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balmain boy said:
What happened in a one off event is largely irrelevant. Too many variables. Maybe Weekes felt a twinge and felt it wasn't worth it.

In the same way you can't judge Toa's talents from that one game v the cowboys. You judge a player's ability on the accumulation of their performances. That provides a meaningful sample size to remove any outliers.

Doueihi has proven many times that he's injury prone, very slow, lazy and lacks agility and acceleration. Toa has proven many times that he's highly injury prone, a lazy defender and lazy in attack.
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So too has Olam, Jack Bird and Naden.
That’s 5 centres who all have question marks over them, but we have to play 2 of them.
Surely the whole 5 of them will not be injured and/or playing lazy at the same time.
 
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weststigers said:
Now I understand you. You haven't actually read my posts. I actually agree with YOU. I'm not arguing against you.

I couldn't work out what your problem was. Now I know.

I'm not against Benji and his mentality for the record. I just think he means balance in life and football, whereas others have taken it to mean all family and football is second. That's all.

He is on the record talking about that balance so I just take what he has said and repeated it. I can also see the actions of him and the team. If that makes it subjective, then you win. So be it.
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I read your posts. Often several times to try and decipher your point.

Glad we agree.
 
I think the day Doueihi turned & chased after Tommy Turbo intercepted a pass & caught him before the line was most impressive for a slow Doueihi.

Once a player is out of favour on the board, it doesn't matter about facts anymore. They pretty much become pub footballers stealing dollars from the supporters wallets.
 
The Chad said:
I think the day Doueihi turned & chased after Tommy Turbo intercepted a pass & caught him before the line was most impressive for a slow Doueihi.

Once a player is out of favour on the board, it doesn't matter about facts anymore. They pretty much become pub footballers stealing dollars from the supporters wallets.
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Doesn't help when the board is out of place.
 
If we are purely talking about slow or fast, it’s certain Doueihi beats Olam by 5-10metres over 50metres and would beat even further over100metres.
Yes Olam hits hard defending when the opposing player is on front of him, his lateral defence is no better than Doueihi’s.
 
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The Chad said:
I think the day Doueihi turned & chased after Tommy Turbo intercepted a pass & caught him before the line was most impressive for a slow Doueihi.

Once a player is out of favour on the board, it doesn't matter about facts anymore. They pretty much become pub footballers stealing dollars from the supporters wallets.
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When did he do that? I'm not on the Doueihi is slow bandwagon. I actually think his top speed is good, it just takes him a while to build up to it, but I don't recall this ever happening. I remember a chase on Tautau Moga?
 
The Chad said:
I think the day Doueihi turned & chased after Tommy Turbo intercepted a pass & caught him before the line was most impressive for a slow Doueihi.

Once a player is out of favour on the board, it doesn't matter about facts anymore. They pretty much become pub footballers stealing dollars from the supporters wallets.
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That’s not true at all . When did that chase down happen ? Are you talking about the shoulder charge into touch from like 3 years ago ?
That player doesn’t exist anymore . And chasing someone down when you let the guy through in the first place , is the bare minimum standard allowed by any defensive metric .
And his weak defense , I’ve said before so I’ll say it again, I brought up numerous times in his first years here , and was told to STFU and jump off Luke Brooks’ penis . Litterally . As if they’re even remotely related .
So spare me with the poor AD stuff , because for many of us , who’ve been really cognisant of how and why our defense is shit ( I’ll give you hint , it’s mainly due to laziness and buy in, not ability) , someone like AD really pisses guys off . Because he’s massive and moves really well , and really should be one of the better defenders . But he’s the opposite . So it’s either 2 things . He doesn’t want to put his body in front of the man consistently , or he hasn’t worked out yet he’s a large human being, who should be putting his body in front of guys .

His lack of lateral movement due to his injuries , wouldn’t be an issue if he could actually use his size to whack guys out wide . Which is where he should be moving to . But no one in thier right mind thinks AD can make it as an edge back rower , even though his skill set screams edge back rower , because the guy can’t defend . Like his skill set in attack is soo suited to edge back rower id argue he has origin/ elite potential in that position .But his defence is soo bad no one wants him first grade . And he wants to play half for whatever reason …
Thats where his game is at. And it’s a real shame because defence is 80% attitude , and there’s a gaping hole screaming for someone like AD to step into on the right edge .
 
Lestronge said:
That’s not true at all . When did that chase down happen ? Are you talking about the shoulder charge into touch from like 3 years ago ?
That player doesn’t exist anymore . And chasing someone down when you let the guy through in the first place , is the bare minimum standard allowed by any defensive metric .
And his weak defense , I’ve said before so I’ll say it again, I brought up numerous times in his first years here , and was told to STFU and jump off Luke Brooks’ penis . Litterally . As if they’re even remotely related .
So spare me with the poor AD stuff , because for many of us , who’ve been really cognisant of how and why our defense is shit ( I’ll give you hint , it’s mainly due to laziness and buy in, not ability) , someone like AD really pisses guys off . Because he’s massive and moves really well , and really should be one of the better defenders . But he’s the opposite . So it’s either 2 things . He doesn’t want to put his body in front of the man consistently , or he hasn’t worked out yet he’s a large human being, who should be putting his body in front of guys .

His lack of lateral movement due to his injuries , wouldn’t be an issue if he could actually use his size to whack guys out wide . Which is where he should be moving to . But no one in thier right mind thinks AD can make it as an edge back rower , even though his skill set screams edge back rower , because the guy can’t defend . Like his skill set in attack is soo suited to edge back rower id argue he has origin/ elite potential in that position .But his defence is soo bad no one wants him first grade . And he wants to play half for whatever reason …
Thats where his game is at. And it’s a real shame because defence is 80% attitude , and there’s a gaping hole screaming for someone like AD to step into on the right edge .
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Damn him. Needs a bigger penis!
 
This discussion about speed is silly.

There is acceleration over a few metres which makes players appear fast. Often those players can't run 50 metres at that speed so they get run down. Fitness and whether they just sprinted to make a cover tackle plays a part etc.

There are too many variables to look at the one time a season 2 players are in the clear with one chasing the other.
 
Curly_Tiger said:
What’s the roosters strategy for next season it feels very unrooster like
Losses Manu Sualli Keary JWH May Toupunua
Gains pretty much just Chad Townsend
They must be at least $2m under the cap
It’s hard to see how they spend it
Like I say it’s just odd
Any ideas?
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Plus Walker and Smith out for much of 25, they will have some struggles next year, but think there is still a lot of quality there.
Dare say even with all those outs they will still have more internationals and SOO players in starting 13 than the tigers will...
 
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