Match Discussion: Round 3 vs Raiders @ GIO Stadium Canberra

[Mr_Knightside]

So it sounds like Ponga is back at FB and Mann is at 5/8 now? Maybe the only positive that comes from this game is that Brown has decided to put Ponga back at FB.

 

[PhilGould]

Watson should be back next week and I imagine Brown would pick Lino over Mann as a half if he is switching Ponga back.

 

[Mullo is the greatest]

Brown can’t coach

 

[Silent Knight]

Brown can’t coach

Either that or he’s got his old mate Mary McBaldy in his ear giving coaching tips.

 

[Burns]

Brown can’t coach babey

 

[Dragon Slayer]

Killed by Sam Williams.

FMD.

Will be another long season.

Good luck up against the Dragons next week gents.

Dragons pack will shyte all over the Knights next week!

Cocky Nathan Brown back in your box.

 

[Silent Knight]

Dragons pack will shyte all over the Knights next week!

Cocky Nathan Brown back in your box.

U still mad about round 1 bru?

 

[Bartwah]

I expect to be booted from the page after saying this, but I didn’t think King looked that bad in his limited minutes? 36m from 3 runs in 20min, close to a record for him? Lol

 

[Haffa]

I expect to be booted from the page after saying this, but I didn’t think King looked that bad in his limited minutes? 36m from 3 runs in 20min, close to a record for him? Lol

Origin form.

 

[Dragon Slayer]

U still mad about round 1 bru?

Nah it was Round 1.

The Knoughts back to their usual shyte.

Sharks to go 2-1 after this weekend.

How sweet it is!

 

[Zoidberg]

Terrible performance. Every player needs to take a good look at themselves.
Ponga needs to go back to fullback.
Don’t know how we stayed so close in the game but we in no way deserved to end up only 7 behind.

 

[Haffa]

We need a number 9 who can create and play minimum 70 minutes. Levi isn’t bad but he’s a class below what we need.

 

[Spot On]

Dragons pack will shyte all over the Knights next week!

Cocky Nathan Brown back in your box.

There are 15 packs that will shit on our mob.

 

[Spot On]

Terrible performance. Every player needs to take a good look at themselves.
Ponga needs to go back to fullback.
Don’t know how we stayed so close in the game but we in no way deserved to end up only 7 behind.

That's because we were watching two bottom 8 teams battle it out.

They look clueless in so many aspects of thr game. Our defensive technique is still f**king horrible a lot of the time. Structures may be a little bit better but it is still no where near good enough.

 

[newyboy]

How much did Canberra pay for bateman?

 

[NK Arsenal]

I expect to be booted from the page after saying this, but I didn’t think King looked that bad in his limited minutes? 36m from 3 runs in 20min, close to a record for him? Lol

Thought he was good in defence as well. Without knowing the exact stats I think he made around 8 tackles

 

[slotmachine]

How much did Canberra pay for bateman?

probably less than sione 11 missed tackles matautia

 

[Bartwah]

Team changes for next week? Send me your thoughts.
1) Ponga
6) Lino
7) Pearce
11) Fitz
12) Guerra
Bench:
Mann
Ese Ese
Barny
?

 

[Spot On]

Not going to matter a f**k unless there is a massive change in attitude, defensive technique and general footballing smarts.

We are devoid of all that too often.

Pearce was channelling his inner Mullo with a couple of his kicks tonight. Absolute tripe.

Anyway, we wont have enough players to fill the 17 if Brown applies the 'Herman' test to the squad. And if he doesn't, I can't see how some of them would want to play for him. Can't have a rule for one bloke but not apply it to others.

 

[K-Man]

The biggest concern for me is the pedestrian attack. It's slow and overly structured, and we have rarely earned the right to shift the ball wide by building any momentum on previous tackles. Good defences are gobbling it up.

Unfortunately, I feel that this reflects rather poorly on Brown's coaching. He's finally got the squad he needed and a forward pack that won't be bullied, but now we appear bereft of ideas in attack. Those consecutive sets on their line with 10 minutes to go, down by 6, should have been edge of the seat stuff. But we did nothing. A couple of soft runs, an obvious set play here and there, it was incredibly obvious we weren't going to go either through them or around them. That's a real worry.