OFFICIAL Terrell May #296

One thing to note against Melbourne is that he had a 3 day fast coming into his 3rd game in 13 days.

It's bound to weaken you a bit physically.

Defence isn't really a concern for him.

If we were playing against anyone other than Campbell Graham in the centres, I think we win. We came pretty close regardless.

We look gassed and need the rest this week anyway.
 
Buttface said:
Definitely. As much as he likes to portray this happy go lucky fella, he also seems to wear his heart on his sleeve.
Hard not to disappointed when you miss out on something you want.
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I haven’t seen the footage but NRL 360 explained last night it was a joke/reference between him and a qld mate during an online gaming platform…seems to be taken out of context?
 
Tiger-ferret said:
I haven’t seen the footage but NRL 360 explained last night it was a joke/reference between him and a qld mate during an online gaming platform…seems to be taken out of context?
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That’s the way I took it.
The disappointment we feel hearing that is probably far outweighed by the disappointment he is trying to hide.
I can’t hate for it, other than to say remember when you are on camera to the world, bcoz some may skew things against you.
 
It's really disappointing Stef being picked in the squad before May. I sometimes wonder if it's just our bias and whether we overrate our own players, but looking at the impact of both players on a match for us and May just adds so much to our defensive intensity and attitude, along with all the stats and the minutes. He is a very good tackler, often single-handedly creating dominant tackles along with his consistency in attack and offloading ability.

Stef is a big body who occasionally runs hard. He is usually poor when against the momentum and is a weak defender in the tackle who also can be lazy in his movement and doesn't have much of a motor.

There's just no comparison between them, May is so much better.

I think we all expected Stefano to go to another level at Melbourne, but he's the same plodder. This is surprising not only because he's in the Bellamy machine but also because they've been much more dominant in momentum than he ever experienced at the Tigers and for us that would usually be when he has his big games, but he's not really any different in his play.

I get May, Api and Luai not getting picked, with May being the most hard done by, but picking Stefano in the extended squad is just really poor and does unfortunately highlight that the perception of our club has a huge impact on rep selections.
 
watersider said:
It's really disappointing Stef being picked in the squad before May. I sometimes wonder if it's just our bias and whether we overrate our own players, but looking at the impact of both players on a match for us and May just adds so much to our defensive intensity and attitude, along with all the stats and the minutes. He is a very good tackler, often single-handedly creating dominant tackles along with his consistency in attack and offloading ability.

Stef is a big body who occasionally runs hard. He is usually poor when against the momentum and is a weak defender in the tackle who also can be lazy in his movement and doesn't have much of a motor.

There's just no comparison between them, May is so much better.

I think we all expected Stefano to go to another level at Melbourne, but he's the same plodder. This is surprising not only because he's in the Bellamy machine but also because they've been much more dominant in momentum than he ever experienced at the Tigers and for us that would usually be when he has his big games, but he's not really any different in his play.

I get May, Api and Luai not getting picked, with May being the most hard done by, but picking Stefano in the extended squad is just really poor and does unfortunately highlight that the perception of our club has a huge impact on rep selections.
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I think you answered it yourself in the first couple of sentences. “Looking at the impact of both players on a match for us”. May stands out because he is our pack leader, Stefano doesn’t need to be standing out as much in a star studded Melbourne side but does the basics and effort areas right whilst being strong in ball carry’s and first contact.
If you don’t believe it’s true, watch the first 20mins of the Melbourne match. Whilst May may have been underdone due to a decision to complete a three day fast there is no excuse for how he just didn’t match up vs Haas and Carrigan.
He is great for us, but needs to improve to go to that next level. The great thing out of all this over the top exposure is the media is this both are coaching staff and the player himself are aware of what needs improvement. If they both treat this criticism professionally it can only improve both May and the team.
 
mtd#2 said:
I didnt say I'd ignore it, i said it would be unfair to base all assumptions on the sample size of 1 game against the best team in the comp.
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No …not all assumptions…but as you said …the Storm are the best team in the comp and the closest in quality to an Origin team..,so I would be looking at that one much closer than the others
 
Telltails said:
So many other players defence they could and should be picking apart in all seriousness it's pathetic that it has resorted to publically looking for a negative against a player, who to date has had a cracking season, to justify his omission.
NRL journalism continues to sink to lowest of lows. I reckon they should all take the Bennett approach.
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Agree it's pathetic it is all being played out publicly but;
What other players defence should they be picking apart? There is probably less than 5 contenders for 2 front row spots behind Barnett and Haas. Thus at most only 5 players to pick apart.
Who's to say they didn't? Perhaps they did and liked what they saw from those ahead of May?
Also (I dont know the details around May's twitch comments but) May was the first to make public comments. I personally don't think there is much to them but to some extent he has brought it on himself by making them on a public forum.
 
watersider said:
It's really disappointing Stef being picked in the squad before May. I sometimes wonder if it's just our bias and whether we overrate our own players, but looking at the impact of both players on a match for us and May just adds so much to our defensive intensity and attitude, along with all the stats and the minutes. He is a very good tackler, often single-handedly creating dominant tackles along with his consistency in attack and offloading ability.

Stef is a big body who occasionally runs hard. He is usually poor when against the momentum and is a weak defender in the tackle who also can be lazy in his movement and doesn't have much of a motor.

There's just no comparison between them, May is so much better.

I think we all expected Stefano to go to another level at Melbourne, but he's the same plodder. This is surprising not only because he's in the Bellamy machine but also because they've been much more dominant in momentum than he ever experienced at the Tigers and for us that would usually be when he has his big games, but he's not really any different in his play.

I get May, Api and Luai not getting picked, with May being the most hard done by, but picking Stefano in the extended squad is just really poor and does unfortunately highlight that the perception of our club has a huge impact on rep selections.
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Any detached objective judge wld take May over Stef every day of the week...bumping off the occasional midget creates a false perception.He runs and hides when hes up against the big boys
and btw,Api so much better than Robson..... he does miss the odd tackle,partly because he makes so many and effectively slows the opposition momentum
Luai just didnt do enuff
 
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It was a poor comment from May and he has to accept it internally. Externally, I don't care. If he had said this comment about a Tigers jersey, I'd have been upset too.

When you are putting yourself out like that in Vlogs and getting money for advertisements etc, you have to be aware of what you say and how it can be perceived.

The fact though is that the comments were made after he got rejected. The comments weren't the reason he got rejected. To have Stefano over him makes no sense. King deserves his shot, but not over May either.

If the comments indicate a bigger attitude problem, no one except his current and ex-teammates can answer that. From all accounts, no body has a problem with him.

Daley and co to prove their own selections have made May out to be a Jackson Hastings off the field and a Nathan Hindmarsh on it.

I think this will motivate him and make him work harder though. He doesn't strike me as the type to give up that easily.
 
Nathan the Lawnmower guy posted an interview with him today and he cleared it all up and for me is a NO story.
He excepts he made a mistake saying it but when you hear what happened it was just banter between mates and people need to lighten up.

Nutshell - He brought his QLD mate a NSW jersey so he could wear it if he was picked but as knew he wasn't in the team he said the comment.. It was a joke most of us would say to another mate.

Just shows Laurie or his team didn't reach out to get an understanding of what happened and that says more about them then May
 
Tiger_Fanatic3 said:
Daley has turned a blind eye for everything Terrell has done
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Imagine if Haas is injurd and another prop has a HIa early which resulted in Steffy U-turnamano being called on to play 75 in the middle In origin🫩🫣 .IM absolutely certain that Daley and the rest of NSW supporters would much prefer the thought of having Terrell May having to deal with those circumstances and not Steffy .. that to me makes it a certainty that Daley is playing politics and jobs for the boys with this team , the antithesis of what Rep football and Origin is supposed to represent.. it’s a disgrace and I am ashamed of Laurie for selling out like this
 
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If Terrell isn't an example of the mentality that is required to be a SOO player I don't know what is. I don't give a rat's what comments he makes off the field it's what he does when he is on the field and he will never give up that I'm sure of.
 
hsvjones said:
Nathan the Lawnmower guy posted an interview with him today and he cleared it all up and for me is a NO story.
He excepts he made a mistake saying it but when you hear what happened it was just banter between mates and people need to lighten up.

Nutshell - He brought his QLD mate a NSW jersey so he could wear it if he was picked but as knew he wasn't in the team he said the comment.. It was a joke most of us would say to another mate.

Just shows Laurie or his team didn't reach out to get an understanding of what happened and that says more about them then May
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Just tigers players copping it as tigers players do

If he was still at the rorters it would've been laughed of as the joke it was
 
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Charred said:
Media: “His defence is a concern”
May: Ok how does 63 tackles with 0 missed and 1 inneffective sound?

Media: “He won’t gel well with the team”
Spencer Leniu: *gets in fight with Jonathan Thurston and posts some random social media rant*
Haumole Olakau’atu: “been a maroon since day dot”
Latrell Mitchell: “f this, f that, self-imposed media ban”

Media: “All he does is carry the ball up”
May: I won RLPA impact player of the year.

Media: “He’s not an Origin type player”
Me: How would you know if he’s never played Origin!!!!!!.

It’s astounding how good some people are at mental gymnastics. The World Championships would be very tightly contested.
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Great summation. 👍
 
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