Match Discussion: Round 18 vs Melbourne @ AAMI Park

[GidleyTwinz]

You don't need the best ever team when you've got the best ever coach.

They've had him for more than a decade - they had him plus Slater, Cronk and Smith... Did he suddenly get much better this year? Or has something else fundamentally changed?

 

[slotmachine]

The scoreline has nothing to do with the rules changing and everything to do with how garbage we've been.

 

[Mr_Knightside]

Any recommendations? Ive got a free 40 minutes.

She’s watching the bold and the beautiful and so far I’m enjoying it more than the game.

 

[Generalzod]

Forwards win matches since 2016 the Storm has basically the same forward pack..

 

[perverse]

They've had him for more than a decade - they had him plus Slater, Cronk and Smith... Did he suddenly get much better this year? Or has something else fundamentally changed?

I just don't agree with you that we shouldn't play our best team if they're fit to play. It's ok, we can disagree. We're big enough losers without needing to forfeit games.

 

[perverse]

The scoreline has nothing to do with the rules changing and everything to do with how garbage we've been.

If Kurt Mann wasn't playing we're probably 12 or 18 points better off, tbh. Have thought that a lot this year.

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

Because in theory we should be able to lose by 10 or 20 instead of 50 or 60 if we play the best team we can, and it's important for us as far as the 8 goes - and our general mentality needs to be scrapping for every point and win that we can right now.

At least, that's the theory. We have too many passengers and pretenders in the team still.

Right, we shouldn't get destroyed like this with the line-up we have tonight but most long-suffering Knights fans knew it was coming once Pearce and D.Saf were out. That may be a pessimistic view but this side has done nothing to make me believe otherwise. Of tonight's side, around half of the players aren't good enough to compete with the best. The roster is indeed in worse shape than most realise.

I just think that it's worse for the players and the fans to get pumped by 60 when they look around and see Ponga, Klemmer, Frizell, Clifford, Brailey etc than it is without them. It seems like an odd, even negative ploy but given that Melbourne are that good and any side would get belted without 2 or 3 of their best players, I think you have to limit the damage to the confidence of the team and the fans.

 

[GidleyTwinz]

I just don't agree with you that we shouldn't play our best team if they're fit to play. It's ok, we can disagree. We're big enough losers without needing to forfeit games.

Think you're potentially conflating posters. I was never arguing for that

 

[Muddy71]

Ponga ruled out my arse, ruled himself out cause he's soft.

 

[Bring it home Knights]

Brown was also a big Kurt Mann fan. I wonder what they are seeing that I'm not seeing.

 

[Yosh]

Why can we keep Mann so fit but the key players not so.

 

[macavity]

For the first time in a long time I’ve turned the TV off at half time and am letting my wife watch what she wants. That’s how dire this game looks.

I had to fight the kids to get them to bed and owe my wife a big one for making it happen… all to sit down to watch this shit.

 

[perverse]

Think you're potentially conflating posters. I was never arguing for that

Sorry, I just thought you were re-affirming Walk On Home Boy's take on resting players by citing the rule changes as a reason we were never going to stay in touch with them. That's how it came off in the flow of conversation. Apologies if not.

 

[Seage]

She’s watching the bold and the beautiful and so far I’m enjoying it more than the game.

More convincing performances from that cast, to be honest.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Floats like a bee, stings like a butterfly.

He might land by the time the Knights initiate a further 2 year extension.

 

[Jono078]

Brown was also a big Kurt Mann fan. I wonder what they are seeing that I'm not seeing.

They probably see an incredible fit trainer. And refuse to acknowledge he's not very good in game situations when it comes to pure football.

 

[Jono078]

That was pathetic by Barney.

 

[perverse]

And a poor effort on Hughes from Barnett see's another easy try to Melbourne. Wow this is going to get so ugly.

Can someone explain to me how the rule changes gifted the Storm that one? Few minutes into the half and we're already half arsing it.

 

[GidleyTwinz]

Sorry, I just thought you were re-affirming Walk On Home Boy's take on resting players by citing the rule changes as a reason we were never going to stay in touch with them. That's how it came off in the flow of conversation. Apologies if not.

I don't really understand this line of thinking. If we're no chance of even beating the storm's second string side, why bother resting players?

To maybe help us get enough points to make the finals? Who cares if we make the finals if we're literally no chance to compete?

May as well just phone it in for the rest of the season, which is exactly the message the coach would be sending to the squad by resting blokes for the game this week... Sounds like something Brownie might do - remind me why half the squad quit on him again?

^from earlier in the thread

 

[slotmachine]

Shithouse Barnett