Match Discussion: Round 25 vs Souths @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

[alexwilliams_66692007]

 

[perverse]

Imagine having this mug mouthing off at you all game, lol. One of those blokes you just loathe when he's on the other team, but love when he's your pest.

 

[Knight Tales]

Goes without saying how massive next week is. We are staring down 5th and a home final.

 

[perverse]

Goes without saying how massive next week is. We are staring down 5th and a home final.

One of the biggest occasions for the club in some time. The energy at the ground will be electric!

 

[Apey]

As usual we are getting destroyed in the middle early. God it shits me.

Happened the last two weeks. Impressed we've managed to turn it around both times. It's not going to help against the better teams though.

 

[Yosh]

Happened the last two weeks. Impressed we've managed to turn it around both times. It's not going to help against the better teams though.

I don't know about destroyed through the middle. They scored off a trick play from the scrum and the other was a big man running over Clune. Cook made some metres through the middle but he was the only one. We saw Marzhew, Thompson, Saifiti and some others just run through their middle for a clean break or 15 metres post contact metres fairly often. I would have said we won the middle today.

 

[perverse]

I don't know about destroyed through the middle. They scored off a trick play from the scrum and the other was a big man running over Clune. Cook made some metres through the middle but he was the only one. We saw Marzhew, Thompson, Saifiti and some others just run through their middle for a clean break or 15 metres post contact metres fairly often. I would have said we won the middle today.

It's more about the metres they were making. In the first half the Bunnies only completed at like 50% or less even, and still almost made as many metres as we did. This just should not happen. We're winning in spite of our middles, not because of them. Although I will say that they're holding up their end in defence, so it's not all bad. Still, we're not going to beat the Broncos or Penrith with numbers like that. We'll spend all game defending our line.

 

[mozza91]

That was a great win. Souths came out of the blocks firing and Cook was great all day but we were way too good for them.

Giving Obi a huge shout out. The sheer improvement we’ve seen from Gamble, Crossland, Thompson and even guys like Fitzy and Marzhew has been remarkable. Especially Gamble I was so wrong about him. Thought he was a park footballer with a short fuse but he’s been as good as any 5/8 in the game the last few months.

Safs seemed really fired up today and were great. That could be last piece of the puzzle to becoming a top side. Our attack is top shelf and the scramble and line speed today was up there aswell.

Lost my voice at the game but don’t give a shit. Loving this team right now!

 

[Apey]

The commentary has been f**king awful today wtf.

You'd think we'd have earned some fanfare with 7 wins in a row but we're still a long way off the love for Souffs.

 

[Apey]

I don't know about destroyed through the middle. They scored off a trick play from the scrum and the other was a big man running over Clune. Cook made some metres through the middle but he was the only one. We saw Marzhew, Thompson, Saifiti and some others just run through their middle for a clean break or 15 metres post contact metres fairly often. I would have said we won the middle today.

Perverse was talking about the start to the game. We did the same against the Dogs, they were all over us. Glad we've turned around it both times but it's going to be problematic against better teams.

 

[Zoidberg]

Moley on twitter saying we scored on the 8th tackle of a 7 tackle set.

 

[perverse]

Moley on twitter saying we scored on the 8th tackle of a 7 tackle set.

We did, but nothing will come of it. If we won by 2 it'd be a huge drama.

 

[Nuke]

Just watching the other game on Ch9 now. C'MON DOGGIES!!

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

 

[Nuke]

Just watching the other game on Ch9 now. C'MON DOGGIES!!

Dammit.

 

[macavity]

Imagine having this mug mouthing off at you all game, lol. One of those blokes you just loathe when he's on the other team, but love when he's your pest.

He has a punchable head, but I'd give him a reach around

 

[Burns]

Tickets for next week already down to single seats on lower sides, GA sold out.
Two sell outs back to back? Do I even know this club?

 

[perverse]

Tickets for next week already down to single seats on lower sides, GA sold out.
Two sell outs back to back? Do I even know this club?

Most believable part of this run to be honest. 7 on the trot and screaming red hot into the finals? Newcastle will always respond to that. I think there's a real sense that we could put ourselves in the frame to do something special and scare a few teams in the finals at the moment.

Ponga is in top-tier elite level form right now, and it's not unheard of for a team to ride a purple patch like that deep into the finals. I dunno where we end up this year, but it's exciting to watch. I can see a lot of neutral supporters jumping on the bandwagon over the next couple of weeks too if we keep it up.

 

[Zoidberg]

Dammit.

We are still a good chance of finishing 5/6 even if we lose one of our last 2.
Canberra are plying Broncs next week and then Sharks v Raiders in the final round.
Keep winning and we will be fine.

 

[perverse]

It's really going to be something when we look back from 2025 and appreciate that our 48 game winning streak started with the coach almost losing his job.