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Wizard said:
You want to win a comp ? You need your players especially those in the spine to be wanting to win at all costs. We are not a team that can afford to have a 9 that isnt looking to manipulate the oppositions ruck especially when we have seen how creative Brailey can be, especially if your 6 and 7 constantly like to play eyes up footy that makes our 9 going at holes even more effective.

This is why Mahoney,Robson,Api,Cook,Grant etc are different and are much better

Kennedy, Ronaldo, Uele, Rudolph, Katoa, Nikora are all in the same boat as Brailey, they should by now know there is another level they need to regularly be at to win the comp
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Doesn't look to manipulate the ruck? Brailey does this well. He regularly catches lazy markers and gets in behind or a 6 again. The issue others have raised is how he can stop once he gets the advantage to look for a pass. He's not much smaller than the hookers you mentioned, other than Robson, so I don't think size is the issue. I'd say the main issue with this is our support game through the ruck is dog ****, so he has to slow up more to find that pass.

Bold part I think is a huge issue too. We didn't get enough hit outs against good sides to find that level. Fitz and Wade spoke through the year about "working out what kind of team we were". I think we worked it out on bad data, constantly playing poor sides glossing over our weaknesses and winning games with tonnes of errors. Hopefully next year we get some more opportunities to develop that grit and desire.
 
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Proud Shark said:
Doesn't look to manipulate the ruck? Brailey does this well. He regularly catches lazy markers and gets in behind or a 6 again. The issue others have raised is how he can stop once he gets the advantage to look for a pass. He's not much smaller than the hookers you mentioned, other than Robson, so I don't think size is the issue. I'd say the main issue with this is our support game through the ruck is dog ****, so he has to slow up more to find that pass.

Bold part I think is a huge issue too. We didn't get enough hit outs against good sides to find that level. Fitz and Wade spoke through the year about "working out what kind of team we were". I think we worked it out on bad data, constantly playing poor sides glossing over our weaknesses and winning games with tonnes of errors. Hopefully next year we get some more opportunities to develop that grit and desire.
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For me he just needs to go in that situation at times, I know he's not as fast as some of the other hookers but when he slows down and almost submits, I find that infuriating if I'm honest.
 
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HaroldBishop said:
Disagree on Ronaldo mate, he has gone to a whole new level this year, up there with the best wingers now. That coming from someone who was a massive doubter last year.
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I’m not having a go at anyone on that list just saying hopefully by now that group of players know what it takes ..
 
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Rob said:
Is it just a coincidence that all the top hoookers play behind dominating forward packs? Or a great kicking & organising half? Supported buy an elusive fullback?
It’s not rocket science
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Our forward pack is big, mobile and skillfull while racking up the experience

Is it just a coincidence that all the dominating forward packs play in front of a top hooker?

Tiger Shark said:
Is Brailey going to live rent free in everyone’s heads for the next several years he’s going to be our hooker lol.
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Not free, I charge him a nominal fee - same as I did Moylan last season

Unless Blayke goes to Newcastle to replace his brother I can retire in 4 years
 
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Gards said:
Our forward pack is big, mobile and skillfull while racking up the experience

Is it just a coincidence that all the dominating forward packs play in front of a top hooker?



Not free, I charge him a nominal fee - same as I did Moylan last season

Unless Blayke goes to Newcastle to replace his brother I can retire in 4 years
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Our pack isn't big
 
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I'm not going to write him off .
I reckon next year will be his break out season .
Fitz will work with him and the halves heaps in this summer having seen how his operate.
Hopefully he will grow into his body and stack on some muscle .
He has the basics of good defence , a decent scurry for an offside penalty when he sees that it's on .
Now it's time to kick more , pass accurately and choose the best option regularly.
Not impossible that he can improve .
Maybe judge him at the end of 2023.
 
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MrDravid said:
9 missed tackles, 2 ineffective tackles and 1 non attempt when Cotter scored. Sorry... stat's again.
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Just reading the player ratings. Didn't expect this from what I've been hearing here.

9. REED MAHONEY 7

A mixed bag for the workhorse hooker in his 100th NRL game. Threw a forward pass out of dummy half, which turned the ball over on the 50-metre line. But he set up Campbell-Gillard and also dived on a Chad Townsend grubber to clean-up a potential try. Finished with a mammoth 55 tackles, but seven misses.
 
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Gards said:
Our forward pack is big, mobile and skillfull while racking up the experience

Is it just a coincidence that all the dominating forward packs play in front of a top hooker?



Not free, I charge him a nominal fee - same as I did Moylan last season

Unless Blayke goes to Newcastle to replace his brother I can retire in 4 years
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It’s definitely not a coincidence
 
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