Rumours and Stuff

[El Diablo]

What i been thinking all these years. I think my line must get crossed.

more often than not it's your sword that gets crossed

 

[El Diablo]

FFS!!! Looser's!!! Max trying to save money again wouldn't stump up 40c for a phone call.

Max always rings reverse charge

 

[Obscene Assassin]

That's a sneaky little distortion of the truth. No one has said we need origin players (although most final four sides do). What people have said is that we need at least a couple of 'origin-level' forwards. I'll leave it up to you to figure out what that means.

We've gone through this before. Anyway, origin is dumb, they should get rid of it.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

We've gone through this before. Anyway, origin is dumb, they should get rid of it.

They should get rid of one of their biggest money spinners? Because it is 'dumb'? Have you thought of applying for a role in the NRL's strategic planning unit?

 

[TheRam]

You clearly haven’t been watching the press conferences then.
Because on several occasions he has actually labeled the players as being lazy and I’ll discipline.
Even today’s one he called them dumb on several occasions.
He often says the attitude at training is great, but he doesn’t seem to praise the during game attitude!

Yeah I watch every single game. And I question at least half the squads attitude at the moment.

I meant the whole week leading to the game. During the game, they just aren't good enough. Then all the negative things that we can all list manifest due to not being good enough including looking lazy and ill disciplined at times during the game.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I meant the whole week leading to the game. During the game, they just aren't good enough. Then all the negative things that we can all list manifest due to not being good enough including looking lazy and ill disciplined at times during the game.

So what went right the previous two years? A winger making a dozen runs and three tackles turned a wooden spoon pack into a team capable of winning 60% of its games?

 

[Dibs]

How come it hasn't worked this year, then? Do you think maybe Semi helped us gain much needed go forward (and therefore, momentum, confidence, etc) that greatly assisted Moses in having space and time for his kicking game?
He hasn't got that this year because our forwards can't provide it without the input of Semi.

I think they are panicking and not following the gameplan, there was plenty of times last year whenwe didn’t make many metres coming out of our own end but Moses and Norman still got good kicks away. Why do you think they could do it last year off the back of a poor set metre wise but not this year? Why could they do it when Semi wasn’t even involved in the set, why do you ask questions like a smart ass rather then say my opinion is this you pretentious prick? Trying to take the place of Chipmunk?

 

[Noise]

So what went right the previous two years?

- Refs let us get away with being offside a lot in 2017 as well as laying all over the ruck and that has been cracked down on this year and we seemed unprepared for it
- We had less of a focus on the wrestle and up/down conditioning this pre-season (compared to previous years) more of a focus on running mechanics
- Our big middle merkins Alvaro and Tepai leaned up a bit in the pre-season
- Scott, Matagi and Vave are now almost passed it
- We not only miss Semi's metre gains but also his freakish line break and try scoring ability
- Cameron King was great for us last year but he now seems to be behind Will Smith as our hooker?!?!

These are a few things off the top of my head.

 

[emjaycee]

more often than not it's your sword that gets crossed

 

[lucablight]

I'm saying they don't make the kinds of mistakes any fan could identify.

So how can fans ever have an opinion on how their team is being run?

 

[lucablight]

- Refs let us get away with being offside a lot in 2017 as well as laying all over the ruck and that has been cracked down on this year and we seemed unprepared for it
- We had less of a focus on the wrestle and up/down conditioning this pre-season (compared to previous years) more of a focus on running mechanics
- Our big middle merkins Alvaro and Tepai leaned up a bit in the pre-season
- Scott, Matagi and Vave are now almost passed it
- We not only miss Semi's metre gains but also his freakish line break and try scoring ability
- Cameron King was great for us last year but he now seems to be behind Will Smith as our hooker?!?!

These are a few things off the top of my head.

We also had an extremely soft draw in the second half of the year.

 

[TheRam]

So what went right the previous two years? A winger making a dozen runs and three tackles turned a wooden spoon pack into a team capable of winning 60% of its games?

I couldn't be F'ed repeating myself to a denialist. It gets rather tiresome the thousandth time. If you are that lost and in the dark still, go back and read the pages and pages that has already been written by many on that particular question.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Which group understands binary?

Not me thats for sure but I'm not really in either of those groups.
Had the pea and ham soup at Tilleys for lunch Baz. Yummo. Thoroughly recommend. Still my favourite pub ever.
Cheers.

 

[Obscene Assassin]

They should get rid of one of their biggest money spinners? Because it is 'dumb'? Have you thought of applying for a role in the NRL's strategic planning unit?

Yes. No, if I worked for the NRL I'd have to lie and say I like origin and bang on about how much of a spectacle it is.

 

[Bazal]

Origin is a waste of time IMO.

Problem is it makes a fortune, mostly because of braindead QLDers who actually thing state based rivalry is a thing that exists.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So how can fans ever have an opinion on how their team is being run?

Well I have an opinion on what is wrong with our team, and even some theories about the causes. But the fact is I don't have all the information so I don't second guess those who do.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

We also had an extremely soft draw in the second half of the year.

We had the same record against top eight teams as we did against the bottom eight teams.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I couldn't be F'ed repeating myself to a denialist.

*dentist

It gets rather tiresome the thousandth time. If you are that lost and in the dark still, go back and read the pages and pages that has already been written by many on that particular question.

We lost Radradra and Fritchard, and gained Hayne, Williams and Evans. Anyone who knows footy would see that as a net gain, which is why we were one of the premiership favourites at the start of the year.

 

[hindy111]

We've gone through this before. Anyway, origin is dumb, they should get rid of it.

Cause you dont like it?

Nrl is that TINY a game it needs something to survive. Origin is its pinacle.

I dont care heaps abput origin also ut understand its importance

 

[hindy111]

Origin is a waste of time IMO.

Problem is it makes a fortune, mostly because of braindead QLDers who actually thing state based rivalry is a thing that exists.

I doubt they think their is a rivalry. They just enjoy the game cause I mean it is kind of fun. Friends come around, have bbqs (Id have friend around except i dont own a bbq)
The game of NRL is big in QLD and NSW. So a game to see who developed them best team isnt a terrible thing.