CROSS FORUM NRL 2023 Round 8 Discussion

[Harry Sack]

 

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What do you do about TTurbo if you are Manly? Obviously the guy is an out and out gun, best player in the comp when fully fit. The problem is, when is he ever fully fit? Even at 75% he’s still a gun but these injuries are racking up and this whole season, he has looked a shell of his former self (which is still better than many players). Do you put him in cotton wool or keep trying to manage him? There have to be long term question marks too.

 

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Right! i do see how rolling it forward is a knock on, but in a fraction of a second, at the same time as downward pressure, how do you make the call either way?

On field call should trump bunker slowing it down to 100 frames a second to see if he rolls it forward before applying downward pressure.

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Will, if it was the Warriors, it will always be a knock on. If it was the Roosters, Storm, or Panthers, it will be a try. The next level down is if they’re a team the bunker reviewer has in their picking or TAB bets for the week. The next level is whether any of the players involved are in their fantasy team. And, finally, they flip a coin.

It’s a pretty simple process really and nothing to do with the tv monitors in the bunker.

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Right! i do see how rolling it forward is a knock on, but in a fraction of a second, at the same time as downward pressure, how do you make the call either way?

On field call should trump bunker slowing it down to 100 frames a second to see if he rolls it forward before applying downward pressure.

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If there is no separation, even if the ball is pushed down forwards then it has not been, by definition, knocked on.

Frustrating how these minuscule technical interpretations are being made. Lots in play the ball or knock ons that you need a microscope to find.

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What do you do about TTurbo if you are Manly? Obviously the guy is an out and out gun, best player in the comp when fully fit. The problem is, when is he ever fully fit? Even at 75% he’s still a gun but these injuries are racking up and this whole season, he has looked a shell of his former self (which is still better than many players). Do you put him in cotton wool or keep trying to manage him? There have to be long term question marks too.

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You work with the guy* to keep him on field and playing as many minutes as possible. He's a local product (which is worth gold) and a marketing gold mine for the club plus he's a consummate professional who will do whatever he can to get and remain fit.
He's clearly going through some quite significant adjustments at present so patience is the key word.

*admittedly there's more than a couple on Silvertails who don't agree with me - but they're wrong, I tell you!

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You work with the guy* to keep him on field and playing as many minutes as possible. He's a local product (which is worth gold) and a marketing gold mine for the club plus he's a consummate professional who will do whatever he can to get and remain fit.
He's clearly going through some quite significant adjustments at present so patience is the key word.

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Do you think he pulls himself out of origin now that he's picked up another soft tissue injury.

Manly fans must be shitting themselves thinking about Turbo playing three games of origin. With resting, origin and the byes, he could barely be sighted in a manly jersey for the 6 weeks or so of the origin period

 

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Do you think he pulls himself out of origin now that he's picked up another soft tissue injury.

Manly fans must be shitting themselves thinking about Turbo playing three games of origin. With resting, origin and the byes, he could barely be sighted in a manly jersey for the 6 weeks or so of the origin period

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Wonder if he's tried to change his running style to avoid another hamstring injury and jn doing so created another issue?

Luke Metcalf at warriors atm is going through something kind of similar where he's done his hamstring a few times now so they're trying to adjust his running style so it doesn't keep happening

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[Xzei]

he's a consummate professional who will do whatever he can to get and remain fit.

except when he is having late night sprint races with west tigers fans lol

 

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I dont think anyone really thought they didnt recruit a good forward pack. Its their backline thats the issue. Aitken is decent. Isaako surprisingly has been quality for them. Brenko and Jennings not so much. Hammer has been a great pick up.

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I thought they were really going to struggle with their halves options, however Katoa and O'Sullivan were very good in the early rounds and Nikorima is doing an adequate job in O'Sullivan's absence. The 5-3 record is pretty remarkable.

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Go Warriors!

I think you guys are in with a good chance.

Hopefully I'm not the only one.

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Feel like there should be a game on tonight. Withdrawal symptoms.

Maybe they could show the Raiders, as the bye team, doing a training run or something to fill in the gap?

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[Sproj]

Annercelery has said the outcome of a hip drop is important - there you have it - the NRL are admitting they make their judgments based on injury, every player has just been given even more of a licence to dive.

Is it really so much to ask to have some competent people in NRL officialdom?

 

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Is there any movement on rewarding a classical round the legs tackle? I have seen some discussion on the League shows but absolutely nothing from the officials.

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Is there any movement on rewarding a classical round the legs tackle? I have seen some discussion on the League shows but absolutely nothing from the officials.

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They probably don't know what to implement without it being corrupted instantly.

Whatever they try to do should be tested in Qcup and NSW cup first before bringing straight into NRL

 

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Annercelery has said the outcome of a hip drop is important - there you have it - the NRL are admitting they make their judgments based on injury, every player has just been given even more of a licence to dive.

Is it really so much to ask to have some competent people in NRL officialdom?

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TMM breaks a leg in a hip drop… crickets…

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[Morkel]

Annercelery has said the outcome of a hip drop is important - there you have it - the NRL are admitting they make their judgments based on injury, every player has just been given even more of a licence to dive.

Is it really so much to ask to have some competent people in NRL officialdom?

That's poor in itself. But Haas' tackle is not a hip drop, so injury is irrelevant. Are they now going to penalise all types of tackles if an injury occurs, even if it was a freak accident or was a result predominantly due to the actions of the attacker (not defender). Because that is where it's headed. And yes, diving then becomes a seriously viable tactic.

 

[Kimlo]

That's poor in itself. But Haas' tackle is not a hip drop, so injury is irrelevant. Are they now going to penalise all types of tackles if an injury occurs, even if it was a freak accident or was a result predominantly due to the actions of the attacker (not defender). Because that is where it's headed. And yes, diving then becomes a seriously viable tactic.

Going to be terrifying tackling Tom Turbo now.

 

[Wolfie]

Annercelery has said the outcome of a hip drop is important - there you have it - the NRL are admitting they make their judgments based on injury, every player has just been given even more of a licence to dive.

Is it really so much to ask to have some competent people in NRL officialdom?

I was listening to a Superleague podcast ( i'll try to find which one it was and link it ) and apparently last year because of players staying down there was a behind closed doors meeting with the RFL and the teams and they basically got told if diving carried on into this year players were going to be taken off for 5 mins and it would be classed as an interchange if the injury wasnt legit. Dont know how they were going to police that, but there has been very little diving this year so far.