Official Blayke Brailey

Wizard · Mar 23, 2024

bort said:
We won them the game

Disagree, Api did the damage and we just rolled over

Wizard · Mar 23, 2024

Sparkles said:
He has been good. Even running it more, just like we wanted. He's building, not doubt. The ball to Tommy for the try was very selective and sharp

I hope you’re right. 6 years of building this mf better come out with a tower or something

Sparkles · Mar 24, 2024

Wizard said:
I hope you’re right. 6 years of building this mf better come out with a tower or something

The Big Banana, Merino, next the Big Blayke eh?

Western Sharkie · Mar 24, 2024

HaroldBishop said:
Api is an absolute gun mate, not many like him.

I like him. Nothing against him at all.

Wish he played for us….

Sparkles · Mar 24, 2024

Western Sharkie said:
I like him. Nothing against him at all.

Wish he played for us….

Which one is the 'groan' emoji?

Western Sharkie · Mar 24, 2024

Sparkles said:
Which one is the 'groan' emoji?

Just try this one

BurgoShark · Mar 24, 2024

Thought he was outstanding in the first half when the Sharks actually had the ball. Was every bit as good as Api right up until the point when possession swung to 70%+ in the Tigers favour.

Pretty hard for a hooker to have any influence on his team's attacking game when they don't have the ball though. Tackled his ass off, didn't miss many, didn't make any errors. Hardly a masterclass but he wasn't the problem.

Wizard · Mar 24, 2024

BurgoShark said:
Thought he was outstanding in the first half when the Sharks actually had the ball. Was every bit as good as Api right up until the point when possession swung to 70%+ in the Tigers favour.

Pretty hard for a hooker to have any influence on his team's attacking game when they don't have the ball though. Tackled his ass off, didn't miss many, didn't make any errors. Hardly a masterclass but he wasn't the problem.

nah nah nah

How ?

Apart from that pass to Hazelton which was well played, Brailey added zilch to our attack - he didn’t make no difference to our final result what so ever

I would love for someone to tell me the moments where Brailey caused the Tigers any problems

The gap between him and the better 9’s was clear last night

BurgoShark · Mar 24, 2024

Wizard said:
nah nah nah

How ?

Apart from that pass to Hazelton which was well played, Brailey added zilch to our attack - he didn’t make no difference to our final result what so ever

I would love for someone to tell me the moments where Brailey caused the Tigers any problems

The gap between him and the better 9’s was clear last night

Haha - so you can ignore or disregard them?

Brailz was all over the Tigers for the first 25 or so. Then Hynes, Trindall, Ramien, McInnes and Hazelton decided they would try to jam as many errors and penalties into a 30 minute period as humanly possible, Brailey gets 30 minutes of tackle practice.

Thresher · Mar 24, 2024

Thought he was hard done by on at least one occasion when he ran at some offside defenders and they made the tackle and weren't penalised.

Do the refs look at that kind of play as milking these days?

Wizard · Mar 24, 2024

BurgoShark said:
Haha - so you can ignore or disregard them?

Brailz was all over the Tigers for the first 25 or so. Then Hynes, Trindall, Ramien, McInnes and Hazelton decided they would try to jam as many errors and penalties into a 30 minute period as humanly possible, Brailey gets 30 minutes of tackle practice.

No, genuinely asking.

If someone’s going to say Brailey was having as good as a first half as Api was then I’d love to know the moments (other than the Hazelton play) that gave you that impression ?

Api single handedly through his own runs and smarts destroyed us - saying Brailey had as good of a game even if just for the first half is wild to me but I’m happy to be corrected

Gards · Mar 24, 2024

bort said:
You should be asking why can’t someone else do better

Maybe they can but they aren't allowed out of Cup

bort · Mar 24, 2024

Gards said:
Maybe they can but they aren't allowed out of Cup

We have loads of players who don’t play cup

Gards · Mar 24, 2024

bort said:
We have loads of players who don’t play cup

Yea and they are not the ones I'm thinking of

bort · Mar 24, 2024

Gards said:
Yea and they are not the ones I'm thinking of

So it’s Blayke’s fault he wins our player of the year and absolutely nobody else in our entire club has any responsibility to play up to a level to win it instead - and that is a criticism of Blayke?
Wild

BurgoShark · Mar 24, 2024

Wizard said:
No, genuinely asking.

If someone’s going to say Brailey was having as good as a first half as Api was then I’d love to know the moments (other than the Hazelton play) that gave you that impression ?

Api single handedly through his own runs and smarts destroyed us - saying Brailey had as good of a game even if just for the first half is wild to me but I’m happy to be corrected

I wouldn’t say Api did it single-handedly. He did it on the back of having time and space. That is dependent on other players within his own team providing offloads, quick ptb’s and pushing up in support.

When the game was close to 50/50 possession Blayke was having the better game and was having a greater influence on the result through engaging the markers to get his runners into space, plus some good runs. Some where he should have been rewarded with 6-again calls, and at least one run where if he had support it could have led to a line break and/or try. The difference was that Api had Olam pushing up, and Blayke had nobody.

Once the Tigers got a massive share of possession Api was able to ice a few big moments.

Blayke was only given one opportunity in the attacking end with time and space, which he also iced.

If the Tigers halves were a cluster**** for 30 minutes straight and Blayke had a hand in 3 tries on the back of 75% possession people would be saying he can only do it against **** teams.

In this 30 minute instance Api only did it against a **** team.

Wizard · Mar 24, 2024

BurgoShark said:
I wouldn’t say Api did it single-handedly. He did it on the back of having time and space. That is dependent on other players within his own team providing offloads, quick ptb’s and pushing up in support.

When the game was close to 50/50 possession Blayke was having the better game and was having a greater influence on the result through engaging the markers to get his runners into space, plus some good runs. Some where he should have been rewarded with 6-again calls, and at least one run where if he had support it could have led to a line break and/or try. The difference was that Api had Olam pushing up, and Blayke had nobody.

Once the Tigers got a massive share of possession Api was able to ice a few big moments.

Blayke was only given one opportunity in the attacking end with time and space, which he also iced.

If the Tigers halves were a cluster**** for 30 minutes straight and Blayke had a hand in 3 tries on the back of 75% possession people would be saying he can only do it against **** teams.

In this 30 minute instance Api only did it against a **** team.

You’re making it sound like Brailey was creating just as much as Api was..

You put Brailey in that Tigers team yesterday and there is no way he gets anywhere close to what Api did and if you put Api in that Sharks team yesterday he creates chances/opportunities that Brailey could never. Brailey had many opportunities to ice on their line, set after set we were camped there.

I’m ok with understanding Brailey will never be that guy that turns a game for us.. you literally could’ve put Berrell in there yesterday and the result would’ve been the same

BurgoShark · Mar 24, 2024

Wizard said:
You’re making it sound like Brailey was creating just as much as Api was..

Imo when the Sharks and Tigers had an even share of ball Brailey was creating MORE than Api was.

It’s not just about try scoring plays.

Wizard said:
You put Brailey in that Tigers team yesterday and there is no way he gets anywhere close to what Api did and if you put Api in that Sharks team yesterday he creates chances/opportunities that Brailey could never.

Disagree.

Brailey actually had games last year with similar possession and opportunities as Api did last night, with similar results.

Wizard said:
Brailey had many opportunities to ice on their line, set after set we were camped there.

Brailey had one opportunity to take advantage of a quick ptb with no markers inside 20. Setup one try.

Being camped at the attacking end means bugger all for the hooker creating opportunities if the forwards are getting rolled on their backs like puppy dogs.

Wizard said:
I’m ok with understanding Brailey will never be that guy that turns a game for us.

Sure. That doesn’t mean he’s garbage though.

Wizard said:
. you literally could’ve put Berrell in there yesterday and the result would’ve been the same

Again - sure. From the 25 minute mark there were more poor performances from Sharks players that could be made up for by any single player.

Hooker is dependent on the other players putting in a competent performance, and his team having the ball

Wizard · Mar 24, 2024

BurgoShark said:
Imo when the Sharks and Tigers had an even share of ball Brailey was creating MORE than Api was.

It’s not just about try scoring plays.

Disagree.

Brailey actually had games last year with similar possession and opportunities as Api did last night, with similar results.

Brailey had one opportunity to take advantage of a quick ptb with no markers inside 20. Setup one try.

Being camped at the attacking end means bugger all for the hooker creating opportunities if the forwards are getting rolled on their backs like puppy dogs.

Sure. That doesn’t mean he’s garbage though.

Again - sure. From the 25 minute mark there were more poor performances from Sharks players that could be made up for by any single player.

Hooker is dependent on the other players putting in a competent performance, and his team having the ball

Burg do you rate Braileys game yesterday more than a 7 out of 10 ?

I don’t think Brailey is garbage I just think he’s average maybe better than average some games

BurgoShark · Mar 24, 2024

Wizard said:
Burg do you rate Braileys game yesterday more than a 7 out of 10 ?

I don’t think Brailey is garbage I just think he’s average maybe better than average some games

For sure.

Was 9/10 in defence… which is what he did most of the night.

Easily better than 7/10 in that first 25. Even if you want to say he was average in attack after that, it’s not on him that they never had the ball.

People remember the end more than the start though. As I always say, playing great in the first half and then being “just ok” after that won’t get you as much love as having a stinker for 60 and a blinder in the final 20.

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