Player James Fisher-Harris

[WahsaurusRex]

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[WahsaurusRex]

How’s about Stacey watching young Fish play two games, win player of the match both times, and.. crickets

 

[sup42]

If you want to understand this guy from a body language perspective let me break down the Alpha male posturing from a body language read of Addin Fonua Blake and James Fisher Harris.

The NRL billed the Sharks clash as Alpha vs Alpha. And they kindly did a split screen for us before kick off so we could see the stare down.


Watch the Sharks replay at the start to see who wins the battle of the Dogs before they are unleashed in a pit fight.

You will see Fonua Blake is really affected, watch him hyper ventilate coming out the tunnel that is obviously his pscyh up tic right, he huffs and puffs to prep for a brawl.

Then he sees his opponent, turns his back on him then turns back and huffs and puffs some more. If you can Freeze frame at 2:19 seconds split screen. AFB is wide eyed, full fight flight mode, mega stressed, Adrenalin level ten.

Now lets analyze JFH. He squats down, his body language is deliberate, he is saying to his opponent, I do not give a shit, and I am insulting your haka. He even spits at the ground during the posturing which classic Alpha Prison block behavior.

And you will see Fisher Harris barking at Erin Clark (given we kicked it straight down Addins throat his yelling would be 'get up there and smash him, kick it straight at him).

Fisher Harris then stand up, which gives him power for what comes next, a screamed battle cry straight at AFB.

AFB who had turned away hears him, spins back to face him and gets up on his toes bouncing in fighting ready position.

Psychologically what that transaction is saying, is that one guy can make the other get into fight mode, up on his toes, just by staunching him out with his voice....JFH has not struck a single stance or swung his arms in circles as league players will often do before kick off and lots of other little body language tells that are aimed at looking intimidating.

In the animal Kingdom, the fighting dog, the pit bull, stays quiet while the Ker barks and yaps, the pit bull pulls on the leash before release and eyes the throat. That is what James did to Addin.

And Addin drops nuts for the rest of the game relative to his pregame talk about dominating JFH.


No matter where the Jungle, the Jungle is the Jungle.

Tackle one, Addin Fonua Blake takes the hit up, turns his back in the contact, Marata, JFH, CLark, Healy try to gang bang him in a four on one, Leka and Pomps are there too, so JFH had five mates come in to try target AFB tackle one.

Given Addins belief he carries a team on his own, and JFH style of being a leader of men, that first tackle is poetic, an illustration of the difference between the Sharks and the Warriors.
It is emblematic of what was wrong at the Warriors last year 'the poison Addin was spreading, every man for himself' and what JFH has brought to our club this year 'all in together, kick it to that loud mouth kient, on me, smash him'.

Given the back story that Addin Fonua Blake disrespected the Warriors, his team mates, the coach, the dressing room, and given JFH came in to take the spot his entitled ass occupied, the power of that stare down and the silencing of AFB by JFH holds a power as the teams leader that you cannot buy, that was some māori Battalion shit.

Our boys needed to see their Captain defeat their betrayer.

Look at our own posts when Addin split and we got this guy, most of us thought we lost someone a bit better than what we were getting but were happy we were getting someone that wanted to be here.

Now I can honestly say we have the better player when you add up every calculus that a professional rugby league player brings to an NRL campaign, we have the better Kevin Campion guy, we don't need the flat track bully prima donnas, we have a real hard man.


View: https://youtu.be/72QS_TYvnAY?si=kjTllWUdxYK76i_-

 

[Wah's Up]

If you want to understand this guy from a body language perspective let me break down the Alpha male posturing from a body language read of Addin Fonua Blake and James Fisher Harris.

The NRL billed the Sharks clash as Alpha vs Alpha. And they kindly did a split screen for us before kick off so we could see the stare down.

My own background is reading body language from growing up in the hood then applying that street knowledge to keep my head on my shoulders in a cage with head hunters, mongrel mob, hells angels and far far worse human beings.

Watch the Sharks replay at the start to see who wins the battle of the Dogs before they are unleashed in a pit fight.

You will see Fonua Blake is really affected, watch him hyper ventilate coming out the tunnel that is obviously his pscyh up tic right, he huffs and puffs to prep for a brawl.

Then he sees his opponent, turns his back on him then turns back and huffs and puffs some more. If you can Freeze frame at 2:19 seconds split screen. AFB is wide eyed, full fight flight mode, mega stressed, Adrenalin level ten.

Now lets analyze JFH. He squats down, his body language is deliberate, he is saying to his opponent, I do not give a shit, and I am insulting your haka. He even spits at the ground during the posturing which classic Alpha Prison block behavior.

And you will see Fisher Harris barking at Erin Clark (given we kicked it straight down Addins throat his yelling would be 'get up there and smash him, kick it straight at him).

Fisher Harris then stand up, which gives him power for what comes next, a screamed battle cry straight at AFB.

In the animal Kingdom, the fighting dog, the pit bull, stays quiet while the Ker barks and yaps, the pit bull pulls on the leash before release and eyes the throat. That is what James did to Addin.

And Addin drops nuts for the rest of the game relative to his pregame talk about dominating JFH.

In Jail, the Gang presidents sit while the enforcers pace the yard, the Pres has a hit man pacing next to them while the Pres spits at the ground, farts, scratch their nuts and generally give off an air of I don't give feck about you flexing at me....it interests me to see the exact same behaviors in people that have never been in the absolute depths of the underworld....it just shows body language and hierarchy's are universal.

No matter where the Jungle, the Jungle is the Jungle.

Tackle one, Addin Fonua Blake takes the hit up, turns his back in the contact, Marata, JFH, CLark, Healy try to gang bang him in a four on one, Leka and Pomps are there too, so JFH had five mates come in to try target AFB tackle one.

Given Addins belief he carries a team on his own, and JFH style of being a leader of men, that first tackle is poetic, an illustration of the difference between the Sharks and the Warriors.
It is emblematic of what was wrong at the Warriors last year 'the poison Addin was spreading, every man for himself' and what JFH has brought to our club this year 'all in together, kick it to that loud mouth kient, on me, smash him'.

Given the back story that Addin Fonua Blake disrespected the Warriors, his team mates, the coach, the dressing room, and given JFH came in to take the spot his entitled ass occupied, the power of that stare down and the silencing of AFB by JFH holds a power as the teams leader that you cannot buy, that was some māori Battalion shit.

Our boys needed to see their Captain defeat their betrayer.

Look at our own posts when Addin split and we got this guy, most of us thought we lost someone a bit better than what we were getting but were happy we were getting someone that wanted to be here.

Now I can honestly say if Addin loved us and it was a choice between the two, sorry Addin we have the better player when you add up every calculus that a professional rugby league player brings to an NRL campaign, we have the better Kevin Campion guy, we don't need the flat track bully prima donnas, we have a real hard man.


View: https://youtu.be/72QS_TYvnAY?si=kjTllWUdxYK76i_-

Thanks for that Sup, great assessment for us unedumacated folks and right on the button. I for one never rated AFB and always thought he was just a school yard bully. Fish on the other hand is why Penrith is so poor this year and we are top dogs.

 

[Defence]

Let’s talk about this guy…
I got to work today and some colleagues started talking about the game.
One is an Aussie guy in his 60s, Played to a decent level and coached at Burleigh bears- coached a few big names in his time.
Anyway, we were talking about Payne haas and he chimed in- “Meh give me that fisher-harris any day- he’s a leader of men- haas is a great player but if I could steal one guy for the Aussie team it’s that fisher-Harris- none of the other guys have the same impact on their teammates- you’d have to go back to Arthur beetson”.
High praise indeed.
Now I’m not sure I agree with all that but I do respect his opinion and it made me think- have we been a bit harsh on his form this year? If u start to dig into his stats they’re not all that different to his last couple of years at the panthers and we all know he’s not a stats guy anyway- he’s a guy that does the 1%ers better than any other front rower in the game- set after set, game after game.
At the end of the day he was brought here to lead our pack after the departures of afb and tohu and he did that- all the way back into the finals- mission accomplished.
While it didn’t get much of a mention, do we think Penrith would’ve gone 5 in a row if they still had him? I do- the guys just a winner.
He's had quite a bit of praise for his form in the pacific championship and deservedly so but has it really been that different to his warriors form? his stats have actually been down on his regular season numbers.
He's a prime example of someone whose value can’t be gauged in stats alone.
He's an inspiration and I don’t think we could have anyone better to bring through the likes of Leka, vaimaga and the rest of the zesty boys (not sure where that came from?).
His legacy at the club will continue long after he hangs up the boots.

 

[CWC]

Let’s talk about this guy…
I got to work today and some colleagues started talking about the game.
One is an Aussie guy in his 60s, Played to a decent level and coached at Burleigh bears- coached a few big names in his time.
Anyway, we were talking about Payne haas and he chimed in- “Meh give me that fisher-harris any day- he’s a leader of men- haas is a great player but if I could steal one guy for the Aussie team it’s that fisher-Harris- none of the other guys have the same impact on their teammates- you’d have to go back to Arthur beetson”.
High praise indeed.
Now I’m not sure I agree with all that but I do respect his opinion and it made me think- have we been a bit harsh on his form this year? If u start to dig into his stats they’re not all that different to his last couple of years at the panthers and we all know he’s not a stats guy anyway- he’s a guy that does the 1%ers better than any other front rower in the game- set after set, game after game.
At the end of the day he was brought here to lead our pack after the departures of afb and tohu and he did that- all the way back into the finals- mission accomplished.
While it didn’t get much of a mention, do we think Penrith would’ve gone 5 in a row if they still had him? I do- the guys just a winner.
He's had quite a bit of praise for his form in the pacific championship and deservedly so but has it really been that different to his warriors form? his stats have actually been down on his regular season numbers.
He's a prime example of someone whose value can’t be gauged in stats alone.
He's an inspiration and I don’t think we could have anyone better to bring through the likes of Leka, vaimaga and the rest of the zesty boys (not sure where that came from?).
His legacy at the club will continue long after he hangs up the boots.

You can notice the difference on defense when he plays and doesn't he have the dark art of wrestling sorted? A bit aggro to the opposition as well

 

[Canonball]

Let’s talk about this guy…
I got to work today and some colleagues started talking about the game.
One is an Aussie guy in his 60s, Played to a decent level and coached at Burleigh bears- coached a few big names in his time.
Anyway, we were talking about Payne haas and he chimed in- “Meh give me that fisher-harris any day- he’s a leader of men- haas is a great player but if I could steal one guy for the Aussie team it’s that fisher-Harris- none of the other guys have the same impact on their teammates- you’d have to go back to Arthur beetson”.
High praise indeed.
Now I’m not sure I agree with all that but I do respect his opinion and it made me think- have we been a bit harsh on his form this year? If u start to dig into his stats they’re not all that different to his last couple of years at the panthers and we all know he’s not a stats guy anyway- he’s a guy that does the 1%ers better than any other front rower in the game- set after set, game after game.
At the end of the day he was brought here to lead our pack after the departures of afb and tohu and he did that- all the way back into the finals- mission accomplished.
While it didn’t get much of a mention, do we think Penrith would’ve gone 5 in a row if they still had him? I do- the guys just a winner.
He's had quite a bit of praise for his form in the pacific championship and deservedly so but has it really been that different to his warriors form? his stats have actually been down on his regular season numbers.
He's a prime example of someone whose value can’t be gauged in stats alone.
He's an inspiration and I don’t think we could have anyone better to bring through the likes of Leka, vaimaga and the rest of the zesty boys (not sure where that came from?).
His legacy at the club will continue long after he hangs up the boots.

HI game-play in that test yesterday was just smart too - putting players in space with a passing game even, he was huge

 

[Defence]

HI game-play in that test yesterday was just smart too - putting players in space with a passing game even, he was huge

That was one area looking through his stats that I noticed has really dropped away- offloads- I’d put that down to webbys game plan though- he obviously still has it in him.

 

[CWC]

That was one area looking through his stats that I noticed has really dropped away- offloads- I’d put that down to webbys game plan though- he obviously still has it in him.

Ya our offload game really disintegrated after Luke got injured, lack of back up awareness too

 

[Defence]

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[Tookey 2.0]

That was one area looking through his stats that I noticed has really dropped away- offloads- I’d put that down to webbys game plan though- he obviously still has it in him.

Yeah I was thinking that with Erin Clark too...guy seemed to be offloading at will and had a try assist yesterday, pretty sure he had at least one other this series?

Let the boys express theirselves!

 

[CWC]

Make Offloads Great Again! #MOGA

 

[kos]

Better send your petition to coach AW
As Sup42 says webby ball is conservative
Some might say boring
Bring on the offloads coach

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Better send your petition to coach AW
As Sup42 says webby ball is conservative
Some might say boring
Bring on the offloads coach

I thought 2023 showed what Webby wanted to do...we started off slow, imo with a focus on defence and then about half way through the year we started to click attack wise and were scoring 28+ consistently (7 of last 10 games I think).

I think that's what we tried to do this year, we had boss defence most of the year and started to look like our attack was turning a corner before key injuries, where we werent able to replicate that defence and game plan over our last 10 games this year.

I really think with the attacking threats we have with this team now (Leka, AKP, Metcalf) and a few of the middles showing they can offload and create 2nd phase play (Vaimauga, JFH, Clark abd hopefully Gannon) and the spark off the bench with Healey, I think Webby needs to tweak the game plan ever so slightly and give a few players the green light to play what's in front of them.

I whole heartedly believe we have the skills within the team to win the whole damn thing, I think timing is everything and if Webby can get the best out of everyone at the right time, we could surprise a few teams and a whole heap of our fans