Match Discussion: Round 9 vs Parramatta @ CommBank Stadium, Parramatta / Burramattagal

[slotmachine]

Ponga been the worst player on the field

 

[Knight Tales]

NRL is a Comp which does not care about your feelings. We seems to have missed the
Memo. You need to be arrogant and relentless. This city and it’s team are
Too busy caring what others think.

 

[perverse]

That's no ring rust, that's the standard Ponga "pretty ball" as I like to call it. Rarely ever comes off, but it looks cool at least.

Is "ring rust" an actual term? Sounds like someone needs to learn how to wipe.

 

[Yosh]

Wipe that smile off your face Ponga. What's funny about that pass?

 

[Zoidberg]

Our fighting spirit kept the 2nd half to only 13-6.

 

[Jono078]

Is "ring rust" an actual term? Sounds like someone needs to learn how to wipe.

Haha! A boxing term. That's what Warren Smith said in relation to Ponga's shit attempt of a cutout pass.

 

[Tom155]

Sad to say but the 43-12 score line flatters us

 

[The Axe of Druss]

Gags, Thompson and Fitz have been decent. The rest have been woeful.

Croker has been good too

 

[Jono078]

I suppose the good news out of this game is we're still a chance of winning the grand final, if we make it there. If we conceded 50, well, you'd just put a line through our season.

 

[Apey]

It might not be realistic but you couldn't say we wouldn't be better off with just about any of the other 1M+ players playing for us instead of the Pong. Again, not that he was why we lost tonight but man he had an all-time shocker.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Sad to say but the 43-12 score line flatters us

It should've been that at halftime

 

[Tom155]

It should've been that at halftime

At least

 

[perverse]

It might not be realistic but you couldn't say we wouldn't be better off with just about any of the other 1M+ players playing for us instead of the Pong. Again, not that he was why we lost tonight but man he had an all-time shocker.

I'm really not sure what you do about it. There's a strong argument to make that Miller could make way. It's not easy to say when the entire team plays that poorly.

 

[aqua_duck]

If you’re going to take anything out of this it’s that it exposed all the issues in such a way that it can’t possibly be ignored. We desperately need a specialist hooker for one, we cannot carry Crossland, Mann and Gamble in the same team and there needs to be a dramatic rethink of what we do with KP, this is a real rip the Band-Aid off moment

 

[mozza91]

Ponga been the worst player on the field

It’s a pretty hot field with the way the rest of the pricks played.

 

[Yosh]

Ponga is a headache for the coach in all honesty though. Talented as anyone who has played the game but can't stay fit nor does he seem to care about winning in a Knights jersey. Defense was atrocious tonight and was laughing it off. What's the point of all the talent in the world if you don't care? Perhaps his resigning was worse than the resignings of both Mann and Crossland...

I hate Friday night games because they usually ruin the whole weekend for me... I wish we only play the last game on Sunday nights because there is no more weekend to be ruined.

 

[Jono078]

I'm really not sure what you do about it. There's a strong argument to make that Miller could make way. It's not easy to say when the entire team plays that poorly.

Couldn't drop Miller. He probably picked up another Dally M point again tonight haha.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

I'm starting to think that Ponga is the problem and I've never thought that..

 

[Loose Cannon]

Somebody do the maths.

How much are we paying Ponga per mistake?

 

[Jono078]

I'm starting to think that Ponga is the problem and I've never thought that..

I'm being drawn into that thought, but I'm reminding myself we've been in some big tough games and have looked physically shot for a few weeks now.. I'll reserve judgement for our game following the BYE next week.

AOB has some serious work to do.