Interchange Jack Buchanan

[LeichhardtTiger]

I could be wrong but did Jack play? I don't recall him getting a run at all.

 

[TIGER]

Nup

 

[Demps]

no bald heads on the field today in tigers colours

 

[GNR4LIFE]

That's gotta be the first time ever that a prop has spent 80 mins on the bench

 

[MacDougall]

He's down for one tackle on NRL Stats so he must have been on for the last minute or two lol.

 

[larrycorowa]

If that's the case he will be lucky to hold his spot next week was hoping to see mck

 

[Demps]

If that's the case he will be lucky to hold his spot next week was hoping to see mck

haha

 

[Snake]

Taylor was running condition into the players by making them play big minutes ,not a bad ploy .

 

[innsaneink]

Imagine the uproar re: this had we lost…. Would love to hear his reasoning for it, seems a crazy move seeing how we seemed to hit an invisible brick wall at 41 minutes

 

[2041]

Heh, sorry to beat this drum again… but we've recruited depth, right? But at the same time we can only find 16 players we want to use...

 

[Eddie]

Little bit strange considering we were in quick sand the second half.

 

[halifax_tiger]

joel edwards back next week,better option.or rod griffin

 

[Harvey]

He got some minutes on the ground after the game going around and seeing the crowd.

 

[Doc_Tiger]

joel edwards back next week,better option.or rod griffin

Looking forward to that! Bring on Edwards.

 

[boonboon]

I think for all teams you are going to see the 4th interchange player not playing huge minutes where you don't have an injury no matter who it is given the limited interchange. When you bring your first 3 interchange players on and off within a game thats 6 interchanges, only leaving you 2\. Teams want to save one for any late injury (imagine the uproar if we had to play with 12 for the last 5 mins and lost). That means that Buchannan would have been coming on for Woods (Captain), Grant or Sue who were both having huge games through the middle but wouldn't have been coming back on so I'd say thats why you didn't see more of him because they would have been left on the bench once he came on

 

[Tim Sheens]

Imagine the uproar re: this had we lost…. Would love to hear his reasoning for it, seems a crazy move seeing how we seemed to hit an invisible brick wall at 41 minutes

There was plenty of uproar between my ears and that is why I brought it up in Sabre's Fitness thread. I don't know the number of changes already used at the time, but as their possession run continued, it seemed increasingly odd not to get a steady player with fresh legs on the field.

For mine we were very lucky that the Warriors lost their ball handling ability late in the game, else a repeat of the dogs and raiders comebacks of last year was on the way.

 

[king_sirro]

I dont mind it. If JT feels the other 16 guys are better options to get the job done, therefore not worth wastimg an interchange or 2, then so be it.

Bottom line is if someone like Sue has had a decent rest, you would put him back on instead of wasting an interchange on a lesser player.

Only issue i have is that it was a front rower just sitting there. If the 4th benchy is gonna just be for cover then make is a versatile player who can cover many positions.

 

[southerntiger]

King sirro thats the way I see it. With limited interchanges, Taylor may prefer a 16 player rotation. As this is only new, he may change his plans.

On the versatility point I agree. However, perhaps Taylor's belief was that he had sufficient versatility throughout the other 16.

 

[stevetiger]

If we win who cares but I reckon using the bench well is important and you'd think Taylor will learn from this.

 

[supercoach]

15 minutes out from full time, most of our team was running on empty our defensive line had more holes in it than a piece of swiss cheese and the warriors were finding it very easy going and we had a fully fresh forward on the bench. To me it doesn't make sense. Also if he was basically been held to cover a late injury why pick him in front of MKC who would cover a lot more positions.

Of course we won so it was a master stroke, if we lost?????