Squash the Berries!
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Enjoy your posts and love your name and avatar, very appropriate.Simple. I like the guy. If he doesn't make the 8, then bye bye.
Enjoy your posts and love your name and avatar, very appropriate.Simple. I like the guy. If he doesn't make the 8, then bye bye.
Always a worry when rfm and Chn should have always traded positions though and meaney should have been blooded on the wing in ccup before NRL. Also Jacko should have never played those first few rounds due to the recovery of that shoulder surgery.Hindsight is a beautiful thing isn’t it.
How popular would’ve a lot of his successful changes have been if they’d been floated on here prior to last season? Eg. JMK at hooker, Meaney on the wing. Not very. JMK was written off completely in any capacity by the resident experts on here. Apparently Nu Brown was a far superior option..
Pay was bagged mercilessly for persisting with Meaney on the wing but it turned out to be a successful experiment and he got better and better.
DWZ was a great acquisition who made a difference but obviously wasn’t at our disposal for the first half of the year when we were struggling a bit.
To’omaga was another who added some punch in the back half but again was unavailable from Round 1 due to injury, and was rightly made to prove his form and fitness via Canterbury Cup.
RFM was the Kiwi test #12 until injury struck the season prior so i had no issue with him playing there at club level on the back of the form he showed there in 2018.Always a worry when rfm and Chn should have always traded positions though and meaney should have been blooded on the wing in ccup before NRL. Also Jacko should have never played those first few rounds due to the recovery of that shoulder surgery.
Only excuse is rookie coach but he ain't no rookie anymore so he can't stuff up in 2020.
He has many marks Horse.RFM was the Kiwi test #12 until injury struck the season prior so i had no issue with him playing there at club level on the back of the form he showed there in 2018.
Meaney is always gonna be at fullback if he’s in reserve grade. Not sure how you consider him not being picked on the wing in reserve grade as a mark against Pays coaching?
Those decisions cost us dearly during the season and could have easily been avoided.RFM was the Kiwi test #12 until injury struck the season prior so i had no issue with him playing there at club level on the back of the form he showed there in 2018.
Meaney is always gonna be at fullback if he’s in reserve grade. Not sure how you consider him not being picked on the wing in reserve grade as a mark against Pays coaching?
Can’t teach a Horse common sense, especially the donkey typeThose decisions cost us dearly during the season and could have easily been avoided.
Rfm comng off injury at the same time as Foran was always going to be a liability yet pay played them side by side. Regardless what rfm was doing on an edge before international duties he I'm my opinion was always a middle forward.
Jacko unfit killed us.
Meaney not knowing how to wing cost us in a few games. If pay was going to wing him he should have learnt the trade first.
Love the rainbows I wonder who would give you them?He has many marks Horse.
Not just his selections / positions, but the style of play he tried to incorporate before he gave up and let the players just play, leading to more wins later on in the season.
And before you say he doesn’t have players, that’s not the point. I’ve seen many teams before with a bad roster but they adapt to what they have and play smart footy. We did not. For a couple years now. And attitude also. The list goes on.
Like I’ve said many times before, he will have this year to show his coaching prowess and the club will have a couple years to show the recruitment / business strategy.
You’re entitled to your opinion but you really do lose credibility when you question their attitude.He has many marks Horse.
Not just his selections / positions, but the style of play he tried to incorporate before he gave up and let the players just play, leading to more wins later on in the season.
And before you say he doesn’t have players, that’s not the point. I’ve seen many teams before with a bad roster but they adapt to what they have and play smart footy. We did not. For a couple years now. And attitude also. The list goes on.
Like I’ve said many times before, he will have this year to show his coaching prowess and the club will have a couple years to show the recruitment / business strategy.
First half of the season we won 2 -14 how was that competitive?You’re entitled to your opinion but you really do lose credibility when you question their attitude.
Despite being younger and less experienced than every other team - we were very competitive in just about every fixture. We stuck at it season long and showed plenty of grit.
So yeah I’m not sure how you can question their attitude. Can only assume you haven’t had a great deal of experience in competitive environments.
If you try for 40 and give up the next 40, that’s not a good attitude to have. In fact, it’s mental weakness. That’s what I am trying to alude to when I say attitudeYou’re entitled to your opinion but you really do lose credibility when you question their attitude.
Despite being younger and less experienced than every other team - we were very competitive in just about every fixture. We stuck at it season long and showed plenty of grit.
So yeah I’m not sure how you can question their attitude. Can only assume you haven’t had a great deal of experience in competitive environments.
I think it was referring to 2014First half of the season we won 2 -14 how was that competitive?
We got flogged multiple times.
i really thought my posts didnt upload hahaha. was swearing at my nbnWhat happened to the rest of the page?
Why was it deleted?
Lol all good champ welcome to the kenneli really thought my posts didnt upload hahaha. was swearing at my nbn
Our 2014 finals run was also a miracle tbhThose bloody miracles.... Would be nice to see another 98 in my lifetime.
I thought we underachieved in a couple of games tbh. Look back at that teamOur 2014 finals run was also a miracle tbh
Not really.. Apart from the Melbourne game which was a another great moment in history the rest we were too classy in the end.Our 2014 finals run was also a miracle tbh
Not really.. Apart from the Melbourne game which was a another great moment in history the rest we were too classy in the end.
98 we were there to make the numbers and shocked even the faithful.