Jamal Fogarty

[manlyfan76]

DCE may want to stay if Fogarty was coach.

Not with whatmough here.

 

[Budgie]

Not with whatmough here.

good

 

[Brookie Bob]

"For non yardage situations, Fogarty takes top spot at 29.5% of sets that end with one of his actions."

"Using this same approach allows us to identify players who are responsible for controlling field position like Ilias and Jack Cogger, isolate the halves who are primarily creating attacking chances like Cameron Munster and Lachlan Galvin, and identify those who do both (Jamal Fogarty, Nathan Cleary, Daly Cherry-Evans)."

Nicho Hynes, Dylan Brown and halves usage rates in the NRL - The Rugby League Eye Test

Rugby league is a results driven business, and when a team is not winning the pressure is usually turned up on their highest paid player(s). Whether or not that’s warranted is up for debate, but it usually results in the reductive cliché of a star playing “needing to get more involved”. There’s...

www.rugbyleagueeyetest.com

 

[Phobia]

"For non yardage situations, Fogarty takes top spot at 29.5% of sets that end with one of his actions."

"Using this same approach allows us to identify players who are responsible for controlling field position like Ilias and Jack Cogger, isolate the halves who are primarily creating attacking chances like Cameron Munster and Lachlan Galvin, and identify those who do both (Jamal Fogarty, Nathan Cleary, Daly Cherry-Evans)."

Nicho Hynes, Dylan Brown and halves usage rates in the NRL - The Rugby League Eye Test

Rugby league is a results driven business, and when a team is not winning the pressure is usually turned up on their highest paid player(s). Whether or not that’s warranted is up for debate, but it usually results in the reductive cliché of a star playing “needing to get more involved”. There’s...

www.rugbyleagueeyetest.com

Here's a more up to date version of that non-yardage utilisation rate:

We could not have signed a better replacement for DCE. I'm kicking myself... DCE said no to us, and we ended up with a cheaper, arguably better halfback, from the team running first. Insanely good acquisition.

 

[Brookie1973]

Here's a more up to date version of that non-yardage utilisation rate:

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We could not have signed a better replacement for DCE. I'm kicking myself... DCE said no to us, and we ended up with a cheaper, arguably better halfback, from the team running first. Insanely good acquisition.

I guess those stats also support why the Dogs are moving Sexton on, though Galvin doesn’t appear to be much of an improvement (admittedly based largely on tigers stats).

 

[LeonardCohen]

Here's a more up to date version of that non-yardage utilisation rate:

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We could not have signed a better replacement for DCE. I'm kicking myself... DCE said no to us, and we ended up with a cheaper, arguably better halfback, from the team running first. Insanely good acquisition.

He’s a good replacement but I have the dollar chaser ahead of him as ‘value added’ to a side. Just an opinion of course. I know DCE has shortcoming with overplaying his hand at times but I think he’s one of the elite creative halfbacks in the game. The Raiders attack is nothing special and so much of it is off the forward pack’s damage. It’s like they bash the door down to score points. I hope Fog’s contributions are equally effective with an inferior pack.

I trust that his kicking game will hold up but worry that he might feel pressure at times (from fans and critics) when our attack is less potent.

 

[nightster]

I see Fogarty as more of an Adam Reynolds type half ... a controller and steerer more than an adlib player... I'm really looking forward to seeing what the change will bring after so many years of D$E's style

 

[Nike]

Fogarty isn't the same class of player that DCE is, but with Turbo moving out to the centres we've given ourselves another ball player. Credit to the club, Fogarty is a professional.

 

[The Who]

Speaking of players from Canberra who are moving on/have moved on...
Wonder how Wighton is feeling? He left Canberra chasing a premiership, and to be with his mates Latrene and Cody. Chances are he'll end up with a piece of woodenware rather than silverware. Must go down as the dumbest move in recent memory; even dumber than Lomax foregoing a big chunk of salary to play for Doesn'tmatta.

 

[Peter C]

Speaking of players from Canberra who are moving on/have moved on...
Wonder how Wighton is feeling? He left Canberra chasing a premiership, and to be with his mates Latrene and Cody. Chances are he'll end up with a piece of woodenware rather than silverware. Must go down as the dumbest move in recent memory; even dumber than Lomax foregoing a big chunk of salary to play for Doesn'tmatta.

Wighton dropped a couple of hundred grand also in his George Costanza deal with Souths

 

[LeonardCohen]

I see Fogarty as more of an Adam Reynolds type half ... a controller and steerer more than an adlib player... I'm really looking forward to seeing what the change will bring after so many years of D$E's style

That’s what is exciting about it. We’ve seen the last few weeks what a bit of control has done for the side. We’ve shown a willingness to get into the grind, complete sets and kick to corners and it’s worked. At least we know Fog will endorse a similar approach.

 

[Jimmie]

He’s a good replacement but I have the dollar chaser ahead of him as ‘value added’ to a side. Just an opinion of course. I know DCE has shortcoming with overplaying his hand at times but I think he’s one of the elite creative halfbacks in the game. The Raiders attack is nothing special and so much of it is off the forward pack’s damage. It’s like they bash the door down to score points. I hope Fog’s contributions are equally effective with an inferior pack.

I trust that his kicking game will hold up but worry that he might feel pressure at times (from fans and critics) when our attack is less potent.

That’s an excellent analysis …fogs has the luxury of playing behind the best pack in the comp

 

[Phobia]

That’s what is exciting about it. We’ve seen the last few weeks what a bit of control has done for the side. We’ve shown a willingness to get into the grind, complete sets and kick to corners and it’s worked. At least we know Fog will endorse a similar approach.

IMO The Fog is better suited to what we need. DCE is the type of player to ice the winning play in a final, but he isn't the type to carry us to the finals.

A good inverse example would be the Sharks in recent years. A powerful team that lacks the killer mentality. They can make the finals often, but don't do much in them. DCE would've been a perfect fit for them, and would've given them the extra level. This may be why Gould acquired Galvin now, to prevent the Dogs coming to the same fate.

In my opinion, we are the exact opposite of the Sharks. We make the finals on an extremely inconsistent basis, due to our razzle-dazzle risky style, but when we do make them, we can knock over anyone.

We have enough ball-playing and X-factor without DCE, but we lack the power and grit to get to a GF. Fogarty adds a bit of control and grit. He's willing to stay in the grind, and get us wins, rather than keep going for hero plays. He's the type to bring us to finals, but it's on Turbo, Hoppa, Brooks and Walsh, to ice those finals.

I think both parties will be better off without each other, after long consideration. This is the silver lining.