: Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:49 pm  

We're obsessed with this quick play the ball. All we then get are "scooters" from dummy half.

It's meant a virtual end to ball playing forwards and half backs.

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:00 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

We're obsessed with this quick play the ball. All we then get are "scooters" from dummy half.

It's meant a virtual end to ball playing forwards and half backs.

Very true and although i makes our game faster it doesn't necessarily mean it's making it more skill full or even more fun to watch. I’d rather watch the NRL style anyway as the emphasis is on skill and not constant speed like SL.

Some Stains fans may come on here and try to shoot me down but give me a younger Newton or Cameron Smith/Robbie Farah any day of the week over a player like Roby. I’ve yet to see him truly control a game from start to finish in the way the above mentioned can.

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:02 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

We're obsessed with this quick play the ball. All we then get are "scooters" from dummy half.

It's meant a virtual end to ball playing forwards and half backs.

Hence No Natural "Ball Players" who have to Craft open a Defense rather than do it off the back of quick PTB's.
As soon as we come against half decent defenses our "Star" half backs are clueless!

The best GB have is still Long and he has reinvented himself 200/2006 to becomethe player he is now instead of the Pacey/Support player of previous years.

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:52 pm  

Jukesays wrote:

Hence No Natural "Ball Players" who have to Craft open a Defense rather than do it off the back of quick PTB's.
As soon as we come against half decent defenses our "Star" half backs are clueless!

The best GB have is still Long and he has reinvented himself 200/2006 to becomethe player he is now instead of the Pacey/Support player of previous years.

I wouldn't put that down to them having 'no' skill

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:30 pm  

thepriestman85 wrote:

Very true and although i makes our game faster it doesn't necessarily mean it's making it more skill full or even more fun to watch. I’d rather watch the NRL style anyway as the emphasis is on skill and not constant speed like SL.

I think the WCC showed that point completely.

Manly had awesome ball skill while Leeds were just grafting away.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:29 pm  

Bolton_Warrior wrote:

I think the WCC showed that point completely.

Manly had awesome ball skill while Leeds were just grafting away.

The NRL is so far in front its not even worse discussing. All we can do effectively over here is "scoot" which leads to Eddie wetting his pants and droning on about SL this and that.

As proved in the world cup, once "Scoot" meets a decent defence, we really do have nothing.