NSW changes

[Doc_Tiger]

The guys on NRL 360 spoke of Fifita and made total sense in saying that he likes to run wide looking for space, but origin doesn't off the big guys that. Need to punch through the middle and that's just not him.

 

[tigertye]

Anyone reckon Austin could get a go at hooker with Farah out?

Peats, Ennis, who else is ready to step up?

Without Hodkinson staying in the halves there's no decent kickers in the side.

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[tigertye]

Anyone reckon Austin could get a go at hooker with Farah out?

Peats, Ennis, who else is ready to step up?

Without Hodkinson staying in the halves there's no decent kickers in the side.

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Hinchcliffe or J Reynolds are the only others I can think of.

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[goldcoast_tiger]

also, have a feeling robbie will be out for a few weeks.. Mick Ennis replaces him or someone new?

Hell NO ! Not Ennis, anybody but him, yes we need some Grubs in three to counteract theirs b but not that Grub, who gives so many stupid penalties ,
He has also had a big part in costing us penalties which directly cost us games in his his previous failures in Origin

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

Mansour in hoppa out. Brett Morris in if available topou out. Ferguson in if available Jennings out. Gallen in merrin out.

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Forgot Mansour was back , play him instead of Johnson

But don't be afraid of picking Johnson

Agree with Mansour or Johnson for Hopoate
Morris for Topou
But would haveLuke Lewis for Jackson. exceptional in Origin Always and covers a lot of positions.
Gal for Cordner, he just has not lifted at all in Origin , and contributes. Nothing
And would have Merrin in from the beginning as he can play 80 mins if Needed
One good thing is we now have two top props with the return to form of Tamou

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

One player I would love to see given a go is Wade Graham from the sharks.
I would have him on the bench.
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Can play anywhere in the back row, if needed would be more then capable of slotting into the halves or even hooker. Has good ball playing options about him and can hit in defence. He's a tough bugger and only 24 years old I think he could step up to origin and offer a lot of versatility of the bench depending how the game is going.
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Not a fan of tupou on the wing I'd almost be tempted to throw Matt Moylan in there seems to get involved and have a bit of X factor that could change the flow of the game, tupou just doesn't do it, nor hoppa.

My team for game 2:

1: Dugan
2: Moylan
3: Jarod Croker
4: J. Morris
5: B. Morris
6: Pearce
7: Hodgkinson.
8: Woods
9: Farah
10: Tamou
11: Scott
12: Hoffman
13: Gallen

14: Wade Graham
15: Klemmer
16: Fifita
17: Jackson/ Frizell.

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There plenty of good Wingers , let's not start playing people out of position again,

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

If Gallen and Morris only get one game before SOO 2 do you still pick them ??

Morris yes, Gallen no

Gal will be there and will kill it, Worth two Fifitas and if Farah plays we can look forward to we have three players capable of 50 tackles each, which takes part of the load off our other forwards ans hopefully we can get more attac kout of them

 

[Tiger_Watto]

I'm still not understanding why everyone is so hellbent on making so many changes - we lost by a point for God's sake! One bloody point! The constant chopping and changing of this team is our downfall just about every year. Stick with what we've got now, they will only be better for the run. And sorry Watto, but Wade Graham??? Overrated plodder if ever there was one.

But most on here last week felt Qld were a team of plodders… Maybe plodders are the secret to winning?

:roll

 

[Russell]

A one point win doesn't allow the shedding of the term "Plodders"
Especially six sets on the line with minimum result.

By the way - with so few tickets sold maybe the Sydney game should be played somewhere else if the Blues supporters are not interested.

What Queensland Moron said this? 80,000+ I believe.

Maybe if Queensland can't get 80,000 at "Raincorp" then their game should be moved to Sydney.
Obviously they are not interested enough in the Moroons.

 

[Tiger_Watto]

A one point win doesn't allow the shedding of the term "Plodders"
Especially six sets on the line with minimum result.

By the way - with so few tickets sold maybe the Sydney game should be played somewhere else if the Blues supporters are not interested.

What Queensland Moron said this? 80,000+ I believe.

Maybe if Queensland can't get 80,000 at "Raincorp" then their game should be moved to Sydney.
Obviously they are not interested enough in the Moroons.

The ARLC & NSWRL gave away 60k free tickets…

Suncorp only sits 53k, but I wouldnt be surprised if the revenue is higher than your dust bowl!

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[balmain boy]

Surely only Dugan and morris are safe in tha backs. The rest were awful. Halves were very average. Hodkinson was awful and can't be there. Pearce was ok, but not as bad. Everyone on the bench was poor. But then you can't make 7-8 changes from games 1-2.

Still, the fact is on form a number of players shouldn't have been picked, they were, and they sucked = good bye!

 

[saundo1982]

One player I would love to see given a go is Wade Graham from the sharks.
I would have him on the bench.
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Can play anywhere in the back row, if needed would be more then capable of slotting into the halves or even hooker. Has good ball playing options about him and can hit in defence. He's a tough bugger and only 24 years old I think he could step up to origin and offer a lot of versatility of the bench depending how the game is going.
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Not a fan of tupou on the wing I'd almost be tempted to throw Matt Moylan in there seems to get involved and have a bit of X factor that could change the flow of the game, tupou just doesn't do it, nor hoppa.

My team for game 2:

1: Dugan
2: Moylan
3: Jarod Croker
4: J. Morris
5: B. Morris
6: Pearce
7: Hodgkinson.
8: Woods
9: Farah
10: Tamou
11: Scott
12: Hoffman
13: Gallen

14: Wade Graham
15: Klemmer
16: Fifita
17: Jackson/ Frizell.

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There plenty of good Wingers , let's not start playing people out of position again,

There might be good wingers out there but you also need xfactor in my opinion Moylan has the potential to turn the game. You talk about not playing people out of position yet B Morris has been playing fullback at club level does that rule him out of a wing spot the he played so long in??

QLD played a centre and fullback on the wings in their side and have done for years works for them. NSW need to start playing young guys now give up a few more series the run has been broken but QLD will eventually be found out when smith, Thurston, slater, Thaiday, Scott, hodges of the top of my head retire from rep footy all within a few years of each other that's when NSW should have the chance to dominate by having had young blokes gain experience now.

That's why I think young blokes like Croker, woods, Klemmer, Frizell, Moylan etc should be there now mixed with experience of Farah, Gallen, Beau Scott even the Morris boys.

Just my opinion and everyone thinks different.

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[Doc_Tiger]

To play as badly as they did and lose by 1 when in reality they still should have nailed a win had they taken a drop shot from in front shows just how far the maroons have slid backwards. Actually, the whole run of wins they had could easily have been stopped earlier had referees not allowed tries from knock ons, running behind players etc. These guys have had a dream run with a really good side, but they're not Gods. If only the Blues played to their abilities and got a fair rub from the refs more often, it'd all be pretty even. But those Blues that don't perform need to be penalised by Coach Daley. Otherwise mediocrity will remain the norm.

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

One player I would love to see given a go is Wade Graham from the sharks.
I would have him on the bench.
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Can play anywhere in the back row, if needed would be more then capable of slotting into the halves or even hooker. Has good ball playing options about him and can hit in defence. He's a tough bugger and only 24 years old I think he could step up to origin and offer a lot of versatility of the bench depending how the game is going.
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Not a fan of tupou on the wing I'd almost be tempted to throw Matt Moylan in there seems to get involved and have a bit of X factor that could change the flow of the game, tupou just doesn't do it, nor hoppa.

My team for game 2:

1: Dugan
2: Moylan
3: Jarod Croker
4: J. Morris
5: B. Morris
6: Pearce
7: Hodgkinson.
8: Woods
9: Farah
10: Tamou
11: Scott
12: Hoffman
13: Gallen

14: Wade Graham
15: Klemmer
16: Fifita
17: Jackson/ Frizell.

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There plenty of good Wingers , let's not start playing people out of position again,

There might be good wingers out there but you also need xfactor in my opinion Moylan has the potential to turn the game. You talk about not playing people out of position yet B Morris has been playing fullback at club level does that rule him out of a wing spot the he played so long in??

QLD played a centre and fullback on the wings in their side and have done for years works for them. NSW need to start playing young guys now give up a few more series the run has been broken but QLD will eventually be found out when smith, Thurston, slater, Thaiday, Scott, hodges of the top of my head retire from rep footy all within a few years of each other that's when NSW should have the chance to dominate by having had young blokes gain experience now.

That's why I think young blokes like Croker, woods, Klemmer, Frizell, Moylan etc should be there now mixed with experience of Farah, Gallen, Beau Scott even the Morris boys.

Just my opinion and everyone thinks different.

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I'm not ruling anyone out , when there's good players in their position I would just rather stick with them rather use someone unaccustomed to the wing, which is getting more of a specialist spot these days
Bmozhas played more centre than anything else but has experienced in both,
Qld , at times has had to improvise as there was no one else good enough. Sometimes that works , sometimes it doesn't ,
If F it was a dead rubber , it may be worth experiments, but I'd rather see us go withJmoz and Mansour as I think Mansour is going to be a fixture in the team , whenever fit.
But you may be Right
The main thing is that Qld are not the team they were, or with that much ball in our half , they would have pasted us by 20
Actually it's going to be interesting ( maybe as soon as next year) if Ferguson and Dugan, Moylan and maybe Tedesco, are all fit, someone's going to have to play out of position, and the Mozez still have some time left in Origin. At least we have City/ Country to try them (I'd love to see Moylan tried at 5/8 ) Could solve a big problem.
The main thing is that we have some great young guys coming through

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

A one point win doesn't allow the shedding of the term "Plodders"
Especially six sets on the line with minimum result.

By the way - with so few tickets sold maybe the Sydney game should be played somewhere else if the Blues supporters are not interested.

What Queensland Moron said this? 80,000+ I believe.

Maybe if Queensland can't get 80,000 at "Raincorp" then their game should be moved to Sydney.
Obviously they are not interested enough in the Moroons.

The ARLC & NSWRL gave away 60k free tickets…

Suncorp only sits 53k, but I wouldnt be surprised if the revenue is higher than your dust bowl!

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60000 tickets, not Inclined to a bit of exageration by any chance are you????
Only problem with sales is the greed of the League with the prices

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

ennis for farah

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[spearby]

for me Jennings tupou cordner all go for me Jennings was a traffic cop even our blokes tackle better than him .lewis in morris in Johnson in and I know gallen in

 

[Russell]

A one point win doesn't allow the shedding of the term "Plodders"
Especially six sets on the line with minimum result.

By the way - with so few tickets sold maybe the Sydney game should be played somewhere else if the Blues supporters are not interested.

What Queensland Moron said this? 80,000+ I believe.

Maybe if Queensland can't get 80,000 at "Raincorp" then their game should be moved to Sydney.
Obviously they are not interested enough in the Moroons.

The ARLC & NSWRL gave away 60k free tickets…

Suncorp only sits 53k, but I wouldnt be surprised if the revenue is higher than your dust bowl!

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Source for 60k free tickets or was that the first number that came into your head.

Well if it only holds 53K that's not our problem - maybe we could take it to Melbourne and get 25k. There QLD supporters down there.

 

[Tiger_Watto]

A one point win doesn't allow the shedding of the term "Plodders"
Especially six sets on the line with minimum result.

By the way - with so few tickets sold maybe the Sydney game should be played somewhere else if the Blues supporters are not interested.

What Queensland Moron said this? 80,000+ I believe.

Maybe if Queensland can't get 80,000 at "Raincorp" then their game should be moved to Sydney.
Obviously they are not interested enough in the Moroons.

The ARLC & NSWRL gave away 60k free tickets…

Suncorp only sits 53k, but I wouldnt be surprised if the revenue is higher than your dust bowl!

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Source for 60k free tickets or was that the first number that came into your head.

Well if it only holds 53K that's not our problem - maybe we could take it to Melbourne and get 25k. There QLD supporters down there.

Of course I made it up… :wink:

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[Flippedy]

ennis for farah

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Ennis is past it now, I'd rather Peats or Hinchcliffe.