{"id":308575,"date":"2023-06-16T02:18:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T02:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=308575"},"modified":"2023-06-16T04:58:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T04:58:56","slug":"freddy-rips-selection-critics-who-turned-on-nsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=308575","title":{"rendered":"Freddy rips selection critics who turned on NSW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/nsw-blues#:~:text=The%20New%20South%20Wales%20Blues,Maroons%20on%20an%20annual%20basis.\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"NSW Blues\">NSW Blues<\/a> coach <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/brad-fittler\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Brad Fittler\">Brad Fittler<\/a> believes criticism on social media is &quot;normal&quot; as his side prepares to head to Brisbane for <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/state-of-origin\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Origin II\">Origin II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After losing the opening fixture at Adelaide Oval, Fittler made five changes to the side with Tevita Pangai Junior and Nicho Hynes axed in favour of Stefano Utoikamanu and Reece Robson.<\/p>\n<p>Damien Cook and <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/state-of-origin-2023-mitchell-moses-nsw-blues-selection-phil-gould-exclusive-eels-v-panthers-2022-grand-final\/b0f5d53d-f3a0-43b0-b790-1b8477ce91d5\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Mitchell Moses\">Mitchell Moses<\/a> both replaced the injured Apisai Koroisau and Nathan Cleary while Latrell Mitchell was originally included but succumbed to injury with Stephen Crichton returning to the starting side.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\/socceroos-v-argentina-lionel-messi-scores-gets-hugged-by-a-fan-during-argentinas-20-win-over-australia\/4b896586-fdc9-48cc-88ad-62e4e8267b61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>Socceroos go down as fan invades pitch, hugs Messi<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/athletics\/news-2023-oslo-diamond-league-jessica-hull-oliver-hoare-break-australian-records-at-bislett-games\/b9296486-5a0e-40b5-9a9a-480c7168a12c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Aussie records tumble as stars shine in Europe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/golf\/us-open-news-2023-rickie-fowler-xander-schauffele-sets-record\/fa6a7fbb-cbf1-4852-b839-084c21288af6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>American stars blitz 127-year US Open record<\/strong><\/a>\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Fittler has copped plenty of criticism for \ufeffhis selections ever since taking on the NSW Blues role &#8211; which comes with the territory &#8211; and many believed Adam Reynolds and Nicho Hynes were unlucky to have missed out on the halfback role.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"91434f55-444d-4bfa-aa06-1dfe8f333df6\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/91434f55-444d-4bfa-aa06-1dfe8f333df6\" alt=\"ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 30: Brad Fittler coach of NSW during a State of Origin media opportunity at Rundle Mall on May 30, 2023 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Mark Brake\/Getty Images)\" data-width=\"4073\" data-height=\"2291\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The coach said the people on his side are the people that matter, not the critics. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&quot;T\ufeffhe people I walk past everyday don&#x27;t (criticise), they&#x27;re very encouraging, they&#x27;re very supportive and they can see there&#x27;s a good footy team there, they&#x27;re going to try hard,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;They&#x27;re the only people I&#x27;ve been listening to at the moment.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch the 2023 State of Origin series LIVE and exclusive on Channel 9 and<\/strong><\/em><em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/9now.app.link\/1QDVFYZrWab\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6329509096112\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/moses.png\" alt=\"Gus&#x27; expectations for Moses \" data-vms-id=\"ref:clixt57hh00040kmz6sweglt3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After stating he doesn&#x27;t have social media during a Blues press conference, Fittler encouraged \ufeffreporters and fans to talk with the people he&#x27;s been conversing with.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That&#x27;s normal (criticism of team selections), go and \ufeffhang out with the people that are walking on the street that I see every day, they&#x27;re very supportive of the team, I think they can see there&#x27;s a good footy team here.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\"><em><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>NSW Blues coach Brad Fittler believes criticism on social media is &quot;normal&quot; as his side prepares to head to Brisbane for Origin II. After losing <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=308575\" title=\"Freddy rips selection critics who turned on NSW\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":307223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=308575"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308585,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308575\/revisions\/308585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/307223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=308575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=308575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=308575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}