Match Discussion: Round 18 vs Melbourne @ AAMI Park

[General Knight]

This looks like a training run for Melbourne.

 

[Burns]

Gee that Ponga miss is worst on replay

 

[K-Man]

I'm f**kin over him, I'd hook him for Jones. I was asked why I like Jones a little while back by someone on here - I like him because I reckon he makes that tackle 10/10 times.

I remember seeing that conversation, and I agree completely. Jones makes that tackle. He’s desperate and disciplined. He might not be a typical impact sub but he does everything right and is very rarely a weak link. Easy swap IMO.

 

[perverse]

I'm still sitting here f**king spewing that we've signed up Mann for another 2 years. I can't f**king abide it. It just hurts me so much. You're better off signing ANY bloke on minimum wage, a Musgrove or something, and making sure you wrap up Watson with whatever Mann is robbing the club for as a salary.

 

[Jono078]

Geez this Tuala/Young combo is looking bad in D.

 

[Muddy71]

It's a good example of why opposition fans still don't consider him part of the elite tier.

I don't know why they rave about him so hard the best fullbacks would stop that and he doesn't stop many of them and he's not doing anything in attack tonight either.

 

[slotmachine]

Geez this Tuala/Young combo is looking bad in D.

Maybe if Kurt Mann didn't f**k everything he touched they wouldn't be asked to defend so much

 

[perverse]

I don't know why they rave about him so hard the best fullbacks would stop that and he doesn't stop many of them and he's not doing anything in attack tonight either.

He's not going to get an opportunity to do anything in attack tonight. The rest of the team haven't showed up.

 

[Jono078]

How the f**k did Mann make the Qld extended team LOL.

It is good playing Melbourne though, they'll really expose you and make you look really average if you don't have sound fundamentals.

 

[Muddy71]

Fitzplodden needs to be f**ked off too

 

[perverse]

Maybe if Kurt Mann didn't f**k everything he touched they wouldn't be asked to defend so much

Even 5 - 10 touches of the ball per match is too many.

Great effort by Young there.

 

[Jono078]

Good save by Young there, but really he should never have been in that position to make a save like that.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Melbourne don't even look like they're trying

 

[Yosh]

Nice Dom

 

[Yosh]

Melbourne don't even look like they're trying

I hope they keep not trying and give us a chance.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Young looked slow to get going but the length of his arms helped there.

 

[Seage]

I'm still sitting here f**king spewing that we've signed up Mann for another 2 years. I can't f**king abide it. It just hurts me so much. You're better off signing ANY bloke on minimum wage, a Musgrove or something, and making sure you wrap up Watson with whatever Mann is robbing the club for as a salary.

Because he's such a competitor and he doesn't complain...

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

Ponga's defence was disgraceful there.

Always is when he's the last line of defence. He's nowhere near where top fullbacks are defensively

 

[perverse]

Young looked slow to get going but the length of his arms helped there.

He looks slow, but he clocked the fastest top speed in the NRL a few weeks back, too. He's a big unit, takes a bit to get going, but I think he's quicker than he looks due to his size and his long stride.

 

[Burwood]

HIA assessment:
“Dale, what club do you want to sign with?”
“Newcastle”
“f**k, get him off”