JokerEel
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I am sure Greig and Moretti could play a few extra minutes. Next year I am sure will be different with Lane back playing 80.
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If it was "absolutely yes" then he would be picked. It's not like Moretti is essential to our attack or defence. I suspect Hopgood is seen as a superior dummy half option to Hands. It's not like we don't have anyone who can cover Hopgood's role in the middle.
I think it's pretty clear that any given team could go just as well with 16 players as with 17. The number of interchanges is far more important than the number of players used. After a 20+ minute breather there is surely some starting forward rested up enough that he's a better option than that week's 17th-best-player, no matter how fresh he is.
I don’t mind that. Well, I at least think it is a decent option from who is available.
Can't Agree.
I qualified my statement. Waqa is a disaster, AMS was a partial disaster last week, Lumelume is a disaster too. If we get belted down that edge it will be as much a symptom of the lack of depth/planning/resources/luck as it is the selection of any given combination that currently exists within our top 30.
I thought he was rigid and unable to adapt to circumstances.
Harry Grant plays 80 nearly every week. He hasn't played fewer than 71:
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Cook and Robson also play 80 minutes nearly every week:
Damien Cook
The NRL profile of Damien Cook including career statistics, season stats, games, tries, goals, tackles and fantasy scores.
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It seems to come down to the quality of the second best hooker in the squad rather than some arbitrary rule about the number of minutes some merkin is capable of. They are full time professionals ffs. There's 10080 minutes in a week, so they can play a full game and still have 10000 minutes to rest up for next week. Yes they will be more fatigued at the end of the game than at the start, but that's true for every player. The question is whether they are too fatigued to remain on the field, or whether someone fresh off the bench would be doing a better job. In the case of some nines, their coach seems to think they are better off playing 80. This includes Bellamy and Payten.
I haven't watched any Broncos games this year, however I note that they are still on top of the table. So I guess it's pointless me hoping they are shit. We go good against them sometimes (Ok not in Darwin). So we might win.
Well if it's so important why would you want a fresh reserve grader taking minutes off your first choice player? I mean how fatigued would Lussick have to be to be less effective than a fresh Brendan Hands? I guess we'll find out.
I'd say it means they can afford to have two of them good enough for the top 17. So no, not a coincidence but points more at resources than selections around team decisions. It seems to be a luxury the top teams can afford. Bellamy had two great dummy halves, got rid of one and now plays the other for 80 minutes. Surely he knows what he's doing? Garlick is back in the team this week but they don't seem to go any better with him than without him. Small sample, but they actually go worse.
