3, 2, 1

[happy_tiger]

Some people have no idea how hard it is trying to attack a bouncing ball at speed when you have no idea where the next bounce is going

And yeah the chest can be as hard as up high , its harder to get your hands into position than a ball at your waist or knees to waist

But obviously all the experts now better so I'll just shut the f up OK

 

[hobbo]

Some people have no idea how hard it is trying to attack a bouncing ball at speed when you have no idea where the next bounce is going

And yeah the chest can be as hard as up high , its harder to get your hands into position than a ball at your waist or knees to waist

But obviously all the experts now better so I'll just shut the f up OK

Apology accepted …
Go have a nana nap :laughing:

 

[happy_tiger]

Some people have no idea how hard it is trying to attack a bouncing ball at speed when you have no idea where the next bounce is going

And yeah the chest can be as hard as up high , its harder to get your hands into position than a ball at your waist or knees to waist

But obviously all the experts now better so I'll just shut the f up OK

Apology accepted …
Go have a nana nap :laughing:

It wasn't an apology

Sick of arguing with people that have absolutely no clue Hobbo

 

[Geo]

I'm backing the Hall of fame fullback because he would know…

 

[happy_tiger]

We are talking about the ball that Rankin had to catch was chest height full stop and catchable, especially a Professional that gets paid as a Profession.

Nothing to do with any other options Simona may of have, that ball was catchable chest high as hobbo has said.

Should never have go to the stage of Rankin having to catch a bouncing ball at all FT

He takes the tackle , gets a fast play the ball and we score off the next tackle , probably closer to the posts as well

People obviously just have issues with players and coaches because they aren't cool enough , are pretty enough , don't have slick hair or don't fit the mould of what they want

Because they have arguments that have no logical football sense

Brooks made so many mistakes in the 2nd half , yet Rankin gets blamed for not taking a ball he should never had to

Logic :brick: ??

 

[hobbo]

I'm backing the Hall of fame fullback because he would know…

I should've known better to try and quote a "hall of famer "
:roll

 

[happy_tiger]

I'm backing the Hall of fame fullback because he would know…

I should've known better to try and quote a "hall of famer "
:roll

You can stick your hall of fame garbage where the sun doesn't shine , that's for sure

 

[happy_tiger]

Happys just looking for an argument :laughing:
Keefy Galloway would've gathered that ball in !!

We are slowly improving …
I too was expecting to getting a flogging .
They tried hard but ran out of gas and they had too many dumb plays .

Try catching a ball at chest height then at full speed when you've no idea how high it is going to bounce

Some idiots missing the whole bloody point

THE KICK WAS THE WORST OPTION OF THE THREE HE COULD OF CHOSEN

IF THE IDIOT CENTRE TAKES THE SMARTER OTHER OPTIONS WE DON"T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT !!!!!!!!!

And I have a tool in another thread arguing that Simona is a good centre , you have to be bloody kidding

The only TOOL in this thread is you happy !
You're initial argument was that the ball was over his head , it WASN'T !

It was a gift of a bounce , pretty much in the bread basket !
Put the Toad down :laughing:

Spot on Hobbo, it may have been a low percentage option from Simona, but it worked, the ball was chest high and in the bread basket, Rankin fluffed it, if you were watching FOX Happy you would of heard the commentators mention the sitter try bombed.
No excuse from Rankin, a first grader would have taken that ball and we would have been 12 ahead, we probably win from there.

And using that logic 851 we should blame the iceberg and the sea water for the Titanic sinking

Absolute geniuses :brick:

 

[magpiecol]

I am not blaming Rankin, he did well to get there. But Tedesco takes that ball in his sleep. Game over.

 

[Geo]

Happy has a point regarding the option Simona took…tackle 3 with the big fat Doggies blowing hard...we had plenty chasing tha kick...take the tackle we have them on toast..

People want the highlight reel plays though ..the play what's in front of them options...when it doesn't come off however dont waaaaaah about it...

I'll just leave this here for happy…as he seems to have his cranky pants on...

 

[hobbo]

I'm backing the Hall of fame fullback because he would know…

I should've known better to try and quote a "hall of famer "
:roll

You can stick your hall of fame garbage where the sun doesn't shine , that's for sure

:bawling
:bawling
:bawling

 

[foreveratiger]

We are talking about the ball that Rankin had to catch was chest height full stop and catchable, especially a Professional that gets paid as a Profession.

Nothing to do with any other options Simona may of have, that ball was catchable chest high as hobbo has said.

Should never have go to the stage of Rankin having to catch a bouncing ball at all FT

He takes the tackle , gets a fast play the ball and we score off the next tackle , probably closer to the posts as well

People obviously just have issues with players and coaches because they aren't cool enough , are pretty enough , don't have slick hair or don't fit the mould of what they want

Because they have arguments that have no logical football sense

Brooks made so many mistakes in the 2nd half , yet Rankin gets blamed for not taking a ball he should never had to

Logic :brick: ??

There is no Guarantees that Simona would of stayed in the field of play as he wedged himself awfully close to that sideline hence why he kicked that ball back inside in desperation i dare say .
I don't think we would of scored of the next play had Simona taken the tackle in the field of play as we were still 35-40 metres out .
Had Simona been tackled in the field of play ? i dare say with a quick play the ball there would of been a high probability that a Bulldogs player would of gone to the sin for not getting back on side with a scoring chance at our beckoning .

As for Rankin…..no doubt it would of been a difficult attempt at full speed but him being upright in his posture and the ball at his chest ? i thought it was a catch-able ball .
If it was below his waist line ? i think it makes it more difficult as his at high risk of loosing balance.

As for Brooks ? ummm i better not :laughing: Geo is around . Brooks was extremely poor in the 2nd half , think his kicking game is slowly coming together he needs to run it at the line more that's Brooks at his best when he does that.

It is pretty much opinions really.....doesn't mean i'm right , i have played the game at a decent level and used to catch them with 1 hand :wink: :laughing: .

I have always said before a ball was kicked in 2016 that the NRL is out of Rankin's League but hardly his fault for being picked .
There is actually a few that are lucky to be playing 1st Grade in our Club Lovett , Naiqama can consider themselves lucky aswell IMO , I'm not convinced with Addo-Carr yet either as i think he looses alot of Metres in his carries cause he doesn't know how to balance his posture.....his lucky to be blessed with amazing speed , i think Bellamy will get the best out of him.

 

[Wagga_Tiger]

Just for the fun of it I went back and watched it a few times, a wet slippery night tackled from behind and only a meter or so from touch, no way does he not end up over the sideline at the speed they were travelling, the push from Rona puts him over the sideline. Rankin should have taken that ball, he snatched at it, it's not the only reason we lost but you would expect him to eat that up.
3\. Grant
2\. Taylor
1\. Ava

 

[happy_tiger]

I'm backing the Hall of fame fullback because he would know…

I should've known better to try and quote a "hall of famer "
:roll

You can stick your hall of fame garbage where the sun doesn't shine , that's for sure

:bawling
:bawling
:bawling

Yeah that's it

You DON"T get it , Simona takes the WRONG option but we won't hold him responsible or accountable, we will blame the poor bugger probably thinking to himself why has this DH taken this stupid screwed up option and then had to get himself from a role of a support player into the position of a chaser in the matter of a split second still manages to get into the right position and then makes a mistake

Course we won't blame the person who screws up by taking the wrong option

Its like the same twits that blame Lawrence for dropped pass when Brooks gets a ball behind him and still sticks Lawrence in a crash ball situation on a wet night

Yeah blame Lawrence , not the numbnut who threw the pass that was low percentage and going to achieve absolutely nothing

Rugby League isn't what happens at the moment of impact or action , its what leads up to that point

Simona and Brooks break all the golden rules of percentage football , yet get off scott free

 

[hobbo]

I should've known better to try and quote a "hall of famer "
:roll

You can stick your hall of fame garbage where the sun doesn't shine , that's for sure

:bawling
:bawling
:bawling

Yeah that's it

You DON"T get it , Simona takes the WRONG option but we won't hold him responsible or accountable, we will blame the poor bugger probably thinking to himself why has this DH taken this stupid screwed up option and then had to get himself from a role of a support player into the position of a chaser in the matter of a split second still manages to get into the right position and then makes a mistake

Course we won't blame the person who screws up by taking the wrong option

Its like the same twits that blame Lawrence for dropped pass when Brooks gets a ball behind him and still sticks Lawrence in a crash ball situation on a wet night

Yeah blame Lawrence , not the numbnut who threw the pass that was low percentage and going to achieve absolutely nothing

Rugby League isn't what happens at the moment of impact or action , its what leads up to that point

Simona and Brooks break all the golden rules of percentage football , yet get off scott free

We're talking about Rankin dropping a sitter !

IF is a big word when it comes to Wests Tigers ..
"IF" Simona had done this Or "IF " player x had done that .
Your initial whinge was that the ball was above Rankins head .. (It wasn't ) You were wrong !

Go to bed cranky pants !

 

[Byron_Bay_Fan]

There's always one who can't stop grinding that axe.

Pitiful

not grinding just like to make a joke

I was going to say that jokes are supposed to be funny , but I won't

Luckily you did not say otherwise you may have had a second argument going All Day And All Of The NIght - pretty kinky aye?

 

[NT_Tiger]

Happy has a point. My immediate thought when Simona kicked it was that was a mistake. Should have taken the tackle.
However, it was a good kick well directed and weighted. It was catchable.
Low percentage/big payoff play if it comes off.

 

[Byron_Bay_Fan]

When the team can't bust them down the middle and without Robbie leading the middle charge occasionally we have try the fancy stuff and hope it pays off. That one easily could have.

 

[notarealtiger]

Simona actually ended up over the sideline so if he took the tackle it could've easily been a Bulldogs feed. He took what he thought was the right option, and despite being low percentage, it was on. Rankin just dropped a ball that few other fullbacks would.

He's certainly not the reason we lost but suggesting he didn't bomb that try is a little naive.

 

[Goose]

3\. Grant
2\. Taylor
1\. Lawrence

Thought the halves were good as well.

As for the Simona/ Rankin kick, it was definitely on, they had 3 tigers leading the race across about a 20 m cross section of the field, gave Simona a high margin for error with the kick that would still see a tiger lead the chase. Rankin should have taken it. Mistakes happen.