Match Discussion: Round 9 vs Canberra @ McDonalds Park

[Jono078]

He's playing in a team lacking confidence and options. He's constantly being marked up on and he's the teams X factor man. It's near impossible for him to live up to expectations

You defend him quite a bit lol. Everything you said there doesn't justify the errors he made (dropped bomb and losing control of the ball before playing it).

 

[Knight Tales]

Wow guys! If Gardiner is not on the front foot this week he might as well sell the club back to the NRL. I have no words.

 

[Tom155]

Ref isn’t helping dud call there imo

 

[Jono078]

Good work Toa. He's been much better this second half.

 

[Tom155]

Good tackle

 

[Jono078]

That was a bad miss by Fitz.

 

[Burwood]

Genuine question- have our centres gotten the ball even once yet?

 

[Jono078]

Conversely, great tackle there by Ponga to stop Wighton!

 

[Lynoman]

Has Starling passed back once this game?

 

[The Axe of Druss]

Pongas saved 2 tries now

 

[Jono078]

Have we had this ref much? He loves his 6-agains. Way too many.

 

[Burwood]

Tuala just got it!

 

[Jono078]

Ugh! Ugly finish to that set. We need some patience and build some pressure.

Mann and/or Crossland need to take control a bit more.

 

[The Axe of Druss]

You defend him quite a bit lol. Everything you said there doesn't justify the errors he made (dropped bomb and losing control of the ball before playing it).

I do?

I'm not gonna bag the bloke for being out of form and maybe I just see his game for what it is, a kid with too much pressure on him as our only attacking option

 

[Tom155]

Some good support play from Phoenix today noticed him quite a few times backing up

 

[Jono078]

That set was nice, attacking holes and then offloading into space. Ponga did well to get the points there.

All of a sudden we're back in it.

 

[The Axe of Druss]

And just like that Ponga has got us into the game. Glad I don't have egg on my face bagging him for making a couple of mistakes

 

[Burwood]

It’s taken 700 minutes of football this season, but have they finally realized what to do?

 

[Seage]

We're just as likely to make an error in this set and gift them a try as we are to maintain the momentum.

 

[Yosh]

What I don't understand is... We don't try anything special in attack. No real expansive plays or early counter attacks. We don't even off load the ball. Why we got a ton of errors?

Most disappointing to see us make breaks and half breaks and everyone in the team is 40 metres behind the play...