Official Blayke Brailey

[gando2230]

Bomber showed great faith in Tracey tonight.
Could of easily kept brailey out on the field. But Tracey needs 1st grade game time
And it paid off tonight Tracey getting a meat pie.

 

[Proud Shark]

First 40 was unreal, didn't run so much in the 2nd half. Is developing so damn well though.

 

[Capital_Shark]

I dunno if it was this thread or another where I said we gotta play through BB with bodies in motion both sides of the ruck. The kid is crafty as ****, the more options he has the better. More often than not he'll pick the right one because he has so.much.****ing.time.

When he's in his zone he creates time for himself with things like shaping up at DH with his feet & body position saying he's going left but he can pivot & go right as the ball is played which gets the D a half step the wrong way. Provides him a extra half second to size up his options.

A very young Cam Smith with some zip.

Lock him up for life. #9s like this don't come round often.

 

[Spanner shark]

Why isn't he playing 80?

I think we will see that in the last 3 rounds leading up to the semis

 

[Spanner shark]

Just like an oyster. Opening up slowly and showing the pearl soon

 

[MMsharks]

Just like an oyster. Opening up slowly and showing the pearl soon

lol
like this!!!

 

[Blue_Eyes84]

He's a tough bugger.

 

[Milkshark]

Has the cleanest pass from hooker in the comp

He can pass either direction with pin point accuracy, and quite a distance also

People dont understand how much that helps us

 

[Sparkles]

Has the cleanest pass from hooker in the comp

He can pass either direction with pin point accuracy, and quite a distance also

People dont understand how much that helps us

I do

 

[bort]

While he hasn't been drowning in Player of the Year votes from us he is consistently in the top probably 3rd or so of our players

 

[Wiz]

Has the cleanest pass from hooker in the comp

He can pass either direction with pin point accuracy, and quite a distance also

People dont understand how much that helps us

He was playing abit of first receiver too.

What a gun

 

[Gards]

Has the cleanest pass from hooker in the comp

not this game

some of them the timing and accuracy was a bit off backed up by poor handling by the receiving player and a resulting error but the conditions were atrocious and this isn't the norm with brails

he made some nice darts from dummy half early game but then when into his shell a bit like last week

he did play 80 mins though and his tackle numbers are quite impressive all things considered this game

 

[bort]

not this game

some of them the timing and accuracy was a bit off backed up by poor handling by the receiving player and a resulting error but the conditions were atrocious and this isn't the norm with brails

he made some nice darts from dummy half early game but then when into his shell a bit like last week

he did play 80 mins though and his tackle numbers are quite impressive all things considered this game

Spends a lot of time tackling middles, not surprised he slows down a bit as the game wears on.

Storm rested lil Papi over the weekend who is the same age as Blayke and, like Blayke, this is his first proper year as the starter.
He barely has to make any tackles although probably cops a few more whacks than Blayke and is only a few kilos lighter.

 

[BurgoShark]

While he hasn't been drowning in Player of the Year votes from us he is consistently in the top probably 3rd or so of our players

BB has consistently been one of the best on the field through 60 minutes. The PotY voting heavily favours the players who look good in the final 20 (e.g. players with a diamonds/rocks game will get lots of votes if the diamonds come late)

For Blayke, I guess for his development it means that while he is clearly a key player in the team, the next step for him is to become a difference maker in the last 20.

 

[CrazyMatt]

BB has consistently been one of the best on the field through 60 minutes. The PotY voting heavily favours the players who look good in the final 20 (e.g. players with a diamonds/rocks game will get lots of votes if the diamonds come late)

For Blayke, I guess for his development it means that while he is clearly a key player in the team, the next step for him is to become a difference maker in the last 20.

That’s a very unfair thing to write. Not everybody votes this way and I don’t think it’s even the majority.

 

[Sparkles]

CM mate, I think we'd agree that you don't get many votes for off the ball contributions.

 

[Sir Chadley]

BB has consistently been one of the best on the field through 60 minutes. The PotY voting heavily favours the players who look good in the final 20 (e.g. players with a diamonds/rocks game will get lots of votes if the diamonds come late)

For Blayke, I guess for his development it means that while he is clearly a key player in the team, the next step for him is to become a difference maker in the last 20.

I don't think Blayke gets many POTY votes because not many of us can see how he actually controls or doesn't control a game. It is much easier to judge other positions as you can see results, eg wingers, FB, centres scoring tries, halves setting them up, forwards making metres and doing hitups. It is really hard to see how a number 9 contributes unless he's having a shocker. When Blayke does everything well, I think it just comes across to most people as him having a normal good game. He'd probably have to make 3 or 4 Damien Cook like runs up the middle and kick a 40/20 or two to shine in front of others.

 

[CrazyMatt]

CM mate, I think we'd agree that you don't get many votes for off the ball contributions.

Well I’m not going to go through threads and threads of 3-2-1 threads to pick out examples so I’ll only speak for myself, I quite regularly give points for stand out defensive performances.

 

[bort]

I don't think Blayke gets many POTY votes because not many of us can see how he actually controls or doesn't control a game. It is much easier to judge other positions as you can see results, eg wingers, FB, centres scoring tries, halves setting them up, forwards making metres and doing hitups. It is really hard to see how a number 9 contributes unless he's having a shocker. When Blayke does everything well, I think it just comes across to most people as him having a normal good game. He'd probably have to make 3 or 4 Damien Cook like runs up the middle and kick a 40/20 or two to shine in front of others.

Look at the hookers who get Dally M votes... Cam Smith is arguably the best player ever and his influence is very obvious (Hodgson another similar one), players like Cook and Api make very impactful runs, Harry Grant is very good but stands out a lot because the rest of his team aren't as good/consistent, basically only battling Benji for points.

As I said before Blayke is often in my consideration but usually it is for just consistently good work but suffers from only rarely having a standout moment or big (offensive) measurables.

If we did a 5 vote he'd probably get 1 or 2 a lot

 

[Gards]

Spends a lot of time tackling middles, not surprised he slows down a bit as the game wears on.

Storm rested lil Papi over the weekend who is the same age as Blayke and, like Blayke, this is his first proper year as the starter.
He barely has to make any tackles although probably cops a few more whacks than Blayke and is only a few kilos lighter.

Which is a bit of a problem considering his replacement Tracey just does not engage the defense in the same way or successfully run the ball over the advantage line as well as Brailey early game

Our attack in the last 20 minutes falls nearly all on Shaun who has less space without the dummy half keeping the markers honest

I know Brailey played 80 mins this week and I don't question his defensive effort but he only made 3 runs which is a shame because it's an area of his game that he should be leveraging more but might have been a coaching thing this week. The early set kick in behind the line seem to be the setup.

He's more dangerous than his brother was for us in pretty much every facet though. Imagine how good he can be in 2021 for us

I don't think Blayke gets many POTY votes because not many of us can see how he actually controls or doesn't control a game. It is much easier to judge other positions as you can see results, eg wingers, FB, centres scoring tries, halves setting them up, forwards making metres and doing hitups. It is really hard to see how a number 9 contributes unless he's having a shocker. When Blayke does everything well, I think it just comes across to most people as him having a normal good game. He'd probably have to make 3 or 4 Damien Cook like runs up the middle and kick a 40/20 or two to shine in front of others.

His problem is not that he isn't playing well to earn POTY votes, it's that some blokes called SJ, Rudolf & Talakai are absolutely carving up every week