Nafahu Whyte

[Bates]

I thinks Chooks2 is referring to middles making metres and no so much edge forwards.

[Chook2]

Fark me this is painful. Nowhere did I say there was no positives to Whyte's performance what the hell are you dribbling about

Whyte had 152m from 13 runs, Wong made 122m from 13 runs, Crichton had 114m from 13 runs we had 3 good metre eaters on friday night. If you can't see why Melbourne having 5 forwards run between 88m and 105m is a good thing in addition to their backs carving up 150m each then I can't help you.

So Whyte mythical numbers wouldn’t be considered Paul Gallen runs?
tigers had 6 of their 7 backline run over 100mtr as well and 3 forwards….

[Barron's Dream]

180m run from 21 runs against the worst forward pack in the comp is so shit if you gave Naufahu Whyte 21 runs against that Parramatta team he would run for 250m+


I remember when Brian Smith took the Roosters to a grand final but the consensus from Roosters fans on The Wall was that Smith had nothing to do with that grand final run it was the assistant coach who took over the coaching midway through the season and was running the team on a day to day basis, whoever that guy was I bet he amounted to nothing.

The Wall was pre 2010. Long memory Simp.

[mightyrooster]

180m run from 21 runs against the worst forward pack in the comp is so shit if you gave Naufahu Whyte 21 runs against that Parramatta team he would run for 250m+


I remember when Brian Smith took the Roosters to a grand final but the consensus from Roosters fans on The Wall was that Smith had nothing to do with that grand final run it was the assistant coach who took over the coaching midway through the season and was running the team on a day to day basis, whoever that guy was I bet he amounted to nothing.

Smithy was always copping it on the Chookpen. I remember it well as I was one of the very few still supporting him.

[Schooner]

I read that Losalu is on a $20,000 part time deal. We need to improve that. He was the most impressive of our Cup middles last year and is clearly an NRL player. I would play him ahead of the Vaa brothers once they are fit, because he has more impact. I wonder when Xavier Vaa will make his debut; he keeps getting injured.

[SamKerrSimp]

So Whyte mythical numbers wouldn’t be considered Paul Gallen runs?
tigers had 6 of their 7 backline run over 100mtr as well and 3 forwards….

Please don't quote me ever again

[ism22]

Absolutely, there's definitely purpose in receiving the ball before the advantage line. But that should show up in other statistical areas such as line breaks, tackle breaks, run metres off 1 pass or two pass plays (not publicly available stats).

I'm just explaining why I much prefer to use Foxsports data especially when comparing running metres because in my opinion they only effective running metres are those which progress the play further up the field.

Unless you're Sam Walker and you run -90metres to wind down the clock, I will concede to those also being effective metres.

Agreed. Some crabbing across the field and the like can be strategic. However I think that unless it's led to something good, it shouldn't be counted as an achievement.

Strategic risks are constantly taken in the hope of getting some sorta reward. If a player does a 50m kick that goes out on the full or rolls dead then it COULD have bagged a heap of kick metres, but didn't so go figure.

Waker... that was a great moment. Roosters HQ should have a mural of him doing the run.

[The Lip]

Agreed. Some crabbing across the field and the like can be strategic. However I think that unless it's led to something good, it shouldn't be counted as an achievement.

Strategic risks are constantly taken in the hope of getting some sorta reward. If a player does a 50m kick that goes out on the full or rolls dead then it COULD have bagged a heap of kick metres, but didn't so go figure.

Waker... that was a great moment. Roosters HQ should have a mural of him doing the run.

That was an embarrassment to the club ie not a great moment