Poupou Escobar
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Corey Norman in good form too. It was a strong team on the edges but weak in the middle, probably the weakest of all finals teams. Nathan Brown was our best middle forward ffs.
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Corey Norman in good form too. It was a strong team on the edges but weak in the middle, probably the weakest of all finals teams. Nathan Brown was our best middle forward ffs.
In what areas are we stronger than the Cowboys? Where are we weaker? You find we match up pretty evenly when you look at all the pros and cons. You’ll find they have a lot more big game experience, which is something that can be proven with data. They are also at least as quick as we are and Taumalolo is better than any forward in our team. They also have some youngsters who might not be on your radar yet but are potential stars.
Who’s the plumber? I don’t know what you are talking about
And how did you rate this team last season Poo? Ffs.
They were too much of a mess to be able to judge. Eight merkins from their round one team played fewer than 20 games. Four of them left the club mid-season. Taumalolo underperformed massively. They were gash.
All over the park. If you had to pick a combined starting side I’d argue the only ones to make it from the Cowboys would be Holmes, Taumalolo and possibly Nanai (although probably not if both sides were full strength). Cotter is a good player but he wouldn’t get in ahead of Paulo and RCG and the hammer would probably be starting one one of the wings but he’s on their bench atm.
I would take Holmes and Taumalolo plus both wingers, Nanai and Robson. Drinkwater and HTF both have better running games than Gutherson too. They have a good side.
I’d take Sivo over Feldt. Feldt got exposed big time in origin. If the starting backrow was Papali’i, Niukore and Matterson (arguably the current strongest starting combination) then who would Nanai get picked over? Only reason I included Nanai was because Brown is currently down on form if you want to have him as one of the starting backrowers. Mahoney is currently a better player than Robson and their contracts reflect that. Gutherson is a better player than Drinkwater.
Yes I suppose Sivo never played poorly in Origin. Great point. But Sivo hasn’t played this year so hardly a factor when comparing our place on the ladder to theirs.
Niukore is up there with Sivo for his contribution to our ladder position this year. He is a non-factor.
Robson and Drinkwater are both in better form than our two. They have contributed more this year.
Coaching doesn’t make a difference apparently.
I agree with you that it does. I just am not sure if the current squad can over achieve under another coach. If BA fails again, I think it might be time for a cleanup bar 1, 6, 7, 8 and 10.
Or did they underachieve last year, under Payten’s coaching? Just like they underachieved with Green as coach after he won a premiership with them? Or maybe leadership matters and Townsend has been a bigger influence than merkins give him credit for?
couldn't you challenge that they were offside?
Maybe. Maybe all these aspects are correct.
Aren’t you the one who said the Cowboys will have more origin players? I was pointing out how Feldt was picked due to limited options and didn’t really contribute much.
Well we are comparing positions on the ladder this year, which means player availability and form only matters this year. I still think we'll probably finish ahead of them on for-and-against, but not by a lot.
We’re having two different conversations then. Who would you take out of the Cowboys in a combined team if both were at full strength?
