Where does Jason Taylor go with our great hooker policy now?!

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Eddie

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This year Taylor has had a clear plan at hooker….

1\. First we will try Little John who did a good job combining with Cherrington with Farah and Halatau out due to injury.

2\. Then we bring Halatau straight back and start at 9 next game and drop Drink water who did a good job.

3\. Then we will ease Farah back in from the bench and play a total of 3 hookers against Parramatta. A truly bizzarre tactic in a 8-0 loss.

4\. Then we will go with Robbie and Robbie alone for a good month or so with Halatau occasionally coming on to give him a break..

5\. Now maybe my memory is foggy here but im pretty sure in one game along the line we play LOVETT at strting number 9 out of the blue??? Can someone refresh my memory on whether this happened or not??

6\. Then Robbie and Cherry are judged no good and can not be trusted to start or be in the team at all.

7\. So we go with Ballin off the bench after a year out with a knee injury and Halatau starts. Ballin lasts just 2 games on his dodgy knee.

8\. Robbie gets "rested" when fit to back up from State of Origin we decide in our wisdom to play our best forward ET there against Easts in the rain?? Resulting in a thumping loss.

9\. That does not work so we go with Halatau starting and Farah on the bench and we have a good win against Souths.

10.Farah cops another head knock in Origin and is very quickly ruled out.

11\. Liddle who has recently been re-signed as the "future" flies with the team for the Storm game, but doesnt get a game with our main 2 hookers injured.

12\. Then to mix things up we go with ET starting at hooker for our next game instead of Halatau who did a good job starting in a 10-0 lead against Souths?? No Cherrington or Liddle anywhere.

13\. Mean while Jason Taylor is desperate to force Farah out , yet wont play Liddle or Cherrington with him out????

And our most effective ball player has now played in 2 lop sided losses as a makeshift hooker.

You know it makes sense.
 
In all fairness the secondary problem with Ballin was unexpected these things happen ..I will not judge Taylor on this one alone.
 
@Eddie said:
This year Taylor has had a clear plan at hooker….

First we will try Drink water who did a good job with Cherrington with Farah and Halatau out.

Then we bring Halatau back and start at 9 and drop Drink water who did a good job.

Then we will ease Farah back in from the bench and play a total of 3 hookers against Parramatta

Then we will go with Robbie and Robbie alone for a good month or so.

Then Robbie and Cherry are judged no good.

So we go with Ballin as the starter who manages 2 games before succumbing to his dodgy knee.

Robbie gets "rested" when fit ti play and we play our best forward ET there against Easts in the rain??

That does not work so we go with Halatau starting and Farah on the bench and we have a good win against Souths

Farah cops another head knock in Origin and is very quickly ruled out.

Liddle who has recently been re-signed as the "future" flies with the team for the Storm game, but doesnt get a game with our main 2 hookers injured.

Then to mix things up we go with ET starting at hooker for our next game instead of Halatau who did a good job starting in a 10-0 lead against Souths?? No Cherrington or Liddle anywhere.

Mean while Jason Taylor is desperate to force Farah out , yet wont play Liddle or Cherrington with him out????

And our most effective ball player has now played in 2 lop sided losses as a makeshift hooker.

You know it makes sense.
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Tim Sheens would agree with it
 
Yeah I agree it's confusing and not consistent. I have a feeling that JT may not consider hooker as overly important (unlike someone like Sheens).

His selections of Dene and ET indicate to me that he views it as an essentially defensive role that should simply pass off the ground quickly to the halves. I suspect this may be his problem with RF who likes to engage the markers and run from Dummy half.
 
@coopy said:
Yeah I agree it's confusing and not consistent. I have a feeling that JT may not consider hooker as overly important (unlike someone like Sheens).

His selections of Dene and ET indicate to me that he views it as an essentially defensive role that should simply pass off the ground quickly to the halves. I suspect this may be his problem with RF who likes to engage the markers and run from Dummy half.
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I suspect he has no idea what he is doing, most sides have one real hooker, the rest two, we are going down a different path. :crazy
 
Also interesting of note to see, once again, assistant coach Craig Sandercock doing all the talking at half time and JT standing there like a lost little boy.
Sack JT now. Pretender.
 
@851 said:
@coopy said:
Yeah I agree it's confusing and not consistent. I have a feeling that JT may not consider hooker as overly important (unlike someone like Sheens).

His selections of Dene and ET indicate to me that he views it as an essentially defensive role that should simply pass off the ground quickly to the halves. I suspect this may be his problem with RF who likes to engage the markers and run from Dummy half.

I suspect he has no idea what he is doing, most sides have one real hooker, the rest two, we are going down a different path. :crazy
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@jadtiger said:
@Eddie said:
This year Taylor has had a clear plan at hooker….

First we will try Drink water who did a good job with Cherrington with Farah and Halatau out.

Then we bring Halatau back and start at 9 and drop Drink water who did a good job.

Then we will ease Farah back in from the bench and play a total of 3 hookers against Parramatta

Then we will go with Robbie and Robbie alone for a good month or so.

Then Robbie and Cherry are judged no good.

So we go with Ballin as the starter who manages 2 games before succumbing to his dodgy knee.

Robbie gets "rested" when fit ti play and we play our best forward ET there against Easts in the rain??

That does not work so we go with Halatau starting and Farah on the bench and we have a good win against Souths

Farah cops another head knock in Origin and is very quickly ruled out.

Liddle who has recently been re-signed as the "future" flies with the team for the Storm game, but doesnt get a game with our main 2 hookers injured.

Then to mix things up we go with ET starting at hooker for our next game instead of Halatau who did a good job starting in a 10-0 lead against Souths?? No Cherrington or Liddle anywhere.

Mean while Jason Taylor is desperate to force Farah out , yet wont play Liddle or Cherrington with him out????

And our most effective ball player has now played in 2 lop sided losses as a makeshift hooker.

You know it makes sense.

Tim Sheens would agree with it
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Just another day at the Asylum.
 
What happened to Jack Littlejohn he is easily better than Halatau or ET @ Hooker.
He played well against the Warriors round 1.
 
@TigerWoods said:
@851 said:
@coopy said:
Yeah I agree it's confusing and not consistent. I have a feeling that JT may not consider hooker as overly important (unlike someone like Sheens).

His selections of Dene and ET indicate to me that he views it as an essentially defensive role that should simply pass off the ground quickly to the halves. I suspect this may be his problem with RF who likes to engage the markers and run from Dummy half.

I suspect he has no idea what he is doing, most sides have one real hooker, the rest two, we are going down a different path. :crazy

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Terry Lamb was a better coach than the Scarecrow .
At least he had a game plan .. Even if was the hoppa incidents :laughing:
 
@hobbo2803 said:
@TigerWoods said:
@851 said:
@coopy said:
Yeah I agree it's confusing and not consistent. I have a feeling that JT may not consider hooker as overly important (unlike someone like Sheens).

His selections of Dene and ET indicate to me that he views it as an essentially defensive role that should simply pass off the ground quickly to the halves. I suspect this may be his problem with RF who likes to engage the markers and run from Dummy half.

I suspect he has no idea what he is doing, most sides have one real hooker, the rest two, we are going down a different path. :crazy

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Terry Lamb was a better coach than the Scarecrow .
At least he had a game plan .. Even if was the hoppa incidents :laughing:
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Craig Sandercock is a better coach than JT.
 
@TYGA said:
What happened to Jack Littlejohn he is easily better than Halatau or ET @ Hooker.
He played well against the Warriors round 1.
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Injured…

Farah will be back next week after being medically ruled out from todays game...Cherrington's form in NSW Cup has been non-existent for months...Liddle was close to playing today...they went with the safer option ...Halatau lasting 10mins didn't help ..hindsight is a wonderful thing..
 
The "safer" option in other words the dud option.

Even after all that GEO why doesnt Halatau start at hooker after leading us to a 10-0 lead last week?

Why move our best forward after playing him at hooker in a loss V Easts and at lock in a big win v Souths?

Its not hindsight its dud selecting. Plain and simple.
 
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