GAME DAY vs Newcastle Knoughts

[coolumsharkie]

Not happy

 

[Marchad]

I hope Talakai is ok

 

[Weaponhead]

Exceptional regular season. Running second is well above expectations. Well done.

Have a real opportunity to make a GF. Get the job done next week and anything can happen.

 

[shadowboxer]

Exceptional regular season? Maybe, yeah nah, confused what to think to be honest
They have been very good under a far bit of adversity with injuries.
I’d call it a Jessie Ramien season - rocks and fing diamonds.
Their error rate is a real concern, massive concern. Not sure what to expect next week.

 

[eddiesmith]

26-4 second half in to the wind. Still frustrating but it was good to see them turn it on a bit in the second and respond to the half time spray.

Obviously we’re all hoping they can turn it on against the cowboys after coasting the last six weeks and just flick a switch but I’m a bit more confident we can after that.

 

[coolumsharkie]

f**k Sifa getting injured really makes it a worse game for me. We need him if we are a chance

 

[SharkShocked]

Yeah. Worrying. Didn’t look to bad. But a week is a short time when you see the initial pain/discomfort he looked in.

 

[R-15-3]

I reckon Wade has been ‘tapped on the shoulder’ during the week.

Playing like his depressed mind is on other things…

Did we notice that it was not only the two simple drops, one coming out of our red zone and one which would have resulted in a try - but he also missed the tackle on Hoy, when he scored…?

Think your right about the tap on the shoulder. Post match presso will be interesting to dissect

 

[Weaponhead]

Exceptional regular season? Maybe, yeah nah, confused what to think to be honest
They have been very good under a far bit of adversity with injuries.
I’d call it a Jessie Ramien season - rocks and fing diamonds.
Their error rate is a real concern, massive concern. Not sure what to expect next week.

So you expected a minor premiership?

 

[Frenzy.]

Exceptional regular season? Maybe, yeah nah, confused what to think to be honest - then reflect on what you expected
They have been very good under a far bit of adversity with injuries. - yep. Resilient. Shows not only in everyone stepping up to cover injuries but also how they cover up their incessantly poor error rates.
I’d call it a Jessie Ramien season - rocks and fing diamonds. - Nuh. Its Diamonds. Win rate of 75%. When it's all said and done doesn;t matter how they won. They just did. If they won a GF with the exact same play would you take it? I would
Their error rate is a real concern, massive concern. Not sure what to expect next week. - yet the side has won 18 games and lost only 6 with what has pretty much been a consistently bad error rate all year

 

[Frenzy.]

Yeah. Worrying. Didn’t look to bad. But a week is a short time when you see the initial pain/discomfort he looked in.

He's also a tough hombre. Played for weeks with a busted shoulder which is still busted. It was a classic syndesmosis mechanism of injury. Forced plantar flexion. He's so tough it could be Grade 2

 

[Craigshark]

The complaining in here is laughable.. we came f**ken second.. f**k me, it wasn’t a fluke. We turn it on next week

 

[Ozzi_78]

Did Nicho throw 2 intercept tries?

 

[R-15-3]

18 & 6 says it all what a season.

 

[SharkShocked]

The complaining in here is laughable.. we came f**ken second.. f**k me, it wasn’t a fluke. We turn it on next week

Have over shot most peoples expectations in here by a long f**kn way.

I stand by my point earlier, we have a ton of future potential / upshot with this squad.

But we are still a pretty immature loose team. Equally we can be absolutely deadly when on song with the full strength squad against anyone.

Would absolutely love to go deep this year but the future does look promising.

 

[Cheese sandwich]

Was there nothing in the sifa tackle? I was spitting chips thinking it was a hip drop? He was walking fine when he got to the bench so hopefully the ankle doesn't blow up like a balloon once he's cooled down.

 

[chewsta]

Certainly wasn't intentional but still a hip drop. Similar to Nikoras hip drop that saw him suspended. Momentum of the ball carrier drives through the defender who fell awkwardly on the lower legs. Hopefully Sifa is okay.

 

[Frenzy.]

Was there nothing in the sifa tackle? I was spitting chips thinking it was a hip drop? He was walking fine when he got to the bench so hopefully the ankle doesn't blow up like a balloon once he's cooled down.

Remember when you were taught to tackle and part of the low tackle technique was to hit the thighs and slide down. To me, that's all the guy did. He certainly didn't swing his hips in from the side. I also think Sifa's injury was going to happen anyway. His foot was already going under before the added weight

 

[McLovin]

Rookie coach took us to equal best regular season in our history with a heap of improvement left in the younger guys going forward. Happy with that

 

[shadowboxer]

So you expected a minor premiership?

We can discuss post the semi finals - if your impressed by some of the crap dished up recently, then all power to you. Most recent games are up there with about as much re-watchability as Police Academy sequels