OFFICIAL Terrell May #296

[Tiger Stripes]

With Haas out it was more important to have May in the team, he can punch out 80mins of decent quality if required and therefore it means you have more flexibility in your prop rotation. With Haas back its less critical as he is a big minutes middle, however he would still be handy on the bench.

QLD have speed in their forwards and quick PTB's. This keeps the momentum flowing.
I can't recall Terrell ever providing a quick bustling run followed by a quick PTB. He is not suited to SOO.
Stay with the TIGERS.
The other point of note was QLD usually had 3 forwards defending in each tackle. This allowed a slow PTB by NSW as they were slow to get off the NSW forward------time for the QLD defence to reset. And their quick line speed meant the NSW backs never seen the ball in the 1st half.
Remarkable how we kept them pointless after the first 20 min.
NSW certainly worked their butts off, scrambled well. Never give up.

 

[king_sirro]

Did you see the front row last night? They picked Max King last year ffs

So other poor performers and selections vindicates May as an origin player? He had an unbelievable opportunity to lead us against Manly and he didnt turn up. He lacks aggression and the rawness to smash blokes to play Origin. Very good player and I love having him here, but just because Barnett and King played doesn't mount an argument for Terrell...in fact I'd say it supports the fact he isnt the right style for it

 

[wstigers11]

So other poor performers and selections vindicates May as an origin player? He had an unbelievable opportunity to lead us against Manly and he didnt turn up. He lacks aggression and the rawness to smash blokes to play Origin. Very good player and I love having him here, but just because Barnett and King played doesn't mount an argument for Terrell...in fact I'd say it supports the fact he isnt the right style for it

No. But you can’t mount a case that you need aggression & to smash blokes to be an origin player when Stef & King were the ones chosen. It was clearly a politics thing that he wasn’t selected last year

 

[king_sirro]

No. But you can’t mount a case that you need aggression & to smash blokes to be an origin player when Stef & King were the ones chosen. It was clearly a politics thing that he wasn’t selected last year

And they failed lol

 

[GNR4LIFE]

May is a big pillow.

 

[Tim Sheens]

With Haas out it was more important to have May in the team, he can punch out 80mins of decent quality if required and therefore it means you have more flexibility in your prop rotation. With Haas back its less critical as he is a big minutes middle, however he would still be handy on the bench.

Agreed. Plus, Terrell has so much heart, that he could bring whatever the coaching staff asked of him and more if chosen, as his running of a marathon last off-season showed.

Give him the same 40 odd minutes that AFB and Barnett both had and he would have brought close to the output of their some 80 minutes combined for mine.

 

[Adam Doobie]

I agree with you on AFB, his hearts not in it, but I don’t think his hearts really in anything, Footy is just his job.

To be fair though,
- their situations are chalk and cheese.
Fonua Blake spent most of his life and Junior Footy in NSW. The Kiwis got early dibs on him as a kid and swayed him to play a game for them way back,
he probably got shafted a bit there.

Hughes was a kiwi kid that only came to Australia to play footy - has played more than a dozen games for them and the Māori.

Fonua Blake got picked based on discussions they were having about him 3 years ago - not on anything he’s done in the last 18 months.

I was surprised Fonua Blake was picked. He's been mid this year, nothing like he's been in previous years.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

May is a big pillow.

Don't forget to duck when you tell him.

 

[tig_prmz]

So other poor performers and selections vindicates May as an origin player? He had an unbelievable opportunity to lead us against Manly and he didnt turn up. He lacks aggression and the rawness to smash blokes to play Origin. Very good player and I love having him here, but just because Barnett and King played doesn't mount an argument for Terrell...in fact I'd say it supports the fact he isnt the right style for it

It also depends on the game plan.

If you want your front rowers to do one out hit ups then definitely AFB, Barnett and Saifiti are better but if you offload that job to your outside backs than you need your front rowers to now just tackle, move quickly to marker and go again. Then, provide running options when Yeo or Cleary are running the bottle.

Tino and Flegler didn't run the ball that well yesterday, they just supported and provided genuine options.

May is super strong up top and won't be easy to bring down helping our PTB.

Post contact metres don't matter as much anymore because defenders drop off quickly, so that aggression isn't rewarded anymore.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Don't forget to duck when you tell him.

I doubt if he’s that thin skinned. I’m sure he’s not a Neanderthal.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

I doubt if he’s that thin skinned. I’m sure he’s not a Neanderthal.

Let's hope so it would not be pleasant, you could get up looking like Koula did last night his head spinning, plus don't forget Terrell carries a manbag, it looks heavy.

 

[Tucker]

don't forget Terrell carries a manbag, it looks heavy.

As long as it isn’t full of nail polish and tampons…

 

[Buttface]

Don't forget to duck when you tell him.

I’d rather see him proven incorrect.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

As long as it isn’t full of nail polish and tampons…

We all know Terrell's a stayer but I want to see more mongrel in his game.

Also, none of the stop and pivot, Luai does enough of that dancing with himself stuff.