Rumours and Whingers and Occasional Optimism XXIX

[Twizzle]

It's real depth, it just means there's not enough first graders.

we manage to scrape up 17 every week though

 

[emjaycee]

we manage to scrape up 17 every week though

Yeah but we also managed 2 wooden spoons and 3 finishes between 10th and 14th in the last 5 years, so one would question whether all 17 that we scraped up were actually acceptable first graders or not.

 

[hineyrulz]

It's real depth, it just means there's not enough first graders.

And that folks is how you win spoons.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Might have been more convincing if published after "the incident"?

Who would have thought that the Terminator buys his sunnies from a service station?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

And that folks is how you win spoons.

So was the problem the depth or the lack of first graders?

 

[Bigfella]

I'm not sure if you noticed but no one is biting at your attempt to provoke a meaningless hypothetical argument.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I only posted 12 minutes ago. Give them time.

 

[caylo]

So was the problem the depth or the lack of first graders?

Honestly our last couple of years have been plagued by overpaying for young talent, poor talent identification and helping mature as well as poor management and planing. As a. Consequence we had a large group of average players on average wages and little in the superstar level. I.E Hayne v Foran + Jennings + Scott

Btw not biting, more a serious response

 

[84 Baby]

So was the problem the depth or the lack of first graders?

Definitely depth, especially with Kelly.

We were playing like the red team, but now Foran & Norman have given us more depth and we are playing like blue team

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Honestly our last couple of years have been plagued by overpaying for young talent, poor talent identification and helping mature as well as poor management and planing. As a. Consequence we had a large group of average players on average wages and little in the superstar level. I.E Hayne v Foran + Jennings + Scott

Btw not biting, more a serious response

It was a serious question, and goes to the heart of whether we should be blaming the weaker members of the squad for a loss.

You have to field 17 players every week. After a few injuries there will surely be some who aren't genuine first graders.

 

[84 Baby]

It was a serious question, and goes to the heart of whether we should be blaming the weaker members of the squad for a loss.

You have to field 17 players every week. After a few injuries there will surely be some who aren't genuine first graders.

Have you ever played a team sport? Serious question

 

[hindy111]

Id say the coach SK. If you can call him a coach?

 

[hindy111]

Ricky has made a stupid signing in Jnr paulo.
They have plenty of big powerfull forwards and powerfull backs.
I am not sure how Jnr will improve that team who leaks points badly. A beau scott would of been more beneficial to that team

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Have you ever played a team sport? Serious question

This question from a bloke who posts a diagram of a team with the ball playing against a team without it as some sort of style comparison.

Suppose I've never played a team sport. What's your point?

 

[84 Baby]

This question from a bloke who posts a diagram of a team with the ball playing against a team without it as some sort of style comparison.

Suppose I've never played a team sport. What's your point?

You'd know at Joe Sunday League level there are guys in your team who are just shit merkins, you may not say it aloud but you probably think twice before passing them the ball, so either you figure ways to not utilise them thus potentially making you a worse player, or you figure ways to utilise their not-so-shit merkin abilities in some positive fashion which probably still isn't up to whatever level you're playing. Now at Sunday League level, you can blame the shit merkins for dropping the ball, but you can only blame yourself for passing it to them knowing there was higher chance of them dropping ball. But at a professional level, assuming you're not the shit merkin who forgets his job, blame goes squarely to the shit merkin not doing his job, or if it's continually happening, to the shit merkin coach who doesn't recognise that one of his players is also a shit merkin

 

[84 Baby]

It's why buying players from Scum is hazardous. Away from their rigid structure of what their role is, they revert back to just being shit merkins

 

[yy_cheng]

It's why buying players from Scum is hazardous. Away from their rigid structure of what their role is, they revert back to just being shit merkins

THat's not necessry true but it might take then 2-3 years to unbrainwash themselves.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

You'd know at Joe Sunday League level there are guys in your team who are just shit merkins, you may not say it aloud but you probably think twice before passing them the ball, so either you figure ways to not utilise them thus potentially making you a worse player, or you figure ways to utilise their not-so-shit merkin abilities in some positive fashion which probably still isn't up to whatever level you're playing. Now at Sunday League level, you can blame the shit merkins for dropping the ball, but you can only blame yourself for passing it to them knowing there was higher chance of them dropping ball. But at a professional level, assuming you're not the shit merkin who forgets his job, blame goes squarely to the shit merkin not doing his job, or if it's continually happening, to the shit merkin coach who doesn't recognise that one of his players is also a shit merkin

Every coach is forced to play shit merkins eventually, because the salary cap doesn't allow unlimited coverage for injury.

 

[hineyrulz]

So was the problem the depth or the lack of first graders?

The problem was lack of first graders and depth back up players on first grade money.

And of course your mate Kearney.

 

[84 Baby]

Every coach is forced to play shit merkins eventually, because the salary cap doesn't allow unlimited coverage for injury.

Yes but the salary cap doesn't stop shit merkins from training or being coached to become non-shit merkins