Rd23: Parra v Bulldogs GAME DAY THREAD @ Commbank 20/8/22

[Gary Gutful]

Nice attempt at shit-stirring, merkin. However, I'd love to see us in the 4 just to see how prophetic your prognostication really is.

Its not my progmasturbation. I'm just channelling every other negative shit merkin on here.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Probably

See @Eelogical! See!

 

[Eelogical]

Doubters agglomerate!!

 

[Rocket man]

Looks like hes injured at the moment. Emu has great agression. Hed be a giant at The Storm or Chooks.

At the Roosters he'd become.e JWH.

 

[Rocket man]

We tried that on our short dropouts and Dogs just built a wall in front of Lane. Need to identify that after the first one and do something different

Lane should time his run to arrive as the ball comes down.

 

[strider]

Dunno if its been mentioned ... But did anyone see Junior Paulo after the game, precariously balanced on the ledge of the stand, helping 3 fairly sizeable kids over the fence and onto the field.

I was waiting for him to fall off or f**k his back. The first kid wasnt small and they got progressively bigger lol

 

[Gazzamatta]

First time ive been really disappointed with Burton today. His bombs were average, his D mostly garbage, his lack of speed showed up by Moses and his play making pretty average. Im a huge Burton fan but gee he wasnt great today. Too many money matters on his mind me thinks.

 

[Matty Bhoy]

First time ive been really disappointed with Burton today. His bombs were average, his D mostly garbage, his lack of speed showed up by Moses and his play making pretty average. Im a huge Burton fan but gee he wasnt great today. Too many money matters on his mind me thinks.

Agreed. He was absolutely average today.

 

[the phantom menace]

Very pleased with the Parra performance today, and will post something more positive about aspects of that later.

But having watched a game at the Stadium (for the first time this year) I was surprised how absolutely diabological the Dogs team really was. Very little talent evident in their defence or attack. Shut down Burton and JAC and that's it... but it was almost a sub-NRL performance across the park by the Dogs, and Ciraldo has his work cut out for him next year.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Currently watching the replay after being there live.
Wow! How good was Marata? Best performance of the year for him. He owned TPJ. Gee we've missed that from him. Pity he didnt get more minutes. Massive effort.
Moses. Brilliant. Offensively and defensively magnificent. Very, dare I say it, brave performance. Hes absolutely irreplaceable at our club.
Lane simply killed it. Remember those wasted years when someone thought he was a middle? Utter stupidity.

 

[JokerEel]

Dunno if its been mentioned ... But did anyone see Junior Paulo after the game, precariously balanced on the ledge of the stand, helping 3 fairly sizeable kids over the fence and onto the field.

I was waiting for him to fall off or f**k his back. The first kid wasnt small and they got progressively bigger lol

I think they were his kids and friends.

Last kid being his son

 

[JokerEel]

Currently watching the replay after being there live.
Wow! How good was Marata? Best performance of the year for him. He owned TPJ. Gee we've missed that from him. Pity he didnt get more minutes. Massive effort.
Moses. Brilliant. Offensively and defensively magnificent. Very, dare I say it, brave performance. Hes absolutely irreplaceable at our club.
Lane simply killed it. Remember those wasted years when someone thought he was a middle? Utter stupidity.

On Moses He was great today , I was wrong saying he isn't worth a million.

 

[Eelogical]

On Moses He was great today , I was wrong saying he isn't worth a million.

If he plays like that in the finals and leads us out of the wilderness, then he's worth the coin.

 

[Suitman]

Currently watching the replay after being there live.
Wow! How good was Marata? Best performance of the year for him. He owned TPJ. Gee we've missed that from him. Pity he didnt get more minutes. Massive effort.

I actually mentioned that to others at the club tonight.
Everyone talks about how great Lane was, which he was, but Marata was an absolute workhorse and beast today.
Great decision by BA to start him ahead of Matterson. They both played their roles well.

 

[Suitman]

Anyway, for those of us plebs like me who have never sat on the snobby side of the ground, it looks pretty good from the west.

 

[Happy MEel]

And, given you've @'d Overlord Twizzle, you probably need a source for that post merkin....

@Twizzle was in the unfortunate position to provide a first hand account of that post.

 

[the phantom menace]

From the live vantage points...

Pros:
- Something different in the middle, starting Nuikore and having Matterson come on after 20min (less chance of head issues?)
- Forwards building and holding the platform, allowing Moses (and Brown) to get the ball wide for tries to all of our centres and wingers
- Cartwright used in the middle rotation (as mobile lock?) seemed to work ok in the 30min-55min mark - but probably only because the platform had been built and held
- Some of the attacking moves by Moses were a class above what we are left with when he is not there, he and Brown had obviously practised some tricks together this week that would have worked against better teams too
- The left defence held strongly, against everything thrown at it - and I presume the right defence did a good enough job to nullify the Addo-Carr threat
- Good to see all the starting pack get a rest by the end of the match - that's what having a f**king bench is for, and in future weeks we'll be thankful
- It really truned into a training run after the 50min mark, and it was good to see the team try some things in attack and have fun - and still keep the defence solid throughout

Cons:
- Our team really needs to learn what accidental offside (after we touch the ball) is, to avoid stupid penalties giving the opposition a chance to set for another six tackles
- This happened twice that I saw (Mahoney, Lane) on the last tackle, in situations where they had plenty of time to think about whether to touch the ball - and should have stood there and and not something waited for Dogs to claim it and then wrap them up instantly (better than gifting them a kick/extra yards)
- On the Dogs try, Gutherson was already thinking about having a whinge to the ref about the play, rather than committing his body "fullback style" in a 100% attempt to get across to even try and nudge the player away from the acrobatic putdown. It's a bad habit, and not something you see the better fullbacks wasting their time on.
- *Oh, and the f**king short kicks and drop-outs... should have just played the game we were playing by kicking long and dominating, and we might have managed to get over the 50.

But good to rack up some points against some poor opposition, and the confidence boost coming into the final minimum three, and maybe six, games of our season .

 

[the phantom menace]

Anyway, for those of us plebs like me who have never sat on the snobby side of the ground, it looks pretty good from the west.

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What comes in the showbags?

 

[Happy MEel]

I reckon @Happy MEel can help me find some sauce.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Anyway, for those of us plebs like me who have never sat on the snobby side of the ground, it looks pretty good from the west.

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No sun in your face either.