And please not another media person as Original coach. They are very far removed from the realities of modern coaching, but their egos think otherwise.
You had me up until I saw Hudson Young’s name.
In his defence he always plays out of position and off the bench, I think if you gave him a full series in his preferred position he would be great
Seems the Knights are the gift that keeps giving!
Not really married to that one but you need a bench edge forward. Maybe Haumole instead.
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Contract year Crichton is one of the best back rowers ever.
Lomax marked safe & Latrell 50/50 momentarily had me wondering if the dude watched the game with a white hood over his head deadset lol. That one tackle on Shiba was far from Lomax's only pathetic effort. The Blues literally only looked dangerous in attack when Latrell got the ball, and he never actually got any good ball.Not sure I agree with all of these as Safe, 50-50 and In The Firing Line:
2026 Verdict: NSW stars who are safe, 50/50 — and in the firing line after State of Origin collapse
2026 Verdict: NSW stars who are safe, 50/50 — and in the firing line after Origin collapse
Martin, Lomax and the whole bench should be In The Firing Line IMO, along with the coach. Cleary should be 50-50, especially if Moses and Katoa are fit and playing well.
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I shudder at the thought of Gal, Toovey or particularly Ennis in the same postcode as Origin coaching candidates. Besides being empty vessels and egomaniacs, in what universe could they possibly do such an important job?Zero Tackle's 5 possible replacements for Laurie Daley as NSW coach *
Five options who SHOULD replace Laurie Daley as NSW Blues coach
Should Laurie Daley remain on as coach?
Unfortunately, 3 of the candidates make the mistake NSW always makes in picking media identities over current professional coaches (Gallen, Ennis, Toovey). I doubt Brad Arthur will take it because he's likely to be either the new Titans or PNG (or the smokey the Knights) coach, and that leaves Holbrook, who is an assistant at the Roosters and was sacked way too early by the Titans.
* Not going to happen as Daley will have to stand down and his self-awareness does not seem to be there, we'll go down again under Loz in 2026 despite NSW likely unbackable favourites.
Sorry, I had to find away around only being able to like it onceNow I’ve had a lot and I mean a lot of time to process that loss.
Luai is incredibly overrated and is a media hype job, he has only ever performed in the Panthers system, or outside an incredible halfback like Moses, he is incapable of being the “man” simply just doesn’t have it between the ears.
Cleary is nowhere near the great halfbacks of the game he is also a system player that can’t perform out of it, shown by his no show for the blues and Australia time and time again, I’d rate Moses higher than Cleary as he has actually showed up on those stages as well as club, though for this time I’d go easy on him as it was pretty well reported he was injuried.
Laurie Daley not only should never ever get picked for anything if this magnitude job again but if anyone mentions his name should be fired.
Selectors need an uppercut, who the **** picks Stefano over literally anyone? Keaon should have been in and even Jack Williams over bloody Stefano a player who has actually gone backwards under the Melbourne system.
Luai should never touch the blues jersey again I would have picked bloody Sandon Smith over him, a hype job like Cody Walker who couldn’t cut it at the elite level of the game.
There is more a lot more to talk about but I don’t want to write down the equivalent of the bible in terms of length so I’ll leave it at that.
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