Jacob Liddle #198

[Roar_Power]

I don’t get some of the stupid comments and morons on this forum.

Jacob had an exceptional game for his first full 80 minutes in 3 years. 51 tackles and a try should be praised not vilified.

The fact is, as a team we had a brain explosion (again) after halftime, made crucial mistakes and then defensively folded like a deck of cards.

All you couch coaches need to pull your head in.

Wow, can't believe you got 6 down votes for stating the facts.

May have got some people off side with the moron and pull your head in bits, but otherwise pretty right.

We'll get better.

Definitely the moron call. Not required.

 

[JC99]

Batting down the arms of opposing hookers is a good strategy, I'd like to see us employ it. Makes it very difficult on the opposing hooker to get a nice pass away as they have to rush it

People harp on about Melbourne always creating new tactics but Canberra have been really big on it the last few years. Masters of the one on one strip as well as a few other smaller things

How many times a game should we do it? However many times, make that the starting point of the penalty count against us.

90+% of the time, a player doing that will be penalised.

While there is a lot of negative being pointed at our attack (and I will not argue it was good) what Canberra was getting away with in defence was ridiculous. There was one replay shows where our first or 2nd receiver got smashed towards the end of a tackle count before he could pass the ball (might have been Mbye trying to run back to avoid the rush). A replay was showed and the tackler was 5 metres offside.

I am proud of the effort on the weekend. It wasn't perfect, but you can't compete when games are being officiated in such a one sided manner.

As long as the dummy half takes a step, however small, it's legal. I've seen teams do it in other games without getting in trouble for it, if the hooker isn't passing off the ground it's a very viable tactic, that's why Liddle struggled with it so much.

We hurt ourselves more than anything. Lots of dumb errors and penalties that can only be blamed on ourself.


I will agree to disagree. If you can show me examples of where teams have got away with playing the arms of the dummy half, or teams penalised for the same where the dummy half has not taken a step then I will defer.

In most games I have seen slapping at the dummy half will get you penalised unless he has run a few metres. Maybe this is one of the rule changes introduced for this season and like others (especially when officiating Tigers games) it can be reversed next week.

It's the laws of the game, as soon as the hooker takes one step he's fair game.

 

[Tim Sheens]

The difference in Jacob when allowed to play his natural game should be plain for all to see!

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

The difference in Jacob when allowed to play his natural game should be plain for all to see!

100%.
He is an instinctive running hooker.
Quick play the ball and he is off everytime.
Total opposite game so far. I do think reducing his minutes gives him more push to run as well.

 

[Tim Sheens]

Wrong thread.

 

[Spartan117]

Heard Matty john give Liddle a massive wrap from sundays game at the knights.

He commented on his strengths, tackling technique and the volume of work he did.

 

[Tigerboy]

Heard Matty john give Liddle a massive wrap from sundays game at the knights.

He commented on his strengths, tackling technique and the volume of work he did.

Make no mistake - Liddle is one of the main reasons we won on Sunday. After early incident with Doueihi he looked composed, fit, strong enough (and continually improving) + taking the right option 9/10 times. If you’ve never played any form of RL please stop spamming the forum with complaints about his service... that was only during the middle of Raiders game where I’ve never seen us look so rudderless before. Blame the hooker?

Jeez... looking to see a massive game from Talau/Luc and Brooks. Defence will do...

 

[JC99]

Heard Matty john give Liddle a massive wrap from sundays game at the knights.

He commented on his strengths, tackling technique and the volume of work he did.

Make no mistake - Liddle is one of the main reasons we won on Sunday. After early incident with Doueihi he looked composed, fit, strong enough (and continually improving) + taking the right option 9/10 times. If you’ve never played any form of RL please stop spamming the forum with complaints about his service... that was only during the middle of Raiders game where I’ve never seen us look so rudderless before. Blame the hooker?

Jeez... looking to see a massive game from Talau/Luc and Brooks. Defence will do...

Cmon now... Liddle has been good but his service has been an issue every game now. Good to see him running more and more every game and he always puts his body in front of players, just needs to stick to a few more tackles. Good signs but improvements to be made just like our entire team lol

 

[Tim Sheens]

Thought he was great on the weekend, not perfect, but together our whole spine worked a lot better, both individually and as a unit.

 

[Tiger5150]

Heard Matty john give Liddle a massive wrap from sundays game at the knights.

He commented on his strengths, tackling technique and the volume of work he did.

Make no mistake - Liddle is one of the main reasons we won on Sunday. After early incident with Doueihi he looked composed, fit, strong enough (and continually improving) + taking the right option 9/10 times. If you’ve never played any form of RL please stop spamming the forum with complaints about his service... that was only during the middle of Raiders game where I’ve never seen us look so rudderless before. Blame the hooker?

Jeez... looking to see a massive game from Talau/Luc and Brooks. Defence will do...

Watch the game again and look how many times 1st receiver had to catch the ball above their head or behind them.

 

[TIGERPOWER]

Watching Liddle and watching simpkin, our future is with simpkin. I reckon madge is blooding him in nsw cup to get as much game time as possible for fitness. I don’t mind Liddle but watching Simpkin reminds me so much of Harry grant.

 

[Russell]

Watching Liddle and watching simpkin, our future is with simpkin. I reckon madge is blooding him in nsw cup to get as much game time as possible for fitness. I don’t mind Liddle but watching Simpkin reminds me so much of Harry grant.

Yep, easy to be a star in cc.

Don't mind him but it's Lids for me.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Watching Liddle and watching simpkin, our future is with simpkin. I reckon madge is blooding him in nsw cup to get as much game time as possible for fitness. I don’t mind Liddle but watching Simpkin reminds me so much of Harry grant.

Yep, easy to be a star in cc.

Don't mind him but it's Lids for me.

amazing Cameron Smith and Harry Grant were stars in CC once too ...

 

[Swordy]

Interesting people still talk about Harry Grant as a future immortal.

He was sensational for us, and did exceptionally well, but I think he was made to look like a gun in an otherwise crap team. I'd like to see him in a season after trying to run Melbourne. I'm not 100% sure he would shine to the same extent. Will always have a soft spot for him like we all will, but not totally convinced.

 

[TYGA]

Interesting people still talk about Harry Grant as a future immortal.

He was sensational for us, and did exceptionally well, but I think he was made to look like a gun in an otherwise crap team. I'd like to see him in a season after trying to run Melbourne. I'm not 100% sure he would shine to the same extent. Will always have a soft spot for him like we all will, but not totally convinced.

You missed origin last year. He’s a star.

 

[TYGA]

Watching Liddle and watching simpkin, our future is with simpkin. I reckon madge is blooding him in nsw cup to get as much game time as possible for fitness. I don’t mind Liddle but watching Simpkin reminds me so much of Harry grant.

Good to see fans that watch games closely. It’s not close but there is good reason Madge is holding Simpkin back. I’m sure he gets his chance when our draw lightens up. Don’t forget Harry Grant was a few years older.

 

[TIGERPOWER]

Watching Liddle and watching simpkin, our future is with simpkin. I reckon madge is blooding him in nsw cup to get as much game time as possible for fitness. I don’t mind Liddle but watching Simpkin reminds me so much of Harry grant.

Good to see fans that watch games closely. It’s not close but there is good reason Madge is holding Simpkin back. I’m sure he gets his chance when our draw lightens up. Don’t forget Harry Grant was a few years older.

Thanks mate. I agree with you. With such a tough opening there was no need to have Simpkin in there. He is young and his time will come. Liddle deserves a shot to show what he’s got. Can’t wait to see them in tandem in first grade.

 

[TIGERPOWER]

Interesting people still talk about Harry Grant as a future immortal.

He was sensational for us, and did exceptionally well, but I think he was made to look like a gun in an otherwise crap team. I'd like to see him in a season after trying to run Melbourne. I'm not 100% sure he would shine to the same extent. Will always have a soft spot for him like we all will, but not totally convinced.

You missed origin last year. He’s a star.

The guy looked like he’d played 10 origin games.

 

[hobbo1]

Watching Liddle and watching simpkin, our future is with simpkin. I reckon madge is blooding him in nsw cup to get as much game time as possible for fitness. I don’t mind Liddle but watching Simpkin reminds me so much of Harry grant.

Yep, easy to be a star in cc.

Don't mind him but it's Lids for me.

Nah ...never
Who’d have thought ?
?

 

[JC99]

Interesting people still talk about Harry Grant as a future immortal.

He was sensational for us, and did exceptionally well, but I think he was made to look like a gun in an otherwise crap team. I'd like to see him in a season after trying to run Melbourne. I'm not 100% sure he would shine to the same extent. Will always have a soft spot for him like we all will, but not totally convinced.

You missed origin last year. He’s a star.

The guy looked like he’d played 10 origin games.

Kids a star. He's perfect for the way the game is currently played