MotM vs Scotland

@chester-draws said in MotM vs Scotland:

@bones said in MotM vs Scotland:

@nepia @Crucial I dunno about you guys, but I count making poor offensive decisions and compounding it by being ragdolled like MN5 trying to show rugby knowledge as utter shit. If it was Ben Blair you fellas would be all over it.

Beauden threw forward passes, made a host of shit kicks, and showed no penetration at first receiver. However being on the end of an SBW offload and nice DMac line and he's a MOTM contender?

Apparently BB is allowed to run hot and cold. But DMac has to only run hot?

Funny I think the same thing about Cane. Cane gave away a dumb penalty and yellow card, made no turnovers that I can recall and didn't make an exceptional number of tackles. He just seems to always automatically get a third vote even if he is very ineffectual.

@hydro11 What is an exceptional amount of tackles? Fifita made the most at 18, Cane, Read and Crotty were second best with 15.

I agree he did dumb shit but he is always sharp in defence and he makes his tackles like he means it.

@hydro11 said in MotM vs Scotland:

@chester-draws said in MotM vs Scotland:

@bones said in MotM vs Scotland:

@nepia @Crucial I dunno about you guys, but I count making poor offensive decisions and compounding it by being ragdolled like MN5 trying to show rugby knowledge as utter shit. If it was Ben Blair you fellas would be all over it.

Beauden threw forward passes, made a host of shit kicks, and showed no penetration at first receiver. However being on the end of an SBW offload and nice DMac line and he's a MOTM contender?

Apparently BB is allowed to run hot and cold. But DMac has to only run hot?

Funny I think the same thing about Cane. Cane gave away a dumb penalty and yellow card, made no turnovers that I can recall and didn't make an exceptional number of tackles. He just seems to always automatically get a third vote even if he is very ineffectual.

He barely got any votes in this game. When are the other games you feel he was ineffectual?

@hydro11 said in MotM vs Scotland:

@chester-draws said in MotM vs Scotland:

@bones said in MotM vs Scotland:

@nepia @Crucial I dunno about you guys, but I count making poor offensive decisions and compounding it by being ragdolled like MN5 trying to show rugby knowledge as utter shit. If it was Ben Blair you fellas would be all over it.

Beauden threw forward passes, made a host of shit kicks, and showed no penetration at first receiver. However being on the end of an SBW offload and nice DMac line and he's a MOTM contender?

Apparently BB is allowed to run hot and cold. But DMac has to only run hot?

Funny I think the same thing about Cane. Cane gave away a dumb penalty and yellow card, made no turnovers that I can recall and didn't make an exceptional number of tackles. He just seems to always automatically get a third vote even if he is very ineffectual.

I can recall a Cane turnover in the first half - but then the game was only yesterday and I'll have forgotten it by tomorrow.

@hydro11

Cane is a tackling machine imho. His tackles are hugely effective. I reckon if he tackled less he would get more turnovers. i think hes been one of our most consistent this year.

@dmx plus we (TSF collective) have had the discussion about how we dont always play for turnovers as much as some teams do, been going on since Pocock was better than McCaw.

@hydro11 said in MotM vs Scotland:

@talisker said in MotM vs Scotland:

@nepia said in MotM vs Scotland:

Special mention to Hames for stamping ALL BLACK all over everything he came near.

I'll watch the game again tomorrow, but the penalty Hames won at the end for Berghan standing up - it looked to me for all the world that the ref got it sooooo wrong and Hames was boring in at almost 90 degrees, then up and under, forcing the tighthead to pop out of the scrum.

Yip I think you are completely right.

It was ever thus -- Phil Kearns was probably ecstatic!

@talisker said in MotM vs Scotland:

@hydro11

The thing is, as a prop (retired) I have to admire what Hames did, he knew the ref was on the other side, the touch judge was half the pitch away and there was no spider cam, so he went for it. On the one level I applaud it, on the other I'm outraged!!! outraged I tell you!

You front row guys inhabit a different world, don't you? Kudos to Hames for realising that in space no one can hear a TH scream?

Hames and SBW easy for me. Ioane and Whitelock excellent, but I think Taylor's work merits the third spot on this occasion.

Hames, Dmac and SBW for me. They created many inspirational moments for their team-mates in a toughie