Thurston's bad night can be laid at the feet of the coaching staff IMO - he clearly has AIDS or the plague right now.
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thurston shouldnt have played. i know he's a great player but he was clearly not right, and when he decides he cant kick because of injury the choice to play should have been taken away from him. i do wonder whether gary larsons record was playing on some peoples mind when keeping him in the team
Has the selection loyalty disappeared ? .
selection loyalty always goes out the window after a bad loss (for both teams). I think one of the key factors qld has had the "pick and stick" mentality is we dont have as many players to choose from.
i dont want to see mass changes, but someone like harrison needs to make way. he's always been a player who's been solid rather than anything spectacular, and when the team has a good forward pack around him he goes alright. but he really doesnt offer hell of a lot in attack and defensively other players liek parker are jsut as good.
the backline needs a bit of spark as well. slater and inglis can play in the same team, but the much speculated rotation of inglis to fullback never eventuated.
tate is an aggressive player but hasnt really played that well over the past few years. would blooding barba on the wing work or would it just waste a talent on the wing?
Mcqueen went well as did the whole becnh, but if you want to bring papalli in someone has to make way. it'd be gillett at this stage (although i'd be getting rid of shillo, always amazes me when he gets picked)
but it's all good to speculate but between now and game 2 there'll be injuries and suspensions which may make some decisions for us
