Raiders lose again

[Red Bear]

What the fudge has happened to them this year? geez they are playing badly.

 

[Steven Gerrard]

It's the constant picking of Bulgarelli over Phil Graham that has hurt us.

 

[xwizit]

the upsets continue...

 

[azza]

We stink and god knows why after the way we played last year. Not far off the wooden spoon IMO.

 

[carlnz]

Whatever the Raiders played well today...just they couldnt handle the warriors in the last 12 minutes

 

[I Bleed Green]

The referee was a joke. I never use him as an excuse, but Steve Lyons was awful.

In the first half there were several high tackles against us, and he warned Monty Betham that next time he'd send someone off. So there was a next time, but Seu Seu a repeat offender, did another high tackle... and took no action. Grow some balls son.

The Seu Seu tackle on Davico was 10 x worse than the one that Hodges was sent off for.

And then with 7 minutes to go, he did cost us the game. Gafa was playing the ball, the Warriors bloke was all over him and pushed him back, and the referee ruled a knock on (the ball never went forward, it was just a sloppy play the ball which the Warriors caused). From the ensuing scrum, the Warriors scored the match winning try.

I think the Warriors had the game plan to come out and try and rattle us by going high, apparently it worked.

Meli, Faumuina and Seu Seu will find themselves on the sidelines for quite a while, if there's any consistency.

Still, we could've won it much earlier. No excuses I suppose.

 

[OVP]

ive only got 1 tip right this round ... im gooooorn in my tipping comp for sure

 

[xwizit]

ive only got 1 tip right this round ... im gooooorn in my tipping comp for sure

so have i :lol: :lol: :lol: the storm beating the tiges

 

[SpaceMonkey]

The referee was a joke. I never use him as an excuse, but Steve Lyons was awful.

In the first half there were several high tackles against us, and he warned Monty Betham that next time he'd send someone off. So there was a next time, but Seu Seu a repeat offender, did another high tackle... and took no action. Grow some balls son.

The Seu Seu tackle on Davico was 10 x worse than the one that Hodges was sent off for.

And then with 7 minutes to go, he did cost us the game. Gafa was playing the ball, the Warriors bloke was all over him and pushed him back, and the referee ruled a knock on (the ball never went forward, it was just a sloppy play the ball which the Warriors caused). From the ensuing scrum, the Warriors scored the match winning try.

I think the Warriors had the game plan to come out and try and rattle us by going high, apparently it worked.

Meli, Faumuina and Seu Seu will find themselves on the sidelines for quite a while, if there's any consistency.

Still, we could've won it much earlier. No excuses I suppose.

Whinge moan, whinge moan. Accept it, you got beaten by a side with more hunger and spirit today.
WTF are you on about with the Seu Seu hit on Davico? Jerry dropped the shoulder and Davico fell into it. There was NOTHING in that tackle, it was unlucky to even cop a penalty. Seu Seu won't have a case to answer at the judiciary, it was an unfortunate accident for Davico, that's all.

 

[Edwahu]

We lost because we have the shittest halves going around.
We would have had that game wrapped up after 70 with a even half decent playmaker who actually organised the players around him.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

We lost because we have the shittest halves going around.
We would have had that game wrapped up after 70 with a even half decent playmaker who actually organised the players around him.

Agreed, i reckon the difference was in the halves, in that Stacey Jones finally turned it on and showed what he was capable of. Unfortunately for Canberra they had no answer to that.

 

[Anonymous]

The referee was a joke. I never use him as an excuse, but Steve Lyons was awful.

In the first half there were several high tackles against us, and he warned Monty Betham that next time he'd send someone off. So there was a next time, but Seu Seu a repeat offender, did another high tackle... and took no action. Grow some balls son.

The Seu Seu tackle on Davico was 10 x worse than the one that Hodges was sent off for.

And then with 7 minutes to go, he did cost us the game. Gafa was playing the ball, the Warriors bloke was all over him and pushed him back, and the referee ruled a knock on (the ball never went forward, it was just a sloppy play the ball which the Warriors caused). From the ensuing scrum, the Warriors scored the match winning try.

I think the Warriors had the game plan to come out and try and rattle us by going high, apparently it worked.

Meli, Faumuina and Seu Seu will find themselves on the sidelines for quite a while, if there's any consistency.

Still, we could've won it much earlier. No excuses I suppose.

HAHAHAHAHA!!
Clown.

How about the knock on call against the Warriors which almost cost us the game late in the piece?? Francis Meli off-loaded the ball directly backwards, Croker trys to pick it up and drops it, knock-on Warriors. From the ensuing scrum, Bulgarelli knocks the ball on TWICE trying to catch it- play on.

As for the tackles, the only reason SeuSeu even got penalised was because of the video ref, the first one might get him a week if he's unlucky, the second was the softest high tackle penalised so far this year- send him off?? HAHAHAHA.

Meli and Faumuina?? For what? There was absolutely nothing doing in that "lifting tackle" either. Monaghan wouldn't go to ground, the referee refused to call held (as Monty Betham quite rightly pointed out) so Faumuina grabbed him by the legs in an attempt to tip him up. Monaghan went down awkwardly because Meli, who had no intention of lifting him, had his hands between Monaghan legs trying to hold him.

 

[Mal Meninga]

How about that tackle on Monas over the horizontal by Melli?

 

[I Bleed Green]

The referee was a joke. I never use him as an excuse, but Steve Lyons was awful.

In the first half there were several high tackles against us, and he warned Monty Betham that next time he'd send someone off. So there was a next time, but Seu Seu a repeat offender, did another high tackle... and took no action. Grow some balls son.

The Seu Seu tackle on Davico was 10 x worse than the one that Hodges was sent off for.

And then with 7 minutes to go, he did cost us the game. Gafa was playing the ball, the Warriors bloke was all over him and pushed him back, and the referee ruled a knock on (the ball never went forward, it was just a sloppy play the ball which the Warriors caused). From the ensuing scrum, the Warriors scored the match winning try.

I think the Warriors had the game plan to come out and try and rattle us by going high, apparently it worked.

Meli, Faumuina and Seu Seu will find themselves on the sidelines for quite a while, if there's any consistency.

Still, we could've won it much earlier. No excuses I suppose.

Whinge moan, whinge moan. Accept it, you got beaten by a side with more hunger and spirit today.
WTF are you on about with the Seu Seu hit on Davico? Jerry dropped the shoulder and Davico fell into it. There was NOTHING in that tackle, it was unlucky to even cop a penalty. Seu Seu won't have a case to answer at the judiciary, it was an unfortunate accident for Davico, that's all.

Shoulder? :lol:

It was a swinging forearm you goose. I guess we'll see tomorrow won't we...

 

[I Bleed Green]

Meli and Faumuina?? For what? There was absolutely nothing doing in that "lifting tackle" either. Monaghan wouldn't go to ground, the referee refused to call held (as Monty Betham quite rightly pointed out) so Faumuina grabbed him by the legs in an attempt to tip him up. Monaghan went down awkwardly because Meli, who had no intention of lifting him, had his hands between Monaghan legs trying to hold him.

You're kidding, right?

THEY LIFTED HIM ABOVE THE HORIZONTAL UNDER THE CROTCH!

So because Meli had no intention of lifting him, yet he had his hands under his crotch, tell me how he was lifted above the horizontal and almost landed on his hea?

Even the commentators, who are the most biased one-eyed commentators I've ever heard, said it was really bad.

 

[Biglance]

i think elliott has favourites thats why grahem isnt in the side

 

[hybrid_tiger]

Thierry you are kidding yourself.

Seu Seu, Meli and Faumina will all be suspended.

 

[Dr Crane]

The Warriors won mainly through that being one of the worst Raiders performances i've seen, not to mention the Raiders choking yet again.

Much the same as when we beat Souths.

 

[Anonymous]

Meli? What was he supposed to do?? Fight against his own teammate to put Monaghan down gently??

 

[Mal Meninga]

I can't believe you're trying to justify a tackle which deserves to go in the bin at the very least. Would you change your mind if Monas happened to snap his neck in the proccess? You do know those kinds of tackles could do it.