Season Opener: Broncos Vs. Cowboys - Match Thread

[Coxy]

Haha no worries. It's ingrained in my brain...we were sitting pretty much in line with where Kemp picked up the ball, on that sideline. LOL

 

[Coxy]

Clearly it wasn't so ingrained in my mind...he was on half way! LOLZ.

 

[Charmamba]

lol. When you said the 30 i loaded up Nrl.com to check :P

 

[OXY-351]

As i said earlier if Thurston had someone with speed outside him it would have been the good option.

Thurston tried a similar play to that using Mason in the place of Kemp.

Did you not notice the centre and winger out there too? Do they have the speed required to make it a good option?

Mason just got in the way. And why wouldn't he take the option when he knows the Broncos backs on that side had nfi what to do the last time he did a cross field kick. The came rushing in too far and allowed a cowboys player outside them to catch it. I got no issue with the option Thurston took, it's just his execution probably wasn't quite there.

Bit harsh to use the Lockyer kick to Kemp in comparison to what happened on Friday night. The Cows were attacking the line and in good field position for a field goal. From my memory of the Lockyer incident the play commenced either on the halfway or just in our half. Lockyer received a poor pass that he had to reach to get and was in no position to take a field goal. Realistically the option he took was the only one available to him.

I'd hardly call getting the ball 10m out from the goal line and 20m in from the side line "good field position" for a field goal. Just like Lockyer, I don't think Thurston was in any great position to take a field goal and took the best option available to him. Don't see too much difference myself.

If Thurston was a 5/8th though, he would have kicked it for sure

 

[Charmamba]

As i said earlier if Thurston had someone with speed outside him it would have been the good option.

Thurston tried a similar play to that using Mason in the place of Kemp.

Did you not notice the centre and winger out there too? Do they have the speed required to make it a good option?

In recent memory of the Cowboys team... No not to out run Winterstein/Kemp

 

[OXY-351]

As i said earlier if Thurston had someone with speed outside him it would have been the good option.

Thurston tried a similar play to that using Mason in the place of Kemp.

Did you not notice the centre and winger out there too? Do they have the speed required to make it a good option?

In recent memory of the Cowboys team... No not to out run Winterstein/Kemp

Not sure how much you have to outrun someone when you're 10m out from the line, expecially when it's Glenn and Beale and not Winsterstein and/or Kemp anyway.

You seem to be bagging out and incident you don't seem to have a great recollection of

 

[Charmamba]

Your under rating Glenn as a defender. And Beale does have some speed. 10m out you need to be quick from the mark you dont have the joy of an 80m run to pickup speed its all or nothing from the start and imo the Cowboys dont have that in them. The only player who can think quick and react quickly was the bloke kicking the ball he over estimated his team mates who minus Payne and sometimes Tonga.. Frankly suck.

 

[lynx000]

Clearly it wasn't so ingrained in my mind...he was on half way! LOLZ.

Woooohoooo, not so fading memory, I thought it was the halfway.

 

[The Brizz]

But that's clearly not the case though is it? Look at Jarryd Hayne's Dally M Run last year when he consistently scored 3 points for getting involved for anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes in the entire match.

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Look at his stats every week after he went to fullback and tell me those are the work of someone who plays 10-20 of every match. Some people either have NFI or are so biased against certain players and teams its beyond funny.

19 - Matches
10 - Tries
27 - Line Breaks
7 - Line Break Assists
15 - Try Assists
31 - Offloads
169 - Tackle Breaks
18.2 runs for 194.4m per game
4 - 40/20's

That is a good return for only 10-20 good minutes per match I reckon.

 

[lynx000]

As i said earlier if Thurston had someone with speed outside him it would have been the good option.

Thurston tried a similar play to that using Mason in the place of Kemp.

Did you not notice the centre and winger out there too? Do they have the speed required to make it a good option?

Mason just got in the way. And why wouldn't he take the option when he knows the Broncos backs on that side had nfi what to do the last time he did a cross field kick. The came rushing in too far and allowed a cowboys player outside them to catch it. I got no issue with the option Thurston took, it's just his execution probably wasn't quite there.

Bit harsh to use the Lockyer kick to Kemp in comparison to what happened on Friday night. The Cows were attacking the line and in good field position for a field goal. From my memory of the Lockyer incident the play commenced either on the halfway or just in our half. Lockyer received a poor pass that he had to reach to get and was in no position to take a field goal. Realistically the option he took was the only one available to him.

I'd hardly call getting the ball 10m out from the goal line and 20m in from the side line "good field position" for a field goal. Just like Lockyer, I don't think Thurston was in any great position to take a field goal and took the best option available to him. Don't see too much difference myself.

If Thurston was a 5/8th though, he would have kicked it for sure

By the time he kicked the ball he was right next to the goal post. Re the 10 metres out, that is the job of a good kicker to put themself in a position to take the drop goal. He failed to do that. He was in the perfect position about two plays prior to that, but they did not get the ball to him. So I stand by my argument. Lockyer had no other option, Thurston and the Cows did. He tried something that did not work second time around.

 

[Coxy]

But that's clearly not the case though is it? Look at Jarryd Hayne's Dally M Run last year when he consistently scored 3 points for getting involved for anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes in the entire match.

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Look at his stats every week after he went to fullback and tell me those are the work of someone who plays 10-20 of every match. Some people either have NFI or are so biased against certain players and teams its beyond funny.

19 - Matches
10 - Tries
27 - Line Breaks
7 - Line Break Assists
15 - Try Assists
31 - Offloads
169 - Tackle Breaks
18.2 runs for 194.4m per game
4 - 40/20's

That is a good return for only 10-20 good minutes per match I reckon.

*yawn* 25% of statistics are bullshit. 73% of people know that.