Match Discussion: Round 20 vs Titans @ Cbus Super Stadium

[Spot On]

we have close to if not the worst spine in the comp.

until that changes not much else will.

Brailey coming back helps a ton next year

Doesn't fix the 6 and 7.

 

[Haffa]

It only takes 1 or 2 negative people ( or lack of giving 2 f**ks ) in a team to spread like a cancer. AOB has to find out who the f**k it is and kick em to the curb. My guess is they're in the leadership group.

We have leaders?

 

[Spot On]

I don’t want to make excuses but just watching the roosters now, is/was it a case of minds on next week?

We can only hope. But we were physically inept tonight and of course, we are playing away so there's a really big challenge for this feeble side to overcome.

 

[Knight Vision]

The thing that shits me every week watching us is that we just refuse to play any creative football until we’re in the opposition’s 20m zone. We are just so predictable it is so frustrating to watch.

I agree ....Is it our playmaker ? or is it our attacking coach ?

I think the attacking coach is Willie Peters ?

Any team with a backline that has Ponga and Best in it and plays like that isnt being coached properly or isnt following the game plan.

 

[Reflector]

This Knights squad remind me of the early 2010's Cowboys. Because there's definitely talent there in the forwards and backs, but there's not much in the way of discipline or leadership. It's no coincidence that (in addition to having good rosters) something else both Newcastle's Premiership teams had in common was great leadership, first with Chief who lead by example and then Joey who while (like Pearce) liked a drink and a good time, but (unlike Pearce) thrived on pressure situations and was arguably the best #7 in the games' history.

 

[slotmachine]

Ponga was also god awful tonight, but at least he has a 10/10 game once in a while

 

[Spot On]

I agree ....Is it our playmaker ? or is it our attacking coach ?

I think the attacking coach is Willie Peters ?

Any team with a backline that has Ponga and Best in it and plays like that isnt being coached properly or isnt following the game plan.

Surely we haven't hired an attacking coach that is anti attack?

Have we?

 

[Knight Vision]

Surely we haven't hired an attacking coach that is anti attack?

Have we?

You woudnt think so.

It's either we have a shit attacking coach or we arent following the plan

One or the other

 

[perverse]

You woudnt think so.

It's either we have a shit attacking coach or we arent following the plan

One or the other

I almost feel like it has to be both to be this bad.

 

[Old dog]

Not sure if that was our worst game this season or not but was certainly the most, by far, disappointing through effort and what we might have achieved

 

[slotmachine]

The coach said he was disappointed with the one out rubbish in the presser, for what it's worth

 

[Knight Vision]

The coach said he was disappointed with the one out rubbish in the presser, for what it's worth

Well that has to be on Pearce then.......exactly the same rubbish he was dishing out at the end of Brown's time

 

[Old dog]

So did the coach send messages out to team to do something, if so was he ignored or did he just leave them playing in the quicksand

 

[Knight76]

The coach said he was disappointed with the one out rubbish in the presser, for what it's worth

Does OB fall asleep in the coaching box in previous weeks inthe season. If he is fair dinkum why hasnt he changed it already?

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

No way known to man. f**k no.

He's done. Not just a patch of form but the whole season. Going through the motions.

You watched any of his interviews ? he has the maturity of an 18 yr old. How the f**k he was given the Captaincy is anyone's guess. A leader of men? sweet lord.

Agreed. Watching him around the young blokes and in interviews is concerning. He never grew up and the young guys feed off that.

 

[macavity]

Can’t drop balls and play from shit field position So long and expect to have gas left in the tank, you can literally tell if we are going to win by our completion rate in the first 10-15 mins every game.

 

[Knight Vision]

Agreed. Watching him around the young blokes and in interviews is concerning. He never grew up and the young guys feed off that.

Absolutely, if anything Pearce's career has been an example to young fella's of what not to do off the field.

And the manic way he conducts himself when the pressure is on is an example of what not to do on the field.

He is the polar opposite of Cameron Smith.

If the leader is the primary driver of culture then that's where we should look first if we want to bring change. That performance wasnt about skill it was about attitude and desire.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

We resort to one out hit ups since it worked for us early on to establish a platform. When it doesn't work out we have no leader out there to enact an alternate game plan.
DSaf mentioned a few weeks ago after a loss that we had nobody out there doing any talking. I wonder if it was much the same this week.

 

[Knight76]

And, it appears Barnett used a racial slur on Peachey. Absolutely no discipline, unacceptable behaviour and Barnett would be in the leadership group.

 

[Alex28]

And, it appears Barnett used a racial slur on Peachey. Absolutely no discipline, unacceptable behaviour and Barnett would be in the leadership group.

I was just about to ask who it was.

Unacceptable. Worse than the performance tonight.