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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How bout just work out what you need to live comfortably and just do the right thing after that.How bout governments instead of looking at vanity projects actually invest in what really matters people.
For some reason that seems less extreme but more absurd....and just as unlikely
Comes back to how much do you really need really.You come in this world with nothing your leaving with the same.
Do the Yanks and Russians need enough nuclear weapons to nuke the earth how many times over yet here the US are moaning about North Korea testing Nukes when in all essence both of the first mentioned created this madness again how much do you need.
How does free will function correctly when you have been advertised to as a child, in this insidious, ,intergrated with the sport you love, manner?
Careful before you answer because we haven't been doing this for very long.
Horse racing exists SOLEY due to and for gambling.
This is not the case at all with rugby league, further we encourage our children to engage with RL
How does free will function correctly when you have been advertised to as a child, in this insidious, ,intergrated with the sport you love, manner?
Excellent point Randy. Out of Carl Jungs text book of consciousness shaping. We should always think twice before we listen to that phrase from our master's... Nothing against you Poppa I love your inputs on this site
The world would be a happier place if we paid more attention to an ethically base philosophy of life and listened to the god hidden in our corrupted soul
Carl Jung would be the first to tell that the world would be happier place if it could be.
He teaches more about understanding why than making it so!
But then you wouldn't have consciousness evolution Tad. The meaning of life is evolution of ourselves and unfortunately and as much we would prefer to go straight to go and collect the $200, we have to learn and earn it first.
You may be both interested that Einstein has come out with some writings indicating an after life and Stephen Hawking who was always a naysayer is supposedly written a coded text implying he was a believer as well, just that we are not ready for it.
Go back to Kardec there is more support now about his teachings with regard to transformation of the developing soul.
The "James Webb" development is fascinating to me, the infinity nature of the universe and the collection of things needed to go right to create sentient being existences on other planets is mind boggling, actually makes you think of a higher power, although nothing like the way we depict God.
Stephen Hawking who was always a naysayer is supposedly written a coded text implying he was a believer.
Link or you are full of shit....I can't wait to see this.
You tube is there.
More ignorance on your part Randolph.
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