Rd24: 730pm Parra v Souths GAME DAY THREAD @ Allianz 16/8/25

[Gronk]

You said this:


You have been proven wrong. Its now been successfully shown that many players from both clubs have played with peroxide hair. Worse still for your argument, it was actually not even the decision of the players in the case of Melbourne. It was the coach!

Of all of our problems right now, I wouldn't put Joash's hair colour in the top 100. Far bigger issues to worry about!

Being professional is about preparation. It might be a just towel to some from a superficial point of view, but it’s a symptom of not planning and the job being front of mind.

Hiw many times did Jarryd Hayne forget his boots or fail to prepare correctly ?

Parramatta fullback Jarryd Hayne dismisses claims he doesn't have the right attitude for State of Origin

I'm not arrogant, says Hayne

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[Eelementary]

We got sold a dud on TDS it would seem. Can’t see how this kid thought he was good enough to get picked over Api.

Because he's the type of dummy-half fans love to see - "Oh, look - he took a scoot out of dummy-half! What a gun!"

Ryley Smith is way better.

 

[hineyrulz]

Was a club thing

Apparently he forgot his towel, so had to dye his hair

Professionalism at its finest

Well that result last night was very professional.

 

[hindy111]

..or we just leave Riley on and put another middle forward on the bench.

Didn't Silva cost like 600k??

 

[hindy111]

Keep in mind we do have Russel and Kautoga to inject into this side.

 

[hineyrulz]

He’s hammered - he has to be!

No. He’s really that stupid.

 

[hineyrulz]

Keep in mind we do have Russel and Kautoga to inject into this side.

Wait till the big guns are back!!

 

[hindy111]

Our forwards are trash. The whole lot tbh.
There are about 160 forwards in the NRL. I dont think we have one who would rank in the top 50. Most would be in the 80+ range
Williams is consistently our best and he wouldnt basicaly just scrap into other sides bench.

 

[hindy111]

I counted 55 forwards id take before J.Williams ( our best )

 

[Murraymob1]

Why? We made more metres and more line breaks! We simply lacked patience, which is reflected by our completion rate!

But do continue on your rage....

You played a team minus 13 or more regular first graders.it was poor effort and execution simple

 

[piggysmalls]

I agree we are really lacking in forwards. need some, big, athletic forwards.

Think TDS will come good. He has the skills but is inexperienced ….and in a new system mid-season….and coming off a shocker last week.

I just don’t understand the Iongi hate. He has superstar potential. Sure, he has stuff to learn as he is young and new to NRL but he could be anything.

 

[hineyrulz]

You played a team minus 13 or more regular first graders.it was poor effort and execution simple

Pretty much 100%

 

[Soto]

I still dont understand how we dont know how to use fox's speed.

We knew how to use Sivo but not fox.

And why does Lomax try to brute force his way through, if he ran between players like Kelma does, he would do better

Excellent post mate

 

[Soto]

I counted 55 forwards id take before J.Williams ( our best )

Honestly he's our player of the yr by a country mile

 

[King-Gutho94]

I slept on it that was our worst loss and performance since round 2 against the Tigers.

Souths weren't much better tbh just took there chances when they got offered.

For all the green shoots to grow as a team you need to be winning games like last night when on offer.

And start to make winning a habit.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Well that result last night was very professional.

It's what the smart clubs do

 

[RealdEel]

Last night we kept running sideways in attack, When Souths straightened their attack on our line they scored..


On our Forwards

Paulo needs to be taking more than 6 runs a game.
Hopgood performed fine running hard making no errors..
Moretti also ran hard he is performing well
Williams is a very good second rower
Kelman also played well yesterday.. comparing him to how he plays in cup is funny he looks crap in cup but looks completely different in first grade.
Walker is a ball player not a meter eater
Doorey did what he usually does runs hard gets hot alot but comes back for more.
Guymer is a great waste on the bench for mine.


Overall we need more punch from the bench I guess with Sam and Kuatoga back we get that but I would seriously be looking at the ball forwards in Ryda or Neemia off the bench next year...

 

[Delboy]

Last night we kept running sideways in attack, When Souths straightened their attack on our line they scored..


On our Forwards

Paulo needs to be taking more than 6 runs a game.
Hopgood performed fine running hard making no errors..
Moretti also ran hard he is performing well
Williams is a very good second rower
Kelman also played well yesterday.. comparing him to how he plays in cup is funny he looks crap in cup but looks completely different in first grade.
Walker is a ball player not a meter eater
Doorey did what he usually does runs hard gets hot alot but comes back for more.
Guymer is a great waste on the bench for mine.


Overall we need more punch from the bench I guess with Sam and Kuatoga back we get that but I would seriously be looking at the ball forwards in Ryda or Neemia off the bench next year...

Junior is coming to the end 9f his career and the longer the season goes, his energy and assists are dropping
Kelma is a good attack edge, but continually gets targeted in defence as his lateral movements are poor, as was shown last night
Doorey is a back up, decent at times
Guymer does not have the size to do much unfortunately
Hopgood and Williams are OK, not elite but OK
Smith and TDS are first graders, need to be used better, will probably occur as time goes on

Like a few other positions (5/8 is a necessity, Cody Walker showed what a good player in that position offers),there is a need to recruit and not throw our good juniors into NRL ahead of time. Talagi and others are better than average but need a little more time.

who’s available is a big question, but as a club we need to be active and hit some player targets as we see others do. Anyway guess there may be some movement through till November, remember the days of the Emperor and Brian Smith, that period after the season ended was always more than interesting. Times change and so has the staff.

 

[Timana]

Your the only clown on here that wants Iongi head on a spit and want to throw darts at contiously.

Every time he makes a mistake your on his back.

He is the least of the clubs problems right now

He isn't the finished product by no means.

I see flaws in his game atm but he is the type of person/character you rebuild your club around.

In terms of Joash well I was behind the sticks and that whole left side looked inept whenever he touched the ball.

When he decided to pass it was shovelled across to JAC with f**k all room all night. It looked horrible. And the result was either bundled into touch or a surrender tackle inside the touchline.

Whenever Joash runs the ball its in slow motion that doesn't trouble any defenders and then we have his dyed hair which is a bloody disgrace.

The end result is why couldn't construct one simple play to isolate a piss weak defender Munro all night and get a try to JAC.

Actually, moving in slow motion is a skill. Cody showed it last night.

 

[hindy111]

Junior is coming to the end 9f his career and the longer the season goes, his energy and assists are dropping
Kelma is a good attack edge, but continually gets targeted in defence as his lateral movements are poor, as was shown last night
Doorey is a back up, decent at times
Guymer does not have the size to do much unfortunately
Hopgood and Williams are OK, not elite but OK
Smith and TDS are first graders, need to be used better, will probably occur as time goes on

Like a few other positions (5/8 is a necessity, Cody Walker showed what a good player in that position offers),there is a need to recruit and not throw our good juniors into NRL ahead of time. Talagi and others are better than average but need a little more time.

who’s available is a big question, but as a club we need to be active and hit some player targets as we see others do. Anyway guess there may be some movement through till November, remember the days of the Emperor and Brian Smith, that period after the season ended was always more than interesting. Times change and so has the staff.

Whole packs rubbish tbh. Worse pack in comp by quite a margin.
The problem is the middle ranked clubs will improve. Tigers,Saints,Rabbits,Cowboys have good kids/players and will be better. The top 6 will be better also.
We only add so far De Bellin who is 35 and another 6/10.

Im all for giving Joash time but he looks clueless.
Let's see who MON is able to sign. If nobody noteable it's bottom 4 for 26