R9 | Raiders 44-14 Knights @ Canberra | Sun 2.00pm

[aqua_duck]

Hope we kept the receipt for Uate

 

[aqua_duck]

Hook Houston

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

House needs to follow costigan to nsw cup, he is quickly becoming a burden to our team

 

[aqua_duck]

Turning into a debacle

 

[RABK]

f**k watching this. Don't enjoy watching us anymore at all, gameday is something i don't look forward to at all. We're just a very boring and frustrating side grinding through the season as a poor mans Dragons of 09-11.

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

We really need to concentrate on not letting our good for and against go down the drain. Not that it matters as we aren't a top 8 teams asshole at the moment

 

[aqua_duck]

Gidley is terrible, just does not play what's in front of him

 

[perverse]

We're missing Mullen, Scott, Smith (hugely important to our early form) and Buderus. Easy go guys. It's frustrating, but it's not the end of the world.

Yeah, that was just dead set shocking from Gids (kick out on the full followed by horrible forward pass to Korbin).

 

[Burwood]

Never a truer word spoken by Ikin in regards to Gidley.

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

Just plonked $70 on the raiders. We are a shoe in now

I am going to be able to quit work if I keep this strategy up

 

[aqua_duck]

Another set, another error

 

[K-Man]

f**k watching this. Don't enjoy watching us anymore at all, gameday is something i don't look forward to at all. We're just a very boring and frustrating side grinding through the season as a poor mans Dragons of 09-11.

That's exactly what we are. I've noticed that I don't really have much excitement on game day any more. Not the way I used to that's for sure.

Yes I used to get frustrated at our silly play under Stone, but I also used to really love it when things were clicking. And our great performances felt like we were punching above our weight, which was fun.

Now I just watch because of course I'm going to watch. But it's boring, win or lose.

It's a big call, but I think in some ways Bennett's style is starting to show its used-by date. If you're a top team, you can rise above an opposition that aims for no off-loads, no errors, no risks. The better teams can still make you pay, and don't offer any threat ourselves unless we're winning the penalty count.

We pose zero threat from our own territory or in the middle of the park. From 20m out we can score through a Boyd shift or some Gagai magic, but basically we HAVE to dominate possession and field position to win because we don't put our opposition under pressure from anywhere else on the field.

 

[aqua_duck]

We're missing Mullen, Scott, Smith (hugely important to our early form) and Buderus. Easy go guys. It's frustrating, but it's not the end of the world.

Yeah, that was just dead set shocking from Gids (kick out on the full followed by horrible forward pass to Korbin).

Doesn't excuse the errors and lack of discipline

 

[perverse]

Such soft, soft defence... you can't blame the coach for any of this shit. The players aren't invested today. They went to sleep after 20 minutes.

 

[aqua_duck]

Awesome defence

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

Good bye top 8.. It was nice to be there for a few rounds

 

[K-Man]

Gidley is terrible, just does not play what's in front of him

Worst salary:impact ratio in the comp? I'd say so. He's not even one of our top 6 players, and we're pretty crap.

 

[aqua_duck]

Such soft, soft defence... you can't blame the coach for any of this shit. The players aren't invested today.

If you're getting $1.2 mil a year than I'm sorry but it's your job to get the players up for a game. Bellamy and Maguire don't seem to have any problems

 

[aqua_duck]

Worst salary:impact ratio in the comp? I'd say so. He's not even one of our top 6 players, and we're pretty crap.

Aku says hi

 

[perverse]

If you're getting $1.2 mil a year than I'm sorry but it's your job to get the players up for a game. Bellamy and Maguire don't seem to have any problems

He can't run out there and make the tackles for them. We need leaders on the field leading by example. Aside for some really strong carries from Snowden... what do the boys have to look to for inspiration? Gidley f**king everything up? Boyd acting like a princess? We need our leaders out there, most of them are on the sidelines. Same problem we've always had, I've seen this all before.