Match Discussion: Round 16 vs Sydney @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

[K-Man]

Much like last week, we lost it in the first half today. Just pathetic.

100%. Even if we had won today it would've been underwhelming because we definitely didn't deserve it.

 

[perverse]

Worst loss we've had in a long time.

What a bunch of weak pricks

I'm honestly not sure what I just watched in the last 10 there. We didn't even try to run them down. Bizarre. I can't ever remember a team chasing a lead get within 2 and then stop playing footy.

 

[Loose Cannon]

2 arsey tries in the 16, remember. Pretty ordinary with some Ponga magic.

 

[Burwood]

Throw the ball around for 30 minutes, dominate roosters. Finally get within striking distance and completely revert back to boring one-out footy.

 

[K-Man]

Trailing behind 2 points and we spent the last 10 minutes rucking it out from our own and kicking it away. No offloads, no punch up the middle, no communication, no creativity, no variety to the kicking game.

 

[Zoidberg]

Honestly, that last 10mins, was our worst performance of the year. Roosters were out on their feet and we threw nothing at them. That’s how you play when you are 2 in front, completing sets and bombing down their end. I have no idea what they were thinking.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

I'm honestly not sure what I just watched in the last 10 there. We didn't even try to run them down. Bizarre. I can't ever remember a team chasing a lead get within 2 and then stop playing footy.

I've said it twice and I'll say it again. I swear we must have thought we were in the lead.

Or they had money on the Roosters

 

[Burns]

Would Miller have been a spark, or at least something in those last 10min? Kinda disappointed Mann didn't throw himself into it

 

[perverse]

Would Miller have been a spark, or at least something in those last 10min? Kinda disappointed Mann didn't throw himself into it

If you watched the NSW Cup game beforehand the answer is a resounding no. Miller is a potato.

 

[ColdWetPanther]

I'm honestly not sure what I just watched in the last 10 there. We didn't even try to run them down. Bizarre. I can't ever remember a team chasing a lead get within 2 and then stop playing footy.

Crossland was doing really well there, offering width from DH, and then seemed to get taken off for 5 mins. Bizarre.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Crossland was doing really well there, offering width from DH, and then seemed to get taken off for 5 mins. Bizarre.

Maybe AOB wants to be sacked lol

 

[macavity]

Sick of these pricks ruining my weekend.

 

[perverse]

Crossland was doing really well there, offering width from DH, and then seemed to get taken off for 5 mins. Bizarre.

Affection for Crossland aside, I see you've just been introduced to the genius of our coaches substitution strategies.

He does weird inexplicable shit like this near every week. Honestly, it's a weird week when everyone on the bench actually gets a run.

 

[Jono078]

The more I think about that game the more pissed off I get.

That is the one we should be winning 99/100 and of course in real life we get that 1 shit result.

Roosters with a whole new spine, consisting of a rookie halfback playing 80 minutes for the first time in the NRL.

Then they lose their chief playmaker Keary early on and Sitili before half time. We were up against 15 blokes!

The amount of offloads we allowed was disgusting.

Also, it's almost like the bigger the crowd and the nicer a day is, we decide to completely stink. That's when you should be aiming up most to show these fans and some might be first time attendees that we are good and worth coming to see. I hope our next home crowd is no more than 10k.

I already hope the Panthers thump us next week so we can get a real move on to the next era of the Knights. I'm done with the AOB era.

 

[macavity]

Panthers will definitely thump us next week.

 

[macavity]

Our pack were to a man disgraceful. Absolute dog shit.

 

[perverse]

Our pack were to a man disgraceful. Absolute dog shit.

It was utterly humiliating. The Roosters didn't even muscle up that much in the middle. It's not like they came out and bullied us, we just stepped back and let them do whatever they wanted.

I would take the forward pack from the Smithy years over this. I don't care how many metres they run - it amounts to f**k all if they can't be arsed getting out of marker, pushing up in a line, tackling hard, etc. Give me a stinging hit from Mark Taufua or Zeb Taia's work ethic any day of the week. Those blokes played for peanuts, too.

 

[Nuke]

Down the road from where I work is the local mental disability day centre and school.

When the Knights come to Perth in August, I might see if I can borrow their branded van and sit outside the airport terminal to see if I can collect any of our squad.

 

[Zoidberg]

Panthers will definitely thump us next week.

It will be a game we put in a huge effort and play well but still lose by 13+.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Maybe AOB wants to be sacked lol

If you can’t beat them…