New South Fails - 2010

I don't get it?

 

Looks like when I jokily suggested Luke Walsh, Ben actually agreed. Its a fair enough reason. Luke Walsh is a great organiser and this was evident as soon as he stepped into Panthers colours round 7 last year. Lewis is past the centre position IMO. Played some good footy there and I am sure he would be better than Scott but he has in Career best form in the back row so it seems silly to move him.

 

Positives from that game: Nathan Hindmarsh.

Negatives: I don't want to overload the server, so I won't bother.

 

I found a compilation of missed tackles from Wednesday. Funnily enough, it's longer than 80 minutes.

 

I'd honestly pick Patten before Dugan. I just think he'd handle it better, and it'd be a pretty just reward for Patten. Even if Dugan played well, he's on a hiding to nothing considering that Hayne, Gidley and B.Stewart are all probably still more likely to be picked ahead of him next year.

I wouldn't even consider Dugan on the wing, because chances are he either won't have an impact and be forgotten, or he'll have a shit game and be dropped. And even if he played well, it'd mean that he'd be kept there in a position that isn't his best.

 

Did anyone figure out if he's actually eligible? If he's ineligble for City v Country but can play for NSW, that's something that definitely needs to be looked at.

 

My team for Game 3 AND going forward....

1. Hayne - Still young enough to be considered the future and a class above any fullback we have atm.
2. B Morris - Easy selection, in the right structure he'll be fine
3. Lewis - sure up the defence and reckon he'd still add something in attack
4. Idris - I know I'll get hammered for this one but I just reckon he's one one of the few cetnres we have who could handle the step up to origin... obviously needs to get his defence right but imo it can be done with the right structure and players around him, oh yeh and stop being a lazy black fella like Thaiday put it.
5. Reddy - Again probably get hammered but I really like him, got great awareness and good defender to help out Idris
6. Campese - Best 5/8 in NSW, as long as he actually does play a 5/8's role and not a left/right half
7. Pearce - Best young half we have
8. Weyman - deserves to keep his spot, always gives 100% and would shine in a better pack
9. Ennis/Farah - meh, both been about as good as the other at origin level imo
10. Ryles/Bailey - experience for the young blokes, hate picking a starting forward who has never played origin before. Would be stupid to blood young forwards and then have them play in a comprehensively beaten pack, they'd learn shit all.
11. Hindmarsh (C)
12. Watmough - wide running role
13. Gallen - give him a god under a coach who'll play him in tight let him play the role he does at club level.

14. Heighington/Laffranchi - Both should've played more games imo, whilst QLD pick their out of form backrowers knowing they'll always lift we ignore ours and just hope they develop into SOO players without actually playing them in it, Heiginghton more so than Laffranchi.
15. Douglas - easy selection should've been developed into an origin player 2 years ago
16. TLL - best NSW prop so far this series
17. Paul Aiton - meh name someone who could play a better role off the bench, has the pace to trouble the big QLD fowards like Wing used to.


I'd blood props like Snowden, Tolman, Mannah & possibly Grant when Ryles/Bailey retire and for injures/suspensions.

Backrowers like Prior, Aubusson, Fensom & Thompson if he ever makes the switch.


Haha I'm sure I've contradicted myself 1000 especially picking Lewis to sure up the defence yet dropping Scott for Idris but that's just the players I would go for in the next few years. I agree with Gould (again) we're currently worse off now than we were 3 years agao and we need to build rather than continue to play catchup .

Feel free to bag the shit out of my team now...