Match Discussion: Round 5 vs Canterbury @ Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park / Wanngal

[Yosh]

Crossland does some dumb dumb things but his effort every minute of every game is superb.

AOB needs to go. Disgusting coaching. Our players deserve better.

 

[perverse]

Ponga only having 60 run metres in 15 carries is actually insane. I can't remember any fullback being restricted to that in the NRL, let alone Ponga.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Cogger just begging Ponga to do something there.

probably right.

 

[macavity]

Ponga has been absolute hot garbage last two games. What is going on with him.

 

[Haffa]

Ponga needs to leave and win a comp somewhere competent

 

[Haffa]

Ponga has been absolute hot garbage last two games. What is going on with him.

Playing with the worst spine in the comp.

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

This might be our worst game with ball in hand in the last few years. Thought we did well enough defensively despite conceding 20 so far - you just can't keep giving the opposition so many chances.

That's a huge call given how bad some of our worst games are but it's totally fair. For me it's our worst game in possession in recent memory and no one but the members of this forum can fathom the weight of that statement.

Even with how the first half played out with the misfortune etc, we were in the game through effort. Frustratingly though, we have the worst halfback ever and possibly one of the worst players to ever lace a boot trying to run the side. We have a Rolls Royce backline with a mannequin at the wheel. Every. Single. Play. Dies. With. This. merkin. Surely he never plays again. It would literally be better to run out with 16 (15 in tonight's case)

I'm very nearly at the point I can't watch if Cogger is in the side. A truly nothing player. The guy is a husk. A dead body out there.

 

[perverse]

Ponga has been absolute hot garbage last two games. What is going on with him.

Yep, it's hard to ignore honestly. He's playing in a dinner suit and not doing it well.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Ponga has been absolute hot garbage last two games. What is going on with him.

Maybe it’s Coggtageous.

 

[Tom155]

Dogs haven’t even been that good

we were just that poor

 

[Yosh]

Scoreless. Deserve to be.

Who is responsible?

 

[K-Man]

What's really concerning is that the Dogs style is built on being a strong defensive unit first, backing their fitness and structures. Which is basically what AOB seems to think he's doing with us, but he's obviously no Ciraldo and we don't have the players to make it work anyway. How have we still not learned this about ourselves? We never even tried to win this game, we did nothing with the ball in attack, we weren't even unlucky.

 

[Woody90]

Ponga needs to leave and win a comp somewhere competent

Yeah nah he doesn’t get to have the “he’s too superior for this club” comments after that performance by him.

 

[Haffa]

Tigers by 30.

 

[macavity]

We are a far worse team than last year, and we weren't exactly great last year.

 

[perverse]

Scoreless. Deserve to be.

Who is responsible?

Halfback, spine, coach, injuries, cursed in that order.

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

Ponga needs to leave and win a comp somewhere competent

Almost the biggest black eye the club has ever had is not being able to put a decent spine around this guy. It's been what, 7 years? Utter incompetence at every level of management.

 

[Woody90]

Scoreless. Deserve to be.

Who is responsible?

Spine.

 

[Yosh]

Halfback, spine, coach, injuries, cursed in that order.

I wish we didn't win those 10 games in a row. Why did we extend AOB? Why!!!

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

Halfback, spine, coach, injuries, cursed in that order.

You know, I know, everyone on this forum knows. So why is the club always the last to know and so slow to act to fix problems?

Need Brown yesterday.