Round 11 Vs Knights

[kinghippo]

I think Latu was our best today. Ran harder then he has all year, looked like the Latu of last year.

Once he got the trademark shit pass out of the way and started running like a forward he was great

 

[Nealo 12]

Is that area still a haven for junkies and crack heads?

Yes mate I work in enemy territory and can tell you It is a haven for the mentally challenged and Junkie central.

 

[The Teach]

Yes mate I work in enemy territory and can tell you It is a haven for the mentally challenged and Junkie central.

So rhynob fits right in then!

 

[herbert henry1908]

Last two wins are just papering over cracks.

There's literally no plan to score other than when the opposition tire.

Unless we quickly turn around these first half performances these wins are next to useless.

 

[OldPanther]

And definitely not a true reflection of how we are travelling relative to other teams - our four wins coming against the Knights (twice!) the Tigers and the Warriors, all of whom will probably be spoon contenders.

The rest of the draw for us this year is also very soft - so I wouldn't be surprised if we make the eight from here and get eliminated in the first week of the finals.

These injuries might help us. Mansour coming back gives us extra backline and they may move Moylan which makes us much better.

 

[Copperhead]

I think Latu was our best today. Ran harder then he has all year, looked like the Latu of last year.

He might have played better, but 77m and 3 missed tackles is still sub par. Far from our best.

Merrin 210m, 37 tackles, 2 misses
Tamou 153m, 23 tackles, 2 misses
Kikau 152m, 19 tackles, 1 miss
RCG 114m, 19 tackles, 2 misses
Browne 103m, 16 tackles, 2 misses
Akauola 62m, 3 tackles, 0 misses from 15 minutes.

 

[betcats]

There isn't going to be enough metres to around when all of our pack is playing well. Latus stats may be sub par but his performance was great, he had a massive impact.

 

[MrBlack]

He might have played better, but 77m and 3 missed tackles is still sub par. Far from our best.

Merrin 210m, 37 tackles, 2 misses
Tamou 153m, 23 tackles, 2 misses
Kikau 152m, 19 tackles, 1 miss
RCG 114m, 19 tackles, 2 misses
Browne 103m, 16 tackles, 2 misses
Akauola 62m, 3 tackles, 0 misses from 15 minutes.

NRL is a confidence game and we have been very much down on it of late.

Great to see here our 2 highest profile forwards leading the way. Merrin really starting to hit his straps, Tamou playing better and Moylan gaining in confidence. Not too sure our season is over just yet (hanging by a thread yes but not quite over).

Mansour back and some forced changes in the backline might be just the spark we need.

Side note: why don't we give Blake more early ball??? In my opinion, he is our X Factor.

 

[betcats]

I think a lot of the time the defence is pressuring us and shutting us down before blake can get early ball.

 

[GongPanther]

Not having Yeo shouldn't go unnoticed. Plus the fact that Wallace went of with a lot of game time to go as well as Cartwright injured shows IMO,how much of a great win this was.

Merrin Moylan and Tamou have played themselves into SOO selection because of this win. Those players stood out and won it for us when the odds were really stacked against us.

 

[betcats]

Kikau played like 60 minutes, pretty impressive for a guy his size. The only knock on him is his tendency to lie in the ruck to long.

 

[martielang]

The 'just Newcastle' line is being thrown around a lot but 'just Newcastle' did roll a strong Canberra side last week. They were poor the second half but I thought they were very good that first half. We're still a long way from the finished product but at least we're slowly moving in the right direction.

 

[PANTHERMIKE]

It only became 'Just Newcastle' when we beat them.

Last week on here it was 'Newcastle have been playing great all year' except the last time they played us.

 

[MrBlack]

The 'just Newcastle' line is being thrown around a lot but 'just Newcastle' did roll a strong Canberra side last week. They were poor the second half but I thought they were very good that first half. We're still a long way from the finished product but at least we're slowly moving in the right direction.

We've had a shocking start to the season but we are still in touch with the 8.

Maybe our season will be like our last 2 games and we will come flying home in the second half. Massive run to the finals.......

 

[betcats]

It only became 'Just Newcastle' when we beat them.

Last week on here it was 'Newcastle have been playing great all year' except the last time they played us.

I think its being used because if we give a good team a start like that we aren't coming back. Our tries weren't well constructed it was just weight of possession that got us over the line, again against good sides we still struggle to score.

 

[franklin2323]

There isn't going to be enough metres to around when all of our pack is playing well. Latus stats may be sub par but his performance was great, he had a massive impact.

Latu played 5/8th the half. That is the sort of stuff he brings to the team

 

[franklin2323]

Not having Yeo shouldn't go unnoticed. Plus the fact that Wallace went of with a lot of game time to go as well as Cartwright injured shows IMO,how much of a great win this was.

Merrin Moylan and Tamou have played themselves into SOO selection because of this win. Those players stood out and won it for us when the odds were really stacked against us.

JFH and Yeo both out was huge. Then no Wallace and Cartwright it was a good tough win

 

[franklin2323]

I think a lot of the time the defence is pressuring us and shutting us down before blake can get early ball.

This is why we struggle against good defences. The last 2 weeks have started kicking more and not only got 3 tries from it. It will lead to defences maybe hanging back which means we can use the sweeping play and send our backs over

 

[betcats]

This is why we struggle against good defences. The last 2 weeks have started kicking more and not only got 3 tries from it. It will lead to defences maybe hanging back which means we can use the sweeping play and send our backs over

The last two weeks the variation(and effectiveness) in our kicking games has been night and day. Moylan and Cleary are both actually very good at using the grubber, its crazy to think they were not being allowed to use it. Before that we were just hoping someone fumbles a bomb to get the ball back.

 

[franklin2323]

The last two weeks the variation(and effectiveness) in our kicking games has been night and day. Moylan and Cleary are both actually very good at using the grubber, its crazy to think they were not being allowed to use it. Before that we were just hoping someone fumbles a bomb to get the ball back.

Not being allowed or choosing not too regardless. The kicks and the short balls to Yeo last week are what we need to work on. These will be good for when our sweeping plays don't work. Atleast that side of our game is improving