Fifita minutes low enough he’ll be good to go sunday
Want Murray more
Want Harry much less
Tedesco still viable (unfortunately roosters don’t have a Cody)
Cotter overused meaning he’ll prob be under used for cows
Probably some I’m missing
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GarethEllisismyDad wrote:
understatement
only HTF can hold his head high tonight
Pain wrote:Does old mate still use that baldy head profile pic with his Mrs in it?
Happy bday mr Hobby!Contrastinghobby wrote:Cheers for the birthday messages everyone
Had the day off and a Pub lunch so can't complain
Some cake for dessert and what looks like Teddy returning to form for the run home so things are good
WT Winfield wrote:Fifita's latest game is this weekend at 6:15pm, so no more games after his 8pm bedtime at least
Rabbits21 wrote:I’m worried on Brimson I own him he was limping at the back end too I have a feeling he won’t back up. What do you guys reckon?
Also might look at Cotter big game for Cows surely he backs up? I need a mid and he’s probs a better option than M. King? Cotter probs just plays 45-50mins this week but probs will play 55-60mins on the run home?
Do you think Brimson will back up? Issue is he plays Sunday so I won’t know. And I’d be down to 16GarethEllisismyDad wrote:
Ask camo about how many minutes he should play and what payten plays him
But yeah if you could guarantee his mind cotter would be a steal
Rabbits21 wrote:
Do you think Brimson will back up? Issue is he plays Sunday so I won’t know. And I’d be down to 16
I’m a bit panicked this week mate it’s chaos hard to know what to do I’ve done trades then rolled them back 10 times already.
And if SJ is a late out well bloody hell.
Maybe Grant mightn’t play 80mins this week maybe best to hold Robson/Boyd another week?
I have Haas, Horse, JDB and Kris out already mate.
GarethEllisismyDad wrote:
impossible to know about brimmo til we get some info tommorow,
one reason not to panic is you have plenty of money and plenty of trades!
Rabbits21 wrote:Can you trade players on a bye mid round as long as it’s to a player who hasn’t played yet?
Rabbits21 wrote:Can you trade players on a bye mid round as long as it’s to a player who hasn’t played yet?
MS after origin 1 wrote:
Origin. I don’t believe this nonsense about Queensland caring more or wanting it more. The majority of Blues players were out there giving it their best but the game plan didn’t work. Laughable suggestion that Teddy’s slip cost the Blues the game. Hammer was through the line with 2 unmarked players inside him. It was a try under the posts regardless of what happened, the slip just changed who scored it.
Where it was lost
Early in the first half Blues had all the territory and possession. With QLD pinned back and plenty of tackles in the red zone the Blues came away from zero points. Sure they came close a few times but close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
The momentum swing off the drop out being regathered by QLD. Blues had a few good territory sets leading up to it but that completely shifted. Once the momentum was gone there wasn’t enough time to get it back
Lack of creativity. The Panthers style works because they are a very well drilled club team that will smother you in defense and grind out the point when you make errors. That doesn’t happen at origin level so you can’t rely on it
What worked
Hudson Young early put great pressure on DCE and really had him off his game. His job was to come on, give a few bruises and disrupt the QLD playmakers, which I thought he did well in his stint. I wouldn’t change this for game 2.
Liam Martin off the bench. Came on and caused havoc with no regard for his body. Was the Blues best player so I don’t think you can change this role.
Crichton at centre was solid defensively and created a few half chances chasing kicks. Wasn’t a fan of the selection (thought it should have been Burton) but he really stood up and got the job done.
What I would change
First I would start with the overall play style of the team. Using the 13 as the point of attack is too slow to break down a team full of rep players and needs an overhaul. I’d be aiming for flat and fast attack at the advantage line. The aim is to generate quick play the balls through the middle before hitting the edges against a retreating defense rather than the current style of trying to “freeze” the middle defense through ball playing and second phase.
How do we achieve this? We pick players that fit what we are trying to achieve rather than picking on talent and we give the keys to two of my favourite players, Cam Murray and Damien Cook. They would line up like this
1. Teddy
2. To’o
3. Latrell
4. Campbell Graham
5. Addo-Carr
6. Luai
7. Cleary
8. Haas
9. Cook
10. Paulo
11. Frizell
12. Young
13. Murray
14. Koroisau
15. Martin
16. Yeo
17. Klemmer
With Yeo playing off the bench this allows NSW to start the game fast with Cook, Cleary, Teddy running off quick play the balls generated in the engine room. Front foot ball in turn gives more space to the backs out wide which lets them go to work. Later in the game once things slow down Yeo + Koroisau can come on to add a bit of spark around the ruck once the line speed has dropped off and you actually have time for ball playing. Klemmer would be told he gets around 30 minutes in a tearaway role rather than the work horse he has turned into
What Freddie will do
Changes around the edges that don’t actually mean much. Latrell comes in for Crichton, Luai gets dropped for Hynes to 6, Cook to 14 (despite playing a better game than Cleary) and TPJ out for Saifiti. Run it back and struggle to score points again at Suncorp
MS for Blues coach 2024