2020 NRL Season

Discussion in 'The Cesspit: Rugby League Discussion' started by Maroon_Faithful, Oct 7, 2019.

  1. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    I just wonder how Brisbane will respond to that Manly try and the HT break.
     
  2. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    When are they going to realise that outside shoulder is irrelevant when the defender puts his hands on the decoy to tackle and then takes a dive?
     
  3. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Flegler needs to improve his ball control if he wants to play Origin in the future. Cunt is too loose.
     
  4. Julian BJ Taylor

    I disagree with this. If your second rower is going to decoy for a block play he can’t go outside shoulder. DCE did milk it, but it has to be black and white no try imo
     
  5. Cribbage RG Cribb

    I mean I kind of agree but they NRL refs are specifically told to rule it the way they do by the Rules Committee or whatever they call it now. If they just said "nah fuck that" they'd get sacked. The gripe is with the guidance rather than the referees on the field.
     
  6. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    lol of course. I'm not saying the refs should go rogue. I was talking about the interpretation.
     
  7. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    So if I make a bad read and full on tackle the decoy that doesnt matter because he was on my outside shoulder? That's ridiculous.

    Process for these tries is simple.
    1.Has the defender attempted a tackle on the decoy and/or taken a blatant dive? Yes. Then forget about steps 2 and 3. If No, then you look at outside shoulder and whether the ball is caught outside the line of the decoy.
     
  8. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Yeah you could feel it coming. Brisbane's spark was extinguished as soon as Manly hit back. Hopefully broncs get a second wind. Its all Manly now.
     
  9. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Jeez Coates, that was totally not needed. Catch was clean.
     
  10. Magic AJ Parker

    This game perfectly sums up for me why DCE just isn’t worthy of his status as an elite halfback. Just nowhere to be seen on last tackles, looking for low percentage plays when they have all the momentum, the construction of sets in good ball has been horrendous.

    Manly should be a try or two ahead by now.
     
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  11. Magic AJ Parker

    I agree with the black and white ruling up until the point that the defender initiates contact to milk a penalty. I think at that point the defender should be ruled to be making a defensive decision.

    If DCE lets him run through and even has to just slightly alter his stride in getting across in cover (which likely would’ve been the case given the proximity he was to Oates) then 100% no try but in this instance he chooses to grab the offensive player and thus should be deemed to be making a defensive decision and thus we will never actually know if he would’ve been impeded.
     
  12. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Hahaha Coates. Good in the air, spastic everywhere else.
     
  13. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    That no try was the difference. 24-0 it's all over.
     
  14. Magic AJ Parker

    A lot of hype around Coates but looks very soft in contact.
     
  15. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Milford just doesnt get involved. And when he does, he half-arses it.
     
  16. Lukic L Popovic

    Was there ever a thread for shit players you completely forgot played for your team?

    Going through a list of old Tigers players and FMD even this decade there's a good 10 or so players that I just don't remember ever lacing the boots up for us. Fuck I basically forgot the 5 games Jamal Idris played for us too.
     
  17. AVA T Delonge

    Magic and MF appear to both be on the same side of an argument, what a time to be alive.
     
  18. Magic AJ Parker

    It’s rare but sometimes he can be right... broken clocks and all that.
     
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  19. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Maybe two -- they both just made the similar points about Coates. It's not really an argument until someone else here disagrees with them though I suppose.
     
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  20. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Magic's not real comfortable agreeing with me. I mean he's repeatedly accused me of defending the softness of the modern game. I've argued the opposite for years.

    It's funny tho, like, he really doesn't like me. I don't mind him. Not sure why i get under his skin so much. Ever since 2013 mainly. Hehe.
     

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