@OzLuke said in [A crucial period for Madge\.\.\.](/post/1200598) said:
Out of all the players dropped....it still beggars belief that Mbye has come through it all unscathed....
He gave a penalty and a seven tackle set away directly leading to Knights' first try.
It seems they try to find a position for him every week.....he'll be playing prop next week.
With our injuries to Walters and Grant, sure as eggs he will be first picked next week....but he seems to be getting worse
All of our backs are getting worse.
lol who? Talau keeps getting better. Nofa best footy in years. Joey looks the exact same as he did last year. Left wing there’s been a heap of different guys Talau excelled but others haven’t. Mbye just as good as last year which isn’t very good.
Lol Brooks, Reynolds, Mbye, Jennings are all much worse. Joey Leilua is not the player he was at Canberra. Nofo is having a good season relative to his previous disasters. Talau has never played first grade so how can we say he’s playing better? Madge might be a good forwards coach but you can’t say the same for the backs.
Brooks also had his best season under Madge? Has Reynolds really been worse, I thought he’s looked pretty good for us this season. Jennings was never good unless he was playing outside future immortal Greg Inglis. Statistically Mbye is doing better than last season in the centres compared to being at fullback. Talau looks better in first grade than he did in first grade. I agree Madge is more a forwards coach than a backs coach but there’s no truth in saying ALL our backs are going backwards when majority of them are just as good or going better.
Mate that is utter rubbish. Brooks, Reynolds and Benji are in the worst forms of their career. Brooks best year was 2018. Mbye was fantastic in 2018 but has declined constantly ever since. Jennings may not have been great but he was a hell of a lot better than he has been with us.
Our backs have regressed significantly under him. Blind Freddie could see that.
Reynolds has been injured for years and has probably been our best half this season, to say he’s in the worst form of his career is just crap ? Brooks is definitely in a slump no argument there. Benji played on a year too long and age has caught up to him, that’s not really on the coach although they should’ve told him to retire. If you watch Jennings he’s never been any better than what he is here. Solid defender, okay under the high ball and can fall over the line and score, gonna look good in any good team and will struggle in a bad team.
You’re really clutching at straws to defend Madge mate.
And you’re making up rubbish to make him look bad. You’re ignoring the good and only pointing out the bad. If brooks can play career best footy under Madge one year then struggle the next, that’s on Brooks.
Some of our outside backs certainly haven’t improved but you saying EVERY outside back is getting worse is a huge exaggeration intentionally trying to make it seem worse than it is.
One back is playing better, the rest have all gotten worse. For some reason you can’t criticise him for anything. You find excuses for everything ?
Reynolds, Talau, Nofa all improved. Despite the hate on Mbye, I would argue he’s doing better than last season too. That’s 4 lad. I can criticise Madge but I can also see that he won’t bring intent results and there’s no coach in the world fixing us in less than three years. I’m happy to give him time is all.
Lad? Lol ?
If you think Reynolds and Mbye have improved then there’s no point talking to you about it as you’re deluded.
When are you comparing Reynolds to? 2014? I’m comparing him to his time here. He’s playing his best footy for us since being at the club. Mbyes best footy was 2018, 2019 he was average, this year he’s clearly not a good player but he’s assisting and scoring more tries and his defence on that edge has been very good
So you’re now agreeing Mbye has been worse since Madge came? That’s good.
Reynolds hasn’t played good football since he’s arrived but I feel he’s looked particularly bad this year.
Mbye did well in 2018. Poor in 2019. A bit better again this year. He’s not exactly a great player though but he’s had his ups and downs.
I thought Reynolds has been solid. We’ve missed him out there lately he certainly helps with our energy and intensity.
That's really all he has though energy, we need more from our halves