'16 | R2 | Sat | SOU 48-6 NEW | ANZ

[I Bleed Maroon]

Unless another team really collapses, you can't go past the Knights for the spoon

 

[Twatface Magee]

Knights are absolute locks for the spoon aren't they.
Nobody will be surprised if they don't win a game this year.

 

[macavity]

Unless another team really collapses, you can't go past the Knights for the spoon

Can't see where we win a game this year.

 

[Pete Cash]

Yep, complete coincidence that you can sign players since Ricky managed to manufacture some TPAs.

I'm sure that has nothing to do with it, it's just that early 20s blokes want to live in Canberra.

People hate on Stuart but he has made the raiders able to somewhat compete. We have had a lot of knockbacks though.

Like signing Hodgson was an inspired move after Ennis knocked us back. Stuart has mostly signed players on the outer or unknowns. Paulo is probably the first time we've signed a player an nrl team wanted to keep. Maybe tapine but you can do that with youngsters just by bidding more.

 

[user_nat]

Can't see where we win a game this year.

Melbourne probably.

 

[Chief_Chujo]

Can't see where we win a game this year.

Your favourites against us next week for some reason.

 

[macavity]

That explains some loss of quality in attack. But it doesn't explain him consistently not putting in enough effort in defense.

He has always had terrible positioning in defence, difference being he used to be quick enough to make up for it sometimes, instead of never.

 

[eagles4eva]

Not missing much its seems... 7-1 penalty count & 62% possession... Knights must be gifting this one to the bunnies

 

[Vic Mackey]

Really feel for knights fans, a lot of us have been there. Just can't think of any positives for them. I just looked at their team and I reckon there's only 4 of their 17 who other clubs would think of signing.

 

[Pete Cash]

That's a recent thing though. Wasn't long ago we were having to pay overs to keep our guys as well, which locked us out of the market. I think we've figured out the TPA rorts as well, which the Knights cant do as the NRL control them.

No I agree but the best signings Stuart has made was Hodgson from England, Austin on the outer at tigers and sezer after DCE signed for the titans.

It's not necessarily about going after big names I guess.

The system is a complete joke mind

 

[macavity]

People hate on Stuart but he has made the raiders able to somewhat compete. We have had a lot of knockbacks though.

Like signing Hodgson was an inspired move after Ennis knocked us back. Stuart has mostly signed players on the outer or unknowns. Paulo is probably the first time we've signed a player an nrl team wanted to keep. Maybe tapine but you can do that with youngsters just by bidding more.

Sezer, Tapine, Leilua, Paulo... And then keeping players that would have been in demand.

I would strongly suggest that Canberra are now leveraging their leagues clubs the way the Roosters, Eels and to a lesser extent Sharks do. See a theme there?

 

[Pete Cash]

Sezer, Tapine, Leilua, Paulo... And then keeping players that would have been in demand.

I would strongly suggest that Canberra are now leveraging their leagues clubs the way the Roosters, Eels and to a lesser extent Sharks do. See a theme there?

You guys wanted to get rid of BJ you were hardly trying to keep him. He was obese and unmotivated so I don't blame you.

Mate I do agree the system is unfair. It's a farce frankly. If the nrl did the right thing and published all registered tpas by clubs we could see what was going on.

 

[macavity]

Really feel for knights fans, a lot of us have been there. Just can't think of any positives for them. I just looked at their team and I reckon there's only 4 of their 17 who other clubs would think of signing.

Unless something drastic changes, there literally are no positives.

We are developing players, yes - but we will lose them to richer clubs when they become worth poaching.

We are a club heavily reliant on sponsorship and gate takings - in other words, we need to win to be a chance of breaking even. We aren't winning much unless the TPA rules change or we work out how to get in on the rort (pretty much impossible in a town where every large company is already a sponsor). We aren't attractive to a buyer in our current state either.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

It goes from bad to worse

 

[DiegoNT]

Ok i have a blackout
How do i watch this game legally on my phone?

 

[macavity]

Leilua was playing up to try to get sacked. We kept picking him.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Didn't the Knights NYC win the minor premiership 2-3 years ago? What happened to that batch?

 

[Cloud]

Knights fans deserve this.

 

[Walt Flanigan]

Leilua was playing up to try to get sacked. We kept picking him.

We had one of those guys...

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Hunter Valley I'm sorry