Game 3 Spoilers

[Twiztid]

They don't play the opposition's victory song at Suncorp Stadium.

Yes, I never said Suncorp would be. The Souths team would be singing it. Do they play the victory song the QLD players sing over the speakers at Suncorp?

 

[schmix]

And Michael Crocker. He's a massive liability. A massive dickhead. Can't catch, can't tackle, can't run.

And he didn't even knock Barrett's head off, which is all I was relying on him for.

 

[Astroboy]

And Michael Crocker. He's a massive liability. A massive dickhead. Can't catch, can't tackle, can't run.

Defence up the middle was abysmal, but that was always the risk having lost Civoniceva, Hannant and Myles. Scott and Shillington were adequate, Costigan was ordinary, Crocker woeful (the myth that he is was revealed)...Price carried the pack. Thaiday was solid.

Johnson and Harrison are small, they were never going to have an impact on that.

Inglis and Hodges were outstanding!
Thurston was pretty ordinary - copped a knock early then when the pressure got on in the second half he started overplaying things as he does at the Cowboys...not his best game. Locky was pretty poor too, he was firing bullets at his outside men under pressure, contributing to a lot of lost ball.

Blues were good. Kimmorley was my MOTM to be honest. Watmough and Creagh were outstanding in the back row. Jennings and Hayne were relatively well contained really.

You're being a little harsh on Crocker, but only a little. He has a big heart full of Qld pride but not much effectiveness sometimes. Other than that I agree. Kimmorley played annoyingly well. Would have been great to see Inglis palm him off and score near the end to set up one of those legendary Qld finishes (and would have been all that Kimmorley deserved) but it wasn't to be.

Inglis is scarily good when he gets the ball, which is not enough. So glad he's a Qlder icon_thumbs_u

 

[Fozz]

Souths haven't won at Suncorp since 1995. Even if they wanted to play victory song over the PA it's probably on an eight track.

 

[Coxy]

LOL, yep, so glad there's a pocket of Queensland surrounding Kempsey ;-)

Not harsh on Crocker at all. He is less than useless.

 

[Twiztid]

Souths haven't won at Suncorp since 1995. Even if they wanted to play victory song over the PA it's probably on an eight track.

I have it on mp3 so I can send it to you and you can enjoy it in all its glory. You guys are so funny [icon_lol1.

 

[Coxy]

They don't play the opposition's victory song at Suncorp Stadium.

Yes, I never said Suncorp would be. The Souths team would be singing it. Do they play the victory song the QLD players sing over the speakers at Suncorp?

Well it wouldn't be played, it'd be sung.

And they do play the Broncos victory song at Suncorp Stadium.

 

[Russo]

Gee Coxy you must have watched a different game to me re Costigan, apart from one dropped ball I thought he was huge in defence and also attack, should have had more game time than the last 20 minutes only.

We certainly missed Petero and Myles tonight but I also think Mal erred changing the starting team.

 

[Alec]

I think Tonga has shown more in his last 2 Origin games than Boyd has in his last 2 series. Hopefully he'll move ahead of him in the pecking order.

 

[Coxy]

I didn't notice Costigan much to be honest, and then he gets into the backline at a crucial time and bombs it. He's not Origin standard, but then Queensland's forward depth is a MASSIVE worry.

I give us little chance of winning next season if Price or Petero don't play.

 

[ningnangnong]

I think Tonga has shown more in his last 2 Origin games than Boyd has in his last 2 series. Hopefully he'll move ahead of him in the pecking order.

Tonga has been outstanding, but Boyd completely deserves his place.

 

[subsbligh]

Thank god I was at the game and not listening to the Ch9 commentary... are we on the verge of a NSW dynasty on the back of tonight???

2nd Favourite origin moment ever - Smith kicks it on the second with 1 min to go and the game over so that we can smash those dirty pricks. Awesome, gives us a great reason to smash them again next year.

 

[Alec]

are we on the verge of a NSW dynasty on the back of tonight???

Nah, not even close. QLD weren't anywhere near their best, had a few players playing injured once again and were missing Civo, Myles, Hannant, Tate and Folau. 5 in a row easilly.

 

[Coxy]

Subsbligh was asking if the Ch 9 Commonpotatoes were talking up a dynasty.

And no, they weren't. But they were hinting that Queensland's dominance was weakening and that next year was the Blues time to shine.

 

[Black Philip]

I think Tonga has shown more in his last 2 Origin games than Boyd has in his last 2 series. Hopefully he'll move ahead of him in the pecking order.

+1 Boyd has been very good, but IMO Tonga offers more.

1. Slater
2. Tonga
3. Inglis
4. Hodges
5. Folau

Looks good to me.

I'm eager to see what the situation is re props for next year. I did sorta expect Price to step down from rep footy buuut after the events in the last 5 mins he may just seek retribution. I reckon Civo will be there for another season (or at least I hope so) too. Then we have Hannant, Scott and Shillington. I thought Matt Scott was pretty good tonight, made good meters and hit hard. Shillington wasn't too crash hot but it was his debut after all.

Next series we need to drop Crocker and get Costigan playing more minutes as well as seeing the whole pack toughen up overall. The last few series IMO the blues had a good chance to beat us, only in a couple of games have we absolutely thrashed them, most others haven't been won by a huge margin. The main area NSW have fallen short is their front row, however if they select the right backrow and use them properly, they can still dominate the forward battle and get the edge on the match (with help coming from slowing down the play the ball as seen tonight). In the next series if QLD's pack don't muscle up and hit back against the NSW backrow, we will lose.

 

[subsbligh]

who got ch 9 MotM?

 

[Coxy]

Tonga's not a winger. Inglis is great on the wing, but better in the centres. No place for Tonga IMO.

1. Slater
2. Boyd
3. Inglis
4. Hodges
5. Folau

/discussion

 

[Russo]

who got ch 9 MotM?

Choc Watmough