Official Blayke Brailey

[BurgoShark]

if brailey was playing half back, why was nicho on the field?

Maybe it happened 3 times then. The second one I'm thinking of it was confusion between Brailey and McInnes.

The one where Moylan runs in to Ben Hunt. It's not the hooker's job. That's on Moylan/Nicho. Brailey is 15m away up-field walking back onside like all middles are coached to do.

 

[BurgoShark]

Just saw the second one you are talking about. I missed that one. FFS there are two players there (Nikora and Hynes) and they both step away and leave it for each other. 100% Brailey's fault though hey mate?

Brailey is where is supposed to be on that play. In general you don't want your hooker playing dummy half on the extremities of the field, unless you are inside the attacking 20 or so.

So Nicho ****s up twice, with help from Moylan and Nikora... but it's Brailey's fault... because Brailey.

 

[Six Again]

Just saw the second one you are talking about. I missed that one. FFS there are two players there (Nikora and Hynes) and they both step away and leave it for each other. 100% Brailey's fault though hey mate?

Brailey is where is supposed to be on that play. In general you don't want your hooker playing dummy half on the extremities of the field, unless you are inside the attacking 20 or so.

So Nicho ****s up twice, with help from Moylan and Nikora... but it's Brailey's fault... because Brailey.

Yeah , and don't want to spoil his saint status today but lets not forget the Hunt try

 

[snowman]

Just saw the second one you are talking about. I missed that one. FFS there are two players there (Nikora and Hynes) and they both step away and leave it for each other. 100% Brailey's fault though hey mate?

Brailey is where is supposed to be on that play. In general you don't want your hooker playing dummy half on the extremities of the field, unless you are inside the attacking 20 or so.

So Nicho ****s up twice, with help from Moylan and Nikora... but it's Brailey's fault... because Brailey.

yeh it is

he does **** all else, the least he could do is get to dummy half on the 5th tackle to pass it to the kicker

 

[Sparkles]

yeh it is

he does **** all else, the least he could do is get to dummy half on the 5th tackle to pass it to the kicker

You don't believe it's the hookers job to cover every single play the ball. That's a stretch, even for your schtick to hang **** on Brailey

 

[snowman]

You don't believe it's the hookers job to cover every single play the ball. That's a stretch, even for your schtick to hang **** on Brailey

the **** does nothing else, its the least he could do

 

[Sparkles]

the **** does nothing else, its the least he could do

Even you said he can get through his tackles. Laid a few good shots on yesterday too.... Little bugger can punch well above his weight when we're in the mood to play that way

 

[stormshark]

They ran at him heaps, especially early.

 

[bort]

Just saw the second one you are talking about. I missed that one. FFS there are two players there (Nikora and Hynes) and they both step away and leave it for each other. 100% Brailey's fault though hey mate?

Brailey is where is supposed to be on that play. In general you don't want your hooker playing dummy half on the extremities of the field, unless you are inside the attacking 20 or so.

So Nicho ****s up twice, with help from Moylan and Nikora... but it's Brailey's fault... because Brailey.

Brailey's fault - he is the hooker, get in and do it. But I can understand a hesitation when it is Nicho and also when it is Nicho first game back.
Also don't know exact circumstances though - Nicho may have called it, then seen it was Blayke so backed off, then saw Blayke back off because he called it, and they get in the you go left I'll go right dance.

I do think it is hyper critical to go after Blayke about these on this occasion given he gets to the position as much if not more than any other hooker in the league. Will worry me if it keeps happening. Perhaps something like the first one happened just because the players are so used to Blayke getting there that there was no urgency.

Blayke also had a forward pass call to McInnes. I think Blayke wanted to go deep but there was no receiver there, Hynes was set up but was too wide. Cam ran as a decoy and by the time Blayke saw deep wasn't on Cam had overrun and Blayke threw forward. Would always like your hooker to hold those but in the heat of the moment when you are expecting to pass it can be hard not to. Error by Blayke but some miscommunication somewhere too. I don't think McInnes was particularly expecting the ball but someone was missing from the deep option.

Everyone touching the ball as much as Blayke does will bugger up at times. Blayke actually one of the safest.
Eels game was on the line and Reed went himself into a stack of bodies and got held up on last, passed the ball directly into the ground, and then made another mistake too (although I forget what the third one was).

I did think Blayke moved around a bit more and came out and engaged markers a bit more this week.

 

[snowman]

1st and 2nd tackle - responsibility of the back 5

tackle 3-5 - braileys responsibility

this was tackle 5, its his fault

but burgo will go on a mad rant to be edgy and blame someone else & be wrong again, which is cool

but its blaykes fault /discussion

 

[BurgoShark]

Brailey's fault - he is the hooker, get in and do it. But I can understand a hesitation when it is Nicho and also when it is Nicho first game back.
Also don't know exact circumstances though - Nicho may have called it, then seen it was Blayke so backed off, then saw Blayke back off because he called it, and they get in the you go left I'll go right dance.

I do think it is hyper critical to go after Blayke about these on this occasion given he gets to the position as much if not more than any other hooker in the league. Will worry me if it keeps happening. Perhaps something like the first one happened just because the players are so used to Blayke getting there that there was no urgency.

Blayke also had a forward pass call to McInnes. I think Blayke wanted to go deep but there was no receiver there, Hynes was set up but was too wide. Cam ran as a decoy and by the time Blayke saw deep wasn't on Cam had overrun and Blayke threw forward. Would always like your hooker to hold those but in the heat of the moment when you are expecting to pass it can be hard not to. Error by Blayke but some miscommunication somewhere too. I don't think McInnes was particularly expecting the ball but someone was missing from the deep option.

Everyone touching the ball as much as Blayke does will bugger up at times. Blayke actually one of the safest.
Eels game was on the line and Reed went himself into a stack of bodies and got held up on last, passed the ball directly into the ground, and then made another mistake too (although I forget what the third one was).

I did think Blayke moved around a bit more and came out and engaged markers a bit more this week.

We must be talking about a different situation. I'm talking about the Hynes/Nikora one, where they get there and tap it along the ground to Kennedy. Is there another one with Hynes/Brailey? When was that?

 

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We must be talking about a different situation. I'm talking about the Hynes/Nikora one, where they get there and tap it along the ground to Kennedy. Is there another one with Hynes/Brailey? When was that?

Oh I haven't watched back, that does sound like what happened, I had thought that was Hynes/Blayke. Indecision makes even more sense if neither is Blayke.

Assuming he had a good enough reason to not get to hooker in that situation and the one with Hunt in ruck I'm not sure how much he has done wrong here then.

 

[BurgoShark]

Oh I haven't watched back, that does sound like what happened, I had thought that was Hynes/Blayke. Indecision makes even more sense if neither is Blayke.

Assuming he had a good enough reason to not get to hooker in that situation and the one with Hunt in ruck I'm not sure how much he has done wrong here then.

Yep.

 

[Matty C of the Shire]

I hope we give healys kid some game time in nsw cup. He has some good potential

 

[snowman]

I hope we give healys kid some game time in nsw cup. He has some good potential

healys kid wouldnt get a run as berrell was outstanding on the weekend

 

[Vichyssoise]

So blaming Brailey for everything under the sun is still a thing, I see.

Not to mention that grass is always greener...

 

[Western Sharkie]

Brailey might be one of “the players” Fitz was referring to in his presser.

Where he said something along the lines of some players needing to step up from previous performances

 

[bort]

Brailey might be one of “the players” Fitz was referring to in his presser.

Where he said something along the lines of some players needing to step up from previous performances

Could be
Also got a Dally M vote though

 

[Wiz]

Brailey might be one of “the players” Fitz was referring to in his presser.

Where he said something along the lines of some players needing to step up from previous performances

This is the first time in a while I’ve heard him actually target his players.

I like it

 

[Gards]

Could be
Also got a Dally M vote though

Who on earth was voting? I watched the game and while I didn't think Brailz had a shocker he probs didn't deserve a Dally M vote either considering how many other good performers there were

So I checked the stats in case I missed something and they actually paint an even worse picture for Brailz, alot more missed tackles than usual and he wasn't top tackler this week (yes he made some good tackles and occasionally threw a good pass where it needed to go)

He get's a hard time because he just doesn't offer as much with the ball in hand as we would like so now there is less forgiveness for any other mistakes (perceived or otherwise) that we can argue about who was to blame for till the cows come home.

I know he's got one of the toughest and most fatigue inducing roles on the field but it doesn't mean we shouldn't want better and he is the specialist paid and chosen for that position that has alot of hype behind him for a bloke that is now in his mid 20's and hardly seems to have evolved much in a couple seasons

Yea he's still young but he is also far from a rookie teenager - maybe he will bloom a bit later but he shouldn't be immune to reasonable critique where valid and appropriate in the mean time.

Perhaps he is caught in an awkward position between the way he wants to play and the way the coach wants him to play but it's hard to tell with his nonchalant laid back demeanor so who knows if that even bothers him or if he is content where his game and performances are at.

Look I am sure he wants to improve and is keen to keeping learning but it's hard to tell if the roadblocks come from within or are more external.

The most surprising thing was opposition players getting into our ruck to challenge the loose ball on the ground without us having a dummy half and it being play on. I nearly always see the ref penalise the defending team for not being square or breaking early (or playing at the arm)

Guess in these 2 instances on the weekend it was pretty clear cut we simply just didn't pick the ball up so it was deemed fair game.