Rd5: 3pm Parra v Dragons GAME DAY THREAD @ Commbank 5/4/25

[Cumberland Eel]

Cannot cop this Sutton merkin

 

[speedster]

Being from Queensland isn’t a drug?

Only when you're in Queensland.

 

[Sensei Cobra]

We lack footy smarts
When the saints gave away the scrum penalty we should have reset with a scrum … have one crack at them from a set Start … saints we convert happy to retests and set those line … dumb

 

[Stevie]

Who bought Walker? Put them in charge of recruitment.

Throw in a firey edge back rower aka Crighton/Hamole/Kikau and and AFB in prob position and we are a top side (with Moses).

 

[84 Baby]

Lay down Sally

 

[hineyrulz]

Ref and bunker are raping us today.

 

[Wally21]

THAT WILL f**kING DO ME. f**kING JOKE f**kWIT IN THE BUNKER

 

[Cumberland Eel]

Hahaha Leilua is such a big soft pillow

 

[Oscarman]

f**k off

 

[T-Boon]

I don’t think Ryles will be coach by the end of next year. This has been the most abysmal start to a season for a very long time (regardless of what the result ends up being today), and if you take off the rose coloured glasses, it’s starting to become apparent that none of his calls to date have worked.

Arthur had to go, and I thought Ryles was a good option for coach. I don’t think that anymore. Results are everything, and ours are absolutely diabolical. I also don’t think we can console ourselves on the basis that this is a Ciraldo-like rebuild year - our squad for next year isn’t nearly good enough at this stage to make me think that things will improve to an acceptable level.

Weirdly, I think the Arthur experience will actually push the board to be more ruthless next time around rather than letting a failing coach drift for too long.

Anyway, I really hope I’m wrong, but I can’t see where the improvement comes from at this stage other than Moses coming back, and that’s just not a viable way to run a football team. And frankly, some of Ryles’ selections are at the point of being so bizarre that I’m pretty off him already - Kautoga should f**k off never to see first grade again, and starting Hopgood at hooker isn’t far off starting Peni Terepo at hooker, which was one of BA’s most braindead ideas.

Unless a top shelf coach becomes willing he has 3 years (unless no improvement from this level) I'd say. He's made some blunders but I get where he was coming from with Gutherson for example (a money grub) and that's not the culture he wanted.
Also, there is also zero leadership at the club. Ryles is pretty much it as far as off the field leadership. Thats tough for a rookie coach.

 

[speedster]

Still no Gutherino? Come on!

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Bloody horrible start to second half!

 

[84 Baby]

Just stay down after every tackle

 

[Parra Pride]

Gutho alone has more footy smarts than our entire side combined.

 

[Wally21]

That’s a try for the bunker f**kwit

 

[Sensei Cobra]

Iongo should have anticipated that from gutho

 

[DaveMc]

Hahahaha Gutherson just rubbing it in Ryles’ face at this point. Iongi isn’t fit to tie his bootlaces at this stage.

 

[hineyrulz]

Casey Spadger MOTM.

 

[Jake the snake]

How dumb is this team?

 

[Soto]

Honestly..we are playing netball
Sutton is a f:$$#%