Phil chooses Robbie for SOO...and as Captain??? :shock:

[simonthetiger]

I think Simon meant game 2 Willow, as in Game 2 of SOO last year.

Yeah,thats what I meant.

English is my second language. :laughing:

 

[MacDougall]

Surely that's hardly Robbie's fault. I guess unless he didn't tell anyone. In which case he's a chode.

 

[Chris]

How did Robbie pass a medical if he had an "obvious injury?"

 

[alien]

My Blues Origin team would smash Rothfield's team…and Queensland!! :sunglasses:

1 - Josh Morris
2 - Brett Morris
3 - Chris Lawrence
4 - Matt Cooper
5 - Eric Grothe Jr.
6 - Todd Carney
7 - Mitchell Pearce (vc)
8 - Luke Bailey
9 - Robbie Farah (c)
10 - Keith Galloway
11 - Ben Creagh
12 - Anthony Tupou
13 - Anthony Watmough

14 - Michael Weyman
15 - James Aubusson
16 - Mark Minichiello
17 - Willie Mason

:laughing: you're joking right?

 

[simonthetiger]

How did Robbie pass a medical if he had an "obvious injury?"

I meant obvious as in there was something obviously wrong with him the way he played.
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He is a tough cookie and he was dying to play Origin

Not too hard if you dont mention it.

 

[simonthetiger]

Surely that's hardly Robbie's fault. I guess unless he didn't tell anyone.

Well thats what the whisper said.

And….he has played many times for us and saved the day.

PS.......it is just a whisper.

 

[stryker]

Well the good players play injured….IMO he cant hack the pace at that level yet.

If he continues to play like he did in round 3 then he will get first nod and deservedly so. Anymore performances like round 2 and he wont get a look in.

 

[TIGER]

1 – Jarryd Hayne
2 - Brett Morris
3 - Chris Lawrence
4 – Michael Jennings
5 – Josh Morris
6 – Greg Bird
7 – Mitchell Pearce
8 – Michael Weyman
9 - Robbie Farah ©
10 – Josh Perry
11 – Ben Creagh
12 – Anthony Watmough
13 – Paul Gallen

Bench

14 – Todd Carney
15 – Keith Galloway
16 – Matt Prior
17 – Trent Waterhouse

My Blues Origin team would smash Rothfield's team…and Queensland!! :sunglasses:

1 - Josh Morris
2 - Brett Morris
3 - Chris Lawrence
4 - Matt Cooper
5 - Eric Grothe Jr.
6 - Todd Carney
7 - Mitchell Pearce (vc)
8 - Luke Bailey
9 - Robbie Farah (c)
10 - Keith Galloway
11 - Ben Creagh
12 - Anthony Tupou
13 - Anthony Watmough

14 - Michael Weyman
15 - James Aubusson
16 - Mark Minichiello
17 - Willie Mason

Dude your team reeks no Hayne and Mason, Minichiello, Aubusson, Tupou, Bailey even Carney is risky. Please Qld would chew that side up.

 

[Eddie]

I couldn't really care less about origin these days. I used to hope QLD won when Prince was playing for them in 2004\. Just like i was delighted to see Marshall win the World Cup over a Ricky Stuart coached Australian side. Im loyal to the Tiges and that is it.

It is still a great spectacle, however I would rather see the Tigers pick up cheap points during this period whilst other sides are at their bare bones. We will take on the Knights and Broncos away during origin, normally 2 real tough asks. From a selfish point of view If we can have the likes of Farah, Lawrence, Tuqiri and Galloway available for us then it should be 4 points in the bank.

If Ennis is picked for the Blues i hope they lose 3-0\. I can't stand the bloke and would like to see Laurie Daley lose a 5th straight series as a selector. I couldn't be bothered cheering on half the Saints team or whatever. Good luck to our blokes if they make it, the 4 I mentioned are all in with a great shot. However I hope they don't all get picked. Picking up dirty points in the June/July grind has never been our strong suit.

 

[NZTiger]

I can't disagree with your way of thinking, Eddie. :wink:

 

[Torbizlo]

everything eddie said is spot on, esp the ennis bit. i can not stand looking at him. the best thing to ever happen to that tramp was when sandow put 2 on his chin last year and got the penalty awarded in his favour for doing so.

 

[BeeJay]

Everyone bar tigers fans bag Robbie out for his performance in the first two games of SOO last year. But if you go back and watch them he wasn't playing his normal style of football, he was basically just being a pass man from dummy half.

In the third game NSW changed their game plan and it was a game plan that would have suited robbie's style of play with more runs from dummy half and the hooker getting more involved then just feeding it off to the 1st received. the game plan helped to make ennis look better then Robbie I believe.
Robbie needs a 2nd chance to redeem himself and be given the opportunity to show his skills that he uses at club level on a grander stage.

 

[Danos]

Paul Gallen put his name forward again for NSW captain. One of the best individual performances by a forward so far this season.

38 tackles and 29 hit-ups for 252 metres.

 

[Mystery]

The Blues will definately need some mongrel so Gallen Bird Odonnell White will all have to be there, This even Gives Beau Scott a chance on the bench i would think… And for those pickin Ben Creagh he should NEVER EVER EVER be allowed to play representative Rugby League again after his efforts in game 3 last year wen he ran away from Hodges. That was the biggest coward of an effort i have seen like come on mate a punch in the head is gonna hurt a lot less than a big tackle in the opening stages of an origin match. My side at the moment would be:

Hayne
Morris
Lawrence/Tahu/Idris/Lyon
Jennings
Morris
CaRney
Pearce
Weyman
Farah
Galloway
ODonnell
Watmough
Gallen
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Bird
White
Tolman/Prior/Stuart/Douglas/Waterhouse
Tolman/Prior/Stuart/Douglas/Waterhouse

 

[crouching_tiger]

Everyone bar tigers fans bag Robbie out for his performance in the first two games of SOO last year. But if you go back and watch them he wasn't playing his normal style of football, he was basically just being a pass man from dummy half.

In the third game NSW changed their game plan and it was a game plan that would have suited robbie's style of play with more runs from dummy half and the hooker getting more involved then just feeding it off to the 1st received. the game plan helped to make ennis look better then Robbie I believe.
Robbie needs a 2nd chance to redeem himself and be given the opportunity to show his skills that he uses at club level on a grander stage.

Farah has played well below his best in EVERY representative jersey he's played in. Even including City/Country and his Roos Tour matches.
I personally think he gets a bit of stagefright, plays it too safe, and doesn't want step on other players' toes or take too much charge of the team. This will all come with time and confidence.
Just needs to take his natural game with him.
But to be honest, Farah's natural game is quite selfish yet brilliant and i think he knows this deep down. That's why he tries not to overplay his hand being the small fish in the big pond.
If he gets his next shot, he should take it with both hands and forget about whose toes he will step on and lead from the front like he does at club level. He has now represented on a few levels and is not the small fish anymore.