Knights in the World Cup

[PhilGould]

Looks like he's made a great career move by not signing an extension before he hits the open market. Wish I could say I'm confident we'll retain him.

 

[Tom155]

18-6 England at HT

Samoa came on strong at the end of the half just missed getting a 2nd try as well

 

[aqua_duck]

Great to see what Dom can actually do in a half decent side, he's torn Samoa to shreds, 2 great tries and pretty sure hes earned his side 2 or 3 set restarts from his strong carries

 

[Tom155]

We can't lose him, he's a star on & off the field

We should be marketing the shit out of him here+England, wherever we can.

 

[aqua_duck]

18-6 England at HT

Samoa came on strong at the end of the half just missed getting a 2nd try as well

Samoa looked very disjointed early on but I think they're starting to come into their own especially with 2nd phase play

 

[Apey]

How long before we lose Dom (probably to the Roosters) or ruin him?

 

[Tom155]

Fox completely shitting it self tonight

 

[Tom155]

FT England 60 Vs. Samoa 6

 

[slotmachine]

I sort of hope Dom ends up at a well run club so he can reach his potential both on and off the field.

 

[Knight Tales]

Dom’s performance spoke for itself. Now we have a difficult job ahead trying to keep him. England were outstanding.

 

[macavity]

Dom’s performance spoke for itself. Now we have a difficult job ahead trying to keep him. England were outstanding.

he has actually improved here, and loves the place. We won’t get him cut price, but we should he a good shot at extending him.

 

[Spot On]

Dom is our best back without doubt and is an absolute no brainer to lock up as long as we can but those 2 tries were nothing flash. Run of the mill decent winger’s tries.

36 points leaked in 15 minutes. That is f**king horrible from Samoa.

 

[Knight Tales]

he has actually improved here, and loves the place. We won’t get him cut price, but we should he a good shot at extending him.

McDermott is a huge plus. There is a possibility his appointment is part of a longer term plan to keep Dom, KPP and Pryce here long term. A home away from home. Not that it is news to anyone in this forum, but Newy mirrors a Northern English port town. Where a lot of these kids grew up. A lot of us have said for years that we should have moved into the SL a long time ago to recruit. If it succeeds more will follow.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Thank God we didn't keep Milford

 

[aqua_duck]

Dom is our best back without doubt and is an absolute no brainer to lock up as long as we can but those 2 tries were nothing flash. Run of the mill decent winger’s tries.

36 points leaked in 15 minutes. That is f**king horrible from Samoa.

Most of those points conceded when Milford decided to get himself sin binned.
At what point do Samoa need to look at coaching? Matt Parish has been in charge for 9 years now and they're still yet to beat a half decent team during that tenure, more over he's never really been a head coach at club level besides a 6 game stint for Salford 11 years ago of which he won 1 game.
If you look at the respective sides on paper there's absolutely no way England are a 54 point better team.

 

[Spot On]

It astounds me that Milford still gets a run at NRL level.

At his best, some 7 years ago, he was a good player.

 

[The Axe of Druss]

Samoa looked very disjointed early on but I think they're starting to come into their own especially with 2nd phase play

This didn't age well

 

[aqua_duck]

This didn't age well

apparently the Matt Parish half time speech is on par with AOB

 

[The Clan]

McDermott is a huge plus. There is a possibility his appointment is part of a longer term plan to keep Dom, KPP and Pryce here long term. A home away from home. Not that it is news to anyone in this forum, but Newy mirrors a Northern English port town. Where a lot of these kids grew up. A lot of us have said for years that we should have moved into the SL a long time ago to recruit. If it succeeds more will follow.

Dom grew up in Wakefield which is about as far away from being a port Town as you could get in the UK.
If you draw a line from dead centre North to South and did the same dead centre East to west they would cross in Wakefield.

That said there are some great young players coming through the Academy system in the UK, they regularly beat their counterparts from Australia and New Zealand but too many of them fail to reach their potential after that. Doms a great example of how a young player can develop to a higher level within a more resourced and professional environment.

KPP could well be another superstar in a couple of years and Will Price has some fantastic natural abilities but he needs some of the rough edges of his game shooting out.

 

[Bdubs]

Most of those points conceded when Milford decided to get himself sin binned.
At what point do Samoa need to look at coaching? Matt Parish has been in charge for 9 years now and they're still yet to beat a half decent team during that tenure, more over he's never really been a head coach at club level besides a 6 game stint for Salford 11 years ago of which he won 1 game.
If you look at the respective sides on paper there's absolutely no way England are a 54 point better team.

Didn't Matty and Joey and i think SBW all offer to coach Samoa for free but for some reason it was knocked back