R21 | Dragons 46-24 Knights @ Jubilee | Sun 2pm

[Spot On]

Worst halves pairing to ever play Nrl?

By far. And obviously the defense pretty much on both sides of our middle is f**king atrocious.

 

[slotmachine]

So the NSW cup guys stone should have been picking are just as shit as his mates.

 

[macavity]

They are in the debate

 

[Serc]

Hard to compete for the full 80 in the middle when you lose your #1 prop in the first 10 mins

Especially with:

- the sun burning up the players and temps in the mid 20's
- a bench that is pretty light on in the middle forwards department

Nice to see those good patches in the first half though, before the above caught up with them

 

[Dave_]

Wouldn't mind seeing Scott speared next week for the rest of the year. Shocking pea heated effort from him this season. Good riddance

 

[Tom155]

Smh Scott terrible

 

[macavity]

We aren't doing anything until Mullo is back and/or Hokko arrives. Can't do anything with halves who struggle to kick, pass and tackle.

 

[Sydney Knight]

We have had some unlucky bounces but this team is so mentally week every piece of bad luck leads to a try. We pretty much need the opposition to lay down for 80 mins ala the Titans

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

We have conceded 100 points in 2 weeks

 

[Noname36]

Yeah, the halves were the huge difference today. They're clearly out of their depth, especially Carlos. They're even worse defensively than they are in attack.

The only positive is that at the least 3/4 of our spine will be different next year and hopefully a few more go with them.

 

[Dave_]

I hope Danny stands by his words from earlier in the week. If you can't tackle, you won't be in this team.

 

[perverse]

Mamo still a worry for mine. Supposed to be our fullback next year.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Mamo still a worry for mine. Supposed to be our fullback next year.

That is why he should be there now. If he is going to make mistakes like that, can we do it in these nothing games instead of a fresh season.

But we have to give Derp Gidley a nice send off and retain our classy halves pairing.

 

[Noname36]

Mamo still a worry for mine. Supposed to be our fullback next year.

I'm not too worried about Mamo. His improvement in terms of his errors from last year to this one has been huge and if he keeps improving at that rate I think he'll be fine. At the very least he's an improvement on Gidley. He wasn't good today but he's shown enough this year at fullback for me to have confidence in him.

That's even if the new coach wants him to be the fullback. There's no guarantee there.

 

[The Showstopper]

I would rather take a punt on Ross at fullback. Has a bit of go in him.

 

[perverse]

Losing Scott is looking like a blessing in disguise. The guy has either well and truly clocked off for the year, or is in freefall decline.

 

[Burns]

We have conceded 100 points in 2 weeks

The Newcastle Way.

 

[Noname36]

Losing Scott is looking like a blessing in disguise. The guy has either well and truly clocked off for the year, or is in freefall decline.

Yeah, there's certainly no players leaving this year that I'm disappointed about. I wouldn't be saying that about Scott after one game but he's been poor most games this year.

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

Be interested to see the press conference. Hopefully we don't hear anything about the team trying hard.

 

[slotmachine]

Mamo still a worry for mine. Supposed to be our fullback next year.

Good thing he got a tasty upgrade.

But you can never tell if a player is just shit, or the knights ruined them.