Genia - straight talking:
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I guess Queensland is quite wide, over 1500 km's I believe
MrTimms
Ken Catchpole (46)
It is a three day drive (two if you don't need to stop for fourex) from Brisbane to Birdsville, so that is about right.
Epi
Dave Cowper (27)
He'll be the skipper within 3 years is my guess... and I'm not from QLD.
Bruce Ross
Ken Catchpole (46)
Genia said the Wallabies had tried to go wide without doing the hard work first.
"We were getting a lot of momentum going directly through them and then when we tried to go wide we just were very lateral," he said.
"We probably, in hindsight, should have just kept going through them because we were making easy metres."
I presume he is talking about last Saturday's game.
"We were getting a lot of momentum going directly through them and then when we tried to go wide we just were very lateral," he said.
"We probably, in hindsight, should have just kept going through them because we were making easy metres."
I presume he is talking about last Saturday's game.
dougdew99
Allen Oxlade (6)
This is the kind of language we would like to hear... because it seems to describe what we saw with our own eyes... it is probably more difficult for Rocky and Robbie to use this kind of language because of their leadership and PR roles... what they say behind closed doors may be entirely different... and match Sanchez' comments more closely...
Langthorne
Phil Hardcastle (33)
I agree with young Mr Genia, except for the 'easy meters up the middle' part.
vidiot
John Solomon (38)
The stupid thing is that we saw a passage of play very early in the second half where they did roll forwards through pick and drives and runners one-two passes from the ruck, despite it seeming to be slow motion, right up until Genia darted for the line, turned over and the wallaby defense managed to barely a hand on the poms on the way from their try line to ours.
For a couple of minutes they were doing the simple things well and putting in the required work rather than trying for immediate brilliance in the face of the rush defense.
I'm sure that has stuck in his mind and he has a big 'if only I had' in his head.
For a couple of minutes they were doing the simple things well and putting in the required work rather than trying for immediate brilliance in the face of the rush defense.
I'm sure that has stuck in his mind and he has a big 'if only I had' in his head.
Scotty
David Codey (61)
Agree that Pocock is clear choice as the next captain. Leads from the front, is intelligent, humble, hard working and deals with referees very well.
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magoo
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Genia's getting a hard time about his form & he probably isn't playing quite as well as this time last year, but I think part of the reason is that defences know more about him this year. Last year defences were letting him run sideways from rucks waiting for him to pass & he was taking advantage of any gaps that appeared, but they're not leaving the same holes for him this year. He's been getting criticised lately for taking sideways steps from rucks, but last year he was sometimes getting opportunities from taking those steps.
Having said that, I do think Burgess has looked better this year. I actually think Burgess & Cooper have looked good together at times. I don't know if it's Burgess' pass or Cooper's communication or positioning, but Cooper seems to get the ball in better positions than Giteau used to. Cooper may even be just a little better at adjusting to suit the pass on the fly & he does have good hands.
Having said that, I do think Burgess has looked better this year. I actually think Burgess & Cooper have looked good together at times. I don't know if it's Burgess' pass or Cooper's communication or positioning, but Cooper seems to get the ball in better positions than Giteau used to. Cooper may even be just a little better at adjusting to suit the pass on the fly & he does have good hands.
Genia, to me, is having some second year syndrome and it doesn't help that he doesn't look fully fit
On Cooper's communication or positioning, I like Bob Dwyer's tweet from a while ago "Quite a lot of "dropped" ball comes from poor positional play in support, which causes a difficult pass, to throw or to catch."
Hear, hear. Whatever physical ailment's troubling him it's affected his play (for the Wallabies) all year. I was thinking the last two Saturdays Genia's passing is getting worse while Burgess's is getting better. It's not all Cooper's fault.
vidiot
John Solomon (38)
Apart from that wild whole-upper-body-rotation inside ball Burgess does that now invariably goes to ground.
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trophyhunter
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That silly inside ball, made Me yell at the TV.
Other than that Burgess played OK. That silly pass from him was at the end of a passage of play where the wallabies looked like they wanted to play hot potato, so maybe He was just trying to fit in.
I would be interested to see how His enthusiasm would last if He made the run on side. He does seem to have a positive, uplifting type effect coming off the bench in the last 15 or so minutes, and His passing is better this year.
Other than that Burgess played OK. That silly pass from him was at the end of a passage of play where the wallabies looked like they wanted to play hot potato, so maybe He was just trying to fit in.
I would be interested to see how His enthusiasm would last if He made the run on side. He does seem to have a positive, uplifting type effect coming off the bench in the last 15 or so minutes, and His passing is better this year.
Reddy!
Bob Davidson (42)
I actually thought Genia played a pretty good game against England apart from that one dodgy decision that led to an England try - in retrospect it was not a bad decision because if we were going to win the game we needed to score tries and at least he showed some leadership to make things happen. Unlucky ref call and bad forward support and the rest is history. He has a very good defensive game, didn't miss any tackles unlike Burgess. If he ran the ball himself all the time our star studded backline wouldn't get any ball. I honestly believe he is trying hard to be Quade Coopers foil - at the same time he needs Quade Cooper to be on top of every part of his game (tackling) in order to have the same impact he did in the Super 14.
vidiot
John Solomon (38)
Probably easier passing to Cooper than Gits, who spends forever getting deep at 1st receiver then runs a line at the openside corner flag, diagonally away from the halfback. In fact Burgess plays really well with Cooper, who has superb hands and positions himself very well to receive the ball in motion. I just like Burgess to underplay his hand.
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