Knights Vs Storm - Finals Week 2 '13

[Swarzey]

i dont think you understand how betting agencies work.

No, not really :lol:

It's an area i try and stay well clear off except for the odd stupid bet.

 

[perverse]

Well, we're not the only ones who think we can do it. Gus reckons we're a shot, too.

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...ip-against-storm-but-i-am-20130917-2twyp.html

 

[Swarzey]

Gus had a similar article after the Parra game about our chances and another one about our effort particularly defending set after set and racing away to score at the other end after Sunday's game. He can be unbearable at times on commentary, but unlike so many in his position, he doesn't look at stats, positioning, results etc as black and white.

How many times have we heard the top 4 are miles ahead of the bottom 4 of the 8? A few weeks ago, I would agree but after the past month of football, I disagree. So many are counting us out and so many have put our win on Sunday down to a poor performance from the Dogs.

 

[timka4]

Going to be a cracker. I think people are writing storm off a little bit, still a great side and we do struggle abit in melbourne. Storm will be 10x better than dogs. But I think we can still win it

 

[RHCP]

I've never been this confident heading into a match against a strong side. Not confident we'll win, but confident we'll give them a real battle either way.

I think the players as well have really grown in confidence after last week.

 

[Joker's Wild]

You always talk him up. zzzz

I think you talk him down too much

Waltzing rarely belts players but he is a clean up specialist, nearly always being in the right position to plug a gap. I am not confident Gower can bring the same to our side.

Waltzings service was also very crisp in his last 2 games. Much improved on his previous stuff at Dh

 

[Baron Vo Mandor]

We just need to score more points then them and we'll go a long way towards winning.

 

[Yosh]

I fear it's gonna be a game of two halves...

 

[macavity]

thanks Gus, kiss of death!

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

If we give it our best shot and lose I'll be happy. Well, almost happy.
If we don't give it our best shot and lose I'll call the season a success. We have shown so much grit and determination at this end of the season. We have club spirit that we had seemed to lose.
We'll still have emos but all is good with me.

Did anyone think at the start of the year that we'd reach this stage of the finals? It wasn't that long ago that many here were still writing us off.

 

[The Showstopper]

Storm were in survival mode against Souths. We will win if we repeat sunday's performance. If anything Souths were lucky as their execution at times was average. They let Storm off the hook. We never looked like losing. We hunted in defence. Numbers in the tackle. Six repeat sets on our line. They got nowt. 12 men and again nowt. I reject Dogs were poor. We read their passing interchanges to perfection.

 

[Knight Vision]

I think you talk him down too much

Waltzing rarely belts players but he is a clean up specialist, nearly always being in the right position to plug a gap. I am not confident Gower can bring the same to our side.

Waltzings service was also very crisp in his last 2 games. Much improved on his previous stuff at Dh

Comparing Gower to Hilder is like comparing an old proven race winning formula 1 vehicle to a slightly younger town driven Toyota.

 

[Knight Vision]

Storm were in survival mode against Souths. We will win if we repeat sunday's performance. If anything Souths were lucky as their execution at times was average. They let Storm off the hook. We never looked like losing. We hunted in defence. Numbers in the tackle. Six repeat sets on our line. They got nowt. 12 men and again nowt. I reject Dogs were poor. We read their passing interchanges to perfection.

And the refs give us a fair crack. I'm preparing myself for the Storm to get away with murder.

 

[Frederick]

And the refs give us a fair crack. I'm preparing myself for the Storm to get away with murder.

I reckon the refs definitely won't be one sided. We're very much the flavour of the month after our win against the Bulldogs. Lots of people in the media are talking us up, and our players have been being interviewed all over the place.

Also, I know the NRL probably wants a Roosters-Rabbitohs GF, I'm sure they're thinking in the back of their mind that a Manly-Newcastle match up would be just as tantalising...

 

[Tom155]

I think you talk him down too much

Waltzing rarely belts players but he is a clean up specialist, nearly always being in the right position to plug a gap. I am not confident Gower can bring the same to our side.

Waltzings service was also very crisp in his last 2 games. Much improved on his previous stuff at Dh

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showthread.php?t=427142

:lol:

he's got to be a close friend/relative of gower

 

[The Showstopper]

Pretty sure we were close to the most disciplined team in the comp this year. Less than 7 penalties per game. Refs look at these stats. I have no doubt.

 

[Swarzey]

Not going to lie, extremely nervous for tonight. Especially seeing Cronulla lose to a worn out Manly side. Makes me wonder if we'll be given a harsh dose of reality about how much further the Top 4 are a head of us.

 

[Noname36]

Not going to lie, extremely nervous for tonight. Especially seeing Cronulla lose to a worn out Manly side. Makes me wonder if we'll be given a harsh dose of reality about how much further the Top 4 are a head of us.

I'm going into the game being incredibly realistic. I know that the top 4 (bar Manly I think atm) are a long way ahead of us. I'm still expecting the usual occurrence to happen tonight though where people get ahead of themselves, and when we lose everyone here will get the razors out and start demanding we sack Bennett. Just watch.

The way I see it though we've done well regardless of tonight's result, and making it to week 2 of the finals will help us immensely for next season so we can hopefully work towards being up there with that top 4.

 

[Joker's Wild]

Comparing Gower to Hilder is like comparing an old proven race winning formula 1 vehicle to a slightly younger town driven Toyota.

If you are racing on dirt I'd take the Toyota any day of the week

It's all about picking the best players for the job

 

[Tom155]

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