Rnd 6 Team vs Raiders

[I'm a loser baby...]

Yep, the 10 in the bin meant he certainly wasn't fatigued. Wonder why BA wants him playing f**k all minutes?

Good question.

 

[strider]

Good question.

you should ask him

 

[T.S Quint]

Genuine question but which teams don't start their best middle forwards? I know that all 17 players are important but if you look at the best middle forwards on each team they all seem to start

Didn't Penrith start RCG on the bench in their opening game against us this year?
It doesn't happen all the time, but it happens occasionally.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Dropped for Terepo cause BA like me agrees he is superior.

Interesting!!

So was RGC dropped to the bench in round 1 because he was worse then Leota and Tamou.................or does the great Gus Gould agree with BA that you don't always start with your best middle players......

 

[Dibs]

Yes and no. He is only being used as a battering ram this year so we wont lose much there - but we will miss his defence and aggression.

So yes then

 

[Dibs]

Why would he be replaced by an edge forward?

Poor troll. 1.5/10

Generous score

 

[Joshuatheeel]

I read somewhere (Maybe TCT?) that Mannah only played 26min last week? It seems he doesn't want him on the field for too long

KA / Pritchard / Moeroa were injured reducing our interchanges

 

[Chipmunk]

Genuine question but which teams don't start their best middle forwards? I know that all 17 players are important but if you look at the best middle forwards on each team they all seem to start

Roosters aren't starting JWH, he is still their best middle forward.
Raiders aren't starting Boyd or Paulo. I suggest both are their two best middles

 

[Dibs]

Brown is not an edge forward
Taka yes which mean Tepai to the middle.

One nore for the dummies


Brown is not an edge forward
Taka yes which mean Tepai to the middle

I must be dumb, what’s a nore?

 

[Dibs]

Dropped for Terepo cause BA like me agrees he is superior.

Haven’t you been saying BA has no idea?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

What if dogs benched Klemmer or Woods?

But they both play multiple long stints, which is easier to do with a starting player. We only do that with Brown, who also starts. Everyone else plays short stints so it doesn't really matter who starts, except that the defence has to be good for the whole 80 minutes, so the balance has to be right.

 

[Bazal]

I read somewhere (Maybe TCT?) that Mannah only played 26min last week? It seems he doesn't want him on the field for too long

I think we should be benching Mannah, honestly. He still has enough to offer, but he's not as good as Alvaro and he's much slower than Terepo, who both play the same kind of role.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Dropped for Terepo cause BA like me agrees he is superior.

So what if Evans starts instead of Terepo?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Genuine question but which teams don't start their best middle forwards? I know that all 17 players are important but if you look at the best middle forwards on each team they all seem to start

Because their replacement might only play one stint with a break at halftime. Starting allows you to get two long stints from a forward with a very long break in between (if he leaves at the 30th minute and returns at the 50th), so it's likely that your best middle forward (e.g Nathan Brown) will start. But that doesn't mean that just because a forward starts that he is one of your best. If you just have a bunch of forwards who will play 35-45 minutes it doesn't really matter who starts.

 

[Stevie]

As long as it’s not Alvaro I think the “mix” is much better.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I read somewhere (Maybe TCT?) that Mannah only played 26min last week? It seems he doesn't want him on the field for too long

He played 35 minutes, according to this: https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/live-scores/318058/eels-v-panthers-nrl-2018#player-stats

The sin binning might've allowed him to play the whole 35 minutes in one go. That would help conserve interchanges, though we still managed to use them all up with ten minutes to go.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Good question.

I'd say that after his first stint Arthur only wants to use him to defend a lead, which we haven't had to do this year. Chasing points you'd rather more attacking forwards on the field.

 

[hindy111]

Interesting!!

So was RGC dropped to the bench in round 1 because he was worse then Leota and Tamou.................or does the great Gus Gould agree with BA that you don't always start with your best middle players......

Ambush.....Fooled us all.

 

[Bazal]

Ambush.....Fooled us all.

So basically what you're saying is that the answer depends on your opinion of the player, thus your comments are irrelevant

I'm going to call you Simple Simon form now onwards

 

[hindy111]

So what if Evans starts instead of Terepo?

Is that a question?

Evans is pur highest paid prop. Getting origin money