Official Blayke Brailey

BurgoShark said:

4 minutes after this... Brailey uses good pass selection to Kaufusi, six-again and quick ptb, sets up a 4 on 2 (or 5 on 3) on the left edge. Trindall ****s it up.

Talakai and Ronnie unmarked outside WK here. Trindall runs sideways and then throws a **** pass which hits the deck.

(they score 2 players later anyway).

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BurgoShark said:

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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BurgoShark said:

2 mins later Brailey and Hynes get Kaufusi 1 on 1. He gets a quick ptb and it creates a 4-on-3. Hynes throws a **** pass, then instead of diving on it Trindall kicks it off the deck straight down Bula's throat.

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Jasonstevenswedgie said:

so he sets up one try, sets up a situations for line breaks and situations for us to score two more but the halves stuff it up. this was all in 25 to 30 min period.

what more would you like him to do?

pass it to himself so nobody stuffs it up?

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Wizard said:

I appreciate you going to the efforts of doing that

But I do feel like this is Chad Townsend and Matt Moylan all over again and those examples prove that Braileys game was no where near as valuable as Api’s

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Jasonstevenswedgie said:

so he sets up one try, sets up a situations for line breaks and situations for us to score two more but the halves stuff it up. this was all in 25 to 30 min period.

what more would you like him to do?

pass it to himself so nobody stuffs it up?

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BurgoShark said:

As I said mate... you wanted examples so you could disregard them

The way the game is commentated and reported heavily over-values the guy who threw the last pass and criminally undervalues the guy whose job it is to count the numbers and create the space. I think you've been sucked in to that.

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Wizard said:

No need for cheap shots, I don’t need to rattle Off times where you were wrong about certain players
I don’t disregard those examples,I just don’t think he’s great.. those are examples of things most of the average 9’s do.

Your examples just validated that Brailey didn’t have anywhere near a game that was as effective as Api’s I’ve got higher standards for Brailey and feel he can do more than just that

You could’ve put Berrell in the team on the weekend and the result would’ve been the exact same, to me if we want to win the comp Brailey needs to be more than that

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BurgoShark said:

I didn't say he was as effective as Api in the game. I said that for the period where the possession was roughly even Brailey was having a bigger impact on the game than Api.

Then Api gets 55 minutes of choice possession and field position; Brailey gets tackling practice.

If you think Brailey can win the game from his own end of the field without the ball, your standards are too high.

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Sludge said:

Watch for this bloke step up a gear this evening.

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Sludge said:

Watch for this bloke step up a gear this evening.

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