Match Discussion: Round 19 vs Sydney @ Sunshine Coast Stadium

[perverse]

I was just trying to work out who replaced him? Is it Mann to 5/8th and Jones to centre?

Or is Jack Johns on?

We're so all over the place in attack, it's actually impossible to tell who is doing what.

 

[slotmachine]

Floodgates. Open.

 

[macavity]

Crossland hooked, lol. Good move tbh.

Has looked like a passenger last few games.

 

[Jono078]

This has been a really poor capitulation. They've tried but man it's been ugly with execution.

 

[Yosh]

Maybe we do need Gagai? Our forwards are killing in the middle. Outside backs and halves doing all they can to lose it.

Is Crossland injured? Watson was killing it through the middle. By far our best player. Why shift him? Why not just put Jack Johns out the right?

 

[perverse]

What do we do at training? Like seriously, these guys are full time footballers. They do this for a living.

 

[Sydney Knight]

Have we ever won a game after taking the 2 to go 8 points ahead?

 

[perverse]

Maybe we do need Gagai? Our forwards are killing in the middle. Outside backs and halves doing all they can to lose it.

Of course we do, it's been obvious we need an outside back all year. We might need another one tbh.

 

[Jono078]

Maybe we do need Gagai? Our forwards are killing in the middle. Outside backs and halves doing all they can to lose it.

Is Crossland injured? Watson was killing it through the middle. By far our best player. Why shift him? Why not just put Jack Johns out the right?

Gagai does nothing to help this situation tonight mate.

 

[K-Man]

It’s sad listening to Cronk commentating because he’s so right. I swear you could put him out there now in his suit and we would play better. All the stats in the world mean nothing without genuine organisation and game management.

From 8-0 up we have hardly fired a shot. One of the more disappointing losses of the season for me because it was there if we were good enough.

 

[GidleyTwinz]

Cliff hasn't had a good game tonight. But it's hard to be too critical longer-term. He's a young kid, and just isn't ready to basically play as the only half.

When Crossland was getting minutes earlier in the year, I was critical of Pearce of not letting him do anything (kick, play at first receiver in good ball etc.), increasingly looks like Crossland is more responsible for his disappearing than Pearce was

 

[perverse]

Gagai does nothing to help this situation tonight mate.

The problem tonight is predominately in the spine, yeah.

 

[slotmachine]

It’s sad listening to Cronk commentating because he’s so right. I swear you could put him out there now in his suit

If he was running water we'd be 10 times better.

 

[Apey]

Barnett's been pretty good.

This might end up 30 - 8 now.

 

[Loose Cannon]

We make the simple look impossible.

 

[perverse]

When Crossland was getting minutes earlier in the year, I was critical of Pearce of not letting him do anything (kick, play at first receiver in good ball etc.), increasingly looks like Crossland is more responsible for his disappearing than Pearce was

He's had one, maybe 2 games where it was like oh yeah ok, maybe he could be worth developing long term (in reserve grade). Outside of that, Crosslands first grade career has been as invisible as anyone I've ever seen. You want a half to want the ball in their hands, to want to create things. He's the polar opposite of that - he's terrified of the ball.

 

[Jono078]

On average points per game, we are second worst this year - only ahead of the Dogs.

Coaching has to be reviewed over the off-season and needs to be addressed one way or another.

 

[Loose Cannon]

He's had one, maybe 2 games where it was like oh yeah ok, maybe he could be worth developing long term (in reserve grade). Outside of that, Crosslands first grade career has been as invisible as anyone I've ever seen. You want a half to want the ball in their hands, to want to create things. He's the polar opposite of that - he's terrified of the ball.

Couldn’t agree more. Stage fright every time.

 

[Tom155]

we are so shit

 

[Yosh]

Let's be honest with ourselves here, we are the Newcastle Knights? Why turn up expecting anything else?