SOO 2016: Game 1

[phantom eel]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...s/news-story/c10d6d12df57d7c94c6e7c938baf8513

Jacob Lillyman in for the injured Nate Myles.

Queensland team: Darius Boyd, Corey Oates, Greg Inglis, Justin O’Neill, Dane Gagai, Johnathan Thurston, Cooper Cronk, Matt Scott, Cameron Smith (capt), Jacob Lillyman, Matt Gillett, Sam Thaiday, Corey Parker.
Interchange: Michael Morgan, Josh McGuire, Aidan Guerra, Josh Papalii.

 

[Parra Pride]

Dylan Walker to add to his already impressive resume of one run for one error.

 

[Gary Gutful]

NSW will be carved up in Game 2.

 

[Eelementary]

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...change-to-nsw-blues-team-20160613-gpi2mc.html

NSW TEAM FOR GAME TWO
1. Matt Moylan, 2. Josh Mansour, 3. Michael Jennings, 4. Josh Morris, 5. Blake Ferguson, 6. James Maloney, 7. Adam Reynolds, 8. Aaron Woods, 9. Robbie Farah, 10. James Tamou, 11. Josh Jackson, 12. Wade Graham, 13. Paul Gallen. Interchange: 14. Dylan Walker, 15. Greg Bird, 16. David Klemmer, 17. Andrew Fifita. Development players: Bryce Cartwright, Jack Bird.

Queensland by plenty.

That'll do me.

Go Queensland.

 

[hineyrulz]

Qld by lots, Daley to be resigned for at least 3 more series because he's such a good bloke.

 

[Eelementary]

How the f**k does Greg Bird keep getting picked????

 

[Gary Gutful]

Hiney and Eele.

What would your teams have looked like?

 

[Eelementary]

Hiney and Eele.

What would your teams have looked like?

I'm happy with Graham's inclusion, but if Beau Scott is not:

(1) NSW's best back-rower (who is also in great form);

(2) bettet suited to Origin footy than Greg Bird

then I'm blind.

I'm all for selecting for the future, but when Daley claims he's looking to the future and dumps Scott while selecting Bird, then he's either blubd, stupid or a hypocrite.

This is the exact reason why I'm sick and tired of NSW - Paul Kent put it best: we are rewarding mediocrity.

Then Phil Rothfield commends Daley on his loyalty - last I checked, Scott was there last year, and did nothing wrong; clearly, Daley's "loyalty" is over-stated and even falsified.

Not only that, but if James Tedesco can't get a run when fit, then I have to surmise that Daley is taking the piss. Tedesco is twice the player Moylan is, and particularly at fullback.

 

[Parra47]

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...change-to-nsw-blues-team-20160613-gpi2mc.html

NSW TEAM FOR GAME TWO
1. Matt Moylan, 2. Josh Mansour, 3. Michael Jennings, 4. Josh Morris, 5. Blake Ferguson, 6. James Maloney, 7. Adam Reynolds, 8. Aaron Woods, 9. Robbie Farah, 10. James Tamou, 11. Josh Jackson, 12. Wade Graham, 13. Paul Gallen. Interchange: 14. Dylan Walker, 15. Greg Bird, 16. David Klemmer, 17. Andrew Fifita. Development players: Bryce Cartwright, Jack Bird.

Queensland by plenty.

Dylan Walker on the bench again? Brilliant Daley, just brilliant :crazy:

 

[The EELiminator]

Dylan Walker on the bench again? Brilliant Daley, just brilliant :crazy:

maybe he'll get into double figures on the field this time around

 

[Gary Gutful]

I'm happy with Graham's inclusion, but if Beau Scott is not:

(1) NSW's best back-rower (who is also in great form);

(2) bettet suited to Origin footy than Greg Bird

then I'm blind.

I'm all for selecting for the future, but when Daley claims he's looking to the future and dumps Scott while selecting Bird, then he's either blubd, stupid or a hypocrite.

This is the exact reason why I'm sick and tired of NSW - Paul Kent put it best: we are rewarding mediocrity.

Then Phil Rothfield commends Daley on his loyalty - last I checked, Scott was there last year, and did nothing wrong; clearly, Daley's "loyalty" is over-stated and even falsified.

Not only that, but if James Tedesco can't get a run when fit, then I have to surmise that Daley is taking the piss. Tedesco is twice the player Moylan is, and particularly at fullback.

So you essentially agree with 15 of 17 selections?

 

[Noise]

I'd have gone Tedesco for Moylan
Cartwright for Walker
Either Dugan or Roberts for Morris

 

[strider]

I'd have gone Tedesco for Moylan
Cartwright for Walker
Either Dugan or Roberts for Morris

Id agree with you

 

[Eelementary]

So you essentially agree with 15 of 17 selections?

Well, not really:

Ennis for Farah
Plus a few other minor changes.

But it's the principle, Gary!

 

[hineyrulz]

Meh Origin is a farce these days, Daley and Fulton have derped it up for a decade but continue to keep their jobs. it's a joke.

 

[Gary Gutful]

It is pretty easy to bag Fulton, Daley etc but the select few alternative choices that people have mentioned don't all of sudden turn us into a team of superstars. QLD have far superior cattle.

 

[Gary Gutful]

--/

 

[Eelementary]

It is pretty easy to bag Fulton, Daley etc but the select few alternative choices that people have mentioned don't all of sudden turn us into a team of superstars. QLD have far superior cattle.

Absolutely.

But the selectors' thought process is somewhat broken - reward loyalty, but dump Scott; keep choosing Farah, a bench hooker for his club, over an in-form Ennis; keep selecting Jackson for whatever reason...

 

[Gary Gutful]

Absolutely.

But the selectors' thought process is somewhat broken - reward loyalty, but dump Scott; keep choosing Farah, a bench hooker for his club, over an in-form Ennis; keep selecting Jackson for whatever reason...

Meh.

The reality is that most outraged merkins on here would struggle to come up with anything more successful.

 

[Gary Gutful]

I'll also put this on record.

I don't think I've read anything on here in the last 13 years (as a couple of different posters) that would lead me to believe that there is anyone who posts on here that knows more about rugby league than either Laurie Daley or Bob Fulton. If you think you know better then you are kidding yourself.