Kiefy and Lawry

[Yossarian]

Lucky they are only marking some very average centers from Queensland…...

Yeah some scrubber who plays fullback for the Bunnies and a hamstring injury prone Bronco who wouldn't remember his SOO debut with any relish

Jennings and Morris should blitz Qld out wide

Actually the Qld 1-7 is pretty shoddy

Small forwards too Happy. Not even sure why they're even bothering with the series…

 

[happy_tiger]

Lucky they are only marking some very average centers from Queensland…...

Yeah some scrubber who plays fullback for the Bunnies and a hamstring injury prone Bronco who wouldn't remember his SOO debut with any relish

Jennings and Morris should blitz Qld out wide

Actually the Qld 1-7 is pretty shoddy

Small forwards too Happy. Not even sure why they're even bothering with the series…

Yeah spoke to Mal this morning and he said we'll run a side to try and gain some experience

He's telling everyone to get on NSW 13+ though

Mal doesn't sound very confident

 

[Yossarian]

Mal doesn't sound very confident

Sounds like his political career…

 

[underdog]

Mal must be packing it….. :roll

 

[happy_tiger]

Mal must be packing it….. :roll

Your $50 is looking very shaky UD

 

[magpiecol]

Lawrence is a better player than Jennings every day in the week and twice on Sundays.

That is debatable in itself but on this years form Lawrence is lucky to be playing first grade, let alone State of Origin. He has been dreadful all year and Jennings despite being dropped to Windsor he has had a far better season than Lawrence in an appalling side and deserves selection.

No other centre aside from Lyon who doesn't want to play rep football has put his hand up for selection for NSW.

Jennings (reserve grade), Hayne (should be reserve grade), Bird, off the bench for the Titans, Creagh (ordinary for the Saints), Merrin (ordinary for the Saints), Williams (out for the last what? five weeks?).

Hayne and Jennings are both proven Origin performers. IIRC Jennings was in crap form last year and was one of NSW's best. Hayne has been the best NSW outside back over the past four years and people don't want him picked? Who would you replace him with? Brett Morris? :laughing: That will really strike fear into QLD…

Merrin has been great for the Dragons.

Queensland will win this one in a canter. Farah will be left holding the can again for these ordinary selections.

IMO the only questionable selections are Creagh and Buhrer. Replace Creagh with Watmough or T.Sims and Buhrer with a prop (Mannah or Woods) and it is just about the best side they could have picked.

So, tell me, how many SOO series have these so called "State of Origin Players" and players who are not in form but played good in some other series, actually won????

Give me a break. If players were picked on form half the NSW team would not be there. Queensland by a lot.

 

[mtd]

they didnt play themselves out of the jersey, they just didnt play their way in…

both had injuries which hampered the progress for each...

I disagree mate. Lawry was marked down ages ago for that Blues jersey. It was his. He's basically been so bad this season that he's forced himself 'out'.

he's been bad because of the injury…
its all the same anyway. hes not where he needs to be. maybe origin 2 or 3 if he picks up his game a bit

 

[charliebrown]

Its a hard one to swallow…had the australian coach picked his side on incumbents im sure both would have been pick in SOO 1.
We were a soft pack until Galloway came back... and with him back Woods has grown an extra leg. Woods wasnt the same player without him and i think Galloway is a couple of games away from his best.
Lawerence has been quiet because our halves have been mucked around, week after week... and Marshell is playing well below his best... and not feeding his backline with the same service as past years.