Given it was a Greg Hartley standard tonight by Atkins, a penalty agst Wiremu for tackling too hard gets the Roosters out of trouble. Penisini sin binned for a professional foul, nothing when he was pulled back earlier.
Grieg turned I a handy stint, Hodgson just can’t be relied on for more than 30 minutes, the Eels looked much slicker when Hands went to 9.
Greg Alexander basically commentates as a Panther fan on a Parra game, not at all even handed.
An awkward start, 3 teams getting 2 weeks to prepare and losses to kicks in the hardest 5 games to start a season for any team I’ve seen in a long, long time. Thanks Annesley and the NRL.
Yeah we got pubed tonight. I'm also sick of Teddy squid-legging it at the line, Bailey sin bin was fair for the contact but deadset that running style has been an issue for years and Karen couldn't care less.
Parra forum are comparing this year to 2018 but we could legit have won all five games with a bit of luck or polish. Or without Bryce, in the case of the Sharks game. Tonight is probably the one we were most out of after the sin bins, so hardly a squad/coaching issue.
It's a tight comp this year IMO. I didn't have us top 4 and I still don't but I'm not slitting my wrists. I like what Emu brought in D, he hit f**ken hard. Maka also. Doorey is really good and will spend less time suspended than Marata but Murchie is defs a back up, although I think he'd show more on an edge.
I don't get the Brown criticism, he looks really good but we're misisng Lane on that edge and DylBro lacks some threat with Bryce hopping around goose stepping instead of Lane hitting those lines.
With a full strength side I think we go quite well this year. But our depth is a bit iffy in terms of keeping our defence together, a lot of the back ups seem to be average defenders this season.
