Doesn't make it correct or logical. Hayne isn't a winger's arsehole. You are ****ing joking right? What did Lyon do tonight or in any rep match for that matter that Tate hasn't done twice over in attack? And you're ten times the ****ing idiot I thought you were. Harrison offers ball playing and discipline with much better defence. So let's take tonight. Paul Gallen - 12 runs for 114m, 45 tackles and 3 misses, 1 error, 2 penalties and 0 offloads. At face value that is excellent. Now let's take a meagre 20m off his metre-age for every infringement and also take a meagre 4 tackles off his count for the extra tackles we had to make because of his indiscipline, as well. That makes 12 runs for 54m and 33 tackles. That is garbage. Do penalties and errors matter at all to you people or what?
I wasnt supporting his selection, as I said there is no way they would leave him out. Im talking about of late, form has to come into it and im not just talking rep form. Tate has be through a tough time with injuries over the last few seasons and his club form just isnt there. I worded it totally wrong tbh, im talking in comparison to players like Gallen and Watmough who are in the squads. They just dont see as 'stable' in the side both defensively and in attack, im not arguing that a player like Harrison who is a lot more 'no-nonsense' than the other players is what is lacking. I think with time Lewis will do that job. The beauty of having the depth that Australia has is that no matter how many **** ups the selectors make we will still beat NZ. That may well be the case, but you overrate these penalties and errors.
His club form has been solid. Why should form over 8 rounds outweigh the last 4 or 5 years of rep football? I thought we were picking a rep team here. That's not a beauty. It's a curse. It means we have undeserving hacks like Perry and Williams and Stewart given Australian jerseys and supposedly being vindicated by the media and public as long as we win. It means Waterhouse plays 10 Tests and Johnson plays 1. If anything I underrate their cost. What actually happened when Gallen knocked on? I took 20m and 4 tackles off him. Watching the tape, Australia were in good field position 35m out from NZ's line on tackle 2. So we basically waste half a set that would've ended in their red zone. We make 5 more tackles (incidentally, 3 of which Gallen makes and thus adds to his tally making his performance look better) and end up with Slater taking a Marshall bomb in our in-goal. So the actual sum was - Missed chance at NZ's goal line. Loss of 55m. 5 extra tackles. Bomb diffusion in our own in goal (when it should've been us bombing them). If you don't think errors and penalties mean a lot, go through a round of footy or the season perhaps and see how many times the teams with the most errors and penalties against them, win. Rd1 Eels vs Dragons - 8-22. Dragons win 18-12. Broncos vs Cowboys - 20-17. Broncos win 30-24. Bulldogs vs Knights - 20-17. Knights win 20-16. Panthers vs Raiders 19-16. Panthers win 34-16. Sharks vs Storm - 25-24. Storm win 14-10. Titans vs Warriors - 25-20. Titans win 24-18. Souths vs Easts - 20-14. Easts win 36-10. Wests vs Manly - 20-16. Tigers win 26-22. 50% win percentage after Rd 1. Rd2 Dragons vs Dogs - 10-23. Dragons win 26-6. Souths vs Titans - 24-22. Titans win 19-18. Warriors vs Sharks - 21-21. Warriors win 30-16. Draw Knights vs Storm - 20-24 - Storm win 20-14. Cowboys vs Panthers - 20-17. Cowboys win 28-20. Manly vs Eels - 19-19. Eels win 24-20. Draw Roosters vs Tigers - 15-16. Roosters win 44-32. Raiders vs Broncos - 29-15. Raiders win 22-14. 50% again. Rd3 Tigers vs Eels - 15-19. Tigers win 23-12. Dragons vs Cowboys - 16-21. Dragons win 33-8. Penrith vs Storm - 22-19. Storm win 16-10. Manly vs Knights - 22-25. Manly win 36-12. Titans vs Raiders - 19-22. Titans win 24-4. Warriors vs Broncos - 14-17. Warriors win 48-16. Bulldogs vs Easts - 10-24. Bulldogs win 60-14. Sharks vs Rabbitohs - 26-21. Rabbitohs win 30-8. Plummets to 0% win percentage. Not a single team. Rd4 Storm vs Dragons - 15-21. Storm win 17-4. Easts vs Broncos - 15-19. Easts win 25-6. Cronulla vs Eels - 21-26. Cronulla win 11-0. Cowboys vs Titans - 17-20. Cowboys win 32-18. Warriors vs Manly - 25-21. Manly win 14-6. Tigers vs Raiders - 19-19. Tigers win 35-22. Draw Knights vs Panthers - 17-18. Panthers win 34-30. Souths vs Bulldogs - 18-22. Souths win 38-16. Woeful 14.28% win rate. One of the correct, constant assertions in the RL media that we all hear is, teams finding it hard or impossible to defend their errors and penalties. And it's true. Take Gallen's first touch in Game 2 last year. That try that Inglis scored in the 3rd minute was as much Gallen's fault as it is the bloke/s who missed him (incidentally Gallen being one of them). It's very much like tennis. Have a look at how often the bloke who makes the most unforced errors, goes on to win. Penalties and errors should be seen as unforced errors in our game, unless we have good evidence to the contrary. You sit next to me during an Origin and you will barely ever hear me say "Get it to JT" or "Get it to GI" or "Kick for Folau." What you will hear me scream at the top of my lungs ever second set QLD are in possession is, "HOLD THE ****ING BALL." If it even looks like an offload in our own half - "HOLD IT FFS." If we're playing catch-up type footy when only a try down with plenty of time to go - "CUT THIS SHIT OUT AND JUST GO FORWARD FFS." Do you know how many games the heavier infringing side has won in the last two Origin series? 1. 1 game from 6. Plenty of people wanted to give praise to Gallen in Rd1 when he made 160m and 36 tackles. That on it's face value looks great. Then we discover the Sharks lost by 4 and Gallen made that many infringements himself. They cost you matches, whether you want to believe it or not.
Was an alright game. I thought it was a little boring and I thought Australia were average. My Man of the Match would be Luke Lewis though and not because he plays for Penrith but because every one of his touches looked dangerous. I thought Kurt Gidley played well out of dummy half.
I thought Lewis was a little average. He would always break down play by running at the line when they were ten out rather than passing it out wide.
Thaiday was deserving though for sure. What the **** are you on about you dickhead **** Lukic? He really some really strong runs and even made a few holes. More than what Gallen did. His defence was also good. One thing I will say is though that I thought Petero was poor. He has been good for Penrith all season so far but he just seemed to be struggling to handle the intensity/
Gidley was decent at dummy half, but I was seriously worried about him every time he goes to dummy half on the 5th - I was hoping he won't go for a kick himself, and unfortunately I was wrong. Was good in defense and ran when needed. Lewis really wasn't that good tbh.
