Around the Grounds

[Dr Dr Gimedanews]

Seems a bit harsh! 2 NRLW premierships is huge man. That gets them up to a D at least.

Plus, they cleared all our debts right? We have proper training grounds and aren't training at Newy Uni anymore. Plus they bought in the likes of Parr and O'Sullivan. Our home crowd numbers are still top notch.

I think they deserve a C. We were a garbage dump and a half when they first got here.

while all of that is true the only metric is winning and here we are a decade later. There's no prize for pretty training grounds.

Juxtaposed to Penrith in a similar situation to Newcastle . 10 yrs after almost being insolvent they made a GF and are now hoping for a 5th appearance in a row.

Throwing money at the women's team and assembling a winning team is to be commended - Ok I'll give em an F+

 

[Yosh]

while all of that is true the only metric is winning and here we are a decade later. There's no prize for pretty training grounds.

Juxtaposed to Penrith in a similar situation to Newcastle . 10 yrs after almost being insolvent they made a GF and are now hoping for a 5th appearance in a row.

Throwing money at the women's team and assembling a winning team is to be commended - Ok I'll give em an F+

Hopefully we can emulate Penrith's success over the next decade. It'd be a huge shame if we never go on a serious title challenge run when we have a Prime Ponga.

 

[Dr Dr Gimedanews]

Hopefully we can emulate Penrith's success over the next decade. It'd be a huge shame if we never go on a serious title challenge run when we have a Prime Ponga.

If I was Ponga I'd be out the door next contract.

Pains to say it but I see another Gidley, Mullen etc. Kids that gave their career to the club and nothing to show for it, and could have been so much more if they'd taken offers elsewhere.

 

[Knight Tales]

If I was Ponga I'd be out the door next contract.

Pains to say it but I see another Gidley, Mullen etc. Kids that gave their career to the club and nothing to show for it, and could have been so much more if they'd taken offers elsewhere.

While I don’t share your sentiment around KP leaving, I would be all for a journalist asking the coach what it is like to have tanked the career of a generational superstar. A player who would make any top four side near unstoppable .

 

[perverse]

If I was Ponga I'd be out the door next contract.

Pains to say it but I see another Gidley, Mullen etc. Kids that gave their career to the club and nothing to show for it, and could have been so much more if they'd taken offers elsewhere.

Agreed, I thought he should have gone to the Dolphins last contract tbh. The Hammer is reaping those rewards now.

 

[Dr Dr Gimedanews]

Agreed, I thought he should have gone to the Dolphins last contract tbh. The Hammer is reaping those rewards now.

The club management is unacceptably slow to get it's act together, there is zero sense of urgency to win, and that reflects in the clubs culture and on field performances.

Ponga will be well retired and the club will still not have the fierce determination to be winners, and happy to be making up the numbers.

 

[ryan.a87]

What’s the story behind the Joey and Marty Johns rivalry?

Anything public on why there is so much distance between them?

 

[Burwood]

SoO comments. From memory Matty said that Queenslanders had more passion.

 

[ryan.a87]

Seems like a petty thing to distance yourself from your brother over

 

[Apey]

They've made up and are on better terms as of recently according to Matty - had a recommended video pop-up on Youtube of Matty talking about it while at the Olympics. Said his son Jack drove it (literally, he drove Matty to Joeys place).

Seems like a petty thing to distance yourself from your brother over

Joey can be pretty petulant from what I've seen, but some siblings just be like that really. Not like its their first spat and probably won't be the last. I remember they were on bad terms for ages because Matty felt like he supported Joey during his drug saga but that Joey didn't do the same for Matty during his Sharks NZ bun saga.

 

[Old dog]

Family squabbles are common it’s just in there case it’s very public due to who they are. I’m sure it will all be resolved to make way for another falling out.
Families🫢🫣

 

[Woody90]

What’s the story behind the Joey and Marty Johns rivalry?

Anything public on why there is so much distance between them?

A lot of it brewed from Matty being sacked from Nine and Joey staying on.