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  1. K

    Match Discussion: Round 15 vs Penrith @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

    I don't know if he's straightened our attack, but he's straightening his coach's path to unemployment.
  2. K

    Match Discussion: Round 15 vs Penrith @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

    At this point it's not even Cogger's fault. The coach should have taken responsibility and he hasn't. Find a solution. Find any solution that involves Cogger not in first grade. And do it two weeks ago.
  3. K

    Match Discussion: Round 15 vs Penrith @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

    It's a special talent to have a negative impact on your team in every single way. Every time you are involved. You can be a Reegan Tanner type forward who clearly doesn't belong in first grade but tries hard. But how do you survive at this level when you actively and single handedly destroy...
  4. K

    Match Discussion: Round 15 vs Penrith @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

    Jack Cogger has a premiership. Kalyn Ponga will probably retire without one. The world is a funny place.
  5. K

    Match Discussion: Round 15 vs Penrith @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

    I just don't understand Jack Cogger as an NRL player. The only thing he does almost competently is pass the ball, but even then not with any threat or creativity. You could put any player in the 6 who is able to pass the football and tackle, and it would be a significant upgrade. Literally...
  6. K

    Match Discussion: Round 15 vs Penrith @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

    That is so, so ordinary and says everything about us as a football team compared to the opposition. One percenters. Attention to detail. And you know, watching the ball. Game over because we couldn't get to the end of our set with a minute to go.
  7. K

    Match Discussion: Round 15 vs Penrith @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

    There are so many differences between the two teams, but the kicking games and results from kicks in every form are absolutely poles apart. We get nothing from ours, and they gain constant advantages, put us under pressure, score tries, get repeat sets, etc.
  8. K

    Match Discussion: Round 15 vs Penrith @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

    And defence too.
  9. K

    Fitting in Ponga and Armstrong when everyone's available

    Because Ponga actually does play a lot like a half at times. He doesn't have the natural support play tendencies of a traditional fullback, or the pure speed, and in this team he also needs to be a playmaker because we have so little of it going on in the halves. I think people are missing the...
  10. K

    Fitting in Ponga and Armstrong when everyone's available

    A busted Cronk won a grand final essentially playing as an on-field coach. AOB will at the very least consider the idea of how to combine what he's getting from Armstrong now with what he knows he will get from Ponga (in attack) regardless of the number on his back. If the alternative Jack...
  11. K

    Fitting in Ponga and Armstrong when everyone's available

    We will see. Much stranger things have happened before.
  12. K

    Fitting in Ponga and Armstrong when everyone's available

    What about this season only then, which is the question I'm actually asking and pondering? It's a must-win game, Ponga is back, Gamble is not, and Armstrong remains on fire. What do you do?
  13. K

    Fitting in Ponga and Armstrong when everyone's available

    Sure, that is the most likely outcome. You don't think it's even worthy of discussion? What if Armstrong keeps killing it, we're winning games and in finals contention, Ponga returns weeks ahead of Gamble (which he should), and Cogger continues to be a handbrake. It's going to be a big call from...
  14. K

    Fitting in Ponga and Armstrong when everyone's available

    I'm all for left wing ideas (that don't involve Thomas Jenkins), but surely this would be even riskier and harder to accommodate than the original suggestion? Is it really that crazy for Ponga to defend at 1 and attack at 6? I don't think so. And then you get 80 minutes of Armstrong attacking...
  15. K

    Fitting in Ponga and Armstrong when everyone's available

    There's no way either Armstrong or Ponga can defend in the front line at 6. Armstrong would have to defend on the wing, and even that might be a stretch. To me it's about the team potentially being elevated to a higher level than we've reached. I doubt Ponga's skill set at fullback alone will...
  16. K

    Fitting in Ponga and Armstrong when everyone's available

    There have been a few mentions in other threads about whether AOB would consider Ponga in the halves again to keep Armstrong at fullback once Kalyn returns. I think I agree with those saying that Ponga won't defend in the front line, but does that necessarily rule out some sort of...
  17. K

    Match Discussion: Round 7 vs Canterbury @ Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park / Wanngal

    He was helping to paper over the cracks and bailing us out of trouble
  18. K

    Match Discussion: Round 7 vs Canterbury @ Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park / Wanngal

    Can we now all admit that Dom was probably the second most important player in our amazing run last year? Not the same team without his constant threat and momentum, not just the try scoring.
  19. K

    Match Discussion: Round 3 vs Melbourne @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

    Watch us concede a penalty here
  20. K

    Match Discussion: Round 3 vs Melbourne @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

    From what I’ve seen tonight he doesn’t belong in first grade, it’s too much of a liability for a winger at this level.

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