Official Blayke Brailey

[Proud Shark]

Extended him too early and for too long

First error of fitz retention

Disagree.

He is showing steady improvement every season. Given the lack of quality hookers in the comp, locking him up was a great call, especially as he won't be breaking the bank.

 

[andrew's_sharks]

Extended him too early and for too long

First error of fitz retention

He has been good. Giving away a couple too many penalties. But he is one of the best young hookers in the game.

 

[samshark]

He would be if he backed himself and ran the ball when the opportunity arose. Doesn't like the contact

 

[Capital_Shark]

He would be if he backed himself and ran the ball when the opportunity arose. Doesn't like the contact

mate I think that's a bit off. He's 86 kg, 23 and has played 75 NRL games in the middle. If he doesn't like contact, he's picked the worst position in the worst game for contact.

 

[Thresher]

We're only 3rd on the ladder. Sack him.

 

[egg]

We're only 3rd on the ladder. Sack him.

Yeah , if we're not top 2 come finals time , he's got to go

 

[samshark]

mate I think that's a bit off. He's 86 kg, 23 and has played 75 NRL games in the middle. If he doesn't like contact, he's picked the worst position in the worst game for contact.

I’ll rephrase ‘doesn’t like being tackled’. It’s there for all to see. Never runs hard at holes, pulls up before defenders, ducks his head to protect himself. The guy is extremely quick. Who’d know though.

 

[Sparkles]

I’ll rephrase ‘doesn’t like being tackled’. It’s there for all to see. Never runs hard at holes, pulls up before defenders, ducks his head to protect himself. The guy is extremely quick. Who’d know though.

The Cam Smith blueprint for lightweight hookers

 

[Sparkles]

Huge defensive first half. Your can't question his appetite for contact after that effort

 

[bort]

59 tackles 1 miss

 

[MMsharks]

59 tackles 1 miss

wow!
massive effort

eliminated those ruck penalties this week

 

[sharkstragic]

He did so much work in D he didn’t even offer a lot in attack. They ran everything at him

 

[Sparkles]

59 tackles 1 miss

But he didn't play for NSW

 

[Gards]

Respect for that tackle count, would be excused for missing more than 1 after making 59 of em in the wet

Dunno if it was coaches instructions or what to keep it simple but he was our Andrew McCullough tonight - tackled and passed all night but offered next to nothing with the ball or in attack, really didn't pose a threat or give the defense much to think about other than which player he gunna cart it over to this ruck - the forward 1 wide , or the half 2 wide

If Brailz gotta conserve his energy to make tackles and get into dummy half then we need to go back to having a relief hooker on the bench cause we needed more tonight that just a tackle bot

Does my head in this player, does he want to stay in his shell or not ? We need better come finals from him and the coaches shouldn't be trying to turn him into a Cam Smith style 9 which he isn't. The team needed a bit more help from their hooker in attack tonight beyond just receiving the ball from him

Might seem harsh but honestly compare him to what API gave the Panthers or even the game before what Starling gave the Raiders and tell me you don't want a piece of that

 

[Proud Shark]

Respect for that tackle count, would be excused for missing more than 1 after making 59 of em in the wet

Dunno if it was coaches instructions or what to keep it simple but he was our Andrew McCullough tonight - tackled and passed all night but offered next to nothing with the ball or in attack, really didn't pose a threat or give the defense much to think about other than which player he gunna cart it over to this ruck - the forward 1 wide , or the half 2 wide

If Brailz gotta conserve his energy to make tackles and get into dummy half then we need to go back to having a relief hooker on the bench cause we needed more tonight that just a tackle bot

Does my head in this player, does he want to stay in his shell or not ? We need better come finals from him and the coaches shouldn't be trying to turn him into a Cam Smith style 9 which he isn't. The team needed a bit more help from their hooker in attack tonight beyond just receiving the ball from him

Might seem harsh but honestly compare him to what API gave the Panthers or even the game before what Starling gave the Raiders and tell me you don't want a piece of that

Api yeah, Starling no. Api is a seasoned vet though who is at the top of his craft. Penrith completely eliminated him tonight by making him work his ass off. If it was to become a regular occurance I'd be tempted to go for a bench hooker if we had one available, but I'm not sure we really do.

 

[apezza]

Api yeah, Starling no. Api is a seasoned vet though who is at the top of his craft. Penrith completely eliminated him tonight by making him work his ass off. If it was to become a regular occurance I'd be tempted to go for a bench hooker if we had one available, but I'm not sure we really do.

We have McInnes you could chuck in there for 20 mins if you had to.

 

[andrew's_sharks]

Respect for that tackle count, would be excused for missing more than 1 after making 59 of em in the wet

Dunno if it was coaches instructions or what to keep it simple but he was our Andrew McCullough tonight - tackled and passed all night but offered next to nothing with the ball or in attack, really didn't pose a threat or give the defense much to think about other than which player he gunna cart it over to this ruck - the forward 1 wide , or the half 2 wide

If Brailz gotta conserve his energy to make tackles and get into dummy half then we need to go back to having a relief hooker on the bench cause we needed more tonight that just a tackle bot

Does my head in this player, does he want to stay in his shell or not ? We need better come finals from him and the coaches shouldn't be trying to turn him into a Cam Smith style 9 which he isn't. The team needed a bit more help from their hooker in attack tonight beyond just receiving the ball from him

Might seem harsh but honestly compare him to what API gave the Panthers or even the game before what Starling gave the Raiders and tell me you don't want a piece of that

It was clearly a tactic by Penrith to run at him all game. it was tough going in the wet and we made too many errors which made him have to defend more.

 

[samshark]

Got to start offering more in attack. Api changed the game for the panthers.

 

[MrDravid]

Got to start offering more in attack. Api changed the game for the panthers.

Api has played more than double the games of Brailey.

 

[samshark]

And Brailey's played double that of Harry Grant. A hooker has to run.