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gangrenous wrote: August 10, 2022, 8:19 pm Sure it can. It’s called - “contract year”
Ah yes, the old Bronson Harrison manoeuvre. Usually the lack of effort in defence is the last stop before reserve grade or retirement, but occasionally a player pulls their finger out long enough to get a juicy contract before normal programming resumes
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Bronson Harrison's career at the Raiders is easily the most misrepresented in modern Raiders history
He did sign a new deal and on signing that, he did regress severely.

But no one was complaining about that contract when it was signed. He was awesome in the years prior to signing that deal. Awesome.
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Botman wrote:Bronson Harrison's career at the Raiders is easily the most misrepresented in modern Raiders history
He did sign a new deal and on signing that, he did regress severely.

But no one was complaining about that contract when it was signed. He was awesome in the years prior to signing that deal. Awesome.
I think you’re misinterpreting most people’s scorn for his contract here, pal.

He WAS awesome before his contract extension… that’s kindof everyone’s whole point!
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Botman wrote: August 10, 2022, 9:45 pm Bronson Harrison's career at the Raiders is easily the most misrepresented in modern Raiders history
He did sign a new deal and on signing that, he did regress severely.

But no one was complaining about that contract when it was signed. He was awesome in the years prior to signing that deal. Awesome.
Fair call. Insert different player’s name then. Can’t think of one myself that fits the bill right now
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Na, i think the post contract debackle has over shadowed quite a bit what a good player he was for us prior to that extension
It's never mentioned that he was a genuine gun before that extension, he's sorted given the spud player treatment because of how badly he played post extension.
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Botman wrote:Na, i think the post contract debackle has over shadowed quite a bit what a good player he was for us prior to that extension
It's never mentioned that he was a genuine gun before that extension, he's sorted given the spud player treatment because of how badly he played post extension.
No, most people’s criticism is how he played awesome, got a great contract extension, and then phoned it in for the rest of his career… THAT’S the whole point when people say “doing a Bronson Harrison”!

So I don’t think his career is misremembered at all, actually. I think it’s remembered very accurately and is a very well used trope when you talk about “contract seasons”.
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In fact, NOBODY refers to Bronson Harrison as being a spud the whole time he was at the Raiders… you’re literally the first person I’ve seen try to promote that view.
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The Nickman wrote: August 10, 2022, 9:57 pm In fact, NOBODY refers to Bronson Harrison as being a spud the whole time he was at the Raiders… you’re literally the first person I’ve seen try to promote that view.
Find me the Bronson Harrison posts even acknowledging his play prior to his extension? :lol:
I never said people refer to him as a spud the WHOLE time, i just said his post extension play overshadows his other seasons.

Also he played here 4 years and 3 of them were pretty great, 2 of them were actually outstanding. It wasnt a classic one year jump because he was in a contract year. He had put in the work. He had delivered and earnt that deal. And then... well it was what it was.
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You’ve chosen a very weird hill to die on here.

All of the criticism I’ve ever seen of Bronson revolves around the fact he played awesome football, got a fat contract extension, and then phoned it in from there on.

Literally all of it.
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Harrison had a similar rep to Adam Elliott before he arrived - quite inconsistent, good in attack on his day and pretty average in defence. In 2009-10 he rose to easily one of the best 4 or 5 second rowers in the NRL. However when he signed the contract extension his form dropped off a cliff. There were rumours of relationship issues, and he also had some pretty serious back problems that caused him grief. He left the club at an age when he should have been at his peak, but by the time he retired with St George a few season later he was a shadow of his 09-10 self.

Whitehead was clearly already regressing due to age when the club signed him to that ridiculous 3 year extension. One of the weirdest contracts this club has agreed to.

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I don’t think many players have a rep to match Adam Elliot…..maybe Wayne Carey
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Back to EW…

We get it Ricky. You like to give veterans as much time as possible to prove they aren’t washed up before you punt them.

We get that its genesis is in the way that you and Clyde were punted by the Raiders in 199-something.

Some may call it admirable.

But we have had almost 2 years of data which shows that Whitehead is completely washed up.

Please pull the pin. It actually hurts the players reputation the longer they hang around when they are past it. See Darius Boyd.

It also impedes the pipeline of young players such as Rushton from having a path to FG.

Pull the pin Ricky. It is time.
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Another plodding nothing performance from Whitehead. Its a borderline joke he is still playing first grade, let alone captain and getting 80 minutes. No wonder Elliot and Rushton left the club, probably saw the writing on the wall and realised and they will always play second fiddle to Ricky’s best mate Whitey. Cant we just take selection away from Ricky and give it an independent panel so that Ricky’s propensity for nepotism doesn’t get in way of our ambition for premiership success?
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Kept asking myself all game; Why is whitehead still on…:


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I'm being completely serious, when I saw this bumped I remembered him being on report last week and assumed he'd been suspended. Games like today illustrate why you can't carry someone in your 17 - you end up making molehills into mountains. That flows on week to week with the team's energy level.
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rayden83 wrote: August 21, 2022, 10:02 pm Another plodding nothing performance from Whitehead. Its a borderline joke he is still playing first grade, let alone captain and getting 80 minutes. No wonder Elliot and Rushton left the club, probably saw the writing on the wall and realised and they will always play second fiddle to Ricky’s best mate Whitey. Cant we just take selection away from Ricky and give it an independent panel so that Ricky’s propensity for nepotism doesn’t get in way of our ambition for premiership success?
I would have said cronyism more than nepotism.
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According to nrl.com stats he did 6 runs for 58m. That's not actually bad yardage per carry. His post contact metres as a percentage of total metres was good too.

But it's abysmal involvement. We easily beat the knights in total yardage. His partner Hudson Young went over 170m from 16 runs. I don't expect backrowers to produce like middle forwards but we need something from him lol..

He's playing 80 minutes too
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I don't watch him as closely as others but I did notice he made some decent hits yesterday. He took Klemmer down, one-on-one at 1 stage when we were looking a little vulnerable.

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gergreg wrote: August 22, 2022, 9:15 am I don't watch him as closely as others but I did notice he made some decent hits yesterday. He took Klemmer down, one-on-one at 1 stage when we were looking a little vulnerable.

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EW was never a meter eater. His strengths were his deft hands and ability to put players around him into gaps. He is capable of good hits, and he hardly ever made any mistakes. He was the most underrated player in the NRL at one point.

I don't think he has been as awful as some people make out. He is certainly not the player he was. He's just running on fumes these days which of course makes him a bit slower and less effective. It is a real shame.

It will be interesting to see if he can bounce back. I remember Rapanas form went south around the time he signed for Japanese Rugby. He was looking slow and as if he was injured. But Jordy has returned to good form and running freely again. For a 33 year old winger he is playing some damn good footy. I just hope EW can recapture his mojo.
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dubby wrote:EW was never a meter eater. His strengths were his deft hands and ability to put players around him into gaps. He is capable of good hits, and he hardly ever made any mistakes. He was the most underrated player in the NRL at one point.

I don't think he has been as awful as some people make out. He is certainly not the player he was. He's just running on fumes these days which of course makes him a bit slower and less effective. It is a real shame.

It will be interesting to see if he can bounce back. I remember Rapanas form went south around the time he signed for Japanese Rugby. He was looking slow and as if he was injured. But Jordy has returned to good form and running freely again. For a 33 year old winger he is playing some damn good footy. I just hope EW can recapture his mojo.
It's doubtful. I remember commenting about how tired and ineffective he looked in our 2020 finals campaign. I think post that season I was pushing for a better forward rotation with him being the basis of that suggestion.

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dubby wrote: August 22, 2022, 10:27 am EW was never a meter eater. His strengths were his deft hands and ability to put players around him into gaps. He is capable of good hits, and he hardly ever made any mistakes. He was the most underrated player in the NRL at one point.

I don't think he has been as awful as some people make out. He is certainly not the player he was. He's just running on fumes these days which of course makes him a bit slower and less effective. It is a real shame.

It will be interesting to see if he can bounce back. I remember Rapanas form went south around the time he signed for Japanese Rugby. He was looking slow and as if he was injured. But Jordy has returned to good form and running freely again. For a 33 year old winger he is playing some damn good footy. I just hope EW can recapture his mojo.
Yep but that's just it, now that he's lost that speed and attacking threat, he's really offering no value to the team. He's not offering metres/involvement, nor a point of attack
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Yeah, no one cared that he was a bit of a shakey defender and didnt do a ton of grunt work because when the ball spun out his way, on any given possession he was capable of creating a line break for himself or for his teammates... He and Croker had a very formidable attacking game for a long time there

He's still got a little bit of the slight of hand, but he's not respected as an edge threat anymore and so if he's not able to provide that impact, he needs to do more grunt work and he's got to be a better defender
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Whitehead didn't have a bad game yesterday - he didn't miss any tackles that I saw or drop balls and the bad defence in the first half was over on the other side. It was probably a 5.5 out of 10. But he restricts the attack on the right hand side in not being able to run the good lines. And he was on his haunches a lot in the 2nd half. Giving him about 45 mins is fine to start the game with CHN to come on.
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Id agree with that too, thought it was one his better games this year. Which sadly says it all
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I'm horrified that "Rocky's view from the couch" resulted in Whitehead now playing 80 mins instead of 50 mins, and Starling playing 71 mins, only coming off for injury. That was his takeaway from the week off. That EW and TS need more minutes, not less? What a clown.
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Finchy wrote: August 22, 2022, 11:34 am I'm horrified that "Rocky's view from the couch" resulted in Whitehead now playing 80 mins instead of 50 mins, and Starling playing 71 mins, only coming off for injury. That was his takeaway from the week off. That EW and TS need more minutes, not less? What a clown.
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Hong Kong Raider wrote: August 22, 2022, 11:27 am Whitehead didn't have a bad game yesterday - he didn't miss any tackles that I saw or drop balls and the bad defence in the first half was over on the other side. It was probably a 5.5 out of 10. But he restricts the attack on the right hand side in not being able to run the good lines. And he was on his haunches a lot in the 2nd half. Giving him about 45 mins is fine to start the game with CHN to come on.
The ball just dies with him.
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Pete Cash wrote:According to nrl.com stats he did 6 runs for 58m. That's not actually bad yardage per carry. His post contact metres as a percentage of total metres was good too.

But it's abysmal involvement. We easily beat the knights in total yardage. His partner Hudson Young went over 170m from 16 runs. I don't expect backrowers to produce like middle forwards but we need something from him lol..

He's playing 80 minutes too
The last three games prior to this weekend he played between 53 and 59 minutes.

He was completely gassed at the end of the Knights game. I'd be very disappointed if he continues to play 80 again.

Also not sure why he didn't do the press conference at the end of the game. That was a bit unusual.



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Will he get picked for England in the World Cup because technically he's still an NRL player? I don't follow the ESL or England team closely enough to know but it will be a real issue for the home team if they pick on reputation as they seem to have a competitive team to have a good crack at that tournament.
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Seiffert82 wrote: August 22, 2022, 2:05 pm
Pete Cash wrote:According to nrl.com stats he did 6 runs for 58m. That's not actually bad yardage per carry. His post contact metres as a percentage of total metres was good too.

But it's abysmal involvement. We easily beat the knights in total yardage. His partner Hudson Young went over 170m from 16 runs. I don't expect backrowers to produce like middle forwards but we need something from him lol..

He's playing 80 minutes too
The last three games prior to this weekend he played between 53 and 59 minutes.

He was completely gassed at the end of the Knights game. I'd be very disappointed if he continues to play 80 again.

Also not sure why he didn't do the press conference at the end of the game. That was a bit unusual.



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Woodgers wrote: August 22, 2022, 3:10 pm Will he get picked for England in the World Cup because technically he's still an NRL player? I don't follow the ESL or England team closely enough to know but it will be a real issue for the home team if they pick on reputation as they seem to have a competitive team to have a good crack at that tournament.
Might end up in the squad somewhere but not play on game day.
Strong chance of missing out entirely.
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zim wrote: August 22, 2022, 4:03 pm
Woodgers wrote: August 22, 2022, 3:10 pm Will he get picked for England in the World Cup because technically he's still an NRL player? I don't follow the ESL or England team closely enough to know but it will be a real issue for the home team if they pick on reputation as they seem to have a competitive team to have a good crack at that tournament.
Might end up in the squad somewhere but not play on game day.
Strong chance of missing out entirely.
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I hope for their sake 35 year old McQueen is also not an option.
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zim wrote: August 22, 2022, 4:41 pm I hope for their sake 35 year old McQueen is also not an option.
Ah yes, Chris McQueen, the one Wests Tigers paid $800,000 per season for 3 years to play 10 FG games in total, and spent the majority of his time in NSW Cup.
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