S-K said:
Ryles should not be there though.
Right, so despite Ryles being Australia's best forwards both games he shouldn't be there? No doubt O'meley should have been the first prop picked, but the class of Ryles cannot be denied.
S-K said:
Ryles will have to retire soon
Yeah... he's come back from a career threatening shoulder injury, one which would have retired many players already. Will be the standout forward next year, needs a full off season to build his shoulder to where it was and get his confidence back.
S-K said:
How?
S-K said:
Luke Bailey is twice the player that Ryles is yet Ryles is the one everyone talks up.
It's quite hard to compare, considering both play for the same club yet are injured so much they have hardly played together. Don't know how you can say "yet Ryles is the one talked up"... Bailey is an automatic selection in any rep side when fit, and most people I know rate him among the top 4 props in the world (O'meley, Bailey, Ryles, Webecke although he's getting on).
S-K said:
Berrigan is class. Berrigan runs lines very well and always pops up. Lockyer out does hurt Berrigan though due to their combo but Berrigan should still be there as he and Tonga are Australias best centres when fully fit. Cooper is good but he isn't better than Berrigan or Tonga.
Berrigan is decent, but doesn't deserve to be there. His form has been shit, and the first 2 matches he's done nothing. The amount of times he read the play wrong and got caught out in defence, forcing Sing to come out of the line was ridiculous. Gasnier is by far the best centre when fit, but that is 4 times a year. Cooper and Tonga are next, both still improving.
S-K said:
Sing didn't back himself with the line wide open, he went inside and bombed a try imo. He has had two games and has not done anything.
Berrigan has made him look shit. The attack hasn't gone their way much, but Berrigan hasn't given anything in attack. In defence he's made alot of mistakes reading the play, especially in Sunday's game, he was terrible.
S-K said:
Timmins is not the same player he used to be. He is solid but he isn't much more these days imo.
Agreed
S-K said:
He is lucky Crocker is hurt... Timmins does not offer the squad much imo as he will never be the starting lock with fitzy, carroll and ryan in the squad
Agreed, except Carroll is shit. Timmins definitely in front of Carroll.
S-K said:
But then again I've never won anything as a coach
Oh ok