Yep for sure. As well as he's been playing I still don't think he believes in himself yet. It'll come.
Round 9 - Warriors vs Broncos - Post Match Discussion
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Yep for sure. As well as he's been playing I still don't think he believes in himself yet. It'll come.
ethos
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The Warriors often have those moments of ridiculous momentum where they roll through and destroy sides in a 15/20 minute period. I actually thought we did pretty well to combat it - Beale's hands were the only things that really let us down.
We paniced a little bit towards the end though chasing points though. NZ got very scrappy - just needed to keep our composure/force repeat sets and build pressure. As someone mentioned, we really missed Wallace's presence at that point. The first time I've really seen the Broncs flustered so far this season.
And agree with rna, our backrower's hole running ability is soo under-utilised. We've got backrowers who can hit gaps and playmakers who can pout players into gaps. The only thing seemingly missing is an attacking structure that enables it to happen more often.
We paniced a little bit towards the end though chasing points though. NZ got very scrappy - just needed to keep our composure/force repeat sets and build pressure. As someone mentioned, we really missed Wallace's presence at that point. The first time I've really seen the Broncs flustered so far this season.
And agree with rna, our backrower's hole running ability is soo under-utilised. We've got backrowers who can hit gaps and playmakers who can pout players into gaps. The only thing seemingly missing is an attacking structure that enables it to happen more often.
- Mar 5, 2008
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Yes, it will. Unlike say Johnson, DCE, Foran, poor Norman has had to fill the biggest boots in the game. That is not easy to forget.
- Mar 5, 2008
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You're right. Let's sign 'em now. Errr, are they 1st graders?
Yep. Definitely didn't cost us the game, but didn't help at all. Jason Robinson in particular was horrendous.
Browny
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Seeing as I missed the game can you cite some examples?
Example 1: Corey Norman kicks Warriors smother it, ball ricochets back against Norman, then fumble ball on the ground, Hoffman picks it up and runs away. Robinson calls it back for a knock on, initially claiming Norman knocked on when it went back to him...then changed his mind and gave us the feed....if he'd let play go on, who knows what would've happened?
Example 2: Maloney loses the ball after running it on the last, ball fumbles around, Broncos get it...rules a knock on against the Broncos?!?
Example 3: Warriors kick ahead, Gillett regathers, plants ball in field of play, is dragged back onto the line. Instead of a penalty, he rules line drop out.
Examples 2 and 3 led to the Lillyman try on half time.
Big Pete
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I'm still trying to figure out how they were given the ball twice before the opening try.
Never saw any replays of it, instead we were treated to Reed challenging Maloney's kick over and over again.
Coverage sucked, Kiwis make worst commentators than Aussies.
MARTEL MARTEL MATREL
It's Mateo, English, do you speak it?!
Never saw any replays of it, instead we were treated to Reed challenging Maloney's kick over and over again.
Coverage sucked, Kiwis make worst commentators than Aussies.
MARTEL MARTEL MATREL
It's Mateo, English, do you speak it?!
They try to do the full on Maori pronunciation. MAR-TEH-OR.
They even did it for TEH-OR.
- Feb 27, 2010
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Unlike some people I know, I also know when to compliment a player when he deserves praise... :finger:
Hunt has heaps of talent, as the two moments of individual brilliance showed last night, but he is definitely third choice at the moment. His time will undoubtedly come, but he's still far from Wallace when it comes to organisation skills, ability to keep calm and collected under pressure, and doing all those 1%'ers that often make the difference in a game.
But yeah, I agree with you about both halves. Like someone else said, Norman looked intimidated, and especially after Wallace left the game, he went away from his natural game and we lost direction from both halves.
- Feb 27, 2010
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I know what you're trying to say, but fact is that we scored enough points to win without 2 of Beale's 3 mistakes last night.
Of course Jason Robinson helped, and the Broncos didn't do themselves any favour in the last tackle options last night, but Beale on the wing is a disaster waiting to happen.
We haven't seen it happen often because our pack has been so dominant that most teams don't get too many opportunities in our 20, but as last night showed, when we face a pack that will go meter for meter with ours, and give their halves space and time, bombing Beale is a option full of rewards for them... :sigh:
Force
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Mateo is a Tongan name not English and its pronounced "Mah-teh-or" not Mit-tay-oh like most commentators say. The kiwi commentator(Dale Husband) says it more correctly than the Ozzy ones just that you're not use to hearing it pronounced correctly.The Ozzy commentators pronounce most of the Polynesian names wrong....Zeb Taia's name is pronounced "Tyre" not Tay-er,Junior Sa'u name is pronounce "Sa-ooh" not Sow,Ben Te'o name is pronounce "Teh-or" not Tee-oh etc....its just that kiwis are used to hearing Polynesian names moreso than Ozzies but even kiwis can pronounce them wrong at times.I guess if one hasnt learnt to say them correctly then they'll pronounce them wrong.
Force
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Back to the game.
The Warriors were dominant in that first half.Their forwards Matulino in particular were hammering the Bronco attack into submission.Johnson was on song with his kicking game and when Lillyman came on he seemed to lift them to another level.Once Wallace went off injured it was always going to be an uphill battle and this showed on the last tackle option taking which is a given when you have a rookie half to take the reigns.Apart from the obvious drop ball from Beale the Broncos were still in with a chance,missed opportunities from Warrior mistakes in that final 10mins sealed it for them.
The Warriors were dominant in that first half.Their forwards Matulino in particular were hammering the Bronco attack into submission.Johnson was on song with his kicking game and when Lillyman came on he seemed to lift them to another level.Once Wallace went off injured it was always going to be an uphill battle and this showed on the last tackle option taking which is a given when you have a rookie half to take the reigns.Apart from the obvious drop ball from Beale the Broncos were still in with a chance,missed opportunities from Warrior mistakes in that final 10mins sealed it for them.
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I was also complimenting Beale but after last night I have lost a lot of confidence in him. Not to be an ass but you can't be an NRL winger if you can't catch(or any level of rugby league really, it's all kick to the wing bullshit). I could Melbourne exploiting us big time with a tactic like that.
If Beale could actually catch he would be a pretty good winger, he does almost everything right really but his dropped balls(even if it's once or twice a game) are just complete killers and game changers.
