Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Thu May 26, 2011 7:24 pm  

Famous wrote: I disagree. Even coaches of representative teams havent always picked what most people would consider the best players. Australia have often picked a lesser player for the balance of the team, because they compliment another player or because they are grafters rather than just picking the best 17 players. Some players also dont fit with a coaches style of play so have also not been picked. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 674161.stm Who out of that team is not a world beater then? There are plenty of other Aussie teams that were just as star studded.

Famous wrote: I disagree. Even coaches of representative teams havent always picked what most people would consider the best players. Australia have often picked a lesser player for the balance of the team, because they compliment another player or because they are grafters rather than just picking the best 17 players. Some players also dont fit with a coaches style of play so have also not been picked. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 674161.stm Who out of that team is not a world beater then? There are plenty of other Aussie teams that were just as star studded.

Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Thu May 26, 2011 7:41 pm  

Boris wrote:

Some of Aussie national squads, along with some of the more recent Queensland ones have certainly been.

NSW: No Hayne as it's better for the balance of the team.

Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Thu May 26, 2011 8:04 pm  

inside_man wrote:

NSW: No Hayne as it's better for the balance of the team.

Or because he's been off the boil for the last few months whereas Josh Dugan is looking like the next superstar.

Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Thu May 26, 2011 8:30 pm  

inside_man wrote:

NSW: No Hayne as it's better for the balance of the team.

Hayne has been average this season. Then again, you would have to watch the NRL to figure this out.

Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Thu May 26, 2011 8:35 pm  

Boris wrote:

Hayne has been average this season. Then again, you would have to watch the NRL to figure this out.

Duggans only a few weeks back from an injury. Both are excellent players. Personally I would have gone for Hayne, he's a player who can produce that little bit of magic which it often takes to win a big game I.e an origin fixture.

Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Thu May 26, 2011 8:38 pm  

Hayne hasn't been his blockbuster self but he still hasn't been average. Just the side around him isn't the best.

Point is that the NSW coach said they were two different styles of fb, Hayne acts as more of a playmaker and that wasn't the sort of player he wanted in the side so he went for Dugan.

Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Thu May 26, 2011 8:41 pm  

Last Son of Wigan wrote:

Duggans only a few weeks back from an injury. Both are excellent players. Personally I would have gone for Hayne, he's a player who can produce that little bit of magic which it often takes to win a big game I.e an origin fixture.

But his form has been poor. Is Stewart supposed to pick players simply on their form from 12 months ago?

Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Thu May 26, 2011 8:43 pm  

inside_man wrote:

Hayne hasn't been his blockbuster self but he still hasn't been average. Just the side around him isn't the best.

Point is that the NSW coach said they were two different styles of fb, Hayne acts as more of a playmaker and that wasn't the sort of player he wanted in the side so he went for Dugan.

The NSW side 'isn't the best' either.

Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Thu May 26, 2011 8:46 pm  

Boris wrote:

But his form has been poor. Is Stewart supposed to pick players simply on their form from 12 months ago?

I see your point and agree with regards to form, however I don't think he has been poor. Remember the Eels v bulldogs game a few weeks back? Only way they could stop him was by provoking him and getting him binned, changed the whole match.

Hayne is a match winner. Proven it on the big stage time and time again. Whatever it is, he has it.

Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Thu May 26, 2011 8:52 pm  

Last Son of Wigan wrote:

I see your point and agree with regards to form, however I don't think he has been poor. Remember the Eels v bulldogs game a few weeks back? Only way they could stop him was by provoking him and getting him binned, changed the whole match.

Hayne is a match winner. Proven it on the big stage time and time again. Whatever it is, he has it.

I was actually at that match. He was sensational for the first 25 minutes, and, as you quite rightly pointed out, the Dogs got under his skin and he lashed out. However, he was virtually non-existent in that second half. Regardless of what I think, Stewart is going to stick with the same 13 if he gets his way.