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Jesus **** who gives those awards out? Haas was (easily?) MoM
Thought Milford was pretty elusive tonight.I agree: it was poor positional play, and effort, from Milford. He looks like he's jogging. The poor pass is still Darius' fault. By now he should know his limitations. Milford's job is to be elusive, ball in hand. We're not seeing much of that these days.
Thought Milford was pretty elusive tonight.
Lol, I don't think he was the best on field. He was very good in defence, backed up reasonably well in attack. Hardly a typical 5/8's game. I'd have given Payne Haas or Lodge MOTM easily, they were both incredible but Haas with a try and a game saving tackle makes him best on field for mine.
Yeah Haas easily for me. I'll tell you who had a good game was Carrigan. Looks like he's starting to believe he belongs.Lol, I don't think he was the best on field. He was very good in defence, backed up reasonably well in attack. Hardly a typical 5/8's game. I'd have given Payne Haas or Lodge MOTM easily, they were both incredible but Haas with a try and a game saving tackle makes him best on field for mine.
I absolutely think throwing the pass, if it landed was the right play. We're just going to have to agree to disagree there. Making comparisons to the greats is a moot point really, either they would ice the game themselves or they had plenty of support around them. Cowboys would set up entire sets to make sure Thurston gets an uninterrupted shot at the ball, Smith could give Cronk the ball 45 out and he would slot it over the black dot.I think you’re missing a crucial point here. None of those greats would be able to slot the field goal if they were the player tackled, but it’s pretty safe to say they would still take the tackle rather than literally throw the ball away.
It was a stupid play, plain and simple. Boyd even knew it himself, it was written all over his face.
But to do you the courtesy, as you answered my question, I’ll answer yours.
I can only speculate. But I do know Milford iced a few in 2015 and Isaako did last year too. But as I said, I can only speculate. For all any of us know, we could have had their defence stretched and scored on the right wing as a result, but we weren’t afforded the opportunity because our captain threw the ball away.
What I know for certain though is that we would have given ourselves a better chance of a result if we just kept our cool.
But I do like the clip you uploaded. It clearly shows Milford was covered by 2 defenders anyway, so your point is moot. Indeed, if he gets the pass, in all likelihood he gets tackled and one of our only field goal proponents is taken out of the play.
Throwing the pass was lose-lose.
We definitely need to have more plays with bodies in motion rather than 1 out hitups, some teams will just gobble those up.Armchair coaching here but I'd like us to have a field goal-fake play to use on the second last tackle where we look like we're setting up a field goal but just end up throwing a short pass to Haas/TPJ/Fifita to take a regular hit up. I feel like it would be a good way to get the defensive line out of position when we try it the next play.
You’re welcome to disagree all you like.
Tell me this though; do you honestly think Lockyer, Thurston, Smith or any of the other modern great players throw that pass and simply hope rather than take the tackle, knowing you have another up your sleeve, and go the conservative route?
I’ll be astonished if you think they would.
Maybe it's like U7s rules: Haas has already won MotM this year.Jesus **** who gives those awards out? Haas was (easily?) MoM
I can’t see the point of resting Oates. Given the importance of this game, why would he be rested unless he sustained a significant injury. Very poor coaching performance
Seibs said in the press conference that Oates had a few niggling injuries and decided to rest him.
Yeah Boyd's mum rang Seibs through the week to complain he hasn't had it this year.Maybe it's like U7s rules: Haas has already won MotM this year.