Rumours and Stuff

[Soto]

At half-time.

And we usually play worse in the 2nd half as well..is this bad luck, poor management or just under resourced?

 

[Soto]

Playing Storm after a Bellamy roasting...this may be the gift from the Storm to stamp BAs exit . No good feeling about this one at all...
I tip the forum may get a record number of posts come sun evening

 

[Soren Lorenson]

And we usually play worse in the 2nd half as well..is this bad luck, poor management or just under resourced?

Poor second halves are a resourcing( oranges is this case) issue.

 

[Eelementary]

And we usually play worse in the 2nd half as well..is this bad luck, poor management or just under resourced?

It's not the coach's job to get the team performing, mate.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Playing Storm after a Bellamy roasting...this may be the gift from the Storm to stamp BAs exit . No good feeling about this one at all...
I tip the forum may get a record number of posts come sun evening

I dont expect that to be the case this sunday.

I think the low-point could come in a fortnight if we get beat by Souths at Homebush.

Indigenous round - We will go in as heavy favourites looking for a soft win.

We would have tried hard the last 3 games (Manly, Brisbane, Melbourne) but come up short so confidence will be low but the effort was there and thats good enough i suppose.

Moses will be rusty first game back and everyone will just expect him to click his fingers and things will turnaround.

Latrell will look like a superstar.

It has all the hallmarks of a Parramatta loss.

You can see it happening a mile off really.

 

[Avenger]

I dont expect that to be the case this sunday.

I think the low-point could come in a fortnight if we get beat by Souths at Homebush.

Indigenous round - We will go in as heavy favourites looking for a soft win.

We would have tried hard the last 3 games (Manly, Brisbane, Melbourne) but come up short so confidence will be low but the effort was there and thats good enough i suppose.

Moses will be rusty first game back and everyone will just expect him to click his fingers and things will turnaround.

Latrell will look like a superstar.

It has all the hallmarks of a Parramatta loss.

You can see it happening a mile off really.

And it still won’t be BA’s fault

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

I can see our season starting from the rabbittohs game....

We will smash them and will finally gel with talagi at fullback and Moses back, we will go on a massive streak and make the finals, and BA will keep his job.

 

[hindy111]

I'd re sign Simmonson. Twice the player of Russel. Give 110%
People will talk about his dumb things but I find they are generally at desperate times.
Against Brisbane for example just before halftime. Yes if he dummy's he gets pass Walsh but 90% of players pass in that situation. His dropped ball over the line was tough and when the game was shot he took on the line amd went into touch. Meant nothing by then.
Overall he is improving as a player. On form he is our best back and easily our fastest.

 

[Noise]

I can see our season starting from the rabbittohs game....

We will smash them and will finally gel with talagi at fullback and Moses back, we will go on a massive streak and make the finals, and BA will keep his job.

Moses will be gone for origin so we will miss him for another 3 or so games after he comes back for one round. We are not going on a run any time soon.

 

[hindy111]

I can see our season starting from the rabbittohs game....

We will smash them and will finally gel with talagi at fullback and Moses back, we will go on a massive streak and make the finals, and BA will keep his job.

I can't. I think the season is cooked. At best we can finish the year with winning half of our games left. 15 games to go.
I tipped us to win 5 or less. How long ago was that? @Bandwagon
Right now I'd lean towards 5 or 6 wins at best.

 

[Noise]

I can't. I think the season is cooked. At best we can finish the year with winning half of our games left. 15 games to go.
I tipped us to win 5 or less. How long ago was that? @Bandwagon
Right now I'd lean towards 5 or 6 wins at best.

I reckon we lose about 11 of 15. It won't be BA's fault. Or the players. Because they 'had a go' and that is good enough.

 

[King-Gutho94]

I can see our season starting from the rabbittohs game....

We will smash them and will finally gel with talagi at fullback and Moses back, we will go on a massive streak and make the finals, and BA will keep his job.

In 11 years under BA these are the best winning streaks we have had each season.

BA has had more contract extensions then 4 game winning streaks in his tenure.

So i cant see things changing all of sudden and going on a massive streak when its never been done.

2014 - 3 wins (Rd4 to Rd6) & (Rd20 to Rd22)
2015 - 3 wins (Rd14 to Rd17) 1 Bye in between 1st & 2nd win
2016 - 3 wins (Rd 2 to Rd 4) & (Rd 12 to Rd 15) - 1 Bye in between 1st & 2nd win
2017 - 6 wins (Rd15 to Rd 22) 2 byes came in that 6 week streak after the 1st & 3rd win of that streak and we lost to bottom placed Newcastle at home that finished the streak
2018 - 2 wins (Rd7 to Rd8) & (Rd21 to Rd22)
2019 - 4 wins (Rd19 to Rd22)
2020 - 5 wins (Rd1 to Rd 5) - Covid Break interrupted between Round 2 & Round 3
2021 - 5 wins (Rd6 to Rd10)
2022 - 3 wins (Rd3 to Rd5) & (Rd 23 to Rd25)
2023 - 5 wins (Rd12 to Rd17) - Bye after the 2nd win in that week.


If you look quite closely its damming actually that only twice we have managed to win 4 weeks in a row when byes haven't come into play in 11 years.

We cant play 4 solid straight weeks of consistent footy under BA unless we get a breather/bye in between to freshen up the squad.

 

[hineyrulz]

And it still won’t be BA’s fault

Nothing ever is and nothing ever is his f**king job, we lost against the Donkeys because the bounce of the ball apparently. Jesus tap dancing Christ these merkins are deluded!!

 

[Gazzamatta]

I dont expect that to be the case this sunday.

I think the low-point could come in a fortnight if we get beat by Souths at Homebush.

Indigenous round - We will go in as heavy favourites looking for a soft win.

We would have tried hard the last 3 games (Manly, Brisbane, Melbourne) but come up short so confidence will be low but the effort was there and thats good enough i suppose.

Moses will be rusty first game back and everyone will just expect him to click his fingers and things will turnaround.

Latrell will look like a superstar.

It has all the hallmarks of a Parramatta loss.

You can see it happening a mile off really.

For we are one and free.

 

[eel01s]

I'd re sign Simmonson. Twice the player of Russel. Give 110%
People will talk about his dumb things but I find they are generally at desperate times.
Against Brisbane for example just before halftime. Yes if he dummy's he gets pass Walsh but 90% of players pass in that situation. His dropped ball over the line was tough and when the game was shot he took on the line amd went into touch. Meant nothing by then.
Overall he is improving as a player. On form he is our best back and easily our fastest.

This is a good example of dumb play. Simmonson had two options, draw and pass or dummy and go himself . He ended up waiting too long to pass and ended up throwing it forward.

 

[King-Gutho94]

This is a good example of dumb play. Simmonson had two options, draw and pass or dummy and go himself . He ended up waiting too long to pass and ended up throwing it forward.

The smart play these days is actually dummy,

Fullbacks like Walsh, Ponga, Tedesco are training & putting themselves into better positions between the ball carrier and the support player to knock the ball down.

I am surprised how many don't dummy as most FB's are already committed to trying to knocking it down or intercepting it these days.

I still have a nightmare at homebush from a few years back sitting in the dogs section & Averillo intercepting us and running the length on that miserable arvo we got pounded by them coming last.

I cant remember who passed it but was a braindead move they were under the sticks with a dummy.

 

[yy_cheng]

I can see our season starting from the rabbittohs game....

We will smash them and will finally gel with talagi at fullback and Moses back, we will go on a massive streak and make the finals, and BA will keep his job.

Alternatively, we kick start Souths left edge and they go on an unbeaten run to the GF

 

[Stevie]

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Thats what happens when you have a shit roster. You can thank Sticky for projectorgate and getting rid of the deadwood - the best (and only) thing he did for the club!

As if the shit roster assembled itself. A roster like that is a sign of subpar resourcing. The fact is the roster improved because we started handing out illegal TPAs to lure merkins to the club. Well resourced clubs have legitimate arms length TPA providers that managers trust and don’t need to be funded or guaranteed by the club.

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

Trust me guys, it always works out for bushy....

We will go on a run and make the finals, and he will get extended.