Rd17: 530pm Parra v Dragons GAME DAY THREAD @ Win Stadium 28/6/25

[DaveMc]

Why is he a prick?

Really?

 

[Avenger]

Brown is toxic to this team

Never hated a player more since Corey Norman. Similar IQ too.

 

[eels_fan]

I reckon if JAC stayed in and Russell scores we win that

Would have been 26-all with 17 mins to go.

We do it easily from there with all the momentum

He did stay in.

why didn’t we challenge it?

 

[T-Boon]

That loss is on Lomax - didnt need to force the pass and we lose it from there.

This is going to sound harsh to Lussick (intensionally) but that play was the coming together of a heads-up player who plays fast (Lomax) and a heads down player who plays slow (Lussick). It is on Lomax because he needs to be smart enough to realise he is surrounded by manly heads down players. Lussick was thinking "completion" / "get to the kick".

 

[Soto]

Lussick was poor, no doubt, but Hopgood wasn’t any better. In fact, he had a shocker. Dylan Walker completely exposed his limitations — he’s just not the elite lock some make him out to be. If this is the standard he offers in big games, then the club really needs to think long and hard about his long-term role. Personally, I’d be moving him on and shifting Jack de Belin into the No. 13 jersey come 2026. At least with De Belin, you get toughness, effort, and defensive steel — three things that were sorely missing.

Can't disagree with this...
Walker has plateaued a bit.. sometimes he looks lost..still better than some other dribble being dished up.
Lussick...pls...just sign TDS and have him play with Ryley Smith

 

[Suitman]

That loss is on Lomax - didnt need to force the pass and we lose it from there.

That's harsh.

 

[T-Boon]

He did stay in.

why didn’t we challenge it?

I dont think it is challengable

 

[Soto]

He did stay in.

why didn’t we challenge it?

Exactly why weren't we blowing up?
Why was that dismissed so quickly?

 

[Avenger]

Really?

Yes, really. He was found not guilty wasn’t he? Is he a prick because he is morally flawed?

 

[DaveMc]

He did stay in.

why didn’t we challenge it?

Isn’t the touch judge’s call final?

 

[senior]

He did stay in.

why didn’t we challenge it?

Don't think you can challenge touchies call

 

[DaveMc]

Yes, really. He was found not guilty wasn’t he? Is he a prick because he is morally flawed?

He was never found not guilty. At the least, by his own admission, he was f**king around on his heavily pregnant partner. That’s pretty morally repugnant, by my standards.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Suli had Russell beat. JAC needed to help.

Na don't think so, maybe, but Russell was all over him. Possible Russell falls off or Suli slides over on pure size.....but not so sure. JAC should have held his position a bit longer at least

 

[Gherkin]

This is going to sound harsh to Lussick (intensionally) but that play was the coming together of a heads-up player who plays fast (Lomax) and a heads down player who plays slow (Lussick). It is on Lomax because he needs to be smart enough to realise he is surrounded by manly heads down players. Lussick was thinking "completion" / "get to the kick".

Probably not harsh enough on the turtle. He’s not a first grader. Unfortunately he’s probably the best options we have now. I’d prefer hands but must be playing terribly if he can’t get a run now

 

[Avenger]

He was never found not guilty. At the least, by his own admission, he was f**king around on his heavily pregnant partner. That’s pretty morally repugnant, by my standards.

Every time you’re wanking to porn you are doing something similar.

He is still with his partner by the way.

 

[Parra Pride]

There were obvious escorts almost every time he went for a high kick the dopes in charge don’t give him any penalties as they see him as elite in the air.

Officiating , like the touchie is just difficult to like across the board.

This is every game I feel, always at least one trying to run him off his chase.

 

[eels_fan]

If the ball is out of play can’t you challenge the previous ruck?

 

[the phantom menace]

Well second half was improved, which was all we could hope for after our abysmal performance in the first half. And we were in with a chance up until the 75th minute.

But you can't get the result when you're so/too relaxed at kick-off to give a shit, and have to come from that far behind. A few hard lessons to be learned by some hopefully...

 

[DaveMc]

Tuilagi frustrates me in defence, but he runs very good lines and can break a tackle. If only his defence was better, he’d be a reasonable option. I still have him ahead of Kautoga, as far as backrow options go.

 

[eels_fan]

Also with their records, Kelma will get 3-4 weeks for that crusher at the end, and Williams will get 1-2 for his high shot