Hooker debate

[jarro65]

Kurt Baptiste needs to get a run already, he has what we need off the bench

Yep.

 

[tkday]

Kurt isn't what we need. Granted he hasn't played that many games, but when he has he's mostly been forgettable. Macca can fix the issues he has, he's shown he can do what we need him to do, but frig me where are our coaching staff helping him out??!!

 

[ningnangnong]

Kurt isn't what we need. Granted he hasn't played that many games, but when he has he's mostly been forgettable.

I think that's a tad unfair.

In his small amount of first grade appearances, Baptiste has almost exclusively been used off the bench - not in any consistent fashion either, usually there's been a number of matches between his appearances.

I'm not saying he's going to be of more value to us than McCullough, but it would be nice to see him get more of an opportunity. I reckon he's got a bit of spark about him. Unfortunately though, it doesn't look like the coaching staff see him as a long-term option.

 

[Big Dave]

Wayne was trying to get him down to the Knights. But what would Wayne and I know about talent?

 

[Anonymous person]

Wayne was trying to get him down to the Knights. But what would Wayne and I know about talent?

wayne gave steve michaels a guaranteed spot in the broncos week in week out. wayne gave stu kelly a guaranteed spot in the broncos week in week out. wayne released priddis because he viewed mick ryan as the better prospect. wayne said no to billy slater when he wanted to play for the broncos.

so what would wayne know about talent? not much apparently.

 

[tkday]

If Bennett wanted him then we should definitely stay away :)

 

[Big Dave]

wayne gave steve michaels a guaranteed spot in the broncos week in week out. wayne gave stu kelly a guaranteed spot in the broncos week in week out. wayne released priddis because he viewed mick ryan as the better prospect. wayne said no to billy slater when he wanted to play for the broncos.

so what would wayne know about talent? not much apparently.

Yeah he only has a few premierships to his name HAHAHA!!

 

[Kimlo]

wayne gave steve michaels a guaranteed spot in the broncos week in week out. wayne gave stu kelly a guaranteed spot in the broncos week in week out. wayne released priddis because he viewed mick ryan as the better prospect. wayne said no to billy slater when he wanted to play for the broncos.

so what would wayne know about talent? not much apparently.

It's amazing he's won two premierships in the last 7 years when he doesn't know how to pick out talented players. To me that says he must be able to get nuffies to play really well to be able to win premierships.

 

[rnabokov]

wayne gave steve michaels a guaranteed spot in the broncos week in week out. wayne gave stu kelly a guaranteed spot in the broncos week in week out. wayne released priddis because he viewed mick ryan as the better prospect. wayne said no to billy slater when he wanted to play for the broncos.

so what would wayne know about talent? not much apparently.

Any coach with the talent Bennett had at his disposal would look good. He may have brought out the music, but that isn't much use if there is no instrument to play

 

[Kimlo]

Any coach with the talent Bennett had at his disposal would look good. He may have brought out the music, but that isn't much use if there is no instrument to play

You could say the exact same thing about Bellamy.

 

[Coxy]

Oh FFS can we not send this off topic into another Bennett argument?

 

[Anonymous person]

It's amazing he's won two premierships in the last 7 years when he doesn't know how to pick out talented players. To me that says he must be able to get nuffies to play really well to be able to win premierships.

if those teams were filled with nuffies you might have a point. they werent though, so you dont.

anyways, back on topic - does anyone know of any reason given why McCullough doesnt play 80?

 

[rnabokov]

Oh FFS can we not send this off topic into another Bennett argument?

That's fair enough up to a point but for mine, more than half our problems stem from the fact Bennett failed to coach any structures into this side and simply let the galaxy of stars he had do their stuff.

Now they are gone, the bleeding obvious is just that.

As for Bellamy, he coaches structures despite his splendid spine ... and they all follow orders

 

[tkday]

AP: "anyways, back on topic - does anyone know of any reason given why McCullough doesnt play 80?"


He's a tackling machine and gases himself out. He's playing like he can do it this year though, maybe half way through the season we will see him playing 80.

 

[rnabokov]

if those teams were filled with nuffies you might have a point. they werent though, so you dont.

anyways, back on topic - does anyone know of any reason given why McCullough doesnt play 80?

NFI

Like the coaching staff - maybe a an attacking ploy inherited from Bennett? (sorry ... couldn't help myself)

 

[rnabokov]

AP: "anyways, back on topic - does anyone know of any reason given why McCullough doesnt play 80?"


He's a tackling machine and gases himself out. He's playing like he can do it this year though, maybe half way through we will see him playing 80.

What a load of cobblers. Every NRL player should be able to play the 80. We are half crippled with 2 bloody hookers on the bench

 

[Kimlo]

That's fair enough up to a point but for mine, more than half our problems stem from the fact Bennett failed to coach any structures into this side and simply let the galaxy of stars he had do their stuff.

Now they are gone, the bleeding obvious is just that.

As for Bellamy, he coaches structures despite his splendid spine ... and they all follow orders

Hang on a minute, Lockyer was the one who was organising the team on the field post-Bennett and we still looked pretty damn good when he was in our team, this was well and truly after Bennett had gone.

Bellamy has 3 of the best players in the game in key positions, Smith to organise the forwards with Cronk and Slater organising the backs. Take those 3 players out of Melbourne in one go and watch them fall apart too! Bellamy also has the "galaxy of stars" (actually moreso than any other team in the competition) to do their stuff.

Do you remember when Melbourne lost, what was it... 5 games in a row without Slater? ONE of their 3 stars.

 

[Porthoz]

There is a Wayne Bennett thread, so keep the respective discussion there and stop derailing other topics with it. This is a one time only warning!