'14 // Women in League R10 // Sun // Raiders 20-26 Panthers // GIO

[billypilgrimnz]

Absolutely. Were gifted three sets in a row midway through the second half and couldn't score. I can't agree with you re Penrith defence though. The Panthers missed a shitload of tackles today. I thought they were pretty poor all round, just lucky Canberra were shitter!

Yep. We struggle against any team that pushes offloads and moves the ball around. We are set up to grind out games against other teams that grind out games. Hence we can stick with Melbourne and the Dogs and look alright, but then get toweled by the Eels and struggle to contain a crap Raiders outfit.

 

[Pete Cash]

Raiders are just woeful. Campese is a sook and an absolutely woeful footballer with a reputation still coasting on the back of a few decent games in 2010. Shillington is a plodder and the Dumbest Human Alive.

Campo was mediocre this week but that is a step up from how he has been this season. He has been so bad that sometimes I confuse him with Dane Tilse when he is running. :crazy:

 

[Noname36]

the Raiders are just so lacking in creativity. Its not like they have a young halfback going really well the next level down though. Best just stick with McCrone and one legged Terry Campese. You are a gutless coward Stuart.

What happened to Cornish?

 

[proto]

Campese's last tackle options....geez

 

[umina panther]

Such a shame Segeyaro didn't smack the shite out of Pillow

 

[nick87]

He should be in the side next week... he should have been in the side 10 weeks ago

No idea why Stuart isnt playing him

 

[Apey]

. Thought they had changed it this year but the 2014 rule book has that clause still there, so fair enough, I got that one wrong.

I think they changed it for the 9's?

Only bad calls the Raiders got were Croker's "tackle" in the air and Idris' clearly knocking it on with his strip.

Meanwhile Seg gets penalised essentially because Shillington is a moron, my personal favourite.

 

[nick87]

Congrats to Penrith, marginally better team on the day

scary to think they were well below their best and still outplayed us pretty easily
Our halves stink, McCrone should never see another minute in the halves, and Campese needs to just f**king retire already

 

[mxlegend99]

Raiders whining about refs... Like they didn't f**k up both ways and help them at times. Raiders bundled into touch and get a scrum, a minute later Shillington starts a fight and is penalised only for the decision to be reversed and Raiders to get another set on the Panthers line when they should never have had the ball in the first place.

Refs are shit. Without doubt. But both teams got dud calls. Raiders had their chances and couldn't win. Even with some ridiculous decisions by Panthers (Idris offload on first tackle) just begging for you to win the game.

Slightly less worse team won.

 

[Pete Cash]

What happened to Cornish?

No idea obviously the mounties have a bye this week so it would have been a good week to debut him from the bench. Could have moved the most useless man in league to hooker and seen how Cornish went in the big boy comp.

Its like TLL I understand that Stuart obviously doesn't rate him but we have to pay him anyways this season. He is still collecting money in firsts or playing mounties so we might as well use him because he has to be better than White. Stuart doesn't have to re-sign him but not using talent seems utterly geniused.

 

[billypilgrimnz]

Meanwhile Seg gets penalised essentially because Shillington is a moron, my personal favourite.

The best thing about that is that the Raiders were about to score a fair try before Shillington's wonderful intervention.

 

[nick87]

I think they changed it for the 9's?

Only bad calls the Raiders got were Croker's "tackle" in the air and Idris' clearly knocking it on with his strip.

Meanwhile Seg gets penalised essentially because Shillington is a moron, my personal favourite.

There were a few others, but they went both ways and the raiders more than their fair chance to win the game, they just suck because Campese is busted and McCrone stinks

 

[Apey]

Forever McCrone. He is the answer to a question nobody is asking.

 

[BunniesMan]

Sigh. Do the Raiders have to lose by 50 for their fans not to blame the refs? The refs were pretty good in this game.

 

[Pete Cash]

If Stuart blames the refs (which I have heard on twitter he has "unloaded on") he has outright lost my support. We lost because of the halves he continues to pick.

 

[stormbati]

McCrone is terrible and honestly don't know how Dane Tilse has played so much first grade NRL. Completely usless merkin

 

[BunniesMan]

Forever McCrone. He is the answer to a question nobody is asking.

Mccrone. Croker. Shillington. The Raiders have so many average plodders. All their x factor players have left them or are about to, Dugan, Ferguson, Carney, Milford.

 

[Pete Cash]

Croker isn't a bad player he does a job. Not every player needs to be a superstar and Croker does well enough at Centre and is a good point scorer.

Way way way way way way way bigger problems at the Raiders than Croker.

 

[billypilgrimnz]

Sigh. Do the Raiders have to lose by 50 for their fans not to blame the refs? The refs were pretty good in this game.

No, they were pretty bad, but equal opportunity. You just accept the call and move on. But Paullyboy decided crying non-stop was a more valid option.

 

[nick87]

Croker is one of the few blokes id keep starting from scratch
he's a good footballer.

Stuart needs to stop worrying about refereeing and start worrying about how we concede tries on a weekly basis from hooker and from kicks to the winger because we play a compressed line