jeffdragon
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Thanks to Bud, he kept us in the game. With out his individual brilliance we would've been anywhere near the Tigers.You could see the team lift as soon as he come on.
We need to chuck out the abacus and get a real computer
Imagine if he had heart like Campbell at the Titans. Half his size and 3 times the ticker.
I clapped very loudly after his 2 tries. I haven't done that since Ted Goodwin.
translation, get a new board, starts and ends with them.
Yeah they were beauties weren’t they.
You are missing the point - people claiming one player makes the difference neglect the fact that we still lost. So he played - why didn't we win then? You can't say that we lose by 18 - 4 without him. Why have we been losing by less than 6 without him and then lost by the same margin with him? As I pointed out, this is much bigger than one or 2 players.
Of course. The basic structural and strategic problems under Griffin are huge and unforgivable. But it doesn’t help when the most potent 17 players available are never on the field and some of the most average players to ever wear the red V get continually selected does it?
I've said the same. He must be so pi**ed off being starved of the footy and when he does get it seems it is a deliberate act to give him poor ball so he can get belted to put him off side with the coaches. Thus his dumping last week.
Yes definitely sack Bird and Mybe if picked at dummy half. Amone is still a work in progress, but there is improvement, specially in his defense and ball skills, already has a deft grubber into the in goal and is developing a long kick. Griffin tried to kill his his prime skill of taking on the defense but with Liddle making valuable metre eating darting runs and giving us good field position, Amone snubbed his nose at his coach and boy did he look a more effective player. Then came Griffin's bizarre decision to start Mybe and relegate Liddle to a bit player and immediately Amone's running game nose dived. Ditto Tyrell Sloan. Seems Griffin plans to destroy Sloan and Amone's careers before they are started while he talks both up to the media to big note himself.
It's all speculative though, isn't it? If you add this player, if you remove this player. If you play this player here. If you bring this player on at this time. If Suli held onto the ball, if Sloan didn't throw a cutout pass. It's all hindsight and armchair coaching, isn't it? Who's to say the attacking structures wouldn't be different without Sullivan there and we end up scoring through different plays? You can't say for certain we lose by that much, if at all. Who's to say if Sullivan played in the other games that we don't still lose by the same margin or more? I think it's all just wishful thinking.
Sorry have to disagree. He may turn out a good player with another coach but never a great one. He was mediocre first time with us and not a lot better the second time. Like you say he has brain snaps which cost us valuable field position, tries to play like a 5/8 when picked as a back rower. He is not totally without skill but he tries to do too much and ends up stuffing up most of the time. Griffin gives him full minutes, not sure why when we have some bench quality, like Michael Molo and Toby Couchman getting piddly mins. I digress. Point is he has a tendency to go missing in action for periods, so much so you'd not know he was still on the paddock.
I've got to say I've stopped reacting to the shit these players do too. I get a bad feeling but it's just not worth reacting anymore because it's unsurprising. It's just a voice in my head that goes "f**k me' and then I move on. The biggest reaction out of me yesterday was when they bottled a 5 on 2 overlap, whilst I believed it, I couldn't at the same time if that makes sense. Other than that, it's just numbness watching it.
Good for Bud that he scored a couple of tries stepping around some lazy defence against the team running last. If he is the long term answer at half back and our future he is going to have to learn some game management and tactical kicking. His running game will be nullified against the good defensive sides which is why these two things will be critical for him. All I saw in that respect (tactical kicking and game management) from him yesterday was on par with what we see from Hunt and that is being very kind to Sullivan.
Well good for you Bud.
