Rumours and Stuff

[Twizzle]

He's into cougars at the moment.

Smith answers the Cougars call

Former Dragons, Eels, Knights and Roosters NRL coach Brian Smith is now a Cougar.

www.nswrl.com.au

who isn't ?

 

[Gronk]

who isn't ?

 

[gaffer]

it's got me beat why the short restart is used when a long kick can mean they are coming at you from fifty out and not ten

 

[Eelementary]

That would mean one of the three muppets appointing the coach would lose his job.

What a damn shame that would be...

 

[Twizzle]

it's got me beat why the short restart is used when a long kick can mean they are coming at you from fifty out and not ten

its obviously meant to regain possession but doesn't always work

 

[Gherkin]

it's got me beat why the short restart is used when a long kick can mean they are coming at you from fifty out and not ten

They might be 50 out when they catch the kick, but the 1st tackle would be made closer to the 30. By 3rd tackle they'd almost be at the 10. So I guess it's a trade off of 3 less tackles on your line vs a chance at getting the ball back

 

[King-Gutho94]

it's got me beat why the short restart is used when a long kick can mean they are coming at you from fifty out and not ten

It's a shit rule that's given the kicking team all the advantage.

If it goes out on the full or doesn't go 10 there is no consequence. The receiving team has to play the ball 10m with no momentum in the set.

Bring back the penalty.

 

[Gronk]

They might be 50 out when they catch the kick, but the 1st tackle would be made closer to the 30. By 3rd tackle they'd almost be at the 10. So I guess it's a trade off of 3 less tackles on your line vs a chance at getting the ball back

Agree. Kicking it deep doesn’t really accomplish much. Obviously coaches think that a coin toss opportunity to get the ball back is worth it.

It's a shit rule that's given the kicking team all the advantage.

If it goes out on the full or doesn't go 10 there is no consequence. The receiving team has to play the ball 10m with no momentum in the set.

Bring back the penalty.

I agree with this. They have totally removed the risk for the team dropping out.

They have also removed the reward to the attacking team for getting a repeat set. Short kicks into the in-goal on T5 now means that there is a 50/50 chance of a repeat set.

 

[oldmancraigy]

it's got me beat why the short restart is used when a long kick can mean they are coming at you from fifty out and not ten

Easier to set your defence inside 10 as well. Not as far to retreat, and teams prefer to defend those short spaces.

The sad thing is that we're the worst defensive team in the comp by a country mile. It's not just attitude (surely that doesn't help), our system is broken. So shuffle it 2 passes wide on a quick spread and we get caught with our pants down most times. Sadly, going long won't help, it just give the opposition 2-3 set plays to generate a quick play the ball and then space to spread it.

If our defence was even just mediocre, then we'd be a lot more content with the short drop-outs. They do make a lot of sense

 

[oldmancraigy]

It's a shit rule that's given the kicking team all the advantage.

If it goes out on the full or doesn't go 10 there is no consequence. The receiving team has to play the ball 10m with no momentum in the set.

Bring back the penalty.

OR make it that the attacking team is allowed to touch the ball before it goes 10, which would then trigger the penalty.

Ie, put all the onus on the team doing the dropout to make sure it actually goes 10m. The Sean Russell's of the world are pushing hard for this I hear....

 

[Noise]

OR make it that the attacking team is allowed to touch the ball before it goes 10, which would then trigger the penalty.

Ie, put all the onus on the team doing the dropout to make sure it actually goes 10m. The Sean Russell's of the world are pushing hard for this I hear....

I’d prefer the rule to stay the same if only to weed the Sean Russell’s of the world out.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Didnt Tom Opacic do the same thing as Russell a few years ago when we beat the storm in the wet that night.

Sivo scored with 2 mins to go and then Storm did the short kick off and opacic touched it before it went 10 to give the storm a penalty.

We hung on thankfully but don't our players learn the rules ffs.

 

[hindy111]

Agree. Kicking it deep doesn’t really accomplish much. Obviously coaches think that a coin toss opportunity to get the ball back is worth it.

I agree with this. They have totally removed the risk for the team dropping out.

They have also removed the reward to the attacking team for getting a repeat set. Short kicks into the in-goal on T5 now means that there is a 50/50 chance of a repeat set.

Or 7 tackle set

 

[gaffer]

hope we play ourselves back into form by giving the titans a flogging next week

 

[Incorrect]

hope we play ourselves back into form by giving the titans a flogging next week

Lofi Khan-Pereirha is going to scorch our right hand side defence and score 5+ tries... JoJo Fifita will do the same on the other side and Brimson is going to take a dump on Gutho's face in our in-goal area.... I'm not confident.

 

[Noise]

hope we play ourselves back into form by giving the titans a flogging next week

No Moses. We are f**ked.

 

[gaffer]

No Moses. We are f**ked.

sanders should be the one to fill in for moses A 7 for a 7 not moving brown into that position

 

[oldmancraigy]

Lofi Khan-Pereirha is going to scorch our right hand side defence and score 5+ tries... JoJo Fifita will do the same on the other side and Brimson is going to take a dump on Gutho's face in our in-goal area.... I'm not confident.

The first 2 things I can see happening
I'm really not so sure about the third? I suppose it would be something new

 

[ElectricEelMan]

it's got me beat why the short restart is used when a long kick can mean they are coming at you from fifty out and not ten

I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum.
It's got me beat why anyone is doing the long kick restart. Why the heck would you do that when there is a 50-50 chance you get the ball back with little downside if you miskick.

 

[JokerEel]

I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum.
It's got me beat why anyone is doing the long kick restart. Why the heck would you do that when there is a 50-50 chance you get the ball back with little downside if you miskick.

The smart teams have a player run past where the ball is going to land waiting for the opposition to bat the ball back...


We are not one of the smart teams..