Match Discussion: Round 7 vs Cronulla @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

[Burns]

Bring back Hastings?

 

[macavity]

Crokes, Marz and Sharpe can hold their heads high. The rest cannot.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

The fact you purchased tickets is the true measure of your character. Saint.

Even worse, I'm a member lol

 

[macavity]

Bring back Hastings?

would put him at lock tbh

 

[Rod]

And that is why, for all his faults, we can't drop Marzhew.

 

[Woody90]

Playing way too deep.
Marzhew just ran at the defence and got rewards. That’s the way to do it.

 

[Haffa]

That took our average points per game from 7.3 to 8.6. AOB got them improving

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Well, one positive.. No work tomorrow

 

[Dr Dr Gimedanews]

Wests marrying themselves to Adam O'Brien for half a decade (more coming too) for zero reward is 100% a root part of the cause and it'll be difficult to convince me otherwise. He's a dud that got us to play good footy for 10 weeks in 5 years (mainly because Kalyn Ponga caught fire in a rare purple patch).

We keep doing the same thing and expecting different results. He has to go. He won't, but until he does nothing dramatic will change. This is us under O'Brien. This is normal.

It's very hard to judge objectively.

Serious questions though

1) Who in our 17 is ranked in the top 8 in their respective positions?

2) Do you think we have a better roster than the Roosters? Has AOB got more to work with than the Super Coach Robinson?

 

[Tom155]

Wow

poor grabbing effort from dane

 

[macavity]

Gags getting a bath from Marwene Hiroti 🫠

 

[macavity]

Well, one positive.. No work tomorrow

they had today off too

 

[Alex28]

Gags getting a bath from Marwene Hiroti 🫠

Both Gags and Friz are pretty well past it. Someone needs to tell them this year is it.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Second week in a row all three grades have been beaten at home... We've got a VERY long way to go unfortunately.

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

I watched until 12-0 when it was evident they were getting flogged today. I've never felt so unenthused about the side turning things around. There's much more than just roster issues right now.

So...what next? I honestly have no idea tbh.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Has Nicho kicked 4 or 5 from in front? Only the one from wide I can remember.

Who suggested our defence is good?

 

[perverse]

It's very hard to judge objectively.

Serious questions though

1) Who in our 17 is ranked in the top 8 in their respective positions?

2) Do you think we have a better roster that the Roosters? Has AOB got more to work with than the Super Coach Robinson?

Honestly I'm just not buying into this argument at all. It's not a cattle problem and AOB defenders over the years have tried to make it about that. Here's some thoughts:

- Good coaches make good players. See: Craig Bellamy.
- Players that leave our club get better elsewhere, with a few exceptions but as a rule this is the case.
- Players that come to our club get worse. Again, not a 100% rule, but a definite trend line. How many recruits have we had that actually got better here in the past 5 years?
- Our football has been horribly ugly during the entirety of AOBs tenure outside of the mythical 10 week period we enjoyed.
- This is the most critical point by far. Even if we don't "have the cattle" - the cattle I do see on the field can play a lot better than they are. A good coach will get whoever he is coaching to play to their potential or close enough to it. Even if that potential is limited. We're not even playing at 10% of our potential. We can't even hold the f**kin ball. Cameron Ciraldo has a team full of discarded utility players at the top of the ladder.

I don't care how good or bad our roster is. It can play better than it is. This is dogshit and it's a familiar brand of dogshit because I've been expected to swallow it for half a f**kin decade now.

 

[slotmachine]

Both Gags and Friz are pretty well past it. Someone needs to tell them this year is it.

Yeah they look physically done. Which is a huge problem when we don't have any leaders as it is. And no forward pack in 2026

 

[Tom155]

Making the score look better than it really was

 

[Alex28]

Best thing I’ve seen KPP do all year.