Match Discussion: Round 18 vs Canterbury @ Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park / Wanngal

[perverse]

A little!

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Hmm, really it just puts the Bunnies and Sharks closer to where they should be. Interesting stuff though.

 

[Yosh]

Must suck to be a Doggies fan. Good work by the boys to really improve our F/A today. Robbed for 2 tries today but was fun to watch, which is a rarity for a Knights game.

 

[mozza91]

Really pleasing that they went on with it today. The Dogs were trash but we were very good. That defensive play from Fitz and Crossland was great. Hopefully we can build something off the back of it.

 

[Nuke]

Wow. Before the game, I genuinely wouldn't have been surprised if a) Bulldogs won by 20, b) Knights just won, or c) Knights won by 20.
I missed the first few minutes, turning it on just as we hit 10-nil KTC. Then it just got bigger and better until halftime, in which I expected the cruise button to be pushed and we win maybe 36-22 or something like that.
Then the game, and score, progressed. Wow.

I mean, it's not like Canterbury put up any kind of fight, and showed comical levels of crapness, but that team of Knights players should realistically never be breaking club records for biggest wins compared to the teams we've had many a year ago in the past. Good on them, though. It was nice to be able to wear my Knights jumper in the local shopping centre here in Perth after fulltime and share a knowing smile with a fella in a Nth Qld jersey after their 74 point win last night.
I've had experiences wearing my jersey after a shit loss and walked past a supporter of the team who'd just beaten us and got the 'Better luck next time' kinda comment, to which I've had to smile and laugh and pretend I didn't want to smack the bloke in the head.

This is a much better feeling.

Up the Knights!

 

[Nuke]

PS: Those two denied tries should deadset have been given. 78-nil sounds even better..!
But being what it is, with all the upside-downness of today's game (100% conversion rate, team putting the foot to the throat and not relaxing in the 2nd half, ect), at least there was one constant. Best's no try means at least once he was over the tryline and didn't score..! His three awarded tries, however, more than makes up for that. Good on him.

 

[mozza91]

I felt for Leo. Terrible call costs him his first NRL try.

 

[Yosh]

I felt for Leo. Terrible call costs him his first NRL try.

Thompson looks like a champion human being. I hope he keeps improving and plays a lot of games for us for many years to come!

 

[Woody90]

Well that was surprising.

 

[Apey]

11/11 conversions. Which is kind of funny because he looked like missing a couple with how much curl he had on them.

 

[Woody90]

11/11 conversions. Which is kind of funny because he looked like missing a couple with how much curl he had on them.

Makes you wonder why we persisted with Miller and Hastings for so long when apparently Ponga’s a fairly competent goal kicker.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Makes you wonder why we persisted with Miller and Hastings for so long when apparently Ponga’s a fairly competent goal kicker.

Ponga was rubbish GK for years. Hopefully he’s working on it to get to something 75% of today in general.

 

[Woody90]

Ponga was rubbish GK for years. Hopefully he’s working on it to get to something 75% of today in general.

He wasn’t great…but definitely seemed to hit a few more than Hastings has this year.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Ponga was rubbish GK for years. Hopefully he’s working on it to get to something 75% of today in general.

He practised a lot during the week and had tips. Dunno from whom.

 

[Loose Cannon]

He practised a lot during the week and had tips. Dunno from whom.

This Berrick Barnes clown might have started to earn his paycheque.

 

[Zoidberg]

Just watched the press conference. Some journo clown asked about Crossland maybe being a shot for NSW bench utility lol

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Just watched the press conference. Some journo clown asked about Crossland maybe being a shot for NSW bench utility lol

Surely he was taking the piss lol

 

[Apey]

Just watched the press conference. Some journo clown asked about Crossland maybe being a shot for NSW bench utility lol

The coverage was talking him up deluxe too. Talked about his amazing form this year etc. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didnt exist.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Surely he was taking the piss lol

I think it was a she.

 

[aqua_duck]

Just watched another replay of the game with 100% focus and thought Jack Hethrington was superb for us off the bench. AOB needs to find the best way to utilise him because he can be a real potential X factor as he offers something abit different to the rest of the forwards with his foot speed especially off the mark and his offload.

 

[perverse]

Just watched another replay of the game with 100% focus and thought Jack Hethrington was superb for us off the bench. AOB needs to find the best way to utilise him because he can be a real potential X factor as he offers something abit different to the rest of the forwards with his foot speed especially off the mark and his offload.

He was good, but I'm wary of rating anyones performance on the Dogs game. He's been absolutely awful the rest of the year. Until these guys start having this sort of spark against a real defensive line, i'm skeptical. Realistically we have to wait until round 21 for a real test. The bye and the tigers aren't going to tell us how we're going.

It's nice to know he's still got a bit of footy him him though. I honestly thought he was a spent force. May still be.