SOO 13 Game 1: Official NSW Squad

[Joker's Wild]

For every 4 good games he has. He has 2 shockers. Someone like Michael Gordon or Merritt are more consistant have been for 3-4 years and don't get in

Consistency wont win you SOO games. You have to have game breaking ability and neither Gordon or Merritt have shown they are the difference between winning and losing for their club sides. Furgo has proven this and deserves his spot over them

 

[Joker's Wild]

So Carney couldn't cover 9?

With his defence, no

 

[watatank]

has a replacement been named?

 

[Pete Cash]

Ferguson very rarely actually has a bad game. He on occasions does something dumb but he has rarely put in a bad game for the raiders. the rocks and diamonds thing refers to his ability to pull out a magical try the set after he run the ball into touch for no reason. Not that he is good one week bad the next.

I watch him every week and he has his less good games sure. Cronulla shut both him and wighton down pretty well but 2 shockers I don't think so. He's only ever been dropped for behavior issues. I know the raiders don't play on fta tv but can you guys stop blatantly lying about Blake Ferguson. He won the gh player of the year last year so its not like he is just performing this year.

As a winger he can over play his hand but that's why he has been selected.

 

[The Enforcer]

Not Sutton. Has he even woken up from last night yet ?

 

[timka4]

Ferguson has always had extremely high amounts of talent, power, height, skill the lot, everything you need for an outside back. His problem in my eyes in previous years have been consistency and brain snaps. His brain snaps are becoming more and more rare now. To me he has always had the potential to be within the top 4 outside backs in the game at his peak

 

[big hit!]

I can't believe Daley hasn't picked a replacement for Gidely yet.

I bet it's totally stumped him. He knows he can't pick a prop to replace Gidley because he already had earmarked Tamou, Gallen, Bird, Merrin, Fifita & Watmough to rotate through the middle during the match. Bringing in Grant or Woods will f**k with the strategy that he intended to deploy. It would also reduce the minutes one or two of all those guys will get on the field.

I reckon he could be looking at someone like Tariq Sims to come in. He's a right edge forward so he can replace Lewis on that edge of the field and drop Luke onto the interchange. This leaves Lewis fresh for any utility requirements as well as giving Sims a spell and replacing him on the right edge during the game.

Ideally, Daley wanted G Stewart who is also a right edge forward, but he's told Loz that he's not ready for Game 1.

 

[franklin2323]

Ferguson has always had extremely high amounts of talent, power, height, skill the lot, everything you need for an outside back. His problem in my eyes in previous years have been consistency and brain snaps. His brain snaps are becoming more and more rare now. To me he has always had the potential to be within the top 4 outside backs in the game at his peak

I rate him. I just don't think the brain snap has entirely gone. Given SOO's are close these days the brain snap could be costly

 

[DJShaksta]

Wade Graham

 

[BennyV]

I rate him. I just don't think the brain snap has entirely gone. Given SOO's are close these days the brain snap could be costly

Could also come off and win us the game...

 

[chrisD]

With his defence, no

He could easily play hooker and be carried in defence, especially in a team with good defenders in the halves.

 

[franklin2323]

Could also come off and win us the game...

Could well do that. He's not the issue as much as the lack of props on in the side and a few underdone

 

[Pete Cash]

I rate him. I just don't think the brain snap has entirely gone. Given SOO's are close these days the brain snap could be costly

He does drop the odd ball but I also think that's because he's running off mccrone so he gets balls pinged at him at a million miles per hour anywhere from the ground to about a foot above his head.

 

[Amadaca]

Squad is terrible. Absolutely f**king woeful.

Even by Daley's pitifully clueless standards, it's poor.

 

[ME SO HORNBY!]

Squad is terrible. Absolutely f**king woeful.

Even by Daley's pitifully clueless standards, it's poor.

Troll harder.

 

[Amadaca]

Troll harder.

Me so Hornby, me play rep football long time.

 

[BunniesMan]

Daley has no idea. Queensland will pull our pants down.

 

[Amadaca]

If that squad were a person, I'd cut them off at the ankles & rebuild from the ground up. It has to be quite close to the worst team NSW has ever put together. Not the weakest, but damn close. Too many worthy guys out of position or missing altogether, & too many deserving players nowhere to be seen.

Once again, Daley proves not only is he a scumbag of a human being, but an utterly incompetent judge of footballers.

 

[tumbidragon]

Daley has no idea. Queensland will pull our pants down.

Da fuq!... Pricey?

 

[BunniesMan]

Changed my mind. Daley knows a bit.
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@SMHsport 16s John Sutton and Josh Reynolds added to NSW squad. Decision on who replaces Gidley will be made later in the week.

Obviously it'll end up being Sutton. He is more inform in the halves and he'd go a lot better in the backrow than Reynolds.