Match Discussion: Round 20 vs Warriors @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

[Walk On Home Boy]

In which case, you have to give them credit. They're bloody good at it.

Gotta be good at something, I suppose...

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

E

I’m not even mad at them to be honest. Just gutted. They’ve had a week from absolute hell but still tried their guts out. Awful way to lose. Would have felt better if they’d packed it in.

Edit: just saw the wahs last try again and saw Leo and Brailey’s laziness and now I’m mad at them. f**k them off.

Never been a fan of playing players who aren't in the future plans of the club and its worse when we have several. Those guys have nothing to play for and it often shows.

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

Lol all you can do is laugh really. I think I must just be dead on the inside from this team.

The frustration and anger I would have once felt after a loss like that is long gone. Its hard to be invested like that when there's just nothing to look forward to.

Was a good effort but overall it all feels so typical. Not one of us is surprised at the way it ended and that tells you all you need to know.

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

These opinions are off the chart tonight. Unbelievable that you cannot all see these boys were struggling and still turned up. WTAF do you expect? That final play was pure luck. Dylan Brown plays tonight he makes that tackle. Cheer up. Best defensive half in the game.

Everyone's just over it I think mate. Fair enough too.

 

[The Axe of Druss]

Shit result but the effort is there especially from the young guys. Refs absolutely tried to hand it to the media darlings and eventually got the result

Our season is done anyway so it doesn't really have any bearing.

 

[Woody90]

Our season is done anyway so it doesn't really have any bearing.

It puts us closer to the spoon though.

 

[slotmachine]

Your kidding if you're putting the last try on Leo. Clearly our best forward today.

Had to play 71 minutes where the bench and jsaf all under 30. Sorry, friz got 35 minutes. So yeah, double everyone else.

 

[Woody90]

I hope we gave Atkins gastro.

 

[Zoidberg]

Lol all you can do is laugh really. I think I must just be dead on the inside from this team.

Yeah, I'm not laughing after that one. This one is the hurtiest for a while.

 

[MakeItStop85]

Shit result but the effort is there especially from the young guys. Refs absolutely tried to hand it to the media darlings and eventually got the result

Our season is done anyway so it doesn't really have any bearing.

‘The effort is there’

That’s the Newcastle way isn’t it? Accepting mediocrity

 

[HarVeeGee]

What's gutting to me is totally inept, weak, boring footy.

4-20 vs Wests, 14-34 vs Sharks, 6-28 vs Parra, 6-20 vs Dragons. These are the performances which broke me.

A great performance like today against a good team where you're beaten by a flukey bounce, whatever. These things even out over time.

If we hustled like that consistently and played better footy maybe a result like that isn't the final nail in the coffin and it's a lot easier to take.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Thomson had 71 minutes. He wasn't affected by the virus.
Safiti had 2 10 minute spells. He had the virus.
Claim is some of the players hadn't eaten.

 

[The Axe of Druss]

‘The effort is there’

That’s the Newcastle way isn’t it? Accepting mediocrity

That's not what I said champ but please continue to act like a wowser

The team is missing it's 2 best attacking weapons and dragged down by the worst halves combo in recent NRL history. If you can't see how it improves in 2026 then you need to do something else with your time bud

 

[Apey]

What's gutting to me is totally inept, weak, boring footy.

4-20 vs Wests, 14-34 vs Sharks, 6-28 vs Parra, 6-20 vs Dragons. These are the performances which broke me.

A great performance like today against a good team where you're beaten by a flukey bounce, whatever. These things even out over time.

If we hustled like that consistently and played better footy maybe a result like that isn't the final nail in the coffin and it's a lot easier to take.

First 40 mins vs the Tigers is the worst I've seen us play in 10 years.

Maybe even worse than that 8 - 6 loss to Parra in the pissing down rain.

 

[The Axe of Druss]

First 40 mins vs the Tigers is the worst I've seen us play in 10 years.

Maybe even worse than that 8 - 6 loss to Parra in the pissing down rain.

We won that game m8

 

[Apey]

We won that game m8

Oh well, it felt like a loss

 

[slotmachine]

Oh well, it felt like a loss

The whole rugby league community was the loser that day.

 

[Mr_Knightside]

I don’t buy the narrative that being proud of the team effort = accepting mediocrity.

Surely it’s much worse if they’re phoning it in every week, which they’re not.

 

[Woody90]

Claim is some of the players hadn't eaten.

Toohey also saying a lot of them lost a lot of weight. Just what you need before playing the f**king wahs who have wingers bigger than our props.

 

[Yosh]

What a Newcastle way to end the game.
Great effort from the boys.
We looks great when we aren't trying block plays out the back all the time.
Best is amazing.
Won't miss KPP with McEwen there.
AOB must feel cursed lol.
Frizz great off the bench.
I'd pay Gagai $50k for that game alone. Get the man signed up.
I'd be happy enough to see Hunt play week in week out for us. Should have passed.
If we kick a couple more goals this season and we'd be in the 8.

Probably forgetting a ton but gutted but great effort from the boys.