Team list Tuesday - Rnd 3 vs Storm

[hineyrulz]

Can you find out how many tackles inside sharks red zone. Had to be 50. And no tries from that.

Twice we had 3 or 4 sets in a row. And took the two. They scored straight after FFS!!

 

[hindy111]

Twice we had 3 or 4 sets in a row. And took the two. They scored straight after FFS!!

Yes ridiculous decision. Negative and then opposition then knew they had them metnsly beaten and holding on for grim death.
Meanwhile nobody wanted to tackle Hynes

 

[hineyrulz]

Yes ridiculous decision. Negative and then opposition then knew they had them metnsly beaten and holding on for grim death.
Meanwhile nobody wanted to tackle Hynes

But we were wearing them down according to some lol.

And they hung off Hynes all day, it’s like he had spiders on him. Or hair.

 

[Gazzamatta]

82 missed tackles in 2 weeks and a shitload of line breaks. Our first contact has been poor and our line speed is non existent. Otherwise we’ve been awesome.

But we arent making any apologies for starting fast.

 

[Glenneel]

Hands will get his chance which is good.
Interesting game this weekend. We need to be competitive. I think we will fire up and a good chance to win. Cop a flogging and I'd not have much hope for the season tbh.

Parra's form has been disappointing so far. Their attack poor (except for 1st half Tits) but most disappointing has been their defence. Until they get that right we're going nowhere! Look at the Cows v Raiders game. For a team widely picked as wooden spooner the Cows defence was top notch and we should look at their game as a benchmark for us. Same with Knights their defence has been outstanding.

 

[Gary Gutful]

If we are flogged this weekend which I don't expect. I think we win or lose by less then 4. But if copped a 20+ loss then yes I reckon we have seen enough over 3 games to suggest we have gone backwards.

f**king peanut

No mate. You’re the peanut. What happens in Round 3 is largely irrelevant.

 

[Gary Gutful]

I don't think so. Most clubs all start the season fresh and with energy

That’s just not true mate.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Parra's form has been disappointing so far. Their attack poor (except for 1st half Tits) but most disappointing has been their defence. Until they get that right we're going nowhere! Look at the Cows v Raiders game. For a team widely picked as wooden spooner the Cows defence was top notch and we should look at their game as a benchmark for us. Same with Knights their defence has been outstanding.

9 years of compression. I love it when you see a team mark up man on man.

 

[84 Baby]

And they hung off Hynes all day, it’s like he had spiders on him. Or hair.

I’m always wary of players doing a Wagon, but this has pissed me off for years. At times we show too much respect for opposition stars. Every now and then if they crab you need to f**ken smash em

 

[hindy111]

No mate. You’re the peanut. What happens in Round 3 is largely irrelevant.

We don't have a great coach who will adjust our game plan. What we get is what we see, ain't nothing more to it.

We could be witnessing the decline of the squad. And with so many players leaving we need a good start. Plenty otherwise will start to give up and then we will self destruct.

Last week we looked lazy and lacked hunger. It's a worrying sign when you've just had 6mths off playing.

 

[hindy111]

But we were wearing them down according to some lol.

And they hung off Hynes all day, it’s like he had spiders on him. Or hair.

Wearing them down and run in 3 tries in the last 20mins wasn't it?

 

[hindy111]

That’s just not true mate.

Bar the Tigers and Manly along with us I feel all other sides have shown a lot of hunger. Some just aren't good enough to win.

 

[Gary Gutful]

We don't have a great coach who will adjust our game plan. What we get is what we see, ain't nothing more to it.

We could be witnessing the decline of the squad. And with so many players leaving we need a good start. Plenty otherwise will start to give up and then we will self destruct.

Last week we looked lazy and lacked hunger. It's a worrying sign when you've just had 6mths off playing.

We went through a very poor period and climbed out the other side last year.

The only thing I am certain of at the moment is that we still lack consistency. I don’t think it’s a forgone conclusion that we will continue to play as poorly as we did against the Sharks.

 

[King-Gutho94]

We don't have a great coach who will adjust our game plan. What we get is what we see, ain't nothing more to it.

We could be witnessing the decline of the squad. And with so many players leaving we need a good start. Plenty otherwise will start to give up and then we will self destruct.

Last week we looked lazy and lacked hunger. It's a worrying sign when you've just had 6mths off playing.

How we aim up this week will basically give us a fair guide on where we are headed this year i feel.

That round 2 win last year against Melbourne in the rain set the standard and tone for the side to have a strong start in the 1st half of last year.

We dont have to win but physically if we take it Melbourne on both sides and i think we will be alright win lose or draw.

If we offer the same passive garbage in defence like the first 2 rounds then alarm bells might start ringing.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Bar the Tigers and Manly along with us I feel all other sides have shown a lot of hunger. Some just aren't good enough to win.

I would describe our performance against the Sharks as ‘cautious’. We looked like we were playing to not lose. I think that’s a different issue to what you are describing.

 

[Gary Gutful]

then alarm bells might start ringing.

Mainly from fans. I’d hope the squad, coaching staff and club don’t lose their heads after 2 straight losses.

I was going to say ‘lose their hair’ but sadly that’s already happened.

 

[hindy111]

We went through a very poor period and climbed out the other side last year.

The only thing I am certain of at the moment is that we still lack consistency. I don’t think it’s a forgone conclusion that we will continue to play as poorly as we did against the Sharks.

Yes we had a good game against Storm and Penrith. In our other finals match against Knights we where fairly average and only just scraped the win. Knights where getting slaughtered by most sides by the end of the year. It took us 78 mins to put them away and was anyone's games till then.

We lost 5 of our last 7 games. We beat Cowboys in a scrappy affair and a great win against the Storm.

We conceeded 202 points in our last 7 games and scored 92.

 

[hindy111]

Storm completed at 69% and we completed at 90%.

Yes it was a great win. But of our last 9 games that and our finals loss to Penrith are the only two good games we played.
Everyone forgot about the other games including the one against the Knights in the finals. 28-20 That took us to the wire.

As fans we cherry picked those 2 good performances and forgot about the garbage we dished out in the other 7 games

 

[hindy111]

I would describe our performance against the Sharks as ‘cautious’. We looked like we were playing to not lose. I think that’s a different issue to what you are describing.

I thought we where hopeless. Moylan and Hynes broke 10 tackles between them. They are both two of the weakest guys in the nrl. That means we gave them space.

 

[hindy111]

On the Storm if you had to list their best 6 players and our best 6 who would they be?

B.Smith,Grant and Welch are 3 of theirs along with Munster, Papenhauzen and Hughes.

Our best 6 id say are - Gutherson,Moses,D.Brown,Mahoney, Jnr,Rcg.... I'd probably have Papali'i at 7. Matterson/Marata may sneak into 8th or 9th.

We win this weekend. We have to cause if we can't beat them without those guys we are stuffed. I feel we will win tbh. Id be suprised if we are unable too