Lady Emerald
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I don't even know why I bothered. Definitely sleeping through game 3.
What's the go with Reynolds? He came off injured so he may not be fit either?My game 3 team:
1. Lachlan Coote
2. James Roberts
3. Jack Bird (Josh Dugan if fit)
4. Josh Morris
5. Josh Mansour
6. James Maloney
7. Adam Reynolds
8. Aaron Woods
9. Robbie Farah
10. James Tamou
11. Tyson Frizell
12. Josh Jackson
13. Paul Gallen
14. Wade Graham
15. Beau Scott
16. David Klemmer
17. Andrew Fifita
18. Jack Bird (if dugan is fit)
We can't make drastic changes. That's the problem the team has always made FFS. Not giving a team a chance to gel will kill them. Why do you think QLD keep winning? Because they pick the SAME TEAM every year, with minor changes.
Spoke to someone this morning who just watches the footy for the game itself, without having any real interest in who wins. Pretty much said this word for word.if were being honest QLD get away with murder in the ruck and yet again NSW get pinged for indescretions that are barely noticed in club games aswell QLD getting 50-50's.
Very hard to cop every freakin year. The 4 straight penalties to try and turn momentum around that only yeilded them 2 points to level up at 4-4 was at the minimum, complete and utter referring with prejudice. It did however have the desired affect in halting momentum that NSW had yet again gained deservedly, only so the opposition could have it so meekly and cheaply handed it back to them by the real game managers, the referees.Spoke to someone this morning who just watches the footy for the game itself, without having any real interest in who wins. Pretty much said this word for word.
I agree with you, Sutton has now become bigger than the game with his holier than thou attitude and his innate ability to influence the ebb and flow by his select timing of penalties. Still NSW were not good enough but that is no excuse for the officials not being good enough either.
It's easy to make few changes to your team when you have Smith, Cronk, Thurston, Slater et al. NSW haven't had a Smith, Thurston, or Cronk for over a decade.My game 3 team:
1. Lachlan Coote
2. James Roberts
3. Jack Bird (Josh Dugan if fit)
4. Josh Morris
5. Josh Mansour
6. James Maloney
7. Adam Reynolds
8. Aaron Woods
9. Robbie Farah
10. James Tamou
11. Tyson Frizell
12. Josh Jackson
13. Paul Gallen
14. Wade Graham
15. Beau Scott
16. David Klemmer
17. Andrew Fifita
18. Jack Bird (if dugan is fit)
We can't make drastic changes. That's the problem the team has always made FFS. Not giving a team a chance to gel will kill them. Why do you think QLD keep winning? Because they pick the SAME TEAM every year, with minor changes.
Leilua is a supreme ball runner with great aggression, but i don't think his defence is up to Origin at the moment.NEW LOOK BLUES — GAME THREE
1. James Tedesco
2. Josh Mansour
3. Joey Leilua
4. Blake Ferguson
5. Tom Trbojevic
6. Jack Bird
7. James Maloney
8. Aaron Woods (c)
9. Nathan Peats
10. Andrew Fifita
11. Tyson Frizell
12. Bryce Cartwright
13. Josh Jackson
BENCH
14. Matt Moylan
15. David Klemmer
16. James Tamou
17. Wade Graham
Even Ashley Klein and Jarrad maxwell have holier than thou attitudes. They think they are kingshit In every game. Don't get me started in those forward passes missed on the parra game and the incorrect Jackson sin binning and wrong strip penalty being called and Klein ignoring Graham. I dare these morons to piss someone off in a kings cross nightclub especially when they are drunk and could coward punch and King hit them without warning.Spoke to someone this morning who just watches the footy for the game itself, without having any real interest in who wins. Pretty much said this word for word.
I agree with you, Sutton has now become bigger than the game with his holier than thou attitude and his innate ability to influence the ebb and flow by his select timing of penalties. Still NSW were not good enough but that is no excuse for the officials not being good enough either.
I hope he's fit. If they don't stick with the same team they'll loseWhat's the go with Reynolds? He came off injured so he may not be fit either?
That's what I mean. There is no point making drastic changes just because they lost. Both games have been very close.It's easy to make few changes to your team when you have Smith, Cronk, Thurston, Slater et al. NSW haven't had a Smith, Thurston, or Cronk for over a decade.
Having said that, I think we should stick with the new players coming through. There's an opportunity to stick with the talent coming through, allow them to gain experience and gel, while the QLDers gradually retire one by one. There's no doubt they have already peaked.
It has to be all or none. You cannot possibly say that some decisions are deserving of overturning when others are not and then spout the line that " Oh no we cannot possibly go back and have a look at that because we cannot legally rule on it" when at times they have. Case in point..the forward pass decision in our game( which they CANNOT rule on) compared to others in later games where the same opportunity arose to overrule. They did it illegally, against the rules in place and then justified their non action on the later incidents on those exact grounds.Very hard to cop every freakin year. The 4 straight penalties to try and turn momentum around that only yeilded them 2 points to level up at 4-4 was at the minimum, complete and utter referring with prejudice. It did however have the desired affect in halting momentum that NSW had yet again gained deservedly, only so the opposition could have it so meekly and cheaply handed it back to them by the real game managers, the referees.
Clearly they dropped the ball on numerous occasions and got penalties for their reputations. Nek minnut, inversely, just minutes later and much to the dismay of the Blues, Cam Smiths knee dislodges the ball as the NSW player is getting up, an actual deserved penalty. How fuckin disheartening when time after time you are working hard to gain the ascendancy and then, just as you do, but before you have enough to time to actually build pressure or convert it into points, the refs decide that, in the best interests of the World Rugby League Entertainment Network that it would be best if we just stuck to the script.
Where the fuck is the BUNKER in all of this? There is clear evidence in restart of play situations that they have authority to rule or over-rule on, where they pick and choose which clear refereeing fuck ups they correct. Or incorrectly correct, to correct the script.
Please correct me if I am wrong. lol
Robbie farah is an embarrassment. He's not even close to a cam smith. Ennis isn't really the answer next year but who else could we pick?