Nashy
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Through work I talk to a few Cowboys fans. Needless to say, they are still sobbing in the corner, calling it rigged, saying the refs robbed them. It's fucking great.
mitch222
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whilst hunts kicking game was pretty ordinary, his defence this week was good. Made 24 tackles and only missed 1
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sus
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lol not just difficult, awfully fucking painful! strongly encourage anyone who needs a laugh or has some spare time to read thru the live game comments.. gold hahaha
but yeah its.true im not sure myself what improvement we can realistically expect in his kicking at this stage of his career, but given his FG career as starting 7 is barely 3 seasons in.. dunno still can develop some things? lockyer didnt have the confidence of game management in his early days (granted he started much younger.. and had that epic damn left boot since day dot)
anyways point being too early to write off any improvement i figure. and even if it isnt kicking, with his running game surely just the maturity and direction he can provide could be really solid. we did beat the premiers with zero fucking kicking game after all with a few missing and massively exploited injury during... just need that extra 1% as someone just mentioned
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lynx000
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Slightly off topic, but I think I have underestimated how good a player Morgan actually is. I sort of felt that he was to a degree riding on Thurston's coat-tails but he is the real deal, very good player. And in that game for the first time Thurston looked a little old and off the pace (or it is the first time that it has struck me anyway). Did anyone else think that?
Sirlee oldman
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I thought Thurston struggled for the first half but got himself going when the game was on the line. I don't look at the stats but he seemed to fall off a few tackles.
tommy
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His kicking game is still as close to perfect as you will see.
Kimlo
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Thurston fell off the tackle where Milford busted through at the end and passed it to Roberts who scored near the posts. That try was a result of a poor tackle from Thurston.
Huge
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This is a good call on Morgan. There was little love on here for Morgan and his selection in state of origin was met with near disbelief as apparently anyone and everyone was a better choice ! I must say I never witnessed a really bad game from him.
broncos4life
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He has done nothing at origin level.
Morkel
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I think you'll find that Hunt was owning the comp at the time, and because he'd played his first few years of 1st grade as bench hooker, people thought he was better suited. That and he'd played for Australia and proved to be quite handy.
Big Pete
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I was miffed at first with Morgan's selection but came around when I thought more on it.
He was in arguably better form than Hunt at the time, was more versatile and had a established combination with JT so he had a lot going for him.
Dex also made a lot of good points around that time.
I don't necessarily believe Morgan has a mortgage on the position, but I can't begrudge the selectors going with him last year or even this year.
While on the subject (of Morgan), I don't know if I'd use Friday's game as an instance of Morgan taking JT's place. If there was one player who got things rolling for the Cowboys, it was Jake Granville who was electric out of dummy half and justified Green's decision to start him off the bench. Then in the second half, it was JT's freakish kick for the posts that changed the complexion of the contest. I couldn't see any of our halves coming up with that play in that position, it was glorious and there was nothing anyone of us could do but applaud it.
Morgan did well running off of Granville and JT, but I didn't think he led from the front or anything. If anything, I think a lot of credit has to go to Green who has figured out that it can't all be about JT. Like Bennett tried in 2006, he's given guys like Coote, Granville and Morgan more responsibility so JT can chime in with the finishing touches that no other team can compete with.
In saying that, there was something poetic about Milford beating him to set up Roberts. JT was quick to annoit him as his heir, make of that what you will.
He was in arguably better form than Hunt at the time, was more versatile and had a established combination with JT so he had a lot going for him.
Dex also made a lot of good points around that time.
I don't necessarily believe Morgan has a mortgage on the position, but I can't begrudge the selectors going with him last year or even this year.
While on the subject (of Morgan), I don't know if I'd use Friday's game as an instance of Morgan taking JT's place. If there was one player who got things rolling for the Cowboys, it was Jake Granville who was electric out of dummy half and justified Green's decision to start him off the bench. Then in the second half, it was JT's freakish kick for the posts that changed the complexion of the contest. I couldn't see any of our halves coming up with that play in that position, it was glorious and there was nothing anyone of us could do but applaud it.
Morgan did well running off of Granville and JT, but I didn't think he led from the front or anything. If anything, I think a lot of credit has to go to Green who has figured out that it can't all be about JT. Like Bennett tried in 2006, he's given guys like Coote, Granville and Morgan more responsibility so JT can chime in with the finishing touches that no other team can compete with.
In saying that, there was something poetic about Milford beating him to set up Roberts. JT was quick to annoit him as his heir, make of that what you will.
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sus
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RE JT annointing Milf, i cant help but think he hates DCE as much as the rest of us, anyone but him lol
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Nothing except playing an integral part in the victories !
broncos4life
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No he hasn't. He was in the team and didn't **** up. That's it.
Socnorb
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The kick to the posts was effective last week, buts it's not a percentage play. 5% er, but who else but JT.
Big Pete
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Can somebody tell Green to move on?
Was having a sook on Triple M today in light of the Tedesco try.
I like Paul, he gives Houdini a run for his money but he's coming off like a sook.
Was having a sook on Triple M today in light of the Tedesco try.
I like Paul, he gives Houdini a run for his money but he's coming off like a sook.
ivanhungryjak
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I heard that. He said that he didn't want to say anything after the Broncos game (about the Bunker) because he'd sound like a whinger!
Kaz
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Was just watching NRL Sunday Ticket & they showed Green going on about the Broncos game & bleating about it said he has spoken to Tony Archer & he then said, he didn't want to complain on the night, as it would sound like sour grapes.
I spat my coffee onto my laptop screen.
