Can we all now please agree that Daniel Mortimer is not a halfback.
Can we all now please agree that putting Jeff Robson back in the halves is not going to make a stick of difference.
Can we all now please agree that we need to get out best attacking players - that's Kris Keating, Feleti Mateo and Tom Humble into the halves.Given that Kris trained a fair bit in the halves, I'm pretty optimistic we might actually see him in his right position for the first time this year.
And I'll take either Feleti or Tom at pivot. Matt K is sure to hold his position after today's display and I think we finally have a team that can start winning football games.
If you ever doubted why Kris needs to be at half, surely you have it now. The side-to-side crap we produced in that first half was agonising. You stick KK in and tell him to go forward like Maloney did and you suddenly have a different football team.
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We are losing Mateo and Keating next year so 1 Eyed obviously your comments are for "short term possible win results............................ yeah "???
6. Feleti 'The GreatOne' Mateo
7. KK
9. Mortz
Our last and desperate chance to make the Finals.
Humble is not a 1 could be a 6,.
Mateo is a cross between 13 and 6 and Im not sure it matters what number he has on his back. Hindy Mateo and Ben Smith give us no dynamic running game so our attack is stiffled other than our props to run straight,
I like MK but he is limited.
Players I have seen enough of in the Blue and Gold: Robson, Jono Wright, Oake,
Players Id like to see given a go; Humble at 6. OHanlon. Inu to only play wing. He is a quality winger.
You know what we need some leaders. Some players with some mongrel competitive edge. We just seem soft. Our centers and second rowers (our outisde thirds) do not go over the advantage line. Its stand flat and shovel pass.
I DONT LIKE THE IDEA OF MATEO AT 6 but it is our best option. KK at 7 Mateo at 6 Humble at 14 MK at 9. Move hindy to 13 and play the best ball running backrower next to Ben Smith. Maybe OHanlon. Horo was rubbish today but he has been so good he need a chance
Phil Gould said a very smart thing earlier in the year about us. He said we dont know how we win and we dont know how we lose. We just go with the flow with NO STRUCTURE or GAME PLAN and see if it works.
He is right. Last year eveything just came off. This year we are not even trying the same things enough as we should. We dont even have support play anymore or second phase. The good teams know what they are going to do to win before they play. We dont. Simple as that. Maybe thats where Ando should come under fire. I am a fan of his but something has to give. Morts is a 6. Thats it. Now Keating is leaving we gotta buy a good 7. Humble has potential but a year off being good for us. Pele is rubbish. I like Manase though. Wanna see more of him.
and you want Morts in Wenty and Robbo on the bench? OR humble at 6 or bench?
wow..
I dnt know whats more depressing. That this combination is being suggested as a option to regain a shot at the title this year ( coz it was soooo good at the beginning of last year )
or that this combination may actually do better than what we got going round right now.
These players have been shown the door by the club because they haven't been valued by us to compete with any other offers. And rightfully so.
we already wasted half a million dollars on daniel mortimer. No need to double that stupidity by offering the other halve of crap kk any kind of money of the sort. hell. the dogs only offered him 180. even his new club isn't offering him a contract you offer a halfback that can win u a premiership.
Im obviously pissed off at the way the eels are playing and lets also be honest,
JARRYD HAYNE fooled everyone last year to thinking that players like robbo, morts , mk ect are any good. there not. And the only time in the last 2 years Parramatta have looked like a premiership threat is when Kris keating has been know where near this team and all mateo has needed to do it run, turn his ass round at the tackle and throw the ball out the back( thats when hes not stuffing it up)
There is no premiership this year.
Ive never wanted to be so wrong in my life.
But KK and MATEO in the halves....
may aswell stop watching the season now.
Not only will it do nothing to get us a title, but all it means is i have to go for a warrior and a dog. If they show good form and dnt deliver us a premeirship????
then all i get is the knowledge that the dogs will be better for next year as will the warriors
Sorry one eyed. I always enjoy your posts,
but if we need these players as our halves..
then we have already lost the shot at the title this year.
The only thing that can save us this year is the forwards getting there confidence up in promoting the ball and hitting the second phase play effectively and hayne hitting some awesome form again and playing as a support player again.
IF this doesnt happen no halves combination can save us this year.
So what if they're moving on next year? I want us to win this year. We're not scoring points so you give it to your most creative players - I don't see where people can't see the logic in that.
Like I've said time and time again. We got it right in the Melbourne game. Hook KK and Hayne up one side. Then you throw Mateo on the other side and you've got points of attack all over the park.
Barra do you remember Kris playing halfback last year before he got injured. Those games are still the best Parramatta half back performances in two years. And who was he playing inside. Mateo? Who incidentally has also produced the best five-eighth performances for Parra over the past two years.
That said, Tom Humble has shown me enough now that he can excel at six - so I'd be quite happy for him to take that role and Feleti to stick at lock. Either combination will do me, just as long as Morts and Robbo are not let anywhere near six or seven.
I think there is a pretty good chance Kris will be seven next week, and I'll be happy for my judgement to be assessed on how he goes if it happens.
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