2018 State of Origin

Discussion in 'The Cesspit: Rugby League Discussion' started by Old Mate, Jul 12, 2017.

  1. AVA T Delonge

    Completely threw Lockyer off as well. Really tried to hype up the difference between club footy and Origin but Ponga wanted nothing to do with it.
     
  2. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    I’d honestly rather get flogged than watch our halfback go Mitchell Pearce and sabotage our way to a series defeat.
     
  3. Tartmaster AJ James

    Should have been a nsw fan in the last decade, then you can have both
     
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  4. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    That was hard to watch. As much as I love him as a player, Hunt has to go, he cost QLD the series. It was like him and Chambers were competing for who could play worse. There needs to be changes for game 3, Hunt, Chambers, Wallace, Cooper and Slater need to go. Slater purely because series is gone and he won't be there next year, it's time for Ponga to play fullback. If Slater plays on for G3, which I know he will want to, I'd pick Ponga at halfback.

    1. Ponga
    2. Goates
    3. Gagai...No other options and he was good last year
    4. Inglis
    5. Holmes
    6. Munster
    7. DCE...makes me sick
    8. McGuire
    9. McCullough
    10. Napa
    11. Papalii
    12. Kaufusi...holds his spot because there are no other options
    13. Arrow

    14. Granville/Seggy
    15. Ofahengaue
    16. Hess
    17. Fucked if I know
     
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  5. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    We’d honestly have won with Ponga at 7. Cunt is unbelievable.
     
  6. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    He needs to be first name on the team sheet. Cunt is special.
     
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  7. Magic AJ Parker

    Yeh I mean if you're looking at moments Tedesco set up that Latrell try and made that try saver on Ponga. All round had a pretty strong game defusing kicks and returning the ball.
     
  8. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    lol fucking devo. I still don’t know how we lost....we must’ve made 8 or 9 line breaks. And by the 65th NSW weren’t just vulnerable on the edges; they were getting pus in the middle. Total lack of recognition and game management from us.
     
  9. AVA T Delonge

    Yeah true true, didn't really do anything wrong all game and was constantly threatening in support through the middle as well.
     
  10. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    I can't get over how shit Hunt and Chambers were. The worst thing is, they most likely won't get dropped. The Hunt grubber on the 3rd was seriously enough for me. I would have hooked him right then and there.
     
  11. Tartmaster AJ James

    One of the dumbest things I've ever seen on a football field.
     
  12. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    It's up there with the Pearce 'grubber' that got caught on the full in the ingoal.
     
  13. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    The real question is, after seeing Hunt do it in Game 1, after seeing Chambers do it in Game 1, after seeing Hunt do it in the first part of the second half, after seeing Chambers do it in the first part of the second half, how did the two of them still manage to do exactly the same thing at the end of the match when the game was there to be won? We hold the ball, play the numbers, play with a bit of patience and we win. Every fucking time we went right, they either played towards the sideline, or they kicked. You could feel it. As soon as one of them started drifting, the result was bad. Not once, not twice, not even three times. Over and over and over and over again.

    So how does Walters allow them to get to that point? How did he not correct what was an obvious, match-deciding flaw, before it actually cost us the match. I really want to know and he should be heavily scrutinised for not correcting it. It clearly wasn't identified or if it was, he didn't instruct the runners to fix it. It is game management 101. You don't fucking kick early when you have the numbers and field position. You don't kick down stacked blind sides on 2nd and 3rd and 4th tackle. It's just beyond belief. I nearly broke the tv when Hunt put that last one in. Then I nearly broke my hand punching the table when Chambers put it in row z.

    It reminded me of that weak kid playing footy who was too afraid to get tackled and just tried to kick and chase with every touch. Fucking disgraceful...
     
  14. Magic AJ Parker

    The real question is how did Hunt get selected in the first place.
     
  15. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    He deserved it with his early season form. He has shown now he can't handle the step up.
     
  16. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Can someone explain how on earth that tackle on Maloney was a pen? Fucking great shot. Ooh his head hit the ground...so fucking what. There were 4 or 5 borderline tackles that would've been pinged in the NRL but weren't. Seriously bullshit...
     
  17. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Yeah he barely went beyond horizontal. Play on if Frizzler doesn't Thaiday it.
     
  18. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Ponga will be there for years to come. I don't think we even saw beyond the tip of the iceberg of what he'll produde, given the heavy defensive load.

    FARKKKKK, I thought he was gonna win it for us...........:mad:
     
  19. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    What a fucking shambles the nsw rotations were. Can't believe we didn't fuck it. Thank fuck Queensland forgot how to play football when Roberts got binned.
     
  20. Magic AJ Parker

    Early season form my ass. The guy has always been limited as a halfback and those issues were still there for everyone to see at the Dragons.

    Morgan showed more as a halfback in a dozen games than Hunt has in his whole career.

    I rate Hunt as a player but he's not a halfback and never has been, his game management & decision making is shit and always has been. Excellent 5/8 though.
     

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