Round 10 | Knights 12-32 Cowboys @ Hunter | Sat 7.30pm

[TooheysNew]

The f**k is that?

 

[The Showstopper]

The f**k is that?

:lol: I do not want to know.

 

[cram]

Interesting comments from Wayne in the post-game presser.

"Tonight was a move forward from how things have been... I know where I am going and what I have to do. "

Let's hope so Wayne, because time is fast running out. For this season anyway.

Good, i take heart from that quote.

The full quote
'I've come here for four years and I didn't think this was going to be a quick fix,'' he said. ''If I was looking for a quick fix I'd be doing things differently. I know where I'm going, I know what I'm going to do. I've just got to get everybody behind me. They're all working hard to do that.''

http://m.smh.com.au/rugby-league/le...ake-high-shots-lying-down-20120511-1yhs0.html

 

[The Showstopper]

Wayne knows exactly what he is doing and where he is going. Only a moron would think the man is anything but in control.

 

[Serc]

Here's the press conference with Bennett and Houston:

http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/039i039ll-encourage-laying-down039/video-e6frf3ou-1226353997443

 

[The Showstopper]

A great press conference. Wayne is so unflappable. We have to be patient. That is his message. He was dirty on the grubby tactics from the Cowboys and the hit on Darius was a shocker. Referees were abysmal last night in that department. I agree with the lie down tactic. Can't wait till Beau Scott gets here. He would have deadset blown up at that hit on Boyd and got in the Cows faces about it.

 

[aqua_duck]

A great press conference. Wayne is so unflappable. We have to be patient. That is his message. He was dirty on the grubby tactics from the Cowboys and the hit on Darius was a shocker. Referees were abysmal last night in that department. I agree with the lie down tactic. Can't wait till Beau Scott gets here. He would have deadset blown up at that hit on Boyd and got in the Cows faces about it.

I think that's part of the problem, we just don't have much mongrel apart from Willie. Seriously when's the last time someone from our team fired up? I mean I'm not talking about cheap shots but f**k atleast get in their faces from time to time, play with abit of aggression. I remember a time when Nev had mongrel, these days he's having a hard enough time just holding on to the ball

 

[Jobdog]

:lol: "What did you make of Thurston's game tonight?"

"I don't know, I wasn't watching him."

 

[Jono078]

Snowden tried to fire up the last time we played the Dragons, shame no one hopped on board with him.

 

[The Showstopper]

I honestly believe The Cowboys will win the premiership this year if Thurston stays fit. They are a massive team. They look like contenders this season. Their defence was superb last night. Going by form to date the most likely top 4 this year will be Storm, Broncs, Manly and the Cows. Those four teams are light years ahead of the rest of the comp right now. All four are very very physical and mobile teams and they are a coin toss when they play each other . It is a ball bounce or a missed tackle which seperates those four.

 

[Serc]

Team stats

Completions
Knights 22/32 69%
Cowboys 28/38 74%

Possession
Knights 47%
Cowboys 53%

Tackles/missed
Knights 334/37
Cowboys 309/39

Tackle breaks
Knights 40
Cowboys 39

Errors
12 each

Penalties
3 each

Offloads
Knights 12
Cowboys 8

All runs/all metres
Knights 160/1457m
Cowboys 184/1534m

Hitups/hitup metres
Knights 72/598m
Cowboys 77/588m



Player stats

Boyd 201m (18 runs, 1 line break, 1 try assist)
Uate 163m (9 runs, 2 line breaks)
Sau 132m (15 runs, 2 offloads)
Taia 122m (17 runs)
Snowden 119m (14 runs, 1 offload)
McManus 117m (11 runs)

Tackle breaks
Uate 11
Boyd 10
Houston 5

Offloads
Sau, Mason, Tuimavave, Cuthbertson 2

Errors
Boyd 2
Taia 2

Forwards hitup stats
Snowden 11 for 93m (50 mins)
Taia 10 for 78m (80 mins)
Mason 7 for 69m (33 mins
Tuimavave 8 for 63m (36 mins)
Houston 8 for 62m (80 mins)
Sau 5 for 47m (80 mins)
McKinnon 5 for 46m (45 mins)
Cuthbertson 4 for 34m (43 mins)
Costigan 5 for 30m (33 mins)

Tackles
Houston 45 (missed 3, 0 ineffective, 5 one-on-one tackles too)
Hilder 41 (missed 2)
Taia 30 (missed 4, 0 ineffective)
Snowden 29 (missed 2)
Cuthbertson 21 (missed 1)
Tahu 21 (missed 3, 3 ineffective)
Sau 20 (missed 0, 0 ineffective)
Costigan 20 (missed 3)

Other tackle stats
Roberts 11 (missed 4)
McManus 6 (missed 3)
The 3 others on the bench (Tui/McKinnon/Adams) made 18/19 and missed 2/3 each.
Mason only made 8 tackles (missed 1) - guessing people don't want to run at him!
Boyd 5 (missed 1)

 

[Serc]

You wait though, sure enough...he'll be overlooked by most in KOTW.

I haven't looked at the thread, but I bet at least half of the people in there give him points this week!

Have looked at the thread now, and at last count I can see 17 from 18 people in there including points for Aku...so there you go we do notice him after all!

 

[RABK]

I honestly believe The Cowboys will win the premiership this year if Thurston stays fit. They are a massive team. They look like contenders this season. Their defence was superb last night. Going by form to date the most likely top 4 this year will be Storm, Broncs, Manly and the Cows. Those four teams are light years ahead of the rest of the comp right now. All four are very very physical and mobile teams and they are a coin toss when they play each other . It is a ball bounce or a missed tackle which seperates those four.

Manly with Williams and Foran back will go back to back in a canter. I guarantee it. Too much size, mongrel and xfactor in their pack and too much class across their backs for even Melbourne to contain away from AAMI.

 

[The Showstopper]

So true RABK. The fact Manly won at Suncorp minus Foran and T Rex should send shudders up other sides collective spines. In short. Wow.

 

[The Showstopper]

Huge stats from Boyd. Astounding form turnaround. That is why class is permanent and form is temporary.

 

[Johns Magic]

Boyd butchering that try in the left corner when it was 12-12(I think) in the second-half was a blight on a pretty good performance otherwise. Was a big moment in the game.

 

[RABK]

Yeh we came out well in the second half but Boyd and Aku both bombed a try each.

Interesting that Boyds left to right passing, the one that was non existent before 2012, is the one he is nailing whilst is right to left pass (the one he got 40 try assists with at the dragons) is producing a lot of errors. Maybe getting pinged a couple of times for forward passes to mcmanus has him down on confidence.

 

[Jono078]

Do we blame that on McManus?

It's always something we've noticed since his debut that one of his flaws is he's too flat in attack and doesn't make it easy on his inside players to get him the ball without the ball being flat at best.

 

[Nuffy]

I thought that was the best game Boyd has had for us, plenty of involvement and looked like making a difference, maybe he's turned the corner.

We did bomb some tries last night, starting to a bit of a habit for aku, a clean break and then being tackled by the fullback, he's a little less effective at the moment than he has been.

 

[Johns Magic]

Do we blame that on McManus?

It's always something we've noticed since his debut that one of his flaws is he's too flat in attack and doesn't make it easy on his inside players to get him the ball without the ball being flat at best.

No, the ball should have gone to Tahu. The cutuout was the wrong option from Boyd, it would have been a simple case of draw-and-pass for Tahu.

It was the wrong idea from Boyd. The poor execution was secondary.