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

[macavity]

That one hurt a lot. I can imagine there are a lot of players feeling very very down too.

had a massive dig, and very nearly did it against every odd.

 

[HarVeeGee]

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.

At the end of the day your team is playing against another team of professional footy players. Some teams really good, some teams really bad, some in the middle. Sometimes the other team is better and your team plays great but loses anyway. Sometimes your team plays shit but wins because the other team sucks so much. Being happy about playing shit and beating a shit team is accepting mediocrity way more than pride in a good performance in a loss to a good team is.

 

[Alex28]

‘The effort is there’

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

f**k you and your shitty attitude. They tried their guts out this arvo after a shitty week and a virus through the team.

You are the fan that AOB referred to a few weeks ago.

 

[Mr_Knightside]

At the end of the day your team is playing against another team of professional footy players. Some teams really good, some teams really bad, some in the middle. Sometimes the other team is better and your team plays great but loses anyway. Sometimes your team plays shit but wins because the other team sucks so much. Being happy about playing shit and beating a shit team is accepting mediocrity way more than pride in a good performance in a loss to a good team is.

So just to clarify, are you agreeing with me? Or disagreeing?

 

[Woosh]

Few other thoughts as I watch the halftime dross.

1. Woosh is correct, Gags is a much better captain than KP. He's not the only one in the squad.

Desire wasn’t where Newcastle were going to fall short today.
I thought both Leo and KPP ran as hard as I’ve ever seen them run.
It’s a shame they haven’t brought this level of intent more often.
Friz also had his best game of the year.
If this level of intent becomes the norm, and you throw in Ponga, Sharpe, Brown, Lucas, and a new coach, then 2026 could be promising.

 

[perverse]

Desire wasn’t where Newcastle were going to fall short today.
I thought both Leo and KPP ran as hard as I’ve ever seen them run.
It’s a shame they haven’t brought this level of intent more often.
Friz also had his best game of the year.
If this level of intent becomes the norm, and you throw in Ponga, Sharpe, Brown, Lucas, and a new coach, then 2026 could be promising.

Yes, but it feels like about 3 years go by between seasons for our squad. By March next year we'll have forgotten we ever played together again.

 

[HarVeeGee]

So just to clarify, are you agreeing with me? Or disagreeing?

Agreeing

 

[Rod]

Maybe I'm a bit dead inside with the season already over etc but I felt more sorry for the players after that one than us. It was just so typical of our luck lately. No question we were the better side even if the execution wasn't there. Better goalkicking and finishing off even one of those chances in the first half would have been enough.

No question we fell away in the last 15 mins though (understandable with the illnesses etc), and that combined with the ridiculous luck of the Warriors in that period (can captains challenge please just fk off), it just wasn't meant to be.

It's also annoying because a win there would have all but guaranteed we don't get the spoon. This team certainly doesn't deserve that.

 

[macavity]

Yep, I don't feel any less down about this game today. That one really, really hurt.

 

[Yosh]

Maybe I'm a bit dead inside with the season already over etc but I felt more sorry for the players after that one than us. It was just so typical of our luck lately. No question we were the better side even if the execution wasn't there. Better goalkicking and finishing off even one of those chances in the first half would have been enough.

No question we fell away in the last 15 mins though (understandable with the illnesses etc), and that combined with the ridiculous luck of the Warriors in that period (can captains challenge please just fk off), it just wasn't meant to be.

It's also annoying because a win there would have all but guaranteed we don't get the spoon. This team certainly doesn't deserve that.

Feel awful for the lads. Great effort. Not one Newcastle fan would be unhappy with that performance.

 

[Zoidberg]

I keep telling the guys at work that I turned the game off after they missed the penalty goal, so as far as I know, we won. If only.

 

[Woody90]

Maybe I'm a bit dead inside with the season already over etc but I felt more sorry for the players after that one than us. It was just so typical of our luck lately. No question we were the better side even if the execution wasn't there. Better goalkicking and finishing off even one of those chances in the first half would have been enough.

No question we fell away in the last 15 mins though (understandable with the illnesses etc), and that combined with the ridiculous luck of the Warriors in that period (can captains challenge please just fk off), it just wasn't meant to be.

It's also annoying because a win there would have all but guaranteed we don't get the spoon. This team certainly doesn't deserve that.

Yeah me too. Not worrying about 2 points definitely took a lot of sting out of the actual loss but I mainly feel bad for the players. I don’t hate this current crop at all, and would be hard to see them get a spoon.

 

[slotmachine]

With the Titans run home and Des screaming at the players they already have the spoon locked up.

 

[Woody90]

With the Titans run home and Des screaming at the players they already have the spoon locked up.

Im assuming he’ll probably get cut before the end of the season and they’ll have some kind of dead cat bounce.

 

[Burwood]

People talk about Ponga wasting his best years at Newcastle, but Fifita is twice as bad. Imagine him in a setting like Melbourne- he’d be unstoppable.

 

[HarVeeGee]

I don’t know man, Bellyache hasn’t been able to fix Stefano’s bad habits. David Fifita is another level of lazy spud.

 

[The Axe of Druss]

People talk about Ponga wasting his best years at Newcastle, but Fifita is twice as bad. Imagine him in a setting like Melbourne- he’d be unstoppable.

He'd never go there nor would they recruit him. He doesnt have the mentality nor work ethic

 

[SamSepi0l]

I don’t know man, Bellyache hasn’t been able to fix Stefano’s bad habits. David Fifita is another level of lazy spud.

He's certainly improved him though.

 

[macavity]

He'd never go there nor would they recruit him. He doesnt have the mentality nor work ethic

They have taken a min wage flyer on this sort of player before, Sam Kasiano anf George Rose for two examples.