2020 State of Origin

Discussion in 'The Cesspit: Rugby League Discussion' started by Old Mate, Jul 10, 2019.

  1. Farhat AM Farhat

    Because he didn’t want to send 6 Qlders to the bin at once for a professional foul.
     
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  2. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Half time came at the perfect time. We had no direction at all. Kept shifting the ball wide without earning it. Never had the numbers.
     
  3. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Gagai was my MotM tbh.
     
  4. Magic AJ Parker

    Will be very interesting to see what Freddy does with his starting side now. You can't really do Wighton for being shit defensively and then pick Stephen Crichton....

    Similar goes for Gutherson.

    I've got no faith he'll pick a better bench for game 2 either, his rotation of his middles was just fucking horrendous tonight too. We got dominated there and his answer was to throw Cody Walker in at lock.
     
  5. Magic AJ Parker

    I wonder if there is a full time notification that comes through into the referees ear piece because there is no doubt Tedesco had passed that ball out of dummy half before the full time siren sounded.

    That's ignoring the blatant 5 man flop in the tackle which was actually comical.
     
  6. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Match winning play.
     
  7. Toolman TR Man

    Tupou's got to be told to just never offload. His long noodle arms don't have the right coordination to pull it off.
     
  8. Tartmaster AJ James

    Yeah, realistically should have been either play on, or a penalty with a bunch of sin bins.


    I just can't believe that we let it get to a point where we needed a hail mary play in the last second
     
  9. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Fuck it's hilarious NSW lost to possibly the worst QLD side ever picked. I wonder if Klemmer is in the bubble.
     
  10. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    It shouldve been a penalty. The tv clock and siren are not controlled by the official time keeper. Theyre wrong all the time.
     
  11. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Smells like 1995. Hahaha.
     
  12. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    I sincerely hope Keary gets dumped for Game 2, and never gets another shot. Wonder if he'd think it was worth it. Deserves nothing less.
     
  13. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    Guthersons got to go, I rate him but he doesn't fit at centre at all. Need someone that runs through the line/probes at holes, he's a bit too far back.

    Pack needs a shake up.
     
  14. morgieb MC Burridge

    Yeah during a lot of the build-up I was thinking this felt like an old-school Origin redux. Like NSW being favourites but shitting the bed anyway.
     
  15. Magic AJ Parker

    Naturally the halves have come in for a lot of criticism after an Origin loss.

    Keary and Cleary just didn't seem to click, I don't know whether you can just put that down to first time playing together but their positioning and cohesion was all over the place. Keary seemed to drift in and out of play first receiver and Cleary looked lost about his role all night, at one point he found himself in the centres on a backline movement.

    Its a tough one for Freddy, I think over the years Keary has developed more and more into and on the ball first receiver and that's Cleary's natural game so Cody Walker may be the natural pairing for both players but at the same time they should be able to make it work, it just looked like they went into the game with very little clarity around their roles.
     
  16. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Watched the game again. lol i just cant help but laugh. How did we win with that side? Holy fuck you cunts suck.
     
  17. Magic AJ Parker

    Freddy picks 2 middles on the bench in game 1.

    Freddy picks 4 middles on the bench in game 2.

    Almost like he figured out you need some go forward before you can "play through the middle" and of course he's gone and over-corrected.

    Bet he's wishing he carried a certain ex-bulldog in his squad now.
     
  18. morgieb MC Burridge

    That might be the dumbest bench I've seen NSW pick. WTF.
     
  19. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Picks 7 middles in a game and 1 of them isn't Klemmer. Lolz
     
  20. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    Suspect this will be Cleary's last chance to get it together. From a Penrith perspective it'll be interesting to see how he bounces back if he gets dropped from origin and that GF loss.


    Seems like they've put even more eggs in the run over the top of them tear em to shreds around the ruck basket. With the exception of Yeo no one really jumps out at me as being able to cover the fringes. When was the last time Crichton played 80 minutes?

    I actually think NSW will win by a 2-3 tries. Really, really needed to drop Gutherson though, Capewell is a real weakness to be exploited on that edge by a genuine centre, not a bloke that's used to chiming in at fullback. I think a fit a Walker, fit Tedesco, Lomax combination could run rings around him (alternately could be Wighton with Crichton on the left).
     

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