Match Discussion: Round 21 vs Penrith @ CommBank Stadium, Parramatta / Burramattagal

[BrotherJim05]

My god we suck. Every fkn time before halftime we let in a try. Can't help ourselves.

To'a looks like he's either playing busted or just not up to it. Needs a stint in reserve grade to find consistency.

Id love to see Makasini in FG but could easily become another case of promoted too early.

Our hopes of escaping bottom 4 are done. With GC and Parra winning this week we are genuine chance of spoon again

 

[simmo05]

I think Toa might be our worst ever defender which is quite an effort.

Haha, I reckon he is tied with the multitude of mongs that we constantly hire!

 

[Tigerm]

The last 10 min curse strikes again

 

[Tiger05]

I just want to see them come out and score tries. Just go at them.

 

[TheDefinitionOfMadness]

I think we're playing pretty well and would be beating most teams.

Unfortunately Penrith aren't most teams. Their defence is so good we probably won't score. We have been fairly creative with our attack as well. Their line speed is twice as fast as ours.

We're playing at least 4 times better than we did last week. That's something.

I'd love to know if the refs are looking at roll balls, every single play the ball. I've seen 2 or 3 dozen identical to the one we got pinged for. From both sides.

 

[Pezz70]

I don't blame To'a for those tries. For mine Skelton has had a shocker.

The big issue though is our attack. If you can't score points you can't win games. We don't look like being able to make a bust.

I don’t blame him for them either, he has just been ordinary, first try Latu read it wrong and moved up too quick, second on the whole right side was out of sync and Toa was up too far, and the third try Toa got stood up in the Penrith 20 and they went the length of the field. I’m over watching him fail every week, if he’s injured put him out for a couple of weeks

 

[Pezz70]

Hard to be positive, there’s maybe six, maximum 7 blokes that would make the 17 at any other club in our side, and they’d be lucky to get a start. Taylan May has been solid, and we played some decent football early unfortunately we just can’t manage to put a full half of footy together let alone a game.

 

[Tigerm]

A reasonable amount of effort, but just a lack of skill.
The halves have been non existent
Slow play the balls by us do not help

 

[Pezz70]

That Tago try is no try against any team but the tigers

 

[AKA Das Hassler]

Toa's been playing hurt right from the start. Ruck speed seems to be of no importance to us..Terrell was quick enough at the start of the season ...now he plays it like we're leading with 10 seconds to go

 

[Pezz70]

Toa again, ordinary, defenders a bit lazy on the inside, but when you rush up so quickly you invite the long pass among other options. Really ordinary

 

[Pezz70]

Toa's been playing hurt right from the start. Ruck speed seems to be of no importance to us..Terrell was quick enough at the start of the season ...now he plays it like we're leading with 10 seconds to go

He shouldn’t be playing if that’s the case.

 

[Pezz70]

I feel really sorry for blokes like Turuva, Seyfarth, the two Mays and Twal and even Douehi, blokes bust their arses every week.

 

[Pezz70]

Latu needs to come out of his shell, honestly I thought that his creativity would be a liability but the kid has shut up shop, he’s not making mistakes but he is offering very little and we know he has a bag of tricks. That game was a hard watch.

 

[AKA Das Hassler]

That Tago try is no try against any team but the tigers

Does anyone think we would've been awarded that try?

 

[Pezz70]

Panthers had a lot of possession in our 20, and we couldn’t get down their end, we completed at over 80 but lacked penetration, our pack was monstered by the Panthers and our right edge was really off defensively, left edge was pretty good. 4 out of the six panthers tries went down our right side, one kick (Tago) and Liam Martin’s try on the left. We missed 47 tackles too much. Luai’s lack of discipline keeps hurting us, six agains and that brain fade of a leg pull (sure the game was over but it’s one of those things that he’s gonna do one day at a critical time cause it’s in his game. Get rid of it ) I know he’s giving 100%, but he needs to get the silliness out of his game. It hurts us in every game

 

[Tigerm]

That Tago try is no try against any team but the tigers

I'm sure we lost a game (the game escapes me), when Galvin did the exact same thing, but it was ruled to not be grounded.

 

[Pezz70]

Well I’m gonna hit the gym and beat the shit out of myself. A bit of self flagellation might get me over the disappointment of that game just enough to allow me to sleep tonight

 

[Benchtiger]

WT tried hard but Penrith's class held and took control of the game. Special mention to Luai and his ineffective kicking game,it would have to rate as his best kicking game for Penrith since he game into first grade.

 

[TheDefinitionOfMadness]

Does anyone think we would've been awarded that try?

Not a chance in hell. It's exactly what I was thinking when I saw it.