had a few bad kicks, the bombs were pointless.

Farah took over with two dummy half kicks into touch which helped right the ship.

You cannot give the QLD back 3 easy ball with room to move from kicks and Hodkinson and Reynolds did it several times, especially in the second half.

NSW is very lucky to have good kickers like Farah and Hayne available to take the pressure off the halves.

 

[perverse]

Is it weird that I think they played ok simply because they didn't derp a grubber when they had a 3 man overlap? Or kick it out on the full? Or fall for Thurstons dummy?

 

[betcats]

Bring bird in for hoffman and leave everyone else imo.

 

[Game_Breaker]

Is it weird that I think they played ok simply because they didn't derp a grubber when they had a 3 man overlap? Or kick it out on the full? Or fall for Thurstons dummy?

After putting up with Pearce for a few years, our standards have certainly dropped.

The yellow dress chick should be given the keys to the city

 

[Hutty1986]

Bird and Fifita in. Must finish the job in Sydney. Will be a glorious sea of sky blue!

 

[Apey]

Yeah I thought the halves were average but they did a good job not getting in the way of the more talented players in the team. :lol:

 

[yy_cheng]

Yeah I thought the halves were average but they did a good job not getting in the way of the more talented players in the team. :lol:

That's it.

 

[nick87]

Halves pretty much just gave it to Hayne. Which is as good a game plan as NSW could have

 

[Jason Maher]

Bird in for Scott if he latter gets 2 weeks, otherwise in for T-Rex. Fifita possibly in for Hoffman. Need one more prop I think.

 

[umina panther]

Bring bird in for hoffman and leave everyone else imo.

You'd leave Scott? Stop taking the piss

 

[Sime_11]

while hodkinson's kicking game was not up to scratch (still better than pearce) I thought his set plays with hayne & Reynolds in first half made NSW look dangerous for once in a few years. don't drop Hodkinson, 1 performance does not warrant a dropping unless your Wallace, mullen etc.

 

[umina panther]

Yeah I thought the halves were average but they did a good job not getting in the way of the more talented players in the team. :lol:

It's that simple Pearce could do it...........or not lol

 

[Jason Maher]

We earned some repeat sets and built some pressure. Somethig we never did with Pearce "steering" the ship.

 

[chrisD]

Pearce and Maloney won when Hayne was fullback too. Any two decent defenders will do, may as well be the current ones.