‘I thought it was a prank call from Robbo’: May breaks silence on Roosters exit

[Bates]

The lunatics have taken over the asylum. Someone pls call security.

Merry Xmas

May is at another club now.

Get.over.it.and.move.on

Welcome back bud.

[Rooster_6]

Is your first name Trent and does your surname start with R ?

Yes, I am Trent Richardson, ex-NFL running back.

[Rooster_6]

Running with purpose overall makes the difference between winning and losing and that is purely about attitude.

Purpose is individual, which leads to different styles. Rugby league is a simple game but there is still nuance to it.

Cameron Murray's purpose in a carry to eat up the open space as quickly as possible with the intent of hitting the ground as quickly as possible so that he can get the quickest play the ball.

Joe Tapine's purpose in a carry is to use his footwork and ball playing ability to keep defenders second guessing to make as many yards as possible or promote the ball to a player in a more advantageous position.

Sam Moa's purpose in a carry is to **** your whole rib cage up.

[Bondicigar]

Purpose is individual, which leads to different styles. Rugby league is a simple game but there is still nuance to it.

Cameron Murray's purpose in a carry to eat up the open space as quickly as possible with the intent of hitting the ground as quickly as possible so that he can get the quickest play the ball.

Joe Tapine's purpose in a carry is to use his footwork and ball playing ability to keep defenders second guessing to make as many yards as possible or promote the ball to a player in a more advantageous position.

Sam Moa's purpose in a carry is to **** your whole rib cage up.

Not what I'm trying to say .
Angus out of form compared to when hes in form is the difference between jiust running and running with purpose.
What robbo is seeking is already there.

Spencer, cheese , rads , gus JWH and also Collins when he's on fit Robbos so called power running forwards wouldnt they?

Robbo is just rolling out excuses imo

[Rooster_6]

Not what I'm trying to say .
Angus out of form compared to when hes in form is the difference between jiust running and running with purpose.
What robbo is seeking is already there.

Form shouldn’t be a factor in a players ability to run with purpose, comes down to desire more than anything IMO. Injury being the obvious exception.

Spencer, cheese , rads , gus JWH and also Collins when he's on fit Robbos so called power running forwards wouldnt they?

Metres per run percentile for;

Lock forwards:
Fahu Whyte - 94th percentile
Connor Watson - 87th percentile*
Victor Radley - 83rd percentile

Front Rowers:
Spencer Leniu - 87th percentile
JWH - 73rd percentile
Lindsay Collins 23rd percentile
Terrell May 13th percentile

So yes to answer your question we are already pretty well served for power running middles and I described the change as a slight deviation than a full change in style. May being in the bottom 13% of props for metres per run and Collins in the bottom 23% would be a concern given that without JWH they would share the large bulk of the minutes at prop. The argument for Lindsay is a lot clearer, he doesn't take that many carries and it is his work off the ball and in defence that has all the value, but he's also shown in the past he can be a very strong carrier of the ball so it will be interesting to see if Robinson wants him to beef back up a bit for 2025 or if he's happy to carry a leaner middle forward who doesn't take a lot of carries but leads the team in other areas.

Starting to give more minutes to Whyte, Wong, DVa'a, XVa'a, Foketi and Losalu would definitely see an increase in those metrics of metres per run and post contact metres. In the most overly simplistic argument giving May's minutes to Whyte will see those carries go from bottom 13% to top 6% and opens up the bench minutes for the young forwards mentioned previously. Again these are only my opinions, haven't heard Robinson go into any detail around the style he's referring to.

From a statistical side, second rowers are harder to measure as there is more variability to their running role where as a middle forwards role is almost exclusively hit ups.

[Bates]

Not what I'm trying to say .
Angus out of form compared to when hes in form is the difference between jiust running and running with purpose.
What robbo is seeking is already there.

Spencer, cheese , rads , gus JWH and also Collins when he's on fit Robbos so called power running forwards wouldnt they?

Robbo is just rolling out excuses imo

Bingo!