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*Official* 2007 NRL Thread

Johnners

Johnners

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
****ing hell Knights, again, like the match vs the rabbits a few weeks ago, let in a try 3 minutes from time.
 
Dr_Brad

Dr_Brad

Banned
F**K YES ! All of the games right

Need Parramatta to get up and win and i'll have a perfect round my 4th for this year
 
NUFAN

NUFAN

Y no Afghanistan flag
Prince EWS said:
Seriously, we might as well rename this thread to "NRL Tipping Discussion."
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I know of a good rugby league site named Talking League where there is a lot of League discussion. :p

Can't believe McKinnon got sent off, crap decision.
 
howardj

howardj

International Coach
Burgey said:
Spot on. I think this year, you don't have to do all that much to win - just be "ready to play" (like you ever shouldn't be) and wait for the other side to not "turn up".

The footy will continue to get more dull because it's all possession and metres now. This means it's one out or dummy half running to soak up metres, and far less adventurous play. And while the interchange allows you to bring on fresh big blokes so often, there's no reward in playing other than that way with a 10 metre rule because it's the easiest way to get up the other end.

When's the last time we saw a deep-set backline move sweeping across the field? There's no value in it when you can just march up the other end by running one out, and the defensive line stays fresh because of the interchange rule, so they don't miss as many tackles. And because of the emphasis on field position now, the back lines play flat so that if the move breaks down there is no real significant loss of territory.

If there were less interchanges, you'd get back to the old softening up period for 15-20 minutes before the skilful players would take over more than they can now. And also, because of the interchange, you can keep running big blokes at the other side's play makers all game without the big blokes getting tired out, meaning the impact stays at a high level for longer and taking pure skill out of the game as well as increasing the risk of impact injuries to smaller players, who are increasingly likely to be lost to the game.

I've been a league follower since 1975, and I think the game's got real problems atm. It's becoming far less inventive and much more contrived. There are a stack of wonderful "athletes" playing, but all too few true footballers.
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For sure. They should pare back the interchanges to six (rather than the current twelve). They shouldn't keep teams back 11 or 12 metres either. It should 8 at the most. At least then you wouldn't be able to get a roll on by merely playing the ball quickly and running one out.
 
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