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Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Tongue in cheek ~ it must be a new rule Kurriboy.
No one played the ball with the foot in 2017!!
No one played the ball with the foot in 2017!!
Just reading on the trial in Melbourne, there were 14 penalties in the game just relating to incorrect play the ball alone!
That's staggering.
https://pickle.nine.com.au/2018/02/13/10/49/how-the-play-the-ball-could-define-the-2018-nrl-season
Makes it pretty hard to read anything in to the result of the trial honestly.
Brown said:
“Every time we started to get going in attack, we’d get penalised and hand it over, and the same with Melbourne,” Brown said.
“So there wasn’t a lot of flow to the game.”
Tongue in cheek ~ it must be a new rule Kurriboy.
No one played the ball with the foot in 2017!!
Another area that annoys me is dropped ball while getting up to play it, sometimes a loose/bad carry but generally tacklers trying to cause the knock on or delay the play the ball, like I said before this whole area is messy.
It's a pity that once called tackled the play is dead until such time it is played then a player could get up quickly without fear of losing or being stripped. If player looses it before tackle, knock on, if stripped after tackle called, penalty. Don't know if that could be policed and if it could work, just a thought.
I only hope our boys are being flogged and this new motion is being coached under fatigue conditions cause "old habits die hard" especially when some of these players have been doing it all their playing lives.
"We're committed to making this a benchmark organisation, as good as anything else in the league,"
"We want a team that’s regularly competing in finals football, and a stadium that is at capacity with Red and Blue supporters."
"Asked if the finals were a realistic goal, Gardner replied: “Absolutely.
“If you bring in a player of the quality of Mitchell Pearce, you’ve got to have the expectation that the team will go better."
“You don’t go into any competition not to win it. That’s the ultimate goal and what we’re working towards.
“Realistically with regards to next year, even before Mitchell Pearce, we were confident we would improve and be very competitive.
“Now we have to be a bit better than that.”
Just reading on the trial in Melbourne, there were 14 penalties in the game just relating to incorrect play the ball alone!
That's staggering.
https://pickle.nine.com.au/2018/02/13/10/49/how-the-play-the-ball-could-define-the-2018-nrl-season
Makes it pretty hard to read anything in to the result of the trial honestly.
Brown said:
“Every time we started to get going in attack, we’d get penalised and hand it over, and the same with Melbourne,” Brown said.
“So there wasn’t a lot of flow to the game.”
They did this not too long ago, also
Last season was just so sloppy tho, it got back to the old school toss it between your legs caper, the NRL waa bascially forced to do something about it. Its a quick shape up. Wont last long
If they slow the play the ball down a little by making players actually play the ball, they better also crack down on defenders being off side on their own try line and racing up.
We will see players being tackled the instant they pick up the ball from the ruck. They are practically there now and you often see defenders get there so fast they are blocking the passing avenues for the dummy half.
Im happy with that decision. Hes a good leader and good talker. Id prefer not to have co-captains. I assume that means Buhrer will be a starting back rower and Fitz either on the bench or in reserves.