Channel 9: Braith may go to Golf

[chook 56]

Braith would need to have a decent Dummy Spit (like Big John ...lol) before he would make the grade.

[Vasco]

You're being as irrational as always when it comes to Braith Fred. There's no way that Braith is worse than that Vermin dud Sutton and whichever nuffies Titans and NQ dredge up. I'd put him above Ben Roberts too.

He also played better than the drunkard at 5/8 last year as well. Not that you will ever admit that.

NC

So he's about the third worst five eighth in the comp, but around the third highest paid. Hmmmm.

[Guest]

So he's about the third worst five eighth in the comp, but around the third highest paid. Hmmmm.

the main problem we have with braith and pearce in the halves is that they are both very similar players - organisers and leaders. that is why they arent the most inspiring 6 & 7 floating around. that said, the back end of last year proved that they can work as a pairing with the right players around them and under the correct game plan.

as for being in the bottom 3 6s in the NRL, that is crap.

5/8s in the NRL worse than Anasta:
whoever the broncos field, keating (dogs), lui/thompson/morgan (cows), roberts (parra), burns (penrith), sutton (souths), henry (titans)

5/8s in the NRL on par with Anasta:
Campese, Soward (just although i would prefer anasta), mullen, maloney

5/8s who are potentially better than anasta but not yet expereinced/consistent enough:
foran, widdop

5/8s already better than anasta:
carney (cronulla) and marshall (tigers)


based on that, anasta would have to be in the top 6 5/8s in the comp at any one point in time. apart from carney, marshall or foran there are no other 5/8s around that i would pick-up as 'improvements' on braith. wade graham imo would be the ideal replacement due to the halves situation at cronulla but this is the reality. yes braith is not infallible but i dont think he is a major problem in our team. the key is hatching a game plan that maximises the effectiveness of these guys. carrying an backrower like bird, stewart or SBW who can ball play and give our attack an extra dimension and unpredictability and get a replacement for mini. Add to that guys like moga, tagive, henry, RTS who will no doubt revitalise our left edge and aubusson returning on the right and suddenly we have plenty of good attacking options

[Guest]

Yeah right.

You must be kidding.

Campo, soward, Mullen and Maloney on par with anasta.

Yeah right.

All of them are far better than anasta.

Foran not yet consistent enough to be better than anasta. He only is "potentially" better than anasta.

Yeah right.

He's already 100 times better than anasta.

You mustn't have watched any footy this year to see how consistently excellent foran is and how consistently ineffective anasta is.

[Guest]

Yeah right.

You must be kidding.

Campo, soward, Mullen and Maloney on par with anasta.

Yeah right.

All of them are far better than anasta.

Foran not yet consistent enough to be better than anasta. He only is "potentially" better than anasta.

Yeah right.

He's already 100 times better than anasta.

You mustn't have watched any footy this year to see how consistently excellent foran is and how consistently ineffective anasta is.

i mustnt have watched footy this year? with your wealth of footy watching over the year you would then be all too familiar with the absence of campese, MIA mullen and sowards disastrous post-origin phase. foran was consistent this year yes but anointing a 50-odd game 21 year old in the top 3 6s in the comp is a bit pre-mature imo. even more out of respect for carney and marshall who are in a league of their own. maloney is consistent like anasta. just wait until he swaps clubs/comes here and it will be there for all to see that he is no better than braith.

i am not and have never been a braith champion/defender in fact this is the first time i have involved myself in this type of discussion but if you honestly think soward, mullen and maloney are better than braith you are kidding. foran will be better and campo at times is better but imo some of the anastas stronger performances would be on par with those of campese. dont forget campese's awful origin performance when he was picked off the back of his canberra form. sometimes his performances are a case of a being the best of an average bunch. the only player on your list that anasta did not outplay post carney being stood-down at the back end of the season was foran.

on maloney, for a bloke that is 'streets ahead of anasta', what happened on gf day? his forwards definitely did their job and they had ample ball in the last 25 odd minutes of the game. for me he failed to impose himself. maloney is a journeyman. yes he is a talented played but he is far from a prodigy. did it occur to anyone that the bloke was spat out of the storm right around the time that they were looking for a new 6 post hill and inglis? he is no better than braith thats for sure.

on foran, the questions marks over the consistency of his game/his development are only mirrored by his 4 nations form. i can appreciate that it is a higher level of football but the bloke has not made the slightest impact and gone missing every time he has pulled on a black jumper. yes he is young, yes he is playing out of position etc but this is what i mean by not experienced/consistent enough. anasta has won a premiership, played at all levels, been club captain for coming up to 4 season and has 200+ first grade games. foran needs another year or so under his belt before he can truly put himself well clear of anasta.

[Guest]

And braith has "imposed" himself in rep footy has he?

He is so bad that they have been looking to play players out of position rather than pick him again

[Guest]

Come on Fred. Atleast Roz provides facts, rather than goes the short, sharp and bleeding obvious. The crap that you keep coming up with, is getting pretty boring.

[Guest]

And braith has "imposed" himself in rep footy has he?

He is so bad that they have been looking to play players out of position rather than pick him again

the point youre missing though fred which i am trying to make is that no matter how 'bad' the bloke is, it is indisputable that he is in the top 6 odd 5/8s in the comp. that even accounts for your rating of campese and co as better than him so as far as im concerned i cant see a problem. the reality is that the guys ahead of him we have no chance of getting (carney, marshall, foran in particular and even soward, campese will be a 1 club man etc). fact is that even if he is the sam obst of the current era, he is playing in a league of craig kimmorleys

[Guest]

And braith has "imposed" himself in rep footy has he?

He is so bad that they have been looking to play players out of position rather than pick him again

Fred you are a prize turkey. Gobble, gobble, gobble.frontierville-prize-turkey.gif

[Guest]

Almost every club would be after foran now he's got a get out clause.

No club is dumb enough to want anasta except our club.

He's in the bottom 5 five eights in the comp - about what we've roughly averaged during his 6 long years with us.

[Guest]

Almost every club would be after foran now he's got a get out clause.

No club is dumb enough to want anasta except our club.

He's in the bottom 5 five eights in the comp - about what we've roughly averaged during his 6 long years with us.

5/8s in the NRL worse than Anasta:
whoever the broncos field, keating (dogs), lui/thompson/morgan (cows), roberts (parra), burns (penrith), sutton (souths), henry (titans)

Come on Fred, Take it from Roz, or do we need to do the math for you??

[Guest]

I bet you the Bronx five eight will be better than anasta.

Thompson from the cowboys is probably on a quarter of what braith is on ...and I'd prefer Thompson, at least he doesn't choke up your cap.

Burns teams has made the same amount of top 8s as have anastas teams over the last

[Guest]

Over the last 7 years that is

[Guest]

I bet you the Bronx five eight will be better than anasta.

Thompson from the cowboys is probably on a quarter of what braith is on ...and I'd prefer Thompson, at least he doesn't choke up your cap.

Burns teams has made the same amount of top 8s as have anastas teams over the last

Bronx 5/8 will be better? Next week, next month, next year, 2 years time, 4 years, what are you actually saying Fred spit it out man. Lucky I'm not the punting type mainly cos I'm tighter than a fish' arsehole but that seems like easy money to be made off you. And let's face it Thompson is complete shit. He may not choke up cap but he would choke me up when I half swallowed my pie, half a schooner and a part of a hotdog whilst trying to shout out at him whilst he was delivering another shit performance.

[Cockadoodledoo]

Come on Fred. Atleast Roz provides facts, rather than goes the short, sharp and bleeding obvious. The crap that you keep coming up with, is getting pretty boring.

I only saw opinions not facts..