WEBVTT - 🏉 NRL Analysis - Tedesco’s outstanding performance for the Roosters 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:12.639 Better than the legal leg Coop Tedesco. 0:00:12.800 --> 0:00:14.960 He's played some great games for the Roosters, but he's 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:17.200 in his two hundred and fiftieth. It was one of 0:00:17.239 --> 0:00:18.200 his very very best. 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:22.840 I'm saying top five. It was that good. Obviously milestone 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:25.639 for him, the club under a bit of pressure in 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:28.400 a must win game for them. I'll tell you what 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:31.640 he delivered. And he didn't do anything out of the box. 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:35.800 He just did like all the little things. Just super fast, 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:41.040 super aggressive, fast in the opposition and that pinball mentality. Yeah, 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:43.200 it was. It was a captain's knock when the club needed. 0:00:43.200 --> 0:00:45.320 I thought it was a very very good performance. 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:47.559 It's really funny, it's not Coops when you have It 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:51.400 reminded me of one thing we've spoken before about. Sometimes 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:53.760 you pick a team which necessarily might not have the 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:56.320 best players, but he's going to neck tire team to 0:00:56.360 --> 0:00:59.640 how they should play. This one's the opposite. This one's like, 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:03.120 who's our most important individual? Well, let's build a style 0:01:03.120 --> 0:01:05.200 of football that's going to bring out the best in them. 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:09.600 And I thought Coops the lack of big sequence football, 0:01:09.640 --> 0:01:13.000 like put it this way, tedesc out of me on 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:15.720 Sweet Place looks about six and a half seven out 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:19.440 of ten. Dangerous first receiver through the middle, it's about 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:20.679 nine to nine a half out of ten. 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:23.800 Well, I think you'd all also put that penrith performers 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:26.760 in terms of that first twenty minutes was the reminder 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:29.759 that not only the russ but Toasco, they probably all 0:01:29.800 --> 0:01:33.360 got back to the basic things doing it better. And 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:36.120 when Toasco has been the best player on the field. 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:40.839 He's had that perfect balance between sort of yardage hard work, 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:43.920 but then that finesse at the at the attacking end 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:45.600 of the field. And he did that like some of 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:49.600 his touches for Bradley Try and some of that connection 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:52.520 there with Kiri as well, like he put it together 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:53.760 the good balance of that footing. 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:56.400 Couse, when we used to work together, we said, always 0:01:56.400 --> 0:02:00.640 start a training session where his hats out onto either 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:02.960 side of the ruck and we work on just all 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:05.400 the time, repainting the harbor bridge, just going over and 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:09.000 over on that basic fundamental of how to pull an 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:11.600 outside defender, how to get to an outside defender, or 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:13.920 how to get bring an outside defender to you a 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:14.720 target defender. 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:16.760 And I think in twenty twenty four with the. 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:19.560 Fast rucks, what Tedesco did for the first trip, Radley 0:02:19.800 --> 0:02:23.320 was almost picture perfect. Drove deeper than the markers were, 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:25.840 two steps forward at the aid offender to the city 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:28.400 on his whels and then jump out to the outside. 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:31.960 Matter and today's game where everything is sort of sideways 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:33.959 and get it on the outside for the winger to score. 0:02:34.440 --> 0:02:36.960 If you want to go through a team, your first 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.919 move must be straight and you have to give the threat. 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:41.840 You're going to take that first defender off the ruck 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:45.000 on the inside shoulder. And the fact that he bounced 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:48.160 off Matt Lodgers thought, oh, I have to come to you. 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:51.040 And Radley did a great job in terms of pushing. 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:54.320 But that movement is like when we work together, it 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:56.720 was always hards that did that for work. It's almost 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:58.720 now that every player on the field has to have 0:02:58.760 --> 0:03:01.880 that foot work about a fullback and a kick return. 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:06.440 He isolates one defender, moves and goes. Even Isaiaho when 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:08.760 he does his ballplane like he does a similar thing. 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:13.480 Not as athletic as Tedesco, but that straightness and move left, 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:16.600 move right, then bounce out hard. Yeah, there's one on 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:17.920 one like if you won on one with the Senate. 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:19.160 You have to give the threat you're going to go 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:21.160 in and then you could move either way. 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:23.840 And like Coope, it's not and it's not a necessity 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:27.000 be fast as such at first, but you've got to 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:27.440 be rapid. 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:29.079 You've got to have that first step quickness. 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:30.959 And if we haven't just a little glance again to 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:34.240 get that one Scottie is that he speed spooked them 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:38.200 so much that Nathan Brown, who was actually two defenders. 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:39.160 Out, actually turned in. 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:42.560 Yeah, Like he's speed was such they spook He spooked 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:45.880 them so much that outside of the target defender even 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:46.520 they turned in. 0:03:46.640 --> 0:03:49.400 Yeah, to strip them on the right of Tedesco, he 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:51.680 needs to run left first, if that makes sense. The 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:54.200 ability to go in this way brings them in and 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:57.920 they go off the back of that. But yeah, sublime ballplane, 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:01.080 Like it doesn't matter if you're Tedesco, Isaiah. Well, let's 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:03.720 say Shawn Johnson and benjaminsh you've got the big skip 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:06.000 in the jump. It's sort of going through the gears, 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:08.920 go fast, tempo, and then go fast again. And that's 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:09.920 why Lodge turned in. 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:13.560 And we've spoke a lot about Okay, the two most 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:16.560 dangerous players in the rooster's lineup. Now that seem's not 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:20.760 on the side. Manu and Tedesco how to get operated together. 0:04:20.960 --> 0:04:23.600 The other night they managed to do it. But I'm 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:26.440 drifting across picking up Marno on inside balls, who'd sort 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:28.680 of wander back in and form combination with Teddy. 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:31.000 So just some nice stuff through the middle. 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:34.000 Yeah, I think whenever you get the ball in Marnho's hands. 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:36.960 There's been a lot of talk around him playing five 0:04:37.000 --> 0:04:39.360 to eight or whatever, but this kind of stuff where 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:42.320 they're combined and get him across the field, get him 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:45.840 at first receiver. He's got that footwork that Tedesco does, 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:49.640 so like anything, it's the perfect balance. But right center 0:04:49.760 --> 0:04:52.200 is his spot for the Roosters right now because defensively 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:54.640 they need him there. But the more times he can 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:57.120 do things like that, I think it helps for the points. 0:04:57.320 --> 0:04:59.839 Young playmaker. I reckon keep. You'd have spent a few 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:01.760 time working with Sandon. 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:06.239 Smith last week toughest job in Rugby League first Finals game, 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:10.640 playing Penrith in Penrith, full stadium, hostile environment. 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:13.080 Nathan Cleary returned and. 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:14.719 I thought, you know, he might have one or two hours, 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:16.360 but I thought he held his hands up pretty good 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:17.320 in this game. 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:18.560 That was his reward. 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:21.400 Yeah, he scored that try, and that was a pretty 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:25.920 good try. Because sometimes you talk about playing Penrith and 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:28.800 you start looking for all the flashy stuff. How are 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:31.159 you going to break down Penrith. Well, the break down 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:34.159 Penrith like any other team by going north south first 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:38.040 before you go east west. And I thought his running 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:41.760 game was good. He really terrorized mainly his defense at 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:44.600 different stages, but then he also had the high percentage stuff. 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:47.440 I thought his king game was improved and his defense 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:49.920 was as well. So look, it doesn't get any easier. 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:53.440 You're playing a final series at that young age, Like 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:56.400 I remember my first few that you got into them 0:05:56.440 --> 0:06:01.000 hoping that you'd play well crossing fingers and I hope 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:03.800 I play well. I hope we win. But hope doesn't 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:05.279 get you anywhere. You've got to be a certain if 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:06.560 you've got to be dominant, you've got to have an 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:08.880 aggressive time to go after it. And I think the 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:11.160 one thing that all players need at this time of 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:14.200 year is don't hesitate, because once that ball is there 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:16.240 for the taking, you've got to be first to it. 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:18.640 I don't have much of a life cupis hence the 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:20.320 reason why I go back and watch whole games. But 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:22.480 I saw some of your games in your first final series, 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:25.320 went back hadlog and what You've always got to have 0:06:25.360 --> 0:06:27.440 a certain I think focus when you're going in those 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:30.320 first games. And what struck me about you Cooper when 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:33.400 you played that first final series you didn't try to 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:35.440 do too much. There was a lot of widthyr game. 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:37.440 It was all mainly one meter passes. 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:42.240 Yeah, I played my strengths. I was Tanasius and the 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:44.159 way they ran the football and then when I started 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:46.560 running the football out a short pass and then my 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:50.320 pass outside of that was basically the English or slater. 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:53.000 So I never went fishing for the long pass. If 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:55.279 it was game plan that there was a kick on that, 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:57.560 I'd do that. But at this time of year, I 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:02.480 think the simpler things are better. Yeah, And whatever you 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:04.600 are as a player, whether your front rail, fullback or 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:07.680 a half, bring your strengths to that simple game. Don't 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:09.680 all of a sudden start looking to throw long passes. 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:11.520 If you don't do them all you long, don't do 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:15.800 anything different. Just be aggressive. And I think the teams 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:18.560 that lost on the weekend, in terms of the Cowboys 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:22.440 and Manly, just didn't have that intent. They didn't like. 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:25.480 I really loved the mindset of what the Roosters and 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:28.600 the Sharks particularly brought to their game. Like it was direct, 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:32.200 it was intent and things like one of the best 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:34.360 things you can find on intent is I know there 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:37.720 was some carnage in the Rooster's Manly Game, but like kickchase, 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:40.400 like that is one area that you can define your 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:43.280 intent on. And what the Sharks did to the Cowboys, 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:46.800 particularly trindle kicking game and the outside backs chase, although 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:48.320 it was very good. 0:07:48.320 --> 0:07:48.800 It's funny. 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:52.520 Like coops, it takes a lot of hard work to 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:55.520 do things simple. Now what I mean I think as 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:59.400 far as preparation and mental attitude, we can sit here 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:02.400 and go, look, you attain the ball, you got you're attacked, simple. 0:08:02.160 --> 0:08:04.880 You get forward, you play the ball quick, kick well, 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:06.160 you defend with energy. 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:09.440 You don't do those things really well, you're going to 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:10.240 win the football game. 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:12.480 And you sit there and go, well, that's really easy. 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:15.520 Well it is in theory, but to get out there 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:17.640 and get yourself up for the occasion all the time, 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:18.200 that's hard. 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:21.400 And I thought, yeah, there was carnage at the start 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:24.480 of the Rooster's Manly Game, but Hargroves he returned to 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:26.880 the game, he's first carrying. Well, he didn't mean it, 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:30.320 and you feel for Kohla, but that was a sign 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:31.600 that his intent right. 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:33.160 Well, you compare that to the week before. 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:35.959 Yeah, and the next one's Lindsay Collins. He's another front row. 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:39.120 So just set the tie off two carries, and I 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:42.959 think the top four teams playing this weekend. I'll tell 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:45.920 you what. I think the open exchange is going to 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:46.560 be so good. 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:50.840 First, he thoughts on Manly suason inconsistent. I almost think 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:54.880 it's fitting in some ways that the Cowboys and Manly 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:59.960 have been eliminated simultaneously because they both of those sides 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.040 almost been very similar. 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:02.760 Hard to follow. 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:06.960 I agree middle of the road teams because their defense 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:10.679 is inconsistent. Their attack, for both of them is as 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:14.800 good as anything in the competition. Talk about Manly brooks 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:18.720 out at a dimension to them. Turbo is obviously a frequent 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:20.640 what he does, and they've got speed on the wings. 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:24.960 But if Manly's defense doesn't improve in the off season, 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:27.680 they'll do exactly what they did again this year. They'll 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:30.199 be good for a period of time. I'll fall back, 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:33.199 they will score forty points, then they'll concede thirty and 0:09:33.240 --> 0:09:34.960 then they'll get to Week two of the finals again. 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:38.280 If they want to take that next step, they need 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:41.680 to improve defensively, and yeah, I thought the left side 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:44.880 of the roosters cause chaos down the right side of 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:48.680 Manli's But DC for me has been great at what 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:53.680 thirty five thirty six in February twelve months ago he 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:55.839 was a player of the Manly Seagulls. This year I 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:59.440 thought he was terrific. But I think if he wants 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:02.760 to go and win that camp before he's done, I think, 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:04.719 and he's the front Lady's energy and mainly in the 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:06.520 back end of the year, maybe the rep footy thing might 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:08.200 be something that he'll put a question. 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:11.440 Everybody gets they got at that point if they want 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:14.440 to prolong their career, and mainly it's key individuals like 0:10:15.160 --> 0:10:18.920 Dali and Tom are great instinctive players, and with great 0:10:18.960 --> 0:10:19.960 instinctive players, we. 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:20.679 Can't it gets. 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:23.360 It's fast football, it's reactive football, and that sort of 0:10:23.360 --> 0:10:24.560 football does bring errors. 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:26.199 So it's exactly what you said. 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:28.880 They've got a tidy up there defense to defend absorb 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:29.559 those errors. 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:31.040 They just couldn't do it this year. 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:34.440 Because they've got the kicking game through Cherry Evans to 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:37.800 absorb long minutes so they can kick and kick and 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:40.560 fight with other teams, but defensively they just don't hold 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:43.480 their gloves up long enough. Physically, I thought they improved 0:10:43.480 --> 0:10:45.080 in the back end of the ear. I thought the 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:48.320 forwards really stood up towards the back end, but obviously 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:49.760 fell over the last Turtle. 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:52.320 Players. 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:55.160 I think coming out of Origin, which he would have disappointed, 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:57.840 he just was never really given a chance at all 0:10:57.880 --> 0:10:59.560 in Origin. I think he came out of that a 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.200 little bit flat, as most players do, but then he 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:04.960 really picked up that last month Sharks could not have 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:07.959 been more different than the week before. It must have 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:10.960 been a great week of self reflection for the Sharkis. 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:15.280 And we've said the best football comes from simplicity. Hit 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:17.920 the line, hard, play the ball, quick, create space for 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:21.000 your playmakers, kick well, defend your ass off. 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:24.600 Yeah, I thought, like if you go watch the Melbourne 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:27.839 game where they lost, they dropped the kickoff, but they 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:31.160 got it back towards halftime, and some of their football 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:34.480 to get that score back was actually quite direct. I 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:36.480 didn't mind some of it. There was some really poor 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:38.960 stuff that cost them, but there was glimpses that they 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:43.200 were almost there. But I'll tell you what I loved 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:46.920 out of the Sharks game was Brandon Trindle's kicking game 0:11:47.600 --> 0:11:49.200 and the outside backs chase game. 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:49.640 Oh wow. 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:53.160 They scored two or three tries from kicks purely because 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:56.840 of Trindle's placement and the effort and the desire for 0:11:56.880 --> 0:12:01.600 their outside backs to chase. If Mullatalo Cato doesn't chase 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:04.320 those balls and get contact to them, that's not a try. 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:08.120 And sometimes finals is all about just one effort, effort 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:10.319 more than the opposition, and it will come down with 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:12.440 the foot. I thought it was very good, well, Coop. 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:16.599 We saw for about being one of Tedesco's greatest performances. 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:19.360 Maltalo hasn't had a lot as long as career as teddies. 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.120 I thought it was one of his greatest. He led 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:25.880 those outside backs in every area. The outside backs, the 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:28.600 back five had over one hundred runs. 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:28.960 Coops. 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:32.000 Yeah, and that is so crucial to take when you 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:35.360 when you're going to play the very best teams who 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:37.160 are going to drill your middle and really go at you. 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:38.880 You've got to help your forwards out. 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:41.960 The forwards are going to retain some petrol and tech 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:44.360 for the fence, and the Sharks do that probably better 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:45.800 than anyone when they're firing. 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:50.120 Because they're energetic in the back film and the hell 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:53.880 of finishes near the trial line too. So I think 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:56.320 they fight fire with five pth this week like they're 0:12:56.360 --> 0:13:02.080 back five vers Penis back five. And you know, let's 0:13:02.120 --> 0:13:04.880 give Heines a tip of the cap, right we talk 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:09.120 about how you know, let's use a Melbourne storm spine 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:14.240 as when Harry Grant's on Munster and huge step back. 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:19.120 Look at Jerome last week, Monster's on Harry's stilling through. 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:20.400 I'm going to take a step back here. 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:23.120 And with all the pressure, he became a role player 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:25.720 for Trindle, Like Trindle dominated the kicking, he had the 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:28.360 hot hand, he was doing it all and heinz to 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:30.560 his credit. When you know what, there's a team first 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:33.640 mentality here, Brad, keep doing what you're doing and I'll 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:35.000 do a couple of pieces here and there. 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:36.880 I want to talk about nick O. 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:39.040 I was going to talk about Braden first, but let's 0:13:39.080 --> 0:13:41.760 talk about Nika and I agree with that. One of 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:44.920 the worst things about it about professional sport Coober and 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:48.000 I understand it's professional sport and it's a tough school, right. 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:53.319 But what begins so often as measured criticism or critiquing 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:56.760 suddenly accelerates out of control and becomes this massive pile 0:13:56.840 --> 0:13:58.679 and takes on a life its own. And that's been 0:13:58.720 --> 0:14:00.400 the case a little bit with Nigger. Nick is not 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:04.280 immune to criticism. And Nico's confidence has been down and 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:07.720 he's been playing within himself. But sometimes, and I've said 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:10.880 this number of times, coops, sometimes just what you don't do. 0:14:11.600 --> 0:14:13.360 Trendle went out there the other night and the ball 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:15.480 was hitting his hands perfect. You have nights like that, 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:17.760 and Nick goes down in conference. He could have done 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:20.320 what equal to do one of two things slip back 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:23.480 and deputize and compliment what he does, or. 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:25.320 Go out there try to prove. 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:28.840 Everyone wrong, demand the football, force yourself into the game, 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:29.880 and I reckon they don't win. 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:31.760 Yep, one hundred percent agree with that. You can't have 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:35.240 one without the other. This game is loved by a 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:39.120 lot and people will critique it. I think Nico Heines 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:40.920 needs to put it in its own box like it 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:44.400 is what it is. Feedback from those who see the 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:46.440 game through a different lens. That's not your coach, not 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:51.000 your playing group, not your mentors is irrelevant to be fair, 0:14:51.920 --> 0:14:54.000 and I think it's I think it's fair that nicko 0:14:54.080 --> 0:14:56.760 Hein stands up and plays the way he plays, because 0:14:57.360 --> 0:15:00.240 that's what will tell the criticism to go away. At 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:03.720 the end of the day, performance is king. Winning is 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:07.440 even better. And I've had stages through my career where 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:11.800 you've been under pressure. That's just there. It doesn't force 0:15:11.840 --> 0:15:14.640 you to do anything greater, worse, or you can't feel 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:17.440 like you're a victim. Just improve on the skills, go 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:21.520 out and perform. And this might be really strange. Well, 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:24.680 I think they've got a chance this week. I feel 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:28.080 like if they can put the perfect game together. They 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:31.800 match up nicely, I love the power of their back rowers, 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:34.280 and maybe they can get it done. 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:36.080 The last thing I just want to say on Nick 0:15:36.080 --> 0:15:37.960 out and I think applies to a lot of young players, 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:41.080 is that it's never been tough to be professional sportsman. 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:43.440 The wall of noise that comes at you all the 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:46.040 time from social media, there's so many outlets. We're part 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:48.320 of it. We sit here, we talk about it. We 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:50.600 try to be measured, but there's times that people want 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:55.880 more measured. Well, yeah, and you're vicious. I hear players 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:59.080 sometimes say I don't care. Well, that's wrong. It doesn't 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:03.360 I'll say this fifty three years of age. For me, 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:06.560 it's taken a lot of a lot of kickens and 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:08.120 a lot of stuff to go into my life to 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:10.760 actually get to the point that you go, I don't 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:13.280 care what a person thinks. Now that is not the 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:17.480 domain of someone in their twenties. Is that you have 0:16:17.560 --> 0:16:19.600 to go through a lot and the day that actually 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:22.160 you don't care is one of the best. You move 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:24.880 at a really great party of your life. 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:26.840 But in your. 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:30.960 Twenties, you know, going into thirties, most people are thin skinned. 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:34.240 I'll put it this way. Through my career, I think 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:39.400 I could honestly respect four or five people's opinion. Cheers one, 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:44.960 you two, God, No, that's how you put it together, right. 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:46.880 There's a lot of people when we do it, we'll 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:50.800 commentate on our game, find ganiche, find who those who 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:54.040 you believe that the feedback is warranted, and trust that 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:56.200 other than that, the rest is just noise. 0:16:56.840 --> 0:16:59.640 What I like to about Trendle again very similar, Nicko, 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:04.119 is that all that brilliant stuff stemmed off simplicity. And 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:06.800 we said before you know, they better off playing North South. 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:08.600 We've done a lot of geography in this show. The 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:12.280 better off playing Sidney to Mount Isa than Sydney to Perth. 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:16.119 And a playmaker is in charge of that, and I 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:19.000 reckon one of the things for playmakers to understand. I 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:21.480 thought trindled it the other night, right at the moment 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:24.040 that you would naturally call the football sometimes say it 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:26.639 or forward. Just give me another one, Just give me, 0:17:27.080 --> 0:17:29.320 just give me another strong hit up. 0:17:29.320 --> 0:17:30.600 Play the ball quick, going to. 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:32.600 Give me more momentum, going to give me more time 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:35.800 and more space. They scored some brilliant tries the other 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:37.760 night Sharks, but if you go back and look at it, 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:40.400 it was just based off guys hitting the line hard, 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:41.200 play the ball quick. 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:44.880 I like his temperament because there was a big game 0:17:44.920 --> 0:17:47.119 in his career and there was a lot of noise 0:17:47.160 --> 0:17:49.600 about the Sharks in general not being able to win finals, 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:52.679 and I beg it's a team that was probably in 0:17:52.760 --> 0:17:55.560 good form. I liked that he had the confidence and 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:59.600 the temperament to go after it like some other hars. Okay, 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:02.840 Niko as the origin player, I hope he goes okay today. 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:05.240 I'm just going to sit back here and hold. But 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:08.600 he didn't hesitate like he really dominated the kick in 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:11.560 the early exchanges, started to find his rhythm, ran the football, 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:14.000 set up some tries, and then he was scoring tries 0:18:14.040 --> 0:18:15.560 on the other side of the field too. That tells 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:19.640 me that he's actually moving around and looking to be involved. 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:23.120 So career best performance from him. It's very good. 0:18:23.280 --> 0:18:26.520 It was really good Cowboys season. Well, I mean whatever 0:18:26.560 --> 0:18:29.720 you just said about Manly just so, I love the 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:31.360 fact that I love it when the Cowboys come. 0:18:31.320 --> 0:18:32.320 Out and they play fast. 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:35.760 But eventually, sometimes through the game, you've got to tick 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:38.560 all the brakes. You got to slay the temper, you've 0:18:38.560 --> 0:18:40.480 got to frustrate the opposition. You've got to be able 0:18:40.520 --> 0:18:41.040 to do both. 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:43.359 And they just can't seem to do the second. 0:18:43.440 --> 0:18:46.840 It's almost like just at times they lacked the concentration 0:18:46.920 --> 0:18:50.480 of the focus to do things. Defensively, Yeah, they put 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:53.359 a lot of effort into their attack, but they don't 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:57.080 back it up with that grunt. Defensively, they have origin 0:18:57.119 --> 0:19:01.119