The halves problem

[Lestronge]

My only contribution to all that - I believe Madden is the best halfback on our roster currently.

AD played a big hand in a win last night.

The tape will show that he made two line breaks, receiving the ball as third receiver and ignored an overlap to run the ball on each occasion. Thankfully we scored twice.

Doesn’t make him a halfback though.

I agree with all that. I think Latu is better than the lot. I also have never seen Madden throw a cutout ball either . All I’ve been saying is chill out .

 

[Lestronge]

I know L, these posts that get carried away especially after an exceptional win can get on your goat, best to let them go through to the keeper to prevent steam venting out of your ears.

Something I've been trying to practice after the HBG crap lol.

Yea I guess . It’s crazy because I’ve been accused of being a massive homer before , and a sheeple who believes everything out of the club .. what was the other one … happy clapper ..: 😜 anyways

 

[EllisFan]

I agree with all that. I think Latu is better than the lot. I also have never seen Madden throw a cutout ball either . All I’ve been saying is chill out .

I haven’t seen anyone stressed out. We’ve got another month before Luai is available. Good to have options for a change.

Hopefully Latu gets himself right and lives up to all the wraps.

 

[Lestronge]

I haven’t seen anyone stressed out. We’ve got another month before Luai is available. Good to have options for a change.

Hopefully Latu gets himself right and lives up to all the wraps.

Stressing? No the correct word is manic ! guys who as @titosantana was saying were cutting their wrists , punting players as recently as yesterday lunchtime .. are now wanting the team flipped on its head because the the backup had a good game . I would classify that as manic .. and people being a slave to their emotions . Chemically speaking its the dopamine hit that comes from winning. Just like when we lose it will be dopamine and serotonin depletion that will cause mass depression .
It’s round 4 . It’s a long season . We will see how the team goes move forward . It’s a good thing to know we have options , but for now that’s all it is . Options !

 

[EllisFan]

Stressing? No the correct word is manic ! guys who as @titosantana was saying were cutting their wrists , punting players as recently as yesterday lunchtime .. are now wanting the team flipped on its head because the the backup had a good game . I would classify that as manic .. and people being a slave to their emotions . Chemically speaking its the dopamine hit that comes from winning. Just like when we lose it will be dopamine and serotonin depletion that will cause mass depression .
It’s round 4 . It’s a long season . We will see how the team goes move forward . It’s a good thing to know we have options , but for now that’s all it is . Options !

It’s a footy forum mate, people come on here and react to what they witness.

I’m not sure what posts you’re referring to but certainly not going to criticise anyone who saw Jock Madden play a complete halfback performance in a hostile environment and get excited that he might improve our side.

Noting that he also looked sharp in both trials.

And our attack without him last week was pretty pedestrian.

 

[Lestronge]

It’s a footy forum mate, people come on here and react to what they witness.

I’m not sure what posts you’re referring to but certainly not going to criticise anyone who saw Jock Madden play a complete halfback performance in a hostile environment and get excited that he might improve our side.

Noting that he also looked sharp in both trials.

And our attack without him last week was pretty pedestrian.

Man I’m not going repeat myself for the 5th time. Everyone is entitled to thier opinion . All I’m saying for those who reading this, is it’s round 4, an he’s a backup half . Do With that knowledge what you will .

 

[EllisFan]

Man I’m not going repeat myself for the 5th time. Everyone is entitled to thier opinion . All I’m saying for those who reading this, is it’s round 4, an he’s a backup half . Do With that knowledge what you will .

Backup to what though?

What’s Adam Doueihi’s resume as a 7?

 

[cktiger]

Madden has to be our 7 for the rest of the season. Throughout the trials and tonight he's organising is very well and had an excellent kicking game. Things that we haven't had for years, he's the best hair we've had in maybe a decade.

Luai will be the 6 and AD who knows, lock? AD is exclusively a ball runner. He has poor passing skills and a highly erratic kicking game, but itms a strong runner of the ball, and he knows it. But he's also not a centre. Too slow for that and not a second rower either. He just doesn't have a position. A solid squaddie but he's essentially homeless, yet we've re-signed him for 4 years for some reason.

After last nights game you wonder why we re-signed him?

 

[Lestronge]

Backup to what though?

What’s Adam Doueihi’s resume as a 7?

👍 this has been answered

 

[Tiger Tarl]

It looked like Doueihi went to left centre or even playing like a 2nd fullback when Latu came on.

Eg. The Bula try in the 60th min went Api -> Latu -> Madden -> Doueihi.

Similarly in the 75th-minute try, Doueihi was on the left outside Madden.

Was that just Doueihi roaming or was there a reshuffle? Or was Latu playing as lock/first receiver? We had 3 halves out there linking up beautifully.

 

[Cribbertarian]

It looked like Doueihi went to left centre or even playing like a 2nd fullback when Latu came on.

Eg. The Bula try in the 60th min went Api -> Latu -> Madden -> Doueihi.

Similarly in the 75th-minute try, Doueihi was on the left outside Madden.

Was that just Doueihi roaming or was there a reshuffle? Or was Latu playing as lock/first receiver? We had 3 halves out there linking up beautifully.

Latu was playing as a distrubuting lock. When that happens the 6 often ends up a bit wider, running the sort of sweep lines a ball-playing fullback would (especially on one side), with the fullback just sniffing around the ruck more. So there wasn't a reshuffle per se but that structure is different to when teams just pick an extra middle forward at 13.