Match Discussion: Round 4 vs Canberra @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton

[mozza91]

Very good win. Some pretty enterprising attack and plenty of effort in defence.

Been stoked with the last 3 weeks . The Tigers win was brave as all f**k. The effort with a heap of players missing was great last week and today they looked quite polished. Bloody proud of the useless pricks.

 

[Apey]

Surely, suuuuurely this is the week the penny drops re: Crossland. You can't make it more obvious than today.

 

[Frederick]

Man of the match goes to this kid:

 

[Haffa]

Listened to this one on the radio in the car. If they show this much heart every week I’ll be driving around for a few years.

 

[PhilGould]

Marzhew
23 runs for 253m, 96pcm
2 tries
2 linebreaks
10 tackle breaks
3 tackles @ 100% efficiency
0 errors

If it was always this way with him he wouldn't have been swapped for Chris Randall, but can't ask for anything more than that on debut.

 

[Jono078]

Marzhew
23 runs for 253m, 96pcm
2 tries
2 linebreaks
10 tackle breaks
3 tackles @ 100% efficiency
0 errors

If it was always this way with him he wouldn't have been swapped for Chris Randall, but can't ask for anything more than that on debut.

From what I've followed, that's just about the standard for him.

I'm sure there'll be days where there'll be errors and perhaps a bad tackle attempt or two, but I still will take that if he's offering the rest of it.

It's what we've lacked on the wings for so long, someone who can actually return the ball strongly and do some real hard yards out of our end. The forwards will be the ones who love him the most.

Not sure why Titans unloaded him, but they obviously really like the backs they have in Jojo and Khan-Pereira who have very high ceilings and are very young.

 

[perverse]

Marzhew absolutely will make some clangers in defence at some stage - and it's likely there will be a pattern of it. It's probably the only thing that's really kept him from being an out and out star winger really. Good teams will target him a lot more and exploit it. Raiders weren't up to it today though. Geez he's a mosnter with the ball in hand.

 

[PhilGould]

His bad days in defence are bad. Raiders didn't test him at all today.

 

[Knight Tales]

Jesus. The coach getting some credit.

Am I in the wrong forum?

Depends on who you are dealing with mate. I have had a varying opinion on Adam but in fairness his monotonous and structured coaching has been a drag for the last three years. What we are seeing is a coach who realises his own imprint is required both with recruitment and on field play. Gamble, Hastings, and Miller are all effort players first
And talent second. Not saying their ability is an issue. Just they have their on field priorities straight. It is contagious. I like our chances against Manly at a neutral venue.

 

[slotmachine]

His bad days in defence are bad. Raiders didn't test him at all today.

Wingers would have been lucky to make 5 tackles between them, raiders were happy having forwards take hit ups in good ball positions.

 

[jason taylor]

His bad days in defence are bad. Raiders didn't test him at all today.

Pretty much. I remember that was the primary criticism of him when he spent a couple of years in Parra’s top 30 but never seemed close to making his debut. Would always absolutely carve it up in NSW Cup, but there were always question marks over whether his defence would hold up in first grade.

 

[mozza91]

Very impressed with Hastings. The guy is a leader in every sense of the word. Spent the whole game barking instructions. Him digging into the line at 1st receiver is creating a lot as well. Amazing what a genuine halfback can do for you.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Very impressed with Hastings. The guy is a leader in every sense of the word. Spent the whole game barking instructions. Him digging into the line at 1st receiver is creating a lot as well. Amazing what a genuine halfback can do for you.

Exactly what we've needed for a very long time.

 

[PhilGould]

Seems to be the first playmaker we’ve had who realises giving Bradman some early ball is a good strategy. Two weeks in row he’s put him in space with a great ball, Bradman bombed it last week but worked out today.

He just reads them game well and knows what he wants to do even if he’s not the most athletic and his kicking game isn’t always on point. If he gets the ball on the front foot he doesn’t hold it or try to make the hero play himself, he quickly moves it to the side of the field where the defence is compressed, which is footy 101 but something the Knights haven’t been able to grasp for a while.

 

[Yosh]

Hastings' kicking game looks real solid to me. I don't remember him kicking it out or dead in easy situations, nor does he make bad decisions with his kicks either. For over a decade I remember we always used to do this stupid half bomb half chip kick in the opposition 20m all the time. Good to see us kicking to the corners all game, making them work hard for it and even creating a mistake.

 

[Spot On]

Hastings' kicking game looks real solid to me. I don't remember him kicking it out or dead in easy situations, nor does he make bad decisions with his kicks either. For over a decade I remember we always used to do this stupid half bomb half chip kick in the opposition 20m all the time. Good to see us kicking to the corners all game, making them work hard for it and even creating a mistake.

You don’t miss the Pearce piss poor kicking game Yosh?

 

[Spot On]

O’Brien deserves full credit for his recruitment. Superb second half. He has coached well this year. There is a definite edge now.

Nice to have a fullback who returns the ball and half with a brain.

 

[Apey]

Wingers would have been lucky to make 5 tackles between them, raiders were happy having forwards take hit ups in good ball positions.

Hey they borrowed our usual game plan!

 

[perverse]

Oh dear... Gags is going good so far this year, so we've gone back to flogging the deadest horse on the forum.

 

[mozza91]

Oh dear... Gags is going good so far this year, so we've gone back to flogging the deadest horse on the forum.

Particularly sad considering he hasn’t played for us for 2 years.