Whats peoples thoughts on the Moses sprays at TDS?
seeing alot of public posts they were over the top etc
For me, its a mans game, he farked up so yes justified, regardless how raw or young he is. Moses is the controllling half and captain, TDS needs to learn.
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TDS was woeful in that period and cost us a number of chances at their line. It was the way he went about things, they weren't just mistakes they were plays that lacked urgency, or that went against Moses call. He neeeded a spray and I don't think he would of got one if it was just a dropped ball.
He felt the pressure SE, as a 20 year old on a roller coast ride why wouldn't he. I don't mind us getting this kid, just didn't see all razza matazz and the price they reputedly paid....and guess they didn't .
Christ we could have got Doehi for 500 (apparently) a month ago, why would you pay the same for this kid?
PS I would not hesitate to pay 700 for Doeuhi NOW, he has the potential to take us to top 4 next year and can fit in anywhere if we have the right young kid emerging through this time frame.
He is on around 400k that was his wests contract, it will rise towards the end of his deal closer to 600k. Eels hoping he's a good 9 by that stage
Reports were $2.5M to end of 2029. So average of $550K plus over the 4.5 years. So unless you know for a fact what he's on, I'll use the report as my baseline info.
didnt know its that much....he needs a lot of work on his passing game from the ground....when you see Ryley bullet passes creates width and ruck speed......TDS needs to get on the training ground and work.....to not have this skill at NRL level is poor...very poor
He more likely came through Wests with the belief of being a prodigy, no need to work on his game. Though Smith has worked his arse off to get to where he is. His pass is good, not a bullet like Reed but gets to where it needs to be. Tallyn can do it, I've seen it when he played Cup on Fox last year. But seems to have this habit of just moving from dummy half whether to draw marker off or spread the play more. He's had average halves at Wests, even Luai doesn't mind the sort of adlib footy that Da Silva sort of plays. Now he has a proper dominant halfback he will learn.
All for it - $500,000 a year.. Surely ha can handle a spray.. Shake hands in the sheds - move on to next week!
Love it. If anything it will make desilva a better player. I was at the game yesterday it let me tell you the fans said alot worse lol. But he's a young kid learning just wait until the kid gets a full off season under his belt and learns the systems and you'll see the fruits in 2026
Moses needs a spray to a lot of the time
I like TDS as a player. Given his 30+ games he is very much in the infancy stage of his career. If I find a fault in him is that he is making a mistake most young dummy halfs do. Make up your mind :
Run the ball and attack it with everything you have.
Drop the no look pass . Some can pull it off but if he makes a step or two before passing it - this causes a ripple afffect on both his feeder ( Moses ) or his crash play runner ( Junior, Hopgood and even Dylan Walker )
Is MOSES wants the ball her gets it . No question at all. If he decides to kick from dummy half he has to communicate with his outside men to chase. Once he learns to play the percentage game all other facets will improve. If the kid is made of the right stuff , this is a great way to learn from the no 1-2 halfback in the game.
GUTHO regularly sprayed his players including MOSES. A spray only works if the thing he is being sprayed on his practised out imediately. A spray is also a perfect way to reinforce the line in the sand mark and to all be on the same page moving forward.
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