Round 11 vs Canberra

[Mickthedragon]

We wont be giving the 2 pts back thats for sure but it was very rough around the edges today.

 

[carltonsouth79]

Lawrie collected plenty of splinters that game. Disappointing.

Agreed, our blokes were bashed today with that big Raiders outfit but Mary didnt use all the bench.

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

Did someone just flick a switch?

Yeah mate its called support the ball player....we are a different team when we activate it

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

I thought Nene was tackled

Me to but as my wife said musnt have called held

 

[rednwhites]

A couple of obvious brain fades/ despicably dumb decisions that cost us 12 points changed that match dramatically.

There's a difference between not peaking too early and an average team. We look like the latter of late and the Panthers will thrash us if we repeat the last two week's efforts.

2 points are great but the team deserves a rocket from Mary.

 

[giboz71]

I don’t mind wins like these.

Boys have had big pressure games the last 5 weeks against premiership heavyweights, Sharks, Warriors, Roosters, Storm and Bunnies (teams all in the 8).

Hard to mentally be up week after week. We were clearly switched off today and still won.

Don’t mind that provided we switch back on next week for yet another top of table clash.

 

[TruSaint]

McInness changed the game with that wonderful pass.. He's a keeper. Well done Vaughan as well. He was supreme today.. Love Flo, but he is now a liability. Try as he may..

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

Agreed, our blokes were bashed today with that big Raiders outfit but Mary didnt use all the bench.

I wonder if Mary knows you can play with 17.....FMD for the life of me I just cant work his philosophy out with this issue

 

[OzDragon]

Absolute shit game. You don’t deserve to win if you let the opposition walk right through to score.

In saying that, yay 2 more points!

 

[ALSGI]

Thank f**kc Havilli didn’t score.

 

[Drag Queen]

Well done gareth

Never doubted him. Pretty shit game comparing to others I've seen this weekend though. We've got to do better than that.

 

[ouryears]

A SHOCKING EFFORT FOR A WIN 3 SOFT TRIES
AND NEARLY A INTERCEPT.
RAIDERS WERE SHIT .

Fair dinkum, better than Manly beating storm, Broncos beating roosters, titans beating knights.

A season is all sorts of games.
Good, ugly wins, etc.

Not aimed at you, but every negative post on here.

It's all good wanting perfection, so how many of you are divorced ?!

 

[Life's Good]

We haven’t recovered well from the game against Melbourne. Compounding that is poor bench use, AGAIN. A wins a win but I have serious concerns over Nighty(consistently picked off in defence) & Graham(looking injured & too often at 1st or 2nd receiver stifling our attack).
On that performance Penrith won’t be too concerned.

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

McInness changed the game with that wonderful pass.. He's a keeper. Well done Vaughan as well. He was supreme today.. Love Flo, but he is now a liability. Try as he may..

Yes mate sadly have to agree re Flo...he doesnt add that much these days.....and when you take into consideration we hardly use our 17th player...we can do better by adding some more troops to our 80 minutes...if you know what I mean

 

[getsmarty]

Worst performance is a win. That alone shows our improvement from last year.

Yep...but mainly due to guys like Hunt/Graham/Widdop/Dufty/Frizell.............When they tapped and ran through in the 2nd half...Graham came on...he changes line speed and team effort.

 

[Drag Queen]

Penrith will put on a cricket score next week if we play like this.

Spot on Sir. This was the weakest game I've seen all season. Time to sort the chaff from the wheat I'm afraid. Hard to watch tbh.

 

[Brutalitops]

We lacked the ability to win scrappy in the past and I'm glad we did now because a game where the lead changes multiple times is usually not a happy one for us.

 

[FlameThrower]

notes from today for tomorrow's review.
TEAM
Must play the ball properly
never turn your back on an acting team
never stop defending & assuming a penalty
COACH
Rest Graham
Rest Nighty
Rethink bench
Bring in Lomax

 

[mickeylane]

I don’t mind wins like these.

Boys have had big pressure games the last 5 weeks against premiership heavyweights, Sharks, Warriors, Roosters, Storm and Bunnies (teams all in the 8).

Hard to mentally be up week after week. We were clearly switched off today and still won.

Don’t mind that provided we switch back on next week for yet another top of table clash.

Heres the good news - win or lose next week after round 13 we will still be on top of the comp 13 weeks straight and even better news we would have trotted out the same starting 13 - 12 games straight - a NRL all time record...
The team played awfully today but the raiders are such an on and off team that it would be hard to plan to play against them - seriously 2 of the Raiders tries would never be scored in a semi final scenario - our superiority is such that we play well beyond par and still win games with gas left in the tank....

 

[SAP58]

Agreed, our blokes were bashed today with that big Raiders outfit but Mary didnt use all the bench.

I agree dont understand why you dont at least give the young bloke 5 minutes, it would be good experience. What am i missing ?