'14 // Women in League R10 // Mon // Sea Eagles v Knights // Brookvale-

[Big Pete]

Feel for the Knights.

Better side for the majority but just so woefully out of form that they couldn't capitilise on their opportunities.

Would say the Sea Eagles tries were opportunistic, but really some of the Knights efforts weren't much better.

In the end, that final play really did sum the game up. Newcastle in prime field position and Mullen virtually puts himself in no-man's land for the shot. Meanwhile, DCE takes it upon himself to have a go and as a result he achieves all the glory.

Mullen clearly isn't 100% but it's those type of plays that have always been held against him and why I've never considered it a big travesty of injustice that he's only played one Origin.

 

[Dutchy]

Chuck on Triple M Sydney guys, they're about to replay the final 7 minutes of the good guys coming back and winning.

 

[perverse]

I just don't get why Darius felt he needed to have a shot with 2 tackles up the sleeve and a minute on the clock... it just... I just...

 

[Swarzey]

Good guys? LOL.

 

[Dutchy]

Yep :sarcasm:

 

[perverse]

In the end, that final play really did sum the game up. Newcastle in prime field position and Mullen virtually puts himself in no-man's land for the shot. Meanwhile, DCE takes it upon himself to have a go and as a result he achieves all the glory.

Mullen clearly isn't 100% but it's those type of plays that have always been held against him and why I've never considered it a big travesty of injustice that he's only played one Origin.

The thing is... particularly at this time of the year, I reckon Origin creeps into the back of his mind at moments like those. As a Knights fan I'd like to see him get a shot at redemption and get the monkey off his back. If he fails and gets dropped, then so be it... at least he'll know and can get on with things... but it's always there with him.

Obviously that's a little greedy of me speakign purely from the benefit I think it would give to his game at the Knights, but for 79 minutes he did everything he could in that match to get an Origin recall. I feel for him, and I certainly never want him to leave the Knights... he's the furthest thing from our problems at the moment... but I'd like to see him get a crack to get it over and done with.

 

[perverse]

I mean I would look at it this way... would you rather have the proven failure from Bondi who gives more of a shit about getting on the piss a couple of weeks out from Origin in your team... or the bloke who has been obsessing about a chance at redemption for 7 odd years?

Give him a shot, if he fails to land the field goal for NSW, punt him. You can guarentee he'll do everything right up to that point, and bring NSW a kicking game they've been sorely missing.

 

[perverse]

Well, we've got Hodkinson and Reynolds, it would seem. They'll bring effort but not a lot else, I would imagine.

 

[nick87]

Obsessing about redemption?
You'd think if he was that obsessed with redemption, with the game on the line, his shot at redemption on the line, he'd have the f**king balls to pull the god damn trigger?

He blew it, I'm afraid.

 

[perverse]

Obsessing about redemption?
You'd think if he was that obsessed with redemption, with the game on the line, his shot at redemption on the line, he'd have the f**king balls to pull the god damn trigger?

He blew it, I'm afraid.

He didn't have to take a shot there, there's was tonnes of time to line up a better one. Agree he should have had a crack, but I also think he should have had another one, too.

Personally I'm just filthy that we were in that position to begin with... but then I expected to get pasted by 40 or so. To be honest, I think the pasting would have been easier to cop.

 

[Rod]

LOL at blaming Mullen for Darius taking the FG.

It wasn't even the last tackle.

 

[nick87]

He didn't have to take a shot there, there's was tonnes of time to line up a better one. Agree he should have had a crack, but I also think he should have had another one, too.

Maybe so.
I guess the thing that is going to stick in everyone's mind though, is when the game was there to be won, with a perfect set up, lovely positioning and plenty of time, Mullen froze in the big moment.

Meanwhile the guy who's playing for QLD, took a one step snap, under huge pressure, with time practically expiring and won the game

 

[Apey]

In the end, that final play really did sum the game up. Newcastle in prime field position and Mullen virtually puts himself in no-man's land for the shot. Meanwhile, DCE takes it upon himself to have a go and as a result he achieves all the glory.

Mullen clearly isn't 100% but it's those type of plays that have always been held against him and why I've never considered it a big travesty of injustice that he's only played one Origin.

You can be such a deadset dribbler sometimes.

We had several tackles left and a minute left to play. Boyd premature ejaculating a field goal was considerably dumber than Mullen opting not to kick it. Could have set it up so that we were taking field goal at a point in time where Manly wouldn't have had time for their chance. We still had several plays left.

 

[Swarzey]

Unfortunately for Mullen, there's also media hype around some other bloke. The only time Mullen gets a shot to prove his worth for redemption is during City/Country and despite outplaying each merkin out there, the hype surrounding the other bloke ruins everything he works hard for.

How the f**k can anyone concentrate on trying to achieve an opportunity for redemption a night out from selection announcement when the halves are already been picked well before the ball is kicked?

Against the Bulldogs and in City/Country, he was hands down the dominate halve over Reynolds and if those two performances weren't enough to convince selectors of another opportunity, then he wasn't going to get it. No matter what, the most deserving NSW halve to lace a pair of boots will never get picked for Origin again because of the delusional views of the media driving the selection of blokes who don't deserve jumpers.

Tonight was never going to leave an impact on the mind of the selectors. Not even the slightly of dents.

 

[Noname36]

I just wish Mullo had the confidence to back himself in those winning plays because when he does he's unstoppable. I remember a game at Shark Park last year we were down by 4 with like 30 seconds left and had to go 100m to score. He puts on a brilliant chip kick to send Boyd down the field and in the last second of the game he puts another brilliant kick in for Gagai to win the game.

It's so frustrating that he doesn't always back himself in those situations because if anyone in the side has the ability to pull off a brilliant play when we need it it's him.

Certainly not blaming him for the loss though. We'd already lost it by then IMO due to Gidley's missed conversion, a bad knock on by Uate and a very lucky try by Manly . Manly had all the momentum by then and you could just see we weren't going to win.

 

[perverse]

Maybe so.
I guess the thing that is going to stick in everyone's mind though, is when the game was there to be won, with a perfect set up, lovely positioning and plenty of time, Mullen froze in the big moment.

Meanwhile the guy who's playing for QLD, took a one step snap, under huge pressure, with time practically expiring and won the game

Yep, all true. I probably would have been filthy at him had he had a shot under pressure and missed with tackles in hand, though... just like I'm filthy at Boyd. At least Boyd showed that he is somewhat interested in playing first grade still tonight. Not flashy but got some serious work done for once.

 

[perverse]

I just wish Mullo had the confidence to back himself in those winning plays because when he does he's unstoppable. I remember a game at Shark Park last year we were down by 4 with like 30 seconds left and had to go 100m to score. He puts on a brilliant chip kick to send Boyd down the field and in the last second of the game he puts another brilliant kick in for Gagai to win the game.

It's so frustrating that he doesn't always back himself in those situations because if anyone in the side has the ability to pull off a brilliant play when we need it it's him.

Yeah, that was 2 big plays at the death. He can do it... he's just gun-shy, particularly at this time of the year. It's really not helping him that he has shitness all around him at the moment. In a good team he'd be a monster. We're so lucky he re-signed with us... because he's one of the few blokes keeping the club afloat in first grade. The whole setup isn't remotely viable without him, as we saw while he was injured.

 

[Noname36]

Yeah, that was 2 big plays at the death. He can do it... he's just gun-shy, particularly at this time of the year. It's really not helping him that he has shitness all around him at the moment. In a good team he'd be a monster. We're so lucky he re-signed with us... because he's one of the few blokes keeping the club afloat in first grade. The whole setup isn't remotely viable without him, as we saw while he was injured.

Tbh I think the difference tonight to that game he won at the death last year was that it was a FG needed and he isn't great at kicking them. That would have certainly been playing at his mind. We should have been thinking try and he would have been sweet IMO.

 

[perverse]

Tbh I think the difference tonight to that game he won at the death last year was that it was a FG needed and he isn't great at kicking them. That would have certainly been playing at his mind. We should have been thinking try and he would have been sweet IMO.

We should have been thinking anything other than snap one off while we've still got 2 tackles up our sleeve, to be honest. Not taking the field goal looks bad because of what immediately proceeded it (Darius giving them abck the ball and then DCE landing the hail mary).

If smart football happens after Mullen passes it, Boyd takes a tackle and Mullen gets into a better position for the 4th or 5th tackle... thus also draining precious seconds from the clock and denying Manly an opportunity at kicking a field goal themselves. I don't think that heaping shit on Mullen is particularly fair either... Darius is as much, if not more to blame.

Gidley is the ultimate plonker even letting Manly have a sniff in the first place.

 

[Apey]

We should have been thinking anything other than snap one off while we've still got 2 tackles up our sleeve, to be honest. Not taking the field goal looks bad because of what immediately proceeded it (Darius giving them abck the ball and then DCE landing the hail mary).

If smart football happens after Mullen passes it, Boyd takes a tackle and Mullen gets into a better position for the 4th or 5th tackle... thus also draining precious seconds from the clock and denying Manly an opportunity at kicking a field goal themselves. I don't think that heaping shit on Mullen is particularly fair either... Darius is as much, if not more to blame.

Exactly. A decision made to look so much poorer than it actually was by genius commentators waxing lyrical about it (the same one who was confident the 40/20 was in...) and Boyd blowing his load early.