Ale at 18 and
Jazz behind him, meaning
Marata drops out on Thurs/Fri and
Walker is 50/50?
CHT way down meaning
Egan is all good to go IMO
I have no sources just seeing how Webinator has been playing mind games this year, this might happen, sucks
CNK is still not named in the reserves
I dunno if I buy into the mind games of team naming anymore.
If we plebs can see through them, then what use are they at affecting other NRL coaches, who lets face it, are experts way above any of us and have seen it all before.
There may have been a time where coaches played a bit of Sun Tzu "Appear Strong when you are weak"....but how effective is that really?
I expect good coaches would analyse video of every possible line up they face.
The way I interpret this team naming is that
Webster is going with his preferred line up.
If
Webster named the players on the fringes (18-22) as starters, then drops them on game day, I think that would send the wrong message to those players, bit of a let down having built yourself up all week as a good chance of playing.
Some will say you should train like you expect to play anyway, but if the coach is playing mind games, then after pulling that stunt a few times, players would work it out for themselves, therefore being named in the seventeen would be tarnished, have less meaning, and therefore less incentive to dare to dream you are gonna be out there in front of friends and family.
I just think there is a slightly better chance than not, that all the crook players are gonna turn out as named and therefore
Webster is just getting on with it and sending clear messaging to his squad.
I may be wrong, you might be right, it would be a great question for someone like
@Fonzie to ask
Andrew Webster. "Do NRL coaches play mind games with team naming? Do you believe it serves a function?
