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I think you will find that we will retain Sivo. Blake will go and we will go to the market for a centre. Even though he isn’t my favourite I’d give Simonsson a go at centre. I still think Zac Lomax needs a change and I’d give him $750k to come over.
The point is fatigue doesn’t build up over the season. It builds over 80 minutes, which is a separate issue, but by the next game the players are ready to go again. The exception seems to be the week after playing in hot weather, which is why it’s a winter sport
They won last year playing every game ffs. The week off just aids recovery from injuries, plus limits exposure to new ones.
Electric.
You really think so? Or that it's not a cumuluative effect - which actually also supports/aligns with Gould's statement about the impact the week after?
Apples and oranges are different, while still being similar in some ways.
That's a very poor assessment of the facts. The same strategy that got us home late against the Cowboys was the wrong strategy a week later? More likely is we were just up against a better team.
My parroting might be post-hoc but his prediction wasn't. I remember being surprised when he said it. If it came from a less knowledgeable pundit than Gould, I would've told them they were wrong. But everything turned out as he predicted. I'm more inclined to think he knows what he's talking about than that he doesn't. But by all means continue to only accept stuff that matches your preconceptions.
We need to control the ball. As soon as we fail to do that for a few consecutive sets we're done.
Maybe a merkin is sicking of driving to the Riff each day.
I don’t think it would have mattered for that game. Even if we controlled the ball they were still making metres at will while we struggled to get out of our 30m zone. Even if we held the ball we were still done because they were playing too fast and we had no answers.
Yes, strategies should change week to week, based on changing circumstances and the strengths and weaknesses of opponents.
It's amazing... senile league pundit predicts team who are raging long shots will lose game! Just everry pretty much every other person in the media and this forum... but keep on post-hoc hero-worship quoting any authority figure you can cling to when flaws your simplified posts are highlighted and questioned.
Ciraldo apparently brought them to the Panthers in the first place.
