I was concerned about the team leading Into this game and as suspected we were absolutely dominated.
Brad filters player choices are questionable.
1) clearly - his only 5th tackle kick option is mid field bomb. Reminds me of a particular eels player.
2)cotric- added very little from kick returns he's not an origin level player.
3) whilst cam Murray was solid the choice of him whighton and Crighton on the bench was always going to leave our forward pack struggling. These players are too small.
4) Payne haas - his lack of experience showed tonight.
5) walker- can't comment as I don't think he was on the field at all.
All in all a shit performance. Hopefully there are a few changes next game and fittler starts picking on form rather than who he likes as a player.
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Cody who? First time I saw him was when he was sighted on the bench next to buderus. You didn't mention latrel Mitchell. One of the worst performances I've ever seen by a single player in an origin game. Absolute rubbish. Jake t needs to play the whole game. Wighton was rubbish off the bench, adds nothing. Need another prop on the bench.
Murray was very good on debut, i would stick with him but Crighton has to go, he was poor tonight and i didn't thik much of him last series either, i would replace him with another front rower.
Crighton has gone backwards over the last 2 seasons, including this one, 2017 he was killing it for the bunnies and last year was nowhere the player he was, yet he got a big offer from the chickadee's and he's gone backwards every since that contract was signed.
Was watching Cronks Analysis the other day and he hit the nail on the head with C walker, C walker likes to drift along and see if he can dart through the line the issue is A its hard to do that in origin and impossible if your side is on the back foot. B the guys outside him like fast ball and if he is slowly stepping acros field looking for an opening they are going to be sitting their waiting for the ball. I think NSW loss the origin when luke cleary was unavailable that was going to be our whole game plan the roosters left edge
The only good thing is queensland dominated and still only won by 4.
I think it'll be difficult to make too many changes but I think all your points have merit.
Its hard to be a NSW/Parra combo fan. Sad times.
Maybe Cody walker should have focused on the game and not wasted his energy on not singing the anthem
Exactly. They all were happy for the acknowledgement of country to go ahead, then didn't sing the anthem. All of them looked like they spent the whole preparation wondering how best to make a political statement, rather than play a game of footy
Justin Hodges stuck it to them. He said he always sung the national anthem out of respect for servicemen & women.
New respect for the guy.
Me too!
Agree! The indingenous people need to really look at this issue, and while I understand a lot of what they are saying, and have worked with many of them over the years, and had/have a very good relationship with them the aspect of the saying that they are the first people, in many ways is unproveable, their dreamtime of 40000 years, is not a true figure but means ages/times past that we have from the stories handed down from our ancestors.
There is a divide between the cultures but in the end how many of the white people who were part of the so called invasion were people that wanted to be here, they bought their tickets with half a loaf of bread or similar back in the old dart. Had this country not been settled by Caucasions, mainly convicts and soldiers, it would most likely have been taken over by large Asianic peoples of a different religion and/or political stance meaning less freedom that is enjoyed by all people who live in this great country.
Making statements is fine but, when many of the people who are making these calls have mixed blood are they not putting down those family members who are not of indigenous heritage???
Brett, I was not a Hodges fan and to me he has gone up big time in my estimation since he stopped playing RL. I also tend to think that one of the indigenous players may have had his mind too far into this protest, then focussing on his game play for his team??
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