Match Discussion: Round 11 vs North Qld @ Queensland Country Bank Stadium

[Jono078]

I'd just like to look forward to a game with the anticipation that we will put on a great show and maybe win.
It's at the point where I'm looking forward to the game but there's no real excitement.
It's like a weekly therapy session that gets you nowhere.

I don't think that feeling really returns (for me) until Pearce is back to be real with you.

 

[slotmachine]

staying healthy is a skill and Best doesn't seem very good at it.
hasnt been able to string more than a couple of games together ever, even as a 16 year old.

 

[Yosh]

I used to look forward to games with anticipation. Now that feeling is replaced with anxiety. Really a shame because I think a whole city shares similar feelings.

 

[mozza91]

Go to my local each Thursday get on the beers and watch the footy. Might leave early tonight to avoid it.

 

[The Axe of Druss]

I usually game with my mates on the PS4 on Thurs nights with the footy on in the background

Might just game with nothing else on tonight

 

[perverse]

Ah yes, my weekly dose of frustration is nigh. How many interesting ways will we find to shit the bed this week?

 

[Seage]

Let's be optimistic - tonight is an opportunity for Jake Clifford to carve up a poor team and give us false hope that he can replicate anywhere near that when he puts the jersey on next year.

Cowboys by 40.

 

[Tom155]

Hoy 18th man
Mann FB
Sasagi Centres

At least Sasagi debut could provide some excitement

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

How many balls will Mann drop at FB?
He'll probably prove my doubts wrong and have a good game.

 

[PhilGould]

Mann is decent at minimum pretty much every week. One shocker has made people forget that very quickly.

 

[Yosh]

Can we be optimistic about Sasagi? I thought he was a half no?

Is Dom Young still out?

 

[perverse]

Mann is decent at minimum pretty much every week. One shocker has made people forget that very quickly.

2 shockers in a row by my count, and boy they were doozies. And it's not true that he's decent every week, either. He's historically been a doorstop for our attacking shape/movements - and only very recently started showing some signs that he may have turned a corner. I think for most (myself included) - the 2 shockers back to back and more or less put him back to square one in our minds.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Can we be optimistic about Sasagi? I thought he was a half no?

Is Dom Young still out?

He's a centre according to Toohey.

 

[PhilGould]

2 shockers in a row by my count, and boy they were doozies. And it's not true that he's decent every week, either. He's historically been a doorstop for our attacking shape/movements - and only very recently started showing some signs that he may have turned a corner. I think for most (myself included) - the 2 shockers back to back and more or less put him back to square one in our minds.

He's playing as a half when he's clearly not a natural half. Throughout his 2 and a half years here he's been put in just about every position and done a job far more often than not. If half the team played with the effort he does we wouldn't be in this hole.

 

[mozza91]

Left the pub early and picked up a 3 pack of green demons to numb the pain. Look out boys the Cowboys are going in dry.

 

[Apey]

I'd still rather trying Mann at fullback than Hoy and I am firmly on the Mann OUT side.

 

[perverse]

He's playing as a half when he's clearly not a natural half. Throughout his 2 and a half years here he's been put in just about every position and done a job far more often than not. If half the team played with the effort he does we wouldn't be in this hole.

I don't believe any NRL side with Kurt Mann in their spine wins a premiership, put it that way. He can turn up sometimes, and has a dig more often than not, but he isn't very good at anything in particular - and when he doesn't get every single thing in his limited repertoire right on a given night it can look like a car crash.

It's not like the club haven't seen this, either. We've got Pearce and Clifford lined up for next year for a reason.

 

[Tom155]

getting carved up as expected sigh

 

[AusKnightRKO]

For fk sake... Toa on your wing you brainless moron

 

[Tom155]

Some pathetic tackle attempts there as well