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Re: Williams, Sezer or Hingaro??

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I'm with you guys. Unless Sezer picks up his reserve grade form in a major way, I'd rather see Hingano get a run before bringing Sezer back in. From all reports, Sezer isn't making the effort required to force his way back in to the team.

It's no secret that I don't rate Williams as a first grade half. I've said many times in the past that he's a back up half and should only be playing when we've got injuries. Pretty sure Ricky Stuart would be of a similar view. It's a massive let down that our first choice half can't perform consistently better than our back up who is a guy clearly not cut out for first grade week in, week out.

It frustrates me to see Williams play each week but I'm not sure I'd be any less frustrated with Sezer there instead, and I definitely don't think we should be rewarding somebody who was relegated to Mounties for nothing.
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Has Hingano even been named in a squad of 21 this season?
well, I guess you could say that I'm buy curious.
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Raiders_Pat wrote: May 15, 2019, 6:41 am I'm with you guys. Unless Sezer picks up his reserve grade form in a major way, I'd rather see Hingano get a run before bringing Sezer back in. From all reports, Sezer isn't making the effort required to force his way back in to the team.

It's no secret that I don't rate Williams as a first grade half. I've said many times in the past that he's a back up half and should only be playing when we've got injuries. Pretty sure Ricky Stuart would be of a similar view. It's a massive let down that our first choice half can't perform consistently better than our back up who is a guy clearly not cut out for first grade week in, week out.

It frustrates me to see Williams play each week but I'm not sure I'd be any less frustrated with Sezer there instead, and I definitely don't think we should be rewarding somebody who was relegated to Mounties for nothing.
Whats wrong with his reserve grade form? Genuine question as I haven't seen any of the games and only have the highlights to go from.
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Basically all sammy needs to do to keep his spot in first grade is continue to not do anything while having poor to no defence. Sammy is allowed to do nothing on the field because thats the role hes been given, halves arent there to defend and hes a good guy. Sezer lost to melbourne all on his own and isnt a top one or 2 half in the comp
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Surely Hingano and Sezers management look elsewhere when they have signed the New lord and saviour G Williams? Wouldn’t expect those guys to hang around and play reggies. What would happen then?


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simo wrote: May 15, 2019, 9:02 am Basically all sammy needs to do to keep his spot in first grade is continue to not do anything while having poor to no defence. Sammy is allowed to do nothing on the field because thats the role hes been given, halves arent there to defend and hes a good guy. Sezer lost to melbourne all on his own and isnt a top one or 2 half in the comp
That basically seems to be the discussion, yep.
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Haha, whoever changed the topic heading needs to check their spelling.
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julian87 wrote: May 15, 2019, 8:54 am Has Hingano even been named in a squad of 21 this season?
No, but we have got stronger depth in the outside backs this year so.....
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Northern Raider wrote: May 15, 2019, 1:43 pm Haha, whoever changed the topic heading needs to check their spelling.
Actually , I think it's perfect the way it is.
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The Rickman wrote: May 15, 2019, 1:51 pm
Northern Raider wrote: May 15, 2019, 1:43 pm Haha, whoever changed the topic heading needs to check their spelling.
Actually , I think it's perfect the way it is.
Next we'll have a topic on Jason Crocker's captaincy
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Re: Williams, Sezer or Hingaro?

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Northern Raider wrote: May 15, 2019, 1:54 pm
The Rickman wrote: May 15, 2019, 1:51 pm
Northern Raider wrote: May 15, 2019, 1:43 pm Haha, whoever changed the topic heading needs to check their spelling.
Actually , I think it's perfect the way it is.
Next we'll have a topic on Jason Crocker's captaincy
Makes about as much sense as a topic about how Croker can't kick.
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The Rickman wrote: May 15, 2019, 2:02 pm
Northern Raider wrote: May 15, 2019, 1:54 pm
The Rickman wrote: May 15, 2019, 1:51 pm
Northern Raider wrote: May 15, 2019, 1:43 pm Haha, whoever changed the topic heading needs to check their spelling.
Actually , I think it's perfect the way it is.
Next we'll have a topic on Jason Crocker's captaincy
Makes about as much sense as a topic about how Croker can't kick.
Who?
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Re: Williams, Sezer or Hingaro?

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Sorry, I meant Joran Cronker... our captain??
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The Rickman wrote: May 15, 2019, 2:06 pm Sorry, I meant Joran Cronker... our captain??
OK with you now.

.....and its co-captain. You're forgetting Jon Hodgkinson.
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Title has been changed back again. Looks like Hingaro is out of the conversation again. These mods. :lol:
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Oh man, I was really hoping Hingaro would get a run soon!
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The Rickman wrote: May 15, 2019, 3:30 pm Oh man, I was really hoping Hingaro would get a run soon!
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simo wrote:
The Rickman wrote: May 15, 2019, 3:30 pm Oh man, I was really hoping Hingaro would get a run soon!
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T_R wrote: May 15, 2019, 7:36 pm Why is that Chinese?
Because i can just racistly imagine the city wok guy from south park saying hingaro
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T_R wrote: May 15, 2019, 7:36 pm Why is that Chinese?
Well it's not Swedish..
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-PJ- wrote: May 16, 2019, 7:23 am
T_R wrote: May 15, 2019, 7:36 pm Why is that Chinese?
Well it's not Swedish..
Looks like its Indonesian.

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Fascinating discussion.
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Trytime Sammy!!!!!
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The Rickman wrote: May 15, 2019, 10:41 am
simo wrote: May 15, 2019, 9:02 am Basically all sammy needs to do to keep his spot in first grade is continue to not do anything while having poor to no defence. Sammy is allowed to do nothing on the field because thats the role hes been given, halves arent there to defend and hes a good guy. Sezer lost to melbourne all on his own and isnt a top one or 2 half in the comp
That basically seems to be the discussion, yep.
Yeah, Sammy is a **** defender. I just checked the NRL stats. He has a tackle efficiency of 80.6% over nine games.

Sezer's two games have produced 82.5%.

Jarrod Croker is at 82.4%. Wighton is at 84.6%. Anyone want to say either of them should be dropped?
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yurithe1 wrote: May 19, 2019, 2:41 pm
The Rickman wrote: May 15, 2019, 10:41 am
simo wrote: May 15, 2019, 9:02 am Basically all sammy needs to do to keep his spot in first grade is continue to not do anything while having poor to no defence. Sammy is allowed to do nothing on the field because thats the role hes been given, halves arent there to defend and hes a good guy. Sezer lost to melbourne all on his own and isnt a top one or 2 half in the comp
That basically seems to be the discussion, yep.
Yeah, Sammy is a **** defender. I just checked the NRL stats. He has a tackle efficiency of 80.6% over nine games.

Sezer's two games have produced 82.5%.

Jarrod Croker is at 82.4%. Wighton is at 84.6%. Anyone want to say either of them should be dropped?
Here's some more stats to check:

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... y=lbCauses
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edwahu wrote: May 19, 2019, 3:18 pm
yurithe1 wrote: May 19, 2019, 2:41 pm
The Rickman wrote: May 15, 2019, 10:41 am
simo wrote: May 15, 2019, 9:02 am Basically all sammy needs to do to keep his spot in first grade is continue to not do anything while having poor to no defence. Sammy is allowed to do nothing on the field because thats the role hes been given, halves arent there to defend and hes a good guy. Sezer lost to melbourne all on his own and isnt a top one or 2 half in the comp
That basically seems to be the discussion, yep.
Yeah, Sammy is a **** defender. I just checked the NRL stats. He has a tackle efficiency of 80.6% over nine games.

Sezer's two games have produced 82.5%.

Jarrod Croker is at 82.4%. Wighton is at 84.6%. Anyone want to say either of them should be dropped?
Here's some more stats to check:

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... y=lbCauses
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edwahu wrote: May 19, 2019, 3:18 pm
yurithe1 wrote: May 19, 2019, 2:41 pm
The Rickman wrote: May 15, 2019, 10:41 am
simo wrote: May 15, 2019, 9:02 am Basically all sammy needs to do to keep his spot in first grade is continue to not do anything while having poor to no defence. Sammy is allowed to do nothing on the field because thats the role hes been given, halves arent there to defend and hes a good guy. Sezer lost to melbourne all on his own and isnt a top one or 2 half in the comp
That basically seems to be the discussion, yep.
Yeah, Sammy is a **** defender. I just checked the NRL stats. He has a tackle efficiency of 80.6% over nine games.

Sezer's two games have produced 82.5%.

Jarrod Croker is at 82.4%. Wighton is at 84.6%. Anyone want to say either of them should be dropped?
Here's some more stats to check:

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... y=lbCauses
Interestingly only a couple more try causes than Croker, who many are saying is now a great defender. Croker has played 2 extra games.

The 2 errors and no kick errors on that list is the reason I think he is holding his spot. Sezer had 20 in 18 games last season.
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As was mentioned before you have to look at the stats relative to position.

Id agree on error rate being a plus for Sammy, it's very low for a half.

I don't actually know what Kick errors measures, since it doesn't include kicking the ball dead and is way too high for just out on the full. I think maybe it's kicking into an opponent and out on the full, since Hodgo is very high :?
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edwahu wrote: May 20, 2019, 8:36 am As was mentioned before you have to look at the stats relative to position.

Id agree on error rate being a plus for Sammy, it's very low for a half.

I don't actually know what Kick errors measures, since it doesn't include kicking the ball dead and is way too high for just out on the full. I think maybe it's kicking into an opponent and out on the full, since Hodgo is very high :?
Obviously, but Williams isn't the only half in that list so it's not as if he is a complete anomaly. Milford, Morgan and Hunt are all up there with him. Pretty much the same amount of halves in the top 20 as centres so if you are going to use those stats to highlight Williams then you also have to highlight Croker is one of the weaker defenders in his position.
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Yeah, kick errors is obviously a stupid stat if Williams has none! He's DEFINITELY given away a few 7-tackle sets this season, including a critical one against Souths that went a long way towards them winning the game.
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The Rickman wrote: May 20, 2019, 10:25 am Yeah, kick errors is obviously a stupid stat if Williams has none! He's DEFINITELY given away a few 7-tackle sets this season, including a critical one against Souths that went a long way towards them winning the game.
Agree they are a pretty useless stat if not including 7 tackle sets. Must pretty much only be out/dead on the full in that case.
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edwahu wrote: May 20, 2019, 8:36 am As was mentioned before you have to look at the stats relative to position.

Id agree on error rate being a plus for Sammy, it's very low for a half.

I don't actually know what Kick errors measures, since it doesn't include kicking the ball dead and is way too high for just out on the full. I think maybe it's kicking into an opponent and out on the full, since Hodgo is very high :?
Yeah he may have kicked 3 out on the full in the first 4 rounds or so but none lately. Perhaps you're right, a kick that gets charged down/blocked off the legs goes as an error? That would be fair enough as an error and Hodgo has a lot of those.
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An effective kicking game is very difficult to quantify statistically. Their no real way to measure the nuances between a good kick and a bad one. A 20m grubber kick into touch 10m from the oppostion goal line late in a game is fantastic if its a 5th tackle when you're up by 8 points. If its the 3rd tackle and you're down by 8 its an appalling play. Statistically its almost identical.
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Northern Raider wrote: May 20, 2019, 12:50 pm An effective kicking game is very difficult to quantify statistically. Their no real way to measure the nuances between a good kick and a bad one. A 20m grubber kick into touch 10m from the oppostion goal line late in a game is fantastic if its a 5th tackle when you're up by 8 points. If its the 3rd tackle and you're down by 8 its an appalling play. Statistically its almost identical.
Similarly, people are crediting williams for a bomb that no chasers could get to that the south winger just dropped cold. Its a lucky outcome for a really average kick
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