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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2750885, member: 1899"] Heard about that, such a pity too. It was like the selectors finally figured out if you pick him in a prominent role chances are he's going to be a real handful. They sort of backed themselves into a corner with Hoffman. Ryan was a good player, but he had seen better days and I think it was obvious to all and sundry that his 2014 form had been inflated by the defence of DCE. Hell, last year's series seemingly went out of it's way to spell that out. Cronk missed Game II and surprise surprise Hoffman looks like a stud backrow again. In fairness to Laurie, he knew better than the fans on that one and stuck with Cordner. I saw a lot of people marking him never to play again and couldn't understand it - he's clearly one of the best backrows in the game and was one of the form players in last year's finals. NSW have once again backed themselves into a corner. They lost by two points, so they can't go the full hog even though they probably should. Their biggest problem is that they just have too many has-beens in their side. The likes of Gal, Morris, Bird, Jennings, Farah have all been there before and too much of the Blues attack relies on them. Queensland know their game inside and out, they don't challenge the Maroons defence on their line and yet they continually stifle others. In concert with players like Moylan, Reynolds, Jackson and Walker who are just club players pretending to be Origin players (for now...) it's a tough situation. I think they'll play it safe, make the most of what they have and do their best to squeak out a win. It'll be another boring Origin game, but that's all Lozza has brought to the table so far. Outside of running at DCE and using Hayne he hasn't shown much of anything as a coach. So they'll do that, fight till the bitter end before making the proper changes for Game III. If NSW were smart, Beau Scott would replace Boyd Cordner. He's the only player who really gets under our skin anymore. They'll go with Frizell who will probably make a modest 10 runs for 80m and nobody will bat an eyelid. As for Walker, Cartwright would be the selection to relieve Jackson during the middle portion of the game. NSW will have to accept he has a mistake in him, but at least he has the potential to break the game wide open. That's what they need right now and at least he has a future at this level. [/QUOTE]

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