They spend so much time whinging about the obstruction, which was surely one of the more clear-cut calls in the game. You mightn't agree with the rule, dipshits, but it's still the rule. It was obstruction every day of the week.
The criticism of Hunt's kicking game is justified. It's all well and good to say he can go and work on it like Cronk did, but why hasn't it happened yet? Or, will it ever happen?
He's 26 now and it's been stagnant since he took over the #7.
If you got time check out the press conference with Green and JT, sour grapes and then some.
Doesn't surprise me Thurston has always been the first to complain when something goes against the Cowboys. He does have a case with the obstruction try but the other calls were fair enough.
I liked the minutes Joe.O got last night....keen to see plenty more of that.
Starting to really like this guy. For a young forward, seems to make ****all mistakes.
Seems he might have a case.to answer for a swinging arm. I only caught a bit of it but it didnt seem intentional.
You are absolutely right Morks. I was thinking about this last night. last year everyone kept saying how bad Hunts kicking was when will he could do was punt it downfield for territory that we couldn't get with out forwards. He doesn't get the field position Thurston does. We might have it once or twice but then we concede the length of the field in defense. This is where McCullough pays his way with his ruck defense and 40/20's. We really ought to try spreading it wide sooner than the 4th or 5th tackle as the Cowboys were all over us and the our outside backs show time and again they can pierce the line.
These two pretty much sum up my reaction to the situation..
To the people who are giving Hunt a free pass because of the refereeing and lack of metres gained, get real, he had 5-6 kicks last night with all the time in the world, with minimal pressure, that were simply the wrong choice, or poorly struck.
If every superstar has 4 get out of jail free cards per season for bad performances, Ben's got none left.
Really expecting a massive improvement over the next fortnight.
Just to be clear his kicking still needs work hence my earlier comments that he should practice 5th tackle kicking options non-stop this year but I don't think benching him would help.
Hunt even commented that his kicking worked against them in this game at the end and it is baffling why he persisted with it (then the final grubber from Milf to top it off).