Rd1 2024: 530pm Parra v Dogs GAME DAY THREAD @ Commbank Stadium (sold out) March 9th

[the phantom menace]

Well, that puts the margin almost back to how we were traveling I guess.

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

This is why we need to complete our sets.

Lol...you're a dopey merkin....

 

[Chipmunk]

The Dogs were gallant to be honest given the circumstances of how the game went.

The few chances we gave the Dogs, we ended up folding pretty easily. To be honest the Dogs embarrassed us by how easy they scored their tries with few opportunities, and the many chances we had and failed to deliver too many times.

Outside of that we had plenty of possession and field possession, but with Moses hampered we offered sweet f**k all really.

Even with that the Dogs shouldn't have got anywhere near us.

A win is a win in Round 1...time to take the 2 points and move on.

Moses injury is going to be a concern going forward. We've clearly got f**k all without him and unless we get the same sort of possession and field position as we did in this game, then we'll struggle.

 

[Cumberland Eel]

Well 2pts booked. It was ugly but overall more positive than negatives. Moses injury is a big, big worry.

 

[DaveMc]

Honestly pretty happy with that. Attack was a bit clunky, but pretty much everyone did their job. I suspect we’d have looked better if Moses wasn’t having to manage his groin.

 

[hindy111]

Soft Try

Soft Try

They created 3 genuine overlaps. We didn't create one by memory. First game but good sides will score plenty on our edges.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Hopgood's baby looks like his twin

 

[Poupou Escobar]

They created 3 genuine overlaps. We didn't create one by memory. First game but good sides will score plenty on our edges.

They won't get enough ball. Hopefully.

 

[the phantom menace]

Forwards minutes played:

80min - Lane
68min - Cartwright
63min - Lussick
52min - Hopgood
49min - Campbell-Gillard
48min - Tuilagi... a decent amount of minutes on Eels debut
45min - Paulo
33min - Matterson... maybe more minutes next week?
32min- Ofahengaue
18min - Hands
N/A - Greig (injured)

 

[JokerEel]

Happy with the win.

Bulldogs are absolutely trash Burton isn't worth the cash the dogs are waisting on him..

 

[Tooooks]

We were pretty scratchy but hey, we’re coming first.

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

What I've taken out of this game,,,,,, we are lucky we played the potential wooden spooners. We play a potential to 8 side today, we get smashed. Our defence and attack are not top 8 stuff. We are shit. We should win by 50 tonight if we were the real deal.

I put it down to coaching, as we have a pretty decent team on paper. We will get shellacked next week by panthers.

 

[oldmancraigy]

A win is a win.

Top of the table.

Performance was dusty, but still the biggest win of the round (so far).

It could be worse, we could have attacked like Penrith or Melbourne last night. Youch....

 

[DaveMc]

I thought during the game that Canterbury’s pack really seems to lack some size, which is basically the opposite issue to which they had last year, when they were big and lacked mobility. It’ll be a long year for them if they run with that spine, Taaffe and Hutchison are not first grade standard. And Reed remains a human pinball, the guy must hit and not stick to about 20 tackles a match.

 

[Wally21]

Happy with the win.

Bulldogs are absolutely trash Burton isn't worth the cash the dogs are waisting on him..

So massively f**king overrated. And that f**kwit Voss flogging himself over every kick made me sick

 

[Eelogical]

Also, how good do these jerseys look????

I'm not a fan. But hey, who cares what a old fart boomer thinks?

 

[Wally21]

Let’s take out the positives.
Lussick I thought was as good as I’ve seen him. Really controlled the ruck well
Junior looked fit and ran hard
Matto I thought really sured up the middle in his stint
Carty was our best by a long way

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

I thought during the game that Canterbury’s pack really seems to lack some size, which is basically the opposite issue to which they had last year, when they were big and lacked mobility. It’ll be a long year for them if they run with that spine, Taaffe and Hutchison are not first grade standard. And Reed remains a human pinball, the guy must hit and not stick to about 20 tackles a match.

Dogs are the worst assembled team I have ever seen. Superstars in positions but negated by absolute duds in positions that are needed to cater for the superstars....

 

[DaveMc]

Oh, and that Russell and Penisini combo looks good, early days of course but I thought our outside backs did a decent job even if not flashy.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Dogs are the worst assembled team I have ever seen. Superstars in positions but negated by absolute duds in positions that are needed to cater for the superstars....

Yeah but Gus is a genius remember the worst thing that happened was Penrith pissing him off.