Jock Madden

[Demps]

Play every play like it is your last play Jock

Don't die wondering

Hope you kill it

**And if he does take too many risks and they don't come off he will get slaughtered on here as well. Whoever our halfback is it seems they are on a hiding to nothing.....too many low risk plays/not enough off the cuff footy, it is a razor-thin balance.**
Haven't seen too much about Madden to get excited about TBH, but I hope he has an absolute blinder. Every week I hope every one of our blokes has a great game, they are our team after all?.

But the reward (if it comes off) is massive, he will become rich beyond his dreams and feted throughout the league.

But as Happy_Tiger says, don't die wondering, he may not get another chance?

My last piece of advice for my daughter when she goes out to play netball is to "treat every play like it is her last "

and she thinks..shut your cakehole..

No .......she has confidence issues and won't back herself .....after one particular game we had almost every rep coach from U13-U15 comment to us how well she had played ...I said please let her know that ..we know how good she is ....

Only one person you have to believe in life .....best piece of advice the 7 could take at the moment ......

Legend, Happy.

 

[Geo]

Play every play like it is your last play Jock

Don't die wondering

Hope you kill it

**And if he does take too many risks and they don't come off he will get slaughtered on here as well. Whoever our halfback is it seems they are on a hiding to nothing.....too many low risk plays/not enough off the cuff footy, it is a razor-thin balance.**
Haven't seen too much about Madden to get excited about TBH, but I hope he has an absolute blinder. Every week I hope every one of our blokes has a great game, they are our team after all?.

But the reward (if it comes off) is massive, he will become rich beyond his dreams and feted throughout the league.

But as Happy_Tiger says, don't die wondering, he may not get another chance?

My last piece of advice for my daughter when she goes out to play netball is to "treat every play like it is her last "

and she thinks..shut your cakehole..

No .......she has confidence issues and won't back herself .....after one particular game we had almost every rep coach from U13-U15 comment to us how well she had played ...I said please let her know that ..we know how good she is ....

Only one person you have to believe in life .....best piece of advice the 7 could take at the moment ......

:+1: Dad of the Year..

 

[Fade.To.Black]

Play every play like it is your last play Jock

Don't die wondering

Hope you kill it

**And if he does take too many risks and they don't come off he will get slaughtered on here as well. Whoever our halfback is it seems they are on a hiding to nothing.....too many low risk plays/not enough off the cuff footy, it is a razor-thin balance.**
Haven't seen too much about Madden to get excited about TBH, but I hope he has an absolute blinder. Every week I hope every one of our blokes has a great game, they are our team after all?.

But the reward (if it comes off) is massive, he will become rich beyond his dreams and feted throughout the league.

But as Happy_Tiger says, don't die wondering, he may not get another chance?

But we have had a few blokes recently, Gamble, Hoffman and Cini who have had 1 dodgy game and been caned straight back to reserve grade for it (Gamble wasn't that bad in his debut but bore the brunt of a pathetic loss). That would have to kill a young blokes confidence....and faith in the club's systems TBH when they see established players playing like garbage week after week yet still getting picked for first grade.
I hope Madden just plays the percentages tomorrow, a solid debut. If he goes all out and his plays come off, great. If he does that and they fail he will be the scapegoat banished to KOE Cup history tells us. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't unfortunately.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Play every play like it is your last play Jock

Don't die wondering

Hope you kill it

**And if he does take too many risks and they don't come off he will get slaughtered on here as well. Whoever our halfback is it seems they are on a hiding to nothing.....too many low risk plays/not enough off the cuff footy, it is a razor-thin balance.**
Haven't seen too much about Madden to get excited about TBH, but I hope he has an absolute blinder. Every week I hope every one of our blokes has a great game, they are our team after all?.

But the reward (if it comes off) is massive, he will become rich beyond his dreams and feted throughout the league.

But as Happy_Tiger says, don't die wondering, he may not get another chance?

But we have had a few blokes recently, Gamble, Hoffman and Cini who have had 1 dodgy game and been caned straight back to reserve grade for it (Gamble wasn't that bad in his debut but bore the brunt of a pathetic loss). That would have to kill a young blokes confidence....and faith in the club's systems TBH when they see established players playing like garbage week after week yet still getting picked for first grade.
I hope Madden just plays the percentages tomorrow, a solid debut. If he goes all out and his plays come off, great. If he does that and they fail he will be the scapegoat banished to KOE Cup history tells us. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't unfortunately.

Hoffman was never intended to play more than the one game. And he was fine.

 

[happy_tiger]

Play every play like it is your last play Jock

Don't die wondering

Hope you kill it

**And if he does take too many risks and they don't come off he will get slaughtered on here as well. Whoever our halfback is it seems they are on a hiding to nothing.....too many low risk plays/not enough off the cuff footy, it is a razor-thin balance.**
Haven't seen too much about Madden to get excited about TBH, but I hope he has an absolute blinder. Every week I hope every one of our blokes has a great game, they are our team after all?.

But the reward (if it comes off) is massive, he will become rich beyond his dreams and feted throughout the league.

But as Happy_Tiger says, don't die wondering, he may not get another chance?

My last piece of advice for my daughter when she goes out to play netball is to "treat every play like it is her last "

and she thinks..shut your cakehole..

No .......she has confidence issues and won't back herself .....after one particular game we had almost every rep coach from U13-U15 comment to us how well she had played ...I said please let her know that ..we know how good she is ....

Only one person you have to believe in life .....best piece of advice the 7 could take at the moment ......

:+1: Dad of the Year..

Yet just before my daughter was telling me to shut my cakehole .....interesting analogy

 

[Fade.To.Black]

Play every play like it is your last play Jock

Don't die wondering

Hope you kill it

**And if he does take too many risks and they don't come off he will get slaughtered on here as well. Whoever our halfback is it seems they are on a hiding to nothing.....too many low risk plays/not enough off the cuff footy, it is a razor-thin balance.**
Haven't seen too much about Madden to get excited about TBH, but I hope he has an absolute blinder. Every week I hope every one of our blokes has a great game, they are our team after all?.

But the reward (if it comes off) is massive, he will become rich beyond his dreams and feted throughout the league.

But as Happy_Tiger says, don't die wondering, he may not get another chance?

But we have had a few blokes recently, Gamble, Hoffman and Cini who have had 1 dodgy game and been caned straight back to reserve grade for it (Gamble wasn't that bad in his debut but bore the brunt of a pathetic loss). That would have to kill a young blokes confidence....and faith in the club's systems TBH when they see established players playing like garbage week after week yet still getting picked for first grade.
I hope Madden just plays the percentages tomorrow, a solid debut. If he goes all out and his plays come off, great. If he does that and they fail he will be the scapegoat banished to KOE Cup history tells us. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't unfortunately.


Hoffman was never intended to play more than the one game. And he was fine.

Who said he was only intended to play one game?
He wasn't bad in that game, hardly great, from memory Mbye playing inside him rushed in plenty of times and left Hoffman stranded. Rabbitohs scored 4 or 5 tries down that flank. Not all Hoffman's fault but he was the one to get punted to reserve grade after it.

 

[TCL]

Congratulations on making his debut and good luck tonight.

Hopefully he slays it.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Play every play like it is your last play Jock

Don't die wondering

Hope you kill it

**And if he does take too many risks and they don't come off he will get slaughtered on here as well. Whoever our halfback is it seems they are on a hiding to nothing.....too many low risk plays/not enough off the cuff footy, it is a razor-thin balance.**
Haven't seen too much about Madden to get excited about TBH, but I hope he has an absolute blinder. Every week I hope every one of our blokes has a great game, they are our team after all?.

But the reward (if it comes off) is massive, he will become rich beyond his dreams and feted throughout the league.

But as Happy_Tiger says, don't die wondering, he may not get another chance?

But we have had a few blokes recently, Gamble, Hoffman and Cini who have had 1 dodgy game and been caned straight back to reserve grade for it (Gamble wasn't that bad in his debut but bore the brunt of a pathetic loss). That would have to kill a young blokes confidence....and faith in the club's systems TBH when they see established players playing like garbage week after week yet still getting picked for first grade.
I hope Madden just plays the percentages tomorrow, a solid debut. If he goes all out and his plays come off, great. If he does that and they fail he will be the scapegoat banished to KOE Cup history tells us. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't unfortunately.


Hoffman was never intended to play more than the one game. And he was fine.

Who said he was only intended to play one game?
He wasn't bad in that game, hardly great, from memory Mbye playing inside him rushed in plenty of times and left Hoffman stranded. Rabbitohs scored 4 or 5 tries down that flank. Not all Hoffman's fault but he was the one to get punted to reserve grade after it.

Because he was only picked cos we were low on numbers and he was on a development contract. He had to be given an exemption by the NRL.

 

[Geo]

Play every play like it is your last play Jock

Don't die wondering

Hope you kill it

**And if he does take too many risks and they don't come off he will get slaughtered on here as well. Whoever our halfback is it seems they are on a hiding to nothing.....too many low risk plays/not enough off the cuff footy, it is a razor-thin balance.**
Haven't seen too much about Madden to get excited about TBH, but I hope he has an absolute blinder. Every week I hope every one of our blokes has a great game, they are our team after all?.

But the reward (if it comes off) is massive, he will become rich beyond his dreams and feted throughout the league.

But as Happy_Tiger says, don't die wondering, he may not get another chance?

My last piece of advice for my daughter when she goes out to play netball is to "treat every play like it is her last "

and she thinks..shut your cakehole..

No .......she has confidence issues and won't back herself .....after one particular game we had almost every rep coach from U13-U15 comment to us how well she had played ...I said please let her know that ..we know how good she is ....

Only one person you have to believe in life .....best piece of advice the 7 could take at the moment ......

:+1: Dad of the Year..

Yet just before my daughter was telling me to shut my cakehole .....interesting analogy

No ..she still thinks that..but your message was a good one..

 

[twentyforty]

When Brooks was dropped last year, did he and Madden have any game time together? If so what positions did they play?

 

[old_man_tiger]

My theory is blokes who dominate through physicality, exploiting lazy defenders or high risk plays in reggies are not sure things in first grade. Defence is very different in FG (unless you play against WT).

A bloke who bases his game on getting the ball in the right hands, counting numbers, skill execution under pressure etc... just needs to do the same things a bit quicker. I have watched Jock, as have many, during televised games this year and I'm hoping his game translates to first grade. There are many great halves you don't notice until the clutch plays because in between they are just doing their job.

I'm also feeling optimistic which still tends to happen for some reason!?

 

[Tore85]

Any truth to a rumour Madden may start tonight?!

 

[mike]

Any truth to a rumour Madden may start tonight?!

Hope so

 

[cktiger]

When Brooks was dropped last year, did he and Madden have any game time together? If so what positions did they play?

Brooks only got benched, not put back to reggies.
I'm still thinking he might not even make the bench tonight ... just doesn't make sense.

 

[hobbo1]

Any truth to a rumour Madden may start tonight?!

Hope so

.......6

 

[mike]

Any truth to a rumour Madden may start tonight?!

Hope so

.......6

Best outcome

 

[TheDaBoss]

Any truth to a rumour Madden may start tonight?!

Hope so

.......6

Swap him with 18th man.... cheeks to bench

Madden to 6 brooks out

 

[mike]

Any truth to a rumour Madden may start tonight?!

Hope so

.......6

Swap him with 18th man.... cheeks to bench

Madden to 6 brooks out

Lol worse outcome

 

[Speed2burn]

Any truth to a rumour Madden may start tonight?!

Hope so

.......6

Swap him with 18th man.... cheeks to bench

Madden to 6 brooks out

Lol worse outcome

7. Brooks 6. Madden 14. Mbye

As terrible as I think mbye is at dummy half, liddle needs to be spelled at some point....15 mins either side of half time would do

 

[twentyforty]

When Brooks was dropped last year, did he and Madden have any game time together? If so what positions did they play?

Brooks only got benched, not put back to reggies.
I'm still thinking he might not even make the bench tonight ... just doesn't make sense.

I’m thinking Madge May look for a way to get Brooks and Madden on the park together.?