Daley can do a 'Lazarus'

I know ow his negatives are bad, his positives cover any other contender from taking his place, I get the ethos required and if you review my earlier posts on state of origin is pretty clear cut for me who is a must, who can be mentored and why others can't. Soo is a weird beast.

My holiday? Yeesh, spies everywhere! I can accept that he may be a fine coach and the players let him down and all of that. But when a player comes on and the opposition seem to be in a tad bit of trouble dealing with it, then I don't understand why you take him off. I have this image of the right side of the field and this massive amount of open space that Jeynolds was creating and players in motion and all of that good stuff that leads to tries. And then he gets replaced and those massive spaces fizzled away. Anyway, that was years ago so whatever. Go Glebe and Toronto.

It all started when Daley sent out Josh Reynolds where, in his first run in Origin, he kept running to the line, creating space for his outside men and NSW finally started to look properly dangerous. I'm thinking, wow, it won't be long before NSW score and then... after ten minutes of this, Daley pulls Jeynolds off. After that, I didn't think Daley could coach.

Great thread ... They have been talking about the end of the QLD dynasty for a few seasons now . QLD failed game one this year . Tough decisions made . New players given a shot . Another series win . Hats off to the QLD machine . The whole QLD organisation should take a bow . But wait .... I thought NSW were supposed to be getting the jump on them through this period .Going back to Pearce all the time is getting the jump ? The NSW process surely doesn't stand up to any scrutiny at all of late . After a series where QLD used more players than in any other series , at it's conclusion , rather than looking vulnerable , they look way better placed going forward into next year and seem to have the jump on NSW as far as the next generation goes . For NSW in 2017 , the team was beaten but the organisation was belted .

Pretty sure that selection process doesn't work at origin mate, stat's don't show character, 12 yrs selecting on stat's and latte's etc, we need some grit, Brown Rcg and why wasn't. B Greens name been thrown up for origin talks!

In terms of coaching Fittler seems to be the best option. He's got results for city against a clearly stronger country side. If not Freddy then maybe tooves, or won't be surprised if Dessie is available yet. Pay has raps but no experience. Hopefully at the dogs woods will learn to play more like klemmer. If they start well I'd consider Moses and Cleary for a halves spot, otherwise Maloneys a lock. Teddy, Hayne, bird, Jennings, tommy, Moylan, Maloney, fafita, peats, klemmer, cordner, Jackson, graham, Pearce, jake T, frizzell, Paulo

laurie is so loyal to his players that on more than one occasion he's picked clearly injured players. He needs to care more about the supporters than the players and hold them accountable for underperformance. Laurie might well be a decent first grade coach but probably not harsh enough for rep level.

The storm clouds are clearing now. I forecast some blue sky's ahead. But..... Qld have some great prospects in Munster/Morgan. Lots of prospects at 9 and 7.... NSW will have to fight for every series they win..... The talent emerging on both sides makes the next 5 yrs look very interesting.

My thoughts exactly "The Barry"

Hey Scott I'm aware of your background and value the insight that your analytics provide. Having said that I don't think you need a comprehensive review to know that Pearce is good at club level and a dud at rep level. It happens every year. I'd have no problem with him representing my club, I do with my state. I don't want to sound like I'm blaming the whole series loss on him because I'm not. It's not the fault of any one player. But with 18 games and seven series under his belt, Pearce has become the poster child for this failed generation. As a halfback to have played that many games and not won a MOM, to have never taken a game by the scruff of the neck, to have never kicked the field goal, thrown the pass, scored the try to win us a game or a series is nowhere near good enough for a 7. How many times will we say "Pearce is the best performed at club level, he's turned over a new leaf, he's earned another shot"? So, who would I pick ahead of Pearce? Anyone. Maloney and Moylan won G3 last year. Adam Reynolds, Cleary, Josh Reynolds, Townsend, Austin, Sezer, Elgey, Hodkinson, Brooks...any of them (almost) are worth taking a punt on ahead of Pearce.

Rcg may have missed that many in a game, I've never seen him miss that many ever so it could be that he couldn't grab with a hand or something, Rcg will play origin.

Agree we don't have leaders of that calibre - but I'm even looking at the simplest things such as keeping the team focussed and pushing up in defence! Like all those names, Tom T on Ferguson's wing was a no brainer to me

Really Scott, you need to look at the facts and stop pretending that you have some special qualities that you can see everything that no one else can. Pearce is a player that does everything over and over again and he has plenty of practice to be good at it.. However he is not a thinker therefore he is open to a lot of problems with his execution. Have a look at how he passes a ball to one his players only to have the opposition already on top of that player causing the player to be creamed. Pearce does not see what is ahead of him and as halfback in SOO that spells disaster. In regards to Daley a hell of a nice bloke but he makes too many mistakes to be a SOO coach. Nothing personal in these comments they are facts!