Round 16 Game vs Newcastle

[coast_dragons]

Premiership teams like Storm or Broncos of old would never let in 5 straight tries against anyone. Pretenders.

How on earth are they pretenders when they are not considered contenders.

If you thought they were lol.

 

[Crush]

Should never had to have come back from 18 down.

This is a team that is sitting 2nd last on the ladder who put 28 points on us in around 20 minutes.

It wasn't perfect but you have to respect the fact that they responded and came back? Or no? Win comfortably or means nothing, no positives?

 

[Dragsters]

Whatever the coach said at halftime worked. The boys responded and played out of their skin. Great comeback!

...more likely the players snuck at look at the scoreboard on their way into the sheds at half time and sheer embarrassment was their motivation.

 

[Life's Good]

The more you watch Dugan you realise what a f**k up not re-signing him is.
Director of pathways you are an imbecile

Totally agree. I thought the exact same the more he ran the ball. Ive no doubt he can be replaced but it won't be under the Millward/Mary combo who have really fcked things badly.

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

Yep...If we continue to play like that we are just making up the numbers. Why isn't the coach sending out messages to play direct when they start going side to side. And surely the McCrone experiment has passed its use by date ? Only problem is the coach has no Plan B. Anyway, a wins a win even if it's as ugly as today's. Well Done to the players for standing up in the 2nd half and playing with some pride in the jersey.

Said exactely the same thing about the coach myself as soon as we started playing lateral again.....wins a win and your right about playing for pride they guts it out....having said that if we even dared to play like that in the first half against the top teams like we did today we will get pole axed

 

[coast_dragons]

You have to ask is it the players who keep running sideways.

Surely McCrone and Widdop have enough brains they know they have to run more direct or are they that stupid.

 

[Crush]

...more likely the players snuck at look at the scoreboard on their way into the sheds at half time and sheer embarrassment was their motivation.

OK, credit to the players for ignoring the coaches rubbish at half time

 

[Dragsters]

OK, credit to the players for ignoring the coaches rubbish at half time

Perhaps.

 

[Mickthedragon]

Great come back and good to get the win but geez we were poor.
Dugan and Frizzell were imense,especially after origin.
Widdop and Nighty the same.
McCrone can piss right off!

 

[BlackDuckSaint]

Premiership teams like Storm or Broncos of old would never let in 5 straight tries against anyone. Pretenders.

It may not have been 5 straight tries. But Melbourne only recently lost to the Titans 38-36 or something... that seems like an awful lot of tries to let in from a 'Premiership' team...

 

[VodkaSaint]

 

[Gareth67]

I had to get tough with my players at half time . I am sick of them not performing and me copping the flack !

 

[VodkaSaint]

All i can say its a relief , man its hard following the Dragons , just wish we had ruthless board .

 

[Rhyno]

very lucky to escape with the win

 

[slippery5]

...more likely the players snuck at look at the scoreboard on their way into the sheds at half time and sheer embarrassment was their motivation.

Or possibly the booing they copped from the crowd.

 

[1st & 10]

very lucky to escape with the win

Yes, good win against the Tigers...ahhh who did we play? Looked like we played a "road workers" team, coached by the 'stop/go' workers

 

[Gareth67]

All i can say its a relief , man its hard following the Dragons , just wish we had ruthless board .

You said it ! It must be what it is like , when you paddle a canoe against the tide and in our case , against the current as well . Enough to give a man ulcers .

 

[Bests Golden Boots]

...more likely the players snuck at look at the scoreboard on their way into the sheds at half time and sheer embarrassment was their motivation.

They didn't need to look at the scoreboard, they got booed off by their own fans at halftime.

 

[st.phil]

Mccrone is a straight up embarrassment

 

[Ben_Kusto_magic]

1st half was a Millward mess.
2nd half has a McGregor master stroke