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With all this going on he’s at the pub?
My main takeaway too!
Someone did post earlier he's a boozer. To be fair, the pub is a second home to any Northern Pom. (and most Southern poms)
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Atleast he’s not on the nose beers like the cheese
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Seriously just another wtf selection policy from the coaches.
Played 21 out of 27 round robin games in 2023. Averaged 30mins and 0.5 missed tackles per game and 0.1 errors.
He did not feature in the finals and played only 9 times last year (I do recall an injury layoff).
He's being kept out by Ford who averages 2.6 missed tackles per game.
Competed, should have had another try assist, appeared to take a bigger role with LM completely missing for a lot of the game.
Certainly wasn't perfect with some defensive misses and not engaging the line at times before passing but was a long way from our worst performers.
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What about one or both of the young monsters on the bench?
How about sending them out early with a message to leave nothing on the park.
That's his spiritual home! Wizard stop being culturally insensitive!
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This is going to be an adventurous post based on an adventurous theory. Please skip this post if you like reading about facts and proven theories. This is a bit of conjecture. No Flames please as I don't even know if I can write this up well as it is a half thought only.
Whenever when following the black caps the selectors picked a team the fans would pick we lost badly. Whenever the selections were boring and stodgy leading to pages of complaints before the match the team did very well and exceeded all expectations.
This team for the Round one was more like a fan picked exciting team than a stodgy boring one an experienced coach would pick
1) Metcalf at 7 was adventurous and was either going to pay off in spades or be a clusterfuck and it proved to be the latter at least in this first game.
2) Egan playing the whole 80 and four forwards on the bench, Was a gamble on Egan's endurance. Did it work? I guess so. Nonetheless it was a risk.
3) Barnett to lock at the last minute to counter them putting their big guy at lock. Was an extravagant risk like a fan would come up with and not a long serving NRL coach.
4) Capewell swapped Edges to the 11 jersey - I understand he played much of last year at 12. That was a gamble probably to bring out the best of him and Niukore. Did it work. It didn't seem to. Unless they swapped on game day and didn't pay on the side their number indicated.
5) Metcalf was given the kicking duties when Pompey is more experienced. Another gamble when a stodgy decision would have been to stick with "the devil we know" ie Pompey.
6) In a move fans would make Leka and Vaimauga were selected on the bench, I don't know what to say about this as then they weren't actually used when the game was alive and in the balance.
7) CHt to 6 was a gamble ahead of the more proven TMM. This one seemed to pay off.
8) Tuapiki to the wing was a move the fans liked - a stodgy decision drawing ire from the fans would have been Ed Kosi to the wing. Yet in a match where we struggled for PCMs in the first twenty minutes his hit ups would have been quite valuable compared to Tuapiki's.
I am not advocating he should have done any of these conservative alternative stodgy decisions. But I am making a post that I saw this on the cards when the team list was named that we had picked a team the fans would pick rather than a stodgy stuck in the mud team the fans would have disliked but might have got the job across the line.
Whenever when following the black caps the selectors picked a team the fans would pick we lost badly. Whenever the selections were boring and stodgy leading to pages of complaints before the match the team did very well and exceeded all expectations.
This team for the Round one was more like a fan picked exciting team than a stodgy boring one an experienced coach would pick
1) Metcalf at 7 was adventurous and was either going to pay off in spades or be a clusterfuck and it proved to be the latter at least in this first game.
2) Egan playing the whole 80 and four forwards on the bench, Was a gamble on Egan's endurance. Did it work? I guess so. Nonetheless it was a risk.
3) Barnett to lock at the last minute to counter them putting their big guy at lock. Was an extravagant risk like a fan would come up with and not a long serving NRL coach.
4) Capewell swapped Edges to the 11 jersey - I understand he played much of last year at 12. That was a gamble probably to bring out the best of him and Niukore. Did it work. It didn't seem to. Unless they swapped on game day and didn't pay on the side their number indicated.
5) Metcalf was given the kicking duties when Pompey is more experienced. Another gamble when a stodgy decision would have been to stick with "the devil we know" ie Pompey.
6) In a move fans would make Leka and Vaimauga were selected on the bench, I don't know what to say about this as then they weren't actually used when the game was alive and in the balance.
7) CHt to 6 was a gamble ahead of the more proven TMM. This one seemed to pay off.
8) Tuapiki to the wing was a move the fans liked - a stodgy decision drawing ire from the fans would have been Ed Kosi to the wing. Yet in a match where we struggled for PCMs in the first twenty minutes his hit ups would have been quite valuable compared to Tuapiki's.
I am not advocating he should have done any of these conservative alternative stodgy decisions. But I am making a post that I saw this on the cards when the team list was named that we had picked a team the fans would pick rather than a stodgy stuck in the mud team the fans would have disliked but might have got the job across the line.
Maybe a compromise team?
Some movement from Webster on last year but still many stuck in the mud decisions:
Not using Vaimaunga and Leka because experience first, Ford heavily used, CNK before Tuaupiki or TMM, Capewell/ Niukore over Laban, etc
Many of those ‘boring’ coaching selections underperformed and it could be argued the boring selections cost us the game because he didn’t go fan favourite enough!
In 2018 Penrith was the youngest team in the NRL avg age 25
If Webby wants a dynasty he’s made a fatal flaw in recruiting all these experienced players JFH included and not followed the age old rebuild model
Live and learn
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We are the hardest team to recruit for in the league, because no one wants to come NZ.
The only players we can attract are Kiwis who want to come back home, or Aussies on the outer.
We we're incredibly lucky to get someone like Reece Walsh. But they always want to go back when they crack it.
Who was the last big name Aussie in their prime we managed to lure here? Probably Steve Price (You could say Brent Tate but he only came here because of Price).
Todd Carney famously turned down $1m to come here (back when $1m would have made you the highest paid player in the game by alot)
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Madge last night made two very boring and stodgy selections with his centre and second rower and end result was Broncos thumping Le Rooster.
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