Peter Wallace!!!

[Kaz]

Don't forget the quality kick Wallace put in for the Benji Marshall try!!

That was a fluke.

Wallace could do the same kick 100 times & Marshall would have knocked the ball on.

I don't blame Wallace for the loss, I thought he was one of our best players last night.

 

[Kimlo]

I wouldn't call it a fluke, Farah is a top quality player and is the reason the Tigers managed to win last night. The guy is a talent, he set up two of their tries and saved a certain try. Wish he got picked for origin, would of made yesterday night a lot easier.

I'm not saying Wallace was fantastic last night he could have been better but it was purely bad luck we lost and a touch of skill from the other team. If we had our stars in the team we would have rolled them easily but origin cruelled us yet again. We were really missing a player last night who could just break the game open, a Hodges or Lockyer last night would have got us over the line.

All in all I'm still super impressed with the effort the team put in, can not fault their attitude at all and they gave it 100% which is all anyone can ask for. If they keep up this attitude and luck permitting with injures, there is no reason why we can't win the competition.

 

[rnabokov]

Not one of Wallace's detractors have bothered to acknowledge that he was playing in a team that was by far the better side and was at the same time seriously weakened. They want me to believe that, as the halfback, he had nothing to do with this fact - not only that but he was so bad that the team went well in spite of him. They are also posting their "criticism" hours after a heartbreaking loss.

Pretty sure a few of us (myself, ning, coxy) have had "criticisms" of wallace long before last night. The fact we were the far better side last night shouldve played into wallaces hands. We spent the ENTIRE second half of the game on the attack. Wests didnt actually get into our half until the final 7 minutes. Now, you're telling me we cant be critical of a halfback that, with all the field possession in the world, couldnt set up a try to save his life?

I keep hearing of this wonderful kicking game wallace apparently possesses. Correct me if im wrong, but most of his "attacking kicks" were just bombs. Every team does that (actually its getting sad how many sets of 6 end up with a bomb, esp at parramatta, but i digress) and its just a sign of not having a clue what to do and hoping for the best.

The only 1 attacking play i saw from him all last night (or for the last few months) has been that inside ball to hoffman, which is just as predictable as when locky and hunt used to try it. Hoffman got hammered every time they tried that last night.

The argument that wallace isnt the kind of player to take the game by the balls is ridiculous. You would like to think every halfback in the game could steer his side to a win if needed. Luke walsh, sandow, molzten, hornby, mortimer.... all these players arent flashy big name players, yet they are equally responsible as their halves partners in many games. Hornby, who no-one seems to rate, sets up a lot of saints tries, even tho the lil show pony soward is considered their strike weapon.

A halves role is to set up plays and tries, not purely be "organisational". Organizing something will only put in motion a plan, someone has to actually be prepared to execute it.

I think you nail it perfectly.

My point however is ONLY that last night, We needed someone in the middle to organize the plays from the middle. Normally that's Locky's job. He wasn't there. As in the game v Souths, it was Wallace's job to do that. He did it well v Souths. He didn't last night. Norman has shown he has the ability to do a good job at 2nd receiver. He also put up some handy kicks last night. Because he is still young, he needed someone to remind him, by word and deed when he slacked off.

If we are being gentle on Macca and Hunt for this reason, we should also extend the same courtesy to Norman. Wallace however is a senior player.

I might also say that Parker, as great as he is playing, didn't seem to offer the leadership we needed in the middle. Maybe Wallace should have been made captain to inspire him a bit.

And yeah, I do agree, we need Wallace to get there, but not the sleepy Wallace of the past few weeks who, despite doing some great things, is inconsistent, and looks bored and lost for half the game.

 

[OXY-351]

Don't forget the quality kick Wallace put in for the Benji Marshall try!!

Wallace could do the same kick 100 times & Marshall would have knocked the ball on.

Only if those 1000 times he got a shit pass from Farah

 

[Big_Dave]

Wallace biggest problem last night was he tried too hard.
Hunt should not be anywhere near the halfback of 5/8th position. He is shocking in the halves.
Wallace will come good, Macca is playing average atm, and Hoffman is still fairly newly to the team.
There was occasions when Wallace was looking for Hoffman to throw the inside ball last night.
The timing was off,just wasn't in sync with each other.

 

[tkday]

Was Wallace the reason we lost? No. Did Wallace have a bad game last night? Yes. Does he need to improve? Yes. Should we keep him? Yes. Do we need Wallace? Yes. Do we love Wallace? Yes!! He's going through a rough patch, give him some time.

 

[Coxy]

Was Wallace the reason we lost? No. Did Wallace have a bad game last night? Yes. Does he need to improve? Yes. Should we keep him? Yes. Do we need Wallace? Yes. Do we love Wallace? Yes!! He's going through a rough patch, give him some time.

How much time do we have? We're already just outside the 8 now and 8 games to play til the finals. Can't really give Wallace too much time to find his feet again.

 

[Anonymous person]

how many years left on wallaces contract?

 

[ningnangnong]

Ends in 2012.

 

[Charmamba]

Was Wallace the reason we lost? No. Did Wallace have a bad game last night? Yes. Does he need to improve? Yes. Should we keep him? Yes. Do we need Wallace? Yes. Do we love Wallace? Yes!! He's going through a rough patch, give him some time.

How much time do we have? We're already just outside the 8 now and 8 games to play til the finals. Can't really give Wallace too much time to find his feet again.

A bit like Michaels after he returned from injury right? [icon_razz1

 

[tkday]

Lets hope not, because we're stuck with him for a while longer yet. Don't get me wrong, I understand everyone's concerns, but him playing ordinary will not lose us the game, let's just hope he doesn't get any worse.

 

[dprior]

Heard on another forum that Parra may be making a play for him.

If this is the case, then maybe he has already had a tap on the shoulder saying he is not our long term option

DP [icon_shru

 

[Bucking Beads]

Heard on another forum that Parra may be making a play for him.

If this is the case, then maybe he has already had a tap on the shoulder saying he is not our long term option

DP [icon_shru

Just because Parra might want him doesn't mean we are willing to release him.

 

[Porthoz]

Heard on another forum that Parra may be making a play for him.

If this is the case, then maybe he has already had a tap on the shoulder saying he is not our long term option

DP [icon_shru

Parra is making a play at at least half of the comps half backs. [icon_evillaugh

 

[jarro65]

I'm really looking forward to Wallace having a blinder of a finals series this year and shutting some of you people the hell up !!!!!!!!!

Fairfarkingdinkum :roll: [icon_thumbs_do

 

[Porthoz]

I'm really looking forward to Wallace having a blinder of a finals series this year and shutting some of you people the hell up !!!!!!!!!

Fairfarkingdinkum :roll: [icon_thumbs_do

I have a feeling this thread will be upped a few times... [icon_wink

 

[Black Philip]

As much as I think some people are over critical of Wallace at times, at the moment he is performing poorly at a very bad time. Post origin is a big danger zone for us, and we don't have the luxury of a position at the top of the ladder, so complacency is not an option. I wouldn't mind seeing Hunt at halfback and McCollough at hooker next up with our team at full strength to see how we go.

 

[ningnangnong]

I'm really looking forward to Wallace having a blinder of a finals series this year and shutting some of you people the hell up !!!!!!!!!

Fairfarkingdinkum :roll: [icon_thumbs_do

He could well have a fantastic finals series.

That's not the point though, the point is that he is terribly inconsistent.

He has the ability, but he hasn't been displaying it consistently enough.