We coud be at least be 2 or 3 wins further up if we had some more astute work from the coach. Although many on here rave about Ryles - and personally I like him and the things he is trying to do - he is making as many rookie errors as any of the players.
What does "astute" mean? It means tactically aware, understanding weaknesses, communicating clearly and applying all the correct resources available.
One of the obvious things last night was that Ryles overplayed Moses role - we became so predictable. We need more tactical adaptibiity and creativity.
Farnsworth sat defensively on Moses when ever he went to the blindside he loves. Just about every set Moses got his hands on the ball (nothing wrong with that) but every time the variation was negligible. There had to be room for shorter kicks as well as the perenial long ones. Not once did Moses really take a run. Were there occasions he could have lifted the pace? Could Moses sometimes be used as a dummy with a point of attack coming from somewhere else?
Are we contestng the ball enough? Having your kicker back is one thing, but at no stage did we get into a position to really challenge the receiver. On the odd occasions we did, we did not contest the kick. It seems the players are under instructions to stand next to the receiver and hope he drops the ball. I do not understand this non contested kicks. The same applies with the drop outs and in some cases defensively where they allowed the attacking side to make the mistake. That's fine when it works, but bloody awful if it doesn't. Perhaps, it is in part the fear of being penalized or sin binned? It's an areas that is undermining us.
Another issue is Ryles' selections.
Matterson should have been playing last night and he would have provided a completely different drive from the "pigs". I thought Junior tried hard but he was a bit out of sorts, almost like him needing to be prodded to get moving (herding cattle). Nothing wrong with Hopgood and Williams games, they are the workers in the pack and the people on here do not understand that or more the point appreciate it.
Russell is honest as the day is long, just a second grader filling in and he stops progress by not creating anything. Does him being solid actually weaken our game?
This game was there for either team to win on the night. Unfortunately, it was a flick of the coin and we lost.
One final thing: people need to get over the constant BA bashing. The guy has gone. But it seems that anything the side does badly is laid on his shoulders. The other things we need to understand are that its fine to have plenty of money to spend, but unless the people we want want to come to Parramatta and play for us, then they won't come! Build it and they will come, selections and poor communication with players is not part of building anything. There are players in Reserve Grade that are going well that are not geting a look in, there are players in first grade that seem to being favoured, I don't no why?
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Carl Jung and consciousness is dear to me too Tad. Nothing to do with advertising to a child in the context discussed. You cannot legally bet until 18 and our children are saturated with porn, religious institutes , Media advertising well before gambling comes to the fore! You of course realise that Carl Jung is effectively an institution when talk Re incarnation and the reason for consciousness and why.....we live again.
I think you two guys should focus on it a bit more logically with people that live in the real world. No offence taken Tad but to say Randolph does anything excellent is pulling a bow when he openly talks about his drug taking......maybe I can accept do as I say rather than what i do but Randolph is a person you would not want to go over the top with.....if you undertanding the meaning of that.
Poppa It's a pity you and Randy don't get on. You are both intelligent people and have a lot of depth. I think you guys would get along well with deep conversations. Pity it hasn't,t worked for you guys.Randy did mention that he smoked marijuana as a relaxant probably much like what alcohol can do in moderation. The last joint I smoked was with mates on Sunday nights when I was 20. We laughed our heads off and had great times on those occasions. I think alcohol let's out aggressive impulses with a lot of people.
I also gave up alcohol a couple of years ago.I want to live longer with better health. Those issues become real at our age
You are a Quisling, not fit to occupy a trench with....."over then top", ffs fighting the old war much.
Why are you arguing that gambling INTEGRATION with Rugby League is fine? It is because you are combative, deflective, argue in bad faith....and full of shit.
Poppa how good it would be sitting at the table on this occasion. When I was about 19 I had a friend who would talk about this subject.Very interested in it but didn't know what he was talking about.Would have loved to make this a big part of my life alot earlier
Freud and Carl Jung had a remarkable conversation that lasted for more than 13 hours! This intense dialogue took place during their first meeting in 1907 in Vienna. It was a pivotal moment that solidified their brief but significant friendship, where they exchanged ideas and insights that would influence the field of psychology.
Fools jump in, the most succesful racing in the world, outside of Australia is the Arab and Emirate States and they dont allow gambling at all!
Sometimes I enjoy engaging with people on here when I think they have some knowledge and understanding of the issues. One thing taught me a lesson was meeting a 19 year old finance reporter for the Financial Review..... lots of front page stuff and I was looking forward to meeting with her, only to find out that she was 19, straight out of whatever school apprenticeship she was doing as a journalistic and knew shit all about the markets, she just wrote what was fed to her!
You keep my faith in ignorance alive and well Randolph.
You are full of shit
Horse is scratched
I will get my daughter to get his tips next week for todays meeting.
You are vulnerable to addiction Tad. Do it to enjoy it by all means.
I can remember going to the TAB when I was 18 or so.We had to fill in our Bet on a ticket and had it to the person to punch in our Bet and give it to us. To put 15 or 20 bets would take ages for staff to process your bet. A nice slow processing restriction to limit your betting activity
The same way that "Cardy" machines used to limit gambling in pubs, as compared to the one-armed bandits did....then the banits went electronic and slurped more...then digita(slurp)l...then linked(multi-slurp)...then our phones(GOT EM). No Limits, fast as you like!!! Moar)
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