Rumours and Stuff

[hineyrulz]

Todd Lowrie also had the best 8 or 9 games of his entire career that year...

Until the GF……….


Kingston was great off to bench as well.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

And don’t forget Morts!

 

[hineyrulz]

And don’t forget Morts!

And Jeff Robson played like Cleary.

 

[jason taylor]

And Jeff Robson played like Cleary.

He sure had an absolute blinder against the Bulldogs in that prelim final. Probably the game of his career.

 

[jason taylor]

ChatGPT gave me the following alternative summary:

TLDR:

Our focus should be on strengthening defense and enhancing basic attacking knowledge.

So what you’re saying is we should chase the collision?

 

[King-Gutho94]

MoiMoi was an absolute weapon. His form was like nothing I've seen from a prop. The guy was bowling people over and making 30mtrs on some carries. It was wild.

We also tightened our defense. Mateo,Grothe and Gaulavo hit purple patches as well. I reckon those 4 along with Haynes form had a huge impact

Kevin Kingston provided great impact off the bench and lifted the tempo around the ruck.

It's a shame we lost him as he wanted to stat but Ian Schubert had other ideas.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Until the GF……….


Kingston was great off to bench as well.

Todd undid all the great work in those 9 weeks by kicking it on 5th tackle with 5 mins to go down by 6.

 

[IFR33K]

What's your alternate explanation for the sudden change in our 2009 season fortunes then?

Youngish team took a few games to gel

Team took a few games to adjust to DA

The rise of moi moi

Kingston had a great year too

morts had a great year

we got rid of that weirdo finch.


Not in any particular order

 

[the phantom menace]

The question was about why we started so shit and finished so strong. The only alternative to a lazy pre-Origin Hayne that you've offered is a young team taking a few games to gel with a new coach...?

 

[lingard]

What's your alternate explanation for the sudden change in our 2009 season fortunes then?

Daniel Anderson. Great coach.

 

[the phantom menace]

Yes, indeed.

Though I remember days when loads on here agreed with the Club Board's "report" that resulted in him instantly being sacked... very strange times.

 

[Wally21]

Youngish team took a few games to gel

Team took a few games to adjust to DA

The rise of moi moi

Kingston had a great year too

morts had a great year

we got rid of that weirdo finch.


Not in any particular order

From memory, wasn’t Hayne also tried at 6 for a number of games earlier in that year?

 

[Noise]

From memory, wasn’t Hayne also tried at 6 for a number of games earlier in that year?

Yep.

 

[lingard]

The question was about why we started so shit and finished so strong. The only alternative to a lazy pre-Origin Hayne that you've offered is a young team taking a few games to gel with a new coach...?

Anderson managed Hayne beautifully. Bagged him in a presser. Shifted him to five-eight to get his work rate up. Changed the team's style halfway through the year. Got a number of players
(including Hayne) playing out of their skins for career best periods. Managed Mateo's erratic tendencies beautifully. Inu
never played as well again. Mortimer the same. Daniel Anderson was a brilliant coach. The myth that we somehow made
the grandfinal on the back of Jarryd Hayne alone, was just that: a myth. Perpetrated by the media. D.A. never got the credit that was due to him.

 

[IFR33K]

The question was about why we started so shit and finished so strong. The only alternative to a lazy pre-Origin Hayne that you've offered is a young team taking a few games to gel with a new coach...?

And what’s so laughable about that?

in 2001, I think the eels didn’t win back to back games until around round 11.

Was Hayne responsible for the slow start there too?

Anyways, u need to let it go

 

[the phantom menace]

I'll have to check back about 2001... are you saying Hayne was never a lazy player, and couldn't be at fault for contributing to poor overall team form?

 

[the phantom menace]

Anderson managed Hayne beautifully. Bagged him in a presser. Shifted him to five-eight to get his work rate up. Changed the team's style halfway through the year. Got a number of players
(including Hayne) playing out of their skins for career best periods. Managed Mateo's erratic tendencies beautifully. Inu
never played as well again. Mortimer the same. Daniel Anderson was a brilliant coach. The myth that we somehow made
the grandfinal on the back of Jarryd Hayne alone, was just that: a myth. Perpetrated by the media. D.A. never got the credit that was due to him.

Yes, I thought so as well re DA. And thought it strange there was such a push to sack him. I wonder what happened there...

 

[IFR33K]

I'll have to check back about 2001... are you saying Hayne was never a lazy player, and couldn't be at fault for contributing to poor overall team form?

Hayne can be lazy but blaming him for the slow start is ludicrous. So is only giving him credit for our 09 run.

 

[Incorrect]

Yes, I thought so as well re DA. And thought it strange there was such a push to sack him. I wonder what happened there...

DA was a Fitzgerald appointment. Once Spagnolo and Co rissoled Fitzy, anything and everything that smelled like Fitzgerald was flushed from Parra including the coach who took the team to a GF in his first year at the helm... Collateral damage. Appalling really...

 

[the phantom menace]

Hayne can be lazy but blaming him for the slow start is ludicrous. So is only giving him credit for our 09 run.

Come to think of it, the 49ers had a pretty slow start to 2015 too...