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I've never advocated Paix, only rated him relative to Billy when they played back to back. If you'd have said Herbie was a shit defender in 2021, you'd have been howled down by his legion of fanboys.
PRE-GAME [Round 1, 2024] Roosters vs Broncos in Vegas
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Manofoneway
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plus its the first time ive seen a group of blokes do a gender reveal... Not only hand in your broncos captaincy, but your man card too please
Manofoneway
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yes, you have a dartboard with Billys head on it. I don't get it though, the son of the most successful player in our clubs history. Part of the reason we have turned it all around, getting paid pittance (less than Paix) so that we can keep the likes of Ezra and Walsh.
Hard to not like the bloke, specifically with what he's achieved at hooker - a grand final in his second year (first full year) wearing the jersey. Even you can't say he isn't the clubs best #9.
Manofoneway
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its a gamble isnt it. Although in Kevy we trust...
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I was pretty happy with Jock on the weekend... his first game against Souths was rough with his defence looking really poor and then not really offering much in attack.
That got flipped on its head when he had to lead the team in Townsville against the cows... he had some nice plays in that one including some ball playing... we ended up running away with the game in what is an historically tough rivalry game.
In the trial on the weekend you could see cows constantly cheating up when we went to the edge... Reyno and Jock both went deep into the line, which is exactly what you want from the halves, but cows were triggering on the pass from them to rush up and shut down the move. It was looking like the cows reserves were able to handle some of our best attacking players. However after a while we adjusted and started to exploit them for it.
Both of Piakura's tries being an example of the adjustment with Reyno holding up his pass for Piakura in space, and Jock holding it up perfectly and going the short ball when the outside defence had rushed up too far.
It showed that Jock was reacting to the defence rather than going through the motions and looking predictable, which they were early in the game.
I would agree that I want to see more from his kicking... he gives off Bhunt during the Griffinball days vibes... with the 6th tackle drop punt to the corner.
It's the stock kick for 99% of teams, but the difference that Reynolds brings is landing his bombs inside the 10m and having the hangtime to let the chase get to him... I'm not sure I've seen that level of elite kicking from Jock, but if we're to remain a dominant team after Reynolds retires then it is a must have for the kicking game and winning the territory battle.
That got flipped on its head when he had to lead the team in Townsville against the cows... he had some nice plays in that one including some ball playing... we ended up running away with the game in what is an historically tough rivalry game.
In the trial on the weekend you could see cows constantly cheating up when we went to the edge... Reyno and Jock both went deep into the line, which is exactly what you want from the halves, but cows were triggering on the pass from them to rush up and shut down the move. It was looking like the cows reserves were able to handle some of our best attacking players. However after a while we adjusted and started to exploit them for it.
Both of Piakura's tries being an example of the adjustment with Reyno holding up his pass for Piakura in space, and Jock holding it up perfectly and going the short ball when the outside defence had rushed up too far.
It showed that Jock was reacting to the defence rather than going through the motions and looking predictable, which they were early in the game.
I would agree that I want to see more from his kicking... he gives off Bhunt during the Griffinball days vibes... with the 6th tackle drop punt to the corner.
It's the stock kick for 99% of teams, but the difference that Reynolds brings is landing his bombs inside the 10m and having the hangtime to let the chase get to him... I'm not sure I've seen that level of elite kicking from Jock, but if we're to remain a dominant team after Reynolds retires then it is a must have for the kicking game and winning the territory battle.
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It wouldn't be pointless, but it would put stress on our forwards by depriving them of an interchange.
The point would be to inject some energy late in the game. It would also allow us to replace Reyno or Walsh, who are invariably limping by the end of the game.
For example: if Kevvie is seriously thinking about gradually transitioning Ezra to half. He could maybe switch Reece to 6, Ezra to 7 and Tristan to 1. Or the permutation of his choice.
Note: it's Kevvie who's mulling this over in the press, not really the fans.
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He was fine yesterday. Defensively okay. He does read the opposition well, and put players through gaps. Maybe as well as Reynolds, I wouldn't like to say. But it's a pass-mark in his position.
He suffers more in comparison. He doesn't have the wow factor of Walsh, Mam and Sailor. His kicking game is inferior to Walsh, Reynolds and Sailor. Mam's isn't great either. But those four are all freakishly talented. Jock is solid. No one outside this forum is talking about him today.
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I really hope we get to see Ezra with dreads in Vegas, I think it could take him to the next level.
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This is good. When we have so much money tied up in forwards plus 2x million-dollar players already in the spine, the others must be solid players on not too much coin, or there won't be enough left under the cap to put good players around them. This is why Billy fits the bill brilliantly - and Jock is also perfectly fine. We can't have superstars across the park. You could argue we already have too many and it's causing us salary cap concerns. DD and co have a tightrope to walk for sure.
I think Jock is the man while Black comes through, personally. And when young Cody becomes ready, he will unseat Jock if he's better.
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It would be pointless. Who in ***** name is changing 3/4 of your spine for less spark than the blokes already on the field. The only place you can play Tristan is 1. Why are we playing tactically inept to include this dude. He isn’t that special of a player. Being good enough to start at most NRL clubs and dominating q-cup quality (the substantially lesser of the two reserve grade comps) doesn’t make you good enough to leave us so fucking vulnerable. He has showed he is only defensively capable at fullback. NO FUCKING POINT playing him on the bench if that’s the case. If it came down to playing him at 14 or cut him loose I’d cut him loose. Thats how against this theory I am. I hate it with every bone in my body. I’d do a week in prison before we run that. Like seriously how can you possibly think it’s a good idea. He fucking reaks at defence and can barely play 6 and can play fullback. Doesn’t really help us at any given point.
P.s. sorry @Sproj
Manofoneway
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The defence all thought it was going to walsh, who's mere presence in an attacking structure, frightens the life out of teams. Was a good moment from Madden, saw him do the same for Carrigan last year and put him through a hole. One of his weapons thats for sure.
and running short of Walsh. And contesting kicks (and catching...Coates anyone)
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Who? Like I said, that would be the coach, Kevin Walters:
“Tristan put the icing on the cake. I think that utility role from the bench could be an option. We have spoken about that with Tristan and ways we can use him at the next level because as you saw, he was the difference between the two teams. Tristan covers a lot of positions … he did himself plenty of favours with that display.”
"He covers so many positions and we want to give him opportunities. Even if Reece is playing fullback ... if Tristan keeps developing like this, he will force himself into the side somewhere.”
As for changing the spine, that would also be Kevin Walters, along with Adam Reynolds and Ezra Mam.But in this case, not just with an eye to the future, but we have two fragile players in Walsh and Reynolds who are prone to injury.
Big Del
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That`s what I thought .
Played hooker as a kid not in seniors ?
I was querying could he play in the front line on the edge or as a lock last week .
He was weak in that one tackle yesterday .But halves getting isolated by edge forwards is nothing new. Didn`t look good though . Not the end of him . He has been in NRL systems for several years I doubt he would have made it at all if he couldn`t tackle for shit . Hopefully that was an anomaly and he can be trusted if required .
Big Del
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Kicking can be improved with practice .
I remember Milf did some extra curricular with the Brisbane Lions .
Reynolds has had a few more years of practice . But who better for the up and comers to learn the finer details from .
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Broncos Head Of Performance Dave Ballard:
"The scans show Brendan Piakura has picked up a low-grade strain to his MCL. We'll see how he pulls up over the next 24 hours before mapping out a rehab program over the coming days. Brendan remains a chance to play Round 1 but there is a full season ahead of us, so we will see how it settles before making a final decision.”
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