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He's played too well in the past to put that on him, dude. He's a very, very good player. Maybe im making excuses but by all accounts his sternum has been fucked for a while.

 

Most disappointing thing was how we responded to the Best try. Gagai misses a rudimentary cover and we honestly capitulated afterwards. Never even gave ourselves a chance in that last 15.

 

KP off the bench was dogshit. Felt sorry for him. It's just like throw him the ball and yeah do something cunt. The one time he looked to attack in good ball with a set backline, Grant dummies and puts in a spastic kick. That was the other thing, holy fuck our kicking game was trash. 3rd tackle kick is the worst tactical ploy from a bygone era. Works 1 in 10 at best.

DCE's little dinks reminded me of Hynes in game 1. Might as well just run it.

 

Blues winning back three goal line restarts will be forgotten but they honestly may have won them the game. Qld's were trash.

 

The soft, pedestrian running from Cobbo in the first half and all game from Hammer was infuriating. I dunno if he was injured but you cant run that soft in Origin.

 

Mmhmm. Dunno why you'd agree to coach if you cant handle people second guessing your picks. And thats bound to happen when you pick a pack lacking size, metreage and dont pick the best edge forward we have.

Nanai on after what 15 minutes? Who the fuck does that?

 

Maguire copped shit in game 1 for not reacting quick enough but the moving of Crichton to mark Hammer was so crucial. Our left edge went from blazing to ineffectual. I couldnt pick an Australian side without him in it.

 

Well, back to the drawing board. Munster/Walker is the best we can do in the halves imo.

Hopgood, Fifita, Tino back in the pack. Cut out the deadwood like Capewell, she'll be right. I still cant believe that selection...fmd. This must be what it felt like when Brett White and Josh Perry got picked for NSW.

 

It's safe to assume Tino and Flegler would've been picked. How do you just throw out the formula and pick small backrowers, let alone an edge forward in their stead? Ludicrous.

There must've been 8+ sets in that first half where we made fewer than 35m in 5 tackles. It was pathetic.

2 genuine starting props, 2 genuine bench props. Why is that so hard for them to get? Maguire at least had 4 big men but then the muppet still picked Trbojevic who made about 7m in three games. Wtf are they thinking or watching?