Game Day - Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks vs. Canterbury Bulldogs

[Cheese sandwich]

My son was stoked because he managed to get a photo with will kennedy after the game down at the fence then we randomly ran into ramien, dale and fifita in the P1 carpark and got photos with them too.

 

[Chimp]

I’m sure I’ve posted on here before that I was worried Ronnie will bomb a try one day by showboating. I love Ronnie, but I’ll also stand by a point I made when discussing Katoas potential extension, Katoa is not that far behind him in terms of contributions, he is just less of a ‘character’. And in this case, I doubt you’d see Katoa do the same.

My post above from the Rabbits game where he bombed one…. I still have lots of love for Ronnie, but these arrogant mistakes are really wearing thin.
He’s so good across most aspects of the game, but needs to keep his head in the game - he’s getting lost in the moment of excitement and losing concentration - get the ball down, then do your cheesy grin and celebrations (although I’d prefer a reaction like WK’s - get up enjoy the moment, but keep the game face on!)
Again, prior to Katoa signing his extension, and some were saying we should let him go, I said he wasn’t far behind Ronnie on all fronts - I’d argue Katoa is the better and more reliable of our 2 wingers this year!

 

[Tiger Shark]

Nah Ronnie is still better even with the bombed tries. Not to be takeaway from big sexy who’s been really good too.

 

[SharkShocked]

Ronnie is clearly the better player. Even allowing for some of his mental lapses.

Would be good to see a bit of maturity as it’s hurting his game.

 

[Special K]

I can say this without being bitter since we won but that referee kept that game closer than it needed to be with giving them a gazzillion penalties so we were defending a lot more in the heavy conditions than we needed to, that's why they were so sluggish towards the end. How the pack of knobheads missed that forward pass for their try I'll never know. Incompetent fks

The pass was shocking.

There was also a time when Max king was chasing a kick and he called out Max offside. Max made the tackle right as WK caught it. No penalty. Wtf

 

[Craigshark]

I thought katoa was safe but a bit average last night. Is he injured? Some of his hit ups in the second half in particular had no urgency or impact to them at all.

 

[Frenzy.]

My post above from the Rabbits game where he bombed one…. I still have lots of love for Ronnie, but these arrogant mistakes are really wearing thin.
He’s so good across most aspects of the game, but needs to keep his head in the game - he’s getting lost in the moment of excitement and losing concentration - get the ball down, then do your cheesy grin and celebrations (although I’d prefer a reaction like WK’s - get up enjoy the moment, but keep the game face on!)
Again, prior to Katoa signing his extension, and some were saying we should let him go, I said he wasn’t far behind Ronnie on all fronts - I’d argue Katoa is the better and more reliable of our 2 wingers this year!

I wouldn't have been too fazed if Katoa had gone but I thought last week, as you have now, that he was better than Ronnie. Sione is doing the small things better, has actually looked safer than Ronnie beneath the up and unders (< for Quigs) and is doing his core work as well as Ronnie is doing his. Katoa was one of those heart attack players for me and I was waiting all the time for him to drop a bomb or spit the ball up in contact or some other Sharkesque error but he's not looked in trouble at all in consecutive weeks under Burton, Keary and Walker aerial attacks. He's doing well.

 

[Frenzy.]

I thought katoa was safe but a bit average last night. Is he injured? Some of his hit ups in the second half in particular had no urgency or impact to them at all.

He may have been but he was definitely cramped for room with the overuse of the short side on his edge. I don't recall him getting any clean ball at all yet Ronnie did and was able to make a few long incursions which saw him get near triple the metres.

I reckon the Dogs did a really good job on shutting down those short side raids. I'm sure it was that defence that led to some of Nicho's (and Briton's) strange kicks down that edge. Those kicks looked like frustrated plays to me as what usually works wasn't working as well.

 

[Frenzy.]

Ronnie is clearly the better player. Even allowing for some of his mental lapses.

Would be good to see a bit of maturity as it’s hurting his game.

Overall and potentially. There's been too many mental lapses of late though

 

[Mr Angry]

I would contend that being outside Sifa is making Ronnie look better than Sione.

Outside of Ramien is where wingers go to die, his only chance for clean ball is a cut out pass.

 

[azzah72]

I will take no Ronnie slander.
He is the heart and soul of the team.
Future captain and dally m winner.
I will have his babies.

 

[Craigshark]

He may have been but he was definitely cramped for room with the overuse of the short side on his edge. I don't recall him getting any clean ball at all yet Ronnie did and was able to make a few long incursions which saw him get near triple the metres.

I reckon the Dogs did a really good job on shutting down those short side raids. I'm sure it was that defence that led to some of Nicho's (and Briton's) strange kicks down that edge. Those kicks looked like frustrated plays to me as what usually works wasn't working as well.

before the game, I thought we’d score at least a couple of tries from the short side plays. A couple of times it looked like we were going to break away, with only a couple of last ditch tackles from the dogs stopping it. The dogs definitely knew it was coming and defended it pretty well.

 

[shadowboxer]

Interesting game.
A win that felt a bit like a loss. Agree with most of the banter on the GDT.
They look slick but their ability to switch off, lack of discipline and defensive issues are the hallmarks of an also ran team just making up the numbers at this stage of the season.
The good was good but seriously the dogs were running on empty and we should have really done a number on them. Burton - pffff. Bombs away…whatever. Can’t believe the wraps he gets and Flanno Jr - to think people were crying when we let him go. Absolute trash.
Finally, Ronnie great work and bad work. Another rocket coming his way me thinks. He was lucky he didn’t get a penalty when he pushed the doggie player over when he was playing the ball and the No try… wow

 

[shadowboxer]

From memory the sharks didn’t host dogs at woolooware for years after.

Terrible crowd.
Sad the memories you remember.
Game at Shark park post the passing of Mrs Rogers, minutes silence interrupted by pack of flog dogs supporters.
Semi final post 9/11 - minutes silence interrupted by same morons. The only positive from that memory was that it was a warm beer drinking September day and the sharks smashed the bejesus out of the blue and whites. Langy got a try.
Weird times.

 

[SharkShocked]

Even though the Cowgirls aren’t playing great. Will be a much bigger test and somewhat of a glance into their mentality.

You’d imagine they’d be up for that.

Not sure we were ever going to get out of 2nd gear against the dogs.

The two wingers tries and the ease at which they scored them was most concerning for mine.

Not even counting that absolute laugh of a forward pass try.

 

[carinashark]

I thought katoa was safe but a bit average last night. Is he injured? Some of his hit ups in the second half in particular had no urgency or impact to them at all.

You are kidding right?

 

[Cheese sandwich]

Katoa had a great game I thought

 

[Craigshark]

You are kidding right?

no. He was safe and did everything asked, but thought he got completely dominated in his hit ups in the second half. Lacked punch. Was sitting down that end, so had a pretty good view of it.

 

[roboshark]

I know he gets bagged a bit but I thought moyza went well last night. Apart from the attempted push

 

[Frenzy.]

I will take no Ronnie slander.
He is the heart and soul of the team.
Future captain and dally m winner.
I will have his babies.

What are your pronouns azz?