Match Discussion: Round 5 vs Manly @ McDonald Jones Stadium

[Tom155]

Yeah ok fella

Go try gas lighting someone else

You are just embarrassing yourself, i'm not going argue with you all night just stop the complaining over bs

 

[Burwood]

Has any player in the NRL had commentators blow so much smoke in their arse for doing absolutely nothing compared to Best? Every single week they wax lyrical about him and how dangerous and destructive he is, but 95% of his contributions are rubbish. Even with more early ball compared to previous seasons, he’s doing very little to warrant the gushing from the commentary box.

 

[Loose Cannon]

67% completion rate.

No wonder AOB only wants one Saifiti on the field at any given time.

 

[Apey]

so were both Saifitis, Clune, Jones, Sue, Randall and Thompson… so he wasn’t on his own.

True, true. Most of them at least are usually a net positive for us though. What upside does Crossland have? Sigh.

 

[The Axe of Druss]

You are just embarrassing yourself, i'm not going argue with you all night just stop the complaining over bs

Haha that's rich given you replied to me mate

Dig up stupid

 

[Tom155]

Haha that's rich given you replied to me mate

Dig up stupid

Move on dude, you posted stupid shit & got called on it by multiple people, this meltdown of yours is just sad

 

[aqua_duck]

Haha that's rich given you replied to me mate

Dig up stupid

c'mon mate we're better than that, lets focus on the game and leave the personal slanging matches to the souffs fans

 

[Jono078]

Has any player in the NRL had commentators blow so much smoke in their arse for doing absolutely nothing compared to Best? Every single week they wax lyrical about him and how dangerous and destructive he is, but 95% of his contributions are rubbish. Even with more early ball compared to previous seasons, he’s doing very little to warrant the gushing from the commentary box.

It's like Ponga all over... Talk about his hype and what he can maybe do rather than what he actually does.

He did do a nice job for our only try tonight but yeah the way they talk about him you'd think he's twice the player Gagai is...

 

[The Axe of Druss]

Move on dude, you posted stupid shit & got called on it by multiple people, this meltdown of yours is just sad

Um, you're literally the only one who took exception to it princess

 

[Tom155]

Um, you're literally the only one who took exception to it princess

dude move on it's over

 

[The Axe of Druss]

dude move on it's over

Nah, you move on

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

Surely we don't resign Ponga. Every one of this rosters deficiencies was exposed tonight and having $1.2 million a season tied up with one underperforming player doesn't allow us to fix said roster.

Some of the issues are effort and gameplan related but much of it is that some players just aren't very good and likely never will be. Not many Knights players would make a top side. Ponga is not alone though. Saifitis and Best just aren't going to that next level either. Too much cap tied up in half a dozen underperformers and a one dimensional forward pack. The halves play within themselves when Ponga is there too.

 

[Tom155]

c'mon mate we're better than that, lets focus on the game and leave the personal slanging matches to the souffs fans

All good mate some have a thicker skin than others

 

[Tom155]

Any changes to your side next week?

 

[Loose Cannon]

Surely we don't resign Ponga.

The choice isn’t ours from all reports.

Pretty sure we feed him when he wants it. Idiotic by management, if true.

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

Has any player in the NRL had commentators blow so much smoke in their arse for doing absolutely nothing compared to Best? Every single week they wax lyrical about him and how dangerous and destructive he is, but 95% of his contributions are rubbish. Even with more early ball compared to previous seasons, he’s doing very little to warrant the gushing from the commentary box.

He's yet another one we all thought would kick on and just didn't. Injury prone and complete one trick pony. If he can't barge over the top of someone he's got nothing. A slightly better Junior Sau thus far and that's only because he can actually pass from time to time.

 

[aqua_duck]

Any changes to your side next week?

If Young is out I'd bring Edrick in, Simi on the bench in 14, Croker in for Jirah and Hoy in the halves if Clune is no good. Overall our depth is absolutely shot

 

[macavity]

Surely we don't resign Ponga. Every one of this rosters deficiencies was exposed tonight and having $1.2 million a season tied up with one underperforming player doesn't allow us to fix said roster.

Some of the issues are effort and gameplan related but much of it is that some players just aren't very good and likely never will be. Not many Knights players would make a top side. Ponga is not alone though. Saifitis and Best just aren't going to that next level either. Too much cap tied up in half a dozen underperformers and a one dimensional forward pack. The halves play within themselves when Ponga is there too.

We can build a competitive team around Ponga. He shits me too, but he isn’t the problem.

Reality is we are only going anywhere producing our own and we just don’t produce many athletes. The blokes running riot against us tonight were bigger stronger and faster. Two weeks in a row our forwards have been steamrolled.

Brian Smith got crucified for it, but he was right to recruit big blokes and teach them to play football, rather than rely on the “hard working” Brodie Joneses of the world that we spit out of our catchment.

 

[aqua_duck]

The choice isn’t ours from all reports.

Pretty sure we feed him when he wants it. Idiotic by management, if true.

Ponga has a contract in place in the form of a player option, its up to him if he takes it

 

[Jono078]

If Young is out I'd bring Edrick in, Simi on the bench in 14, Croker in for Jirah and Hoy in the halves if Clune is no good. Overall our depth is absolutely shot

Croker is out for a while with a broken jaw.