Game Day Thread v St George Illawarra at Fortress Commbank - Sunday 6th August 2pm.

[Avenger]

Matto’s a middle.

Not only is he a middle but potentially could be the best prop in the game in a fews years time.

 

[Eelogical]

We aim to please

Then give me the choice of ordering from a person as well as a touch screen....ffs!

 

[Suitman]

Two adult tickets cost $220. A burger, two soft drinks and chips then cost $40.

Someone said it before …. Kayo!

Yep, a disgrace. It's not as if most of our demographic is rich.
I've paid slightly less than that before a couple of times, on special occasions for meetups with friends from overseas/interstate etc.. Had no choice tbh when I wanted to make sure they get good seats.
I truly would like to know who sets prices for NRL games.

 

[yy_cheng]

It's actually quite obscene the prices of tickets at Commbank.
It can't be justified when the stadium isn't selling out, and it's the reason why it isn't.

Is that what happened to Mark in the Stands? Is he Mark on Kayo now?

 

[Happy MEel]

Then give me the choice of ordering from a person as well as a touch screen....ffs!

We do.

 

[Gronk]

Lol bea in the post match regarding dyl plugging holes in the left edge.. How many tries did ravalala score?

Perhaps you didn’t watch the game. Cos he literally stopped 6 tries himself.

 

[Happy MEel]

Random thoughts:

* Thought we were very luck today.
* I thought Gutherson stripped that ball to be honest. The game obviously turned after that.
* Felt very happy for Russell. He is a very competent winger at a budget price. He is our new Neil Hunt.
* The kid on the other side isn't ready and BA is a moron for giving him the job to mark their big Fijian winger.
* If we go into next year with Simonsson as our first choice centre we have rocks in our heads.
* Cartwright is the player of the season for us as far as I'm concerned.
* Dylan Brown will be better for the run.
* Lussick is better than Hands BTW.
* I still think we will miss the semis.

- Yep
- There’s got to be onus on the ball carrier. Thought that was ok
- Shit effort on one of their tries but otherwise I agree
- Thought the new Arthur was decent for a young kid. Already better than Waqa.
- can we teach intelligence? Bailey is outstanding rucking it out, but dumb as f**k with no skills everywhere else. Simplify your game you merkin!!
- Cartwright won us the game and almost lost us the game. Just do the tough shit you’re doing. Unless it’s a no-brainer hood the f**king ball!!
- Drown went well, you owe us all merkin!!
- Agree Lussick went well. Would still like both in the rotation.
- Unfortunately agree.

 

[JokerEel]

They always inflate the crowd numbers

Of course but at the game it was pretty full compared to the Titans game.

 

[JokerEel]

I’ll also add that we looked shithouse when Matto was on the edge. That’s when we leaked points. We focused on it watching the game and we were caught short consistently when Matto was on the edge. He’s an elite middle but a mediocre edge. We experimented and got our answer. Matto’s a middle.

True I assume that's why BA moved Matto to the middle and Davey to the edge.

 

[84 Baby]

I wasn't the one who said they or us couldn't play better. They are 2nd last and had some very good players missing as did we at home. Both sides looked average to me

No you were the one who said they were at same level as us because what if they passed a ball or didn’t make errors.

 

[JokerEel]

Random thoughts:

* Thought we were very luck today.
* I thought Gutherson stripped that ball to be honest. The game obviously turned after that.
* Felt very happy for Russell. He is a very competent winger at a budget price. He is our new Neil Hunt.
* The kid on the other side isn't ready and BA is a moron for giving him the job to mark their big Fijian winger.
* If we go into next year with Simonsson as our first choice centre we have rocks in our heads.
* Cartwright is the player of the season for us as far as I'm concerned.
* Dylan Brown will be better for the run.
* Lussick is better than Hands BTW.
* I still think we will miss the semis.

Most I agree with here on your random thoughts.

I don't think it's a strip Gutho is making the tackle to save the try not going into the tackle to strip the ball.

Super Simmonson should not have been the first choice centre this year.

I don't agree with Cartwright he has been good but has really killed us some times with stupid offloads or passes when we were on the attach and just needed to hold the ball.

I also think we needed to have Hands on the bench Lussick needed a breather today.

 

[Gronk]

Agree Lussick went well. Would still like both in the rotation.

I think Emu only being able to play 10 mins and Luka still being a rookie, plus maybe Hands needing a break from the middle meant that Joey was the only option. Joffa played 34 mins and pretty sure that was his longest stint so far.

Will Emu’s condition improve enough by Friday for Makka to drop off for Hands ? Makka played 18 mins. Unless you want Emu to drop off ?

 

[Eelogical]

True I assume that's why BA moved Matto to the middle and Davey to the edge.

Davey’s ears should be able to cover both sides of the ruck on their own.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Lussick is an upgrade on Hodgson.

Lussick was excellent today, but we were playing a very shit team. Hodgson's leadership could've been key to keeping our heads on at 10-0 up though.

 

[Jake the snake]

I’ll also add that we looked shithouse when Matto was on the edge. That’s when we leaked points. We focused on it watching the game and we were caught short consistently when Matto was on the edge. He’s an elite middle but a mediocre edge. We experimented and got our answer. Matto’s a middle.

Watched the highlights and Superman Simonson was responsible for a lot of bad reads today.

 

[JokerEel]

Also I don't think we should have resigned Moses (he didn't play great today) and have put our Money on Brown and Sanders with our Window shut we needed to look to the future....

Plus Paulo should not be resigned after this contract.

 

[Avenger]

Is RCG due next week?

 

[JokerEel]

Is RCG due next week?

Back Round 25

 

[84 Baby]

The other point is the better teams don't make these errors and so why we struggle against the good teams

Did you read the other posts or just that one?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Also a very good chance of scoring in a tied game. @Incorrect no matter what the club did the right thing.

Yeah it sucks that we didn't score in a tight game ffs