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

[Alex28]

God Jacko just gets it. Clapping the crowd on the way down the tunnel. What a fantastic get.

 

[Jono078]

Phoenix laying in the ruck and slow to get up creates that gap…

Lol. I love to bash Phoenix but he was held down by the player with the ball mate.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Can we end the game now please lol

 

[Tom155]

Great surprising half of footy

Hopefully more of the same to come in the 2nd

 

[PhilGould]

Best half of Phoenix's career by a long margin. Give him a breather before he throws it all away.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Hate to admit it but bringing Mann on when he came on was a good move.

 

[slotmachine]

Best half of Phoenix's career by a long margin. Give him a breather before he throws it all away.

Apparently he thinks his best position is in the halves, but he is 1000% a hooker

 

[perverse]

I'd honestly forgotten what it felt like to feel legitimately anxious during a game of football. They're out there having a real crack at them. I think we're all probably wondering if they can keep it up, or whether we concede 5 or 6 tries in the second half.

 

[Zoidberg]

Amazing half.
Let’s do another one just like it please.

 

[slotmachine]

Hate to admit it but bringing Mann on when he came on was a good move.

Needed his energy in the middle, and it worked.

I'd move Mann to hooker and get johns on now

 

[Jono078]

I'd honestly forgotten what it felt like to feel legitimately anxious during a game of football. They're out there having a real crack at them. I think we're all probably wondering if they can keep it up, or whether we concede 5 or 6 tries in the second half.

Absolutely. I 100% expect us to go down 28-18.

Meanwhile I look at the other game day thread and Panthers fans are not sweating it, they're like just need to fix our errors and we've got them. That must feel nice.

 

[Zoidberg]

Apart from our defence, a stat at the start of the game showed (I think) Panthers have only conceded 2 tries in each of their previous 8 games… 3 in the first half a-thankyou.

 

[Jono078]

Apart from our defence, a stat at the start of the game showed (I think) Panthers have only conceded 2 tries in each of their previous 8 games… 3 in the first half a-thankyou.

This explains my first half orgasmic sensations. That gets me super excited!

 

[Jono078]

I also can't help but think, honestly where does Ponga fit in now?

It's so clear how well Gamble and Hastings work together in spreading the ball between themselves.

Either way, I suppose it's a nice headache for AOB to have for once.

I'd feel pretty awful for Gamble if he is the man to miss out next week.

 

[perverse]

Ha... if we actually somehow beat every odd and win this, we actually leapfrog the Panthers on the ladder. Imagine thinking we'd even have a chance at that at the start of the year.

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

Forgot the game was on. Just turned on and WTF!?!

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Apparently he thinks his best position is in the halves, but he is 1000% a hooker

Yeah. And his effort in defence at 9 is huge.

 

[Bring it home Knights]

We're going well and our defence is putting in a great deal of effort. I just wish our kick off's went further. We should be landing the ball within their goal line. They keep catching it 5-10 metres out and that's getting them easy metres.

 

[perverse]

I also can't help but think, honestly where does Ponga fit in now?

It's so clear how well Gamble and Hastings work together in spreading the ball between themselves.

Either way, I suppose it's a nice headache for AOB to have for once.

I'd feel pretty awful for Gamble if he is the man to miss out next week.

He fits in at 6 and you play Gamble at 13 or 14. It's the only thing that makes sense. You then get the luxury of playing Croker from the bench, where I think he's gone a lot better from to date at least.

A bigger question for me is where you fit Elliott. I'd say he's a bench player for us at the moment, as crazy as that sounds... at least until he shows the form he was showing last year.

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

Are we the real deal?