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It was only a bad signing if we paid too much. Considering we had Sivo and Dunster on the books already I doubt Simonsson was guaranteed a starting wing spot. Sivo is top 17 and Dunster/Simonsson are fringe first graders.
He had a running game and no skills. Great for the UK but not a good NRL backup.
No Paulo came off with five to go and RCG could've replaced him if it was still a contest.
Says who?
What sort of propensity was shown to do so in his first season to warrant two more years though?
They're both playing too many minutes to be effective when it matters late in a game.
He would, or at least at higher risk of injury.
Yeah that's how probability works.
Yeah nullifying Cleary is something any good coach can do.Blake has been shit for weeks. He is on 500k a season made what less than 50m running Meters but the focus is on JA.
BA should be the one under the hammer for not nullifying Cleary.
No team should be expected to beat the Panthers in the finals, especially in Penrith. They are better than everyone. If they have an off day they might get beaten but that's out of the opposition's hands. It's no failure to lose to them. The only failure is if Penrith lose.
I was talking about last night.
Well no, that’s not correct because he hasn’t been in our top 17 for most of this year.
Sure but how many of the ones leaving were signed as NRL level players? If we can develop those we can develop others.
Our average levels on the ladder in the lower grades, and very few long term injuries, suggest that we might struggle to do that for next season. We need to fill some gaps.
He ran into the big hole left when Arthur came in to close the gap between him and Paulo. Arthur was in no way targeted. He only had to make four tackles in 20 minutes.
Matterson is a better defender than Papali'i on the edge. You take the good with the bad - we will miss Papali'i's attack, but those are runs we can give to someone else. I would expect our edge defence to improve, since it got worse when Papali'i replaced Matterson on our right edge.
What's wrong with letting it bounce ffs. The chasers are generally offside anyway. They're not allowed to touch the ball, and if they're onside and they catch it it's last tackle.
Matterson will run both in between defenders as well as straight into them. That's double the options Papali'i provides.
I think this is the tactic we're going to have to go with. Doubt the coaching staff will make the suggestion though.
Agreed. That’s absolutely what he should have done after the second drop.
You know it's not true. By the same age Hayne had played 41 games and won Dally M Rookie, Dally M Winger and won the Brad Fittler Medal for best NSW player in Origin ffs.
