Round 17 v Sharks - Game Day Thread

[strider]

Is Bevan French eligible to play origin and who for? The under 20's game is coming up and he's young enough to play... If he's eligible you'd imagine he's a certainty.

From tingha nsw ... so i guess that makes him eligible for queensland

 

[DOGS AND EELS!!!]

NSW. He's from Tingha

Why has he never played for an age group NSW side? It's crazy!

 

[Avenger]

My thoughts which Bigfella cannot wait to read so I can clear my insecurities. :lol:


I don't think Gordon reads the opposition well in defence. He was found wanting plenty of times. Glad he is being moved on.

Semi had a terrible game and probably had his mind on croissants and his upcoming legal bill. He should never have played. Bad call by BA. Not a good look. If you miss training and take the piss you don't play. Simple.

Jennings is garbage. Overrated and overweight. Love to move him on.

Mau had his worst game ever for us. Alvaro and Wicks were our best forwards.

We are badly missing Mannah especially his fast play the balls and defence.

French is the best player we have produced since the Special One.

De Gois made 46 tackles. Still a good hooker but needs support off the bench

Bigfella is the toughest guy on the forum. I wish I was him.

 

[parra-matters]

Semi had his worst game of the year, one of the tries that was scored on his side he didn't even make a effort to make the tackle.
3 of the Sharks tries were dodgy, one was a knock on, then there was a blantant forward pass and of coarse the ball was lost in the tackle on the play the ball before another try.
Boys played their guts out tonight and don't deserve that shit officating going against them.
NRL refs have hit a all time low in the last couple of months.
Losing interest apart from Parra games at present.
NRL have already decided the top 4.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Stats of the game:
They had nearly 60% of the ball
They made nearly 500 more metres
We made nearly 120 more tackles
Missed nearly 50 tackles

Gee they are shocking stats!! To even be in the game with 5 to go is amazing considering those stats.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

I thought semi had a shocker in defence, yet interestingly he still made over 100 m

 

[natheel]

I thought semi had a shocker in defence, yet interestingly he still made over 100 m

Defensively he's been below par for about a month now but his attacking game has still been top notch

 

[parra pete]

Sharks 12 in a row..
One try for Sharks off a gridiron pass (Thrown by Barba), the other of a blatant knock on (Fifita)
When you're hot, you're hot....when you're not you're not...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGm3z7UleYg

 

[hineyrulz]

He's from Tingha

So Qld then

 

[hineyrulz]

Good effort from the boys, but we were slaughtered in the ruck and our ball handling was poor

One again fisted by those pricks in pink, week after week we cop the shit end of the stick. Really wish BA would let fly it's beyond a joke. oh well ours season gone watch the pricks dock our 12 points off us money day morning 9am.

 

[Parramatta1947]

I wish BA would unleash in the presser too - the NRLs plan to ensure we finish last is being helped by the officials.

Mind you, the Sharks are the new NRL lovechilds. I will be cheering for the Cows to win the whole thing - at least they dont win thanks to yhe whistle-blowers

 

[Gronk]

Need to sort out a second kicker option. We struggled to kick our selves out of trouble.

 

[Jake the snake]

We didn't play well especially in the second half but that game was their for the taking. It was our mistakes in the second half that lost us the game. Saying that for The amount of shit this club is going through the boys keep turning up which is unbelievable. We might be crumbling off the field but on the field they are champions in my eyes, that comes back to our champion coach!!

Some points:

* robbo will be in the side next week partnering Norman.
* Gordon is a ok player but gee but too many mistakes and stifles the attack. I'm looking forward to having french at fullback
* french is a freak, he's a fullback / 5/8.... Can't wait till he plays in his preferred position and shows off his play making skills. Yes he made some bad defensive reads on the wing but the up
Shot is he's never played wing before and he's getting good experience. When you compare with some of
The tries he's scored so far this year the kid will be in the Jarryd Hayne class of player we have produced.

 

[phantom eel]

*there for the taking ?
*theirs for the taking ?

Agree Robson is a must for next Friday's line up.

If Semi goes down following Tuesday's court case and Bureta comes up, I'd use that as a chance to shift Gordon to the wing and give French a go at fullback.

If Mannah is fit he needs to come back on Friday - he only plays 40mins ffs. Arthur needs to send a rocket up a few forwards for their performance in the second half.

 

[Delboy]

The thing that ticks me off, they show the dropped ball from Fifita and the forward pass, the commentators basically don't mention it. They even went back to show the drop ball, and still didn't comment, and please Blocker is awful in commentary , unbelievably so and should get th same treatment as John Gibbs from Fox. -- thanks and don't come back

 

[Gronk]

The thing that ticks me off, they show the dropped ball from Fifita and the forward pass, the commentators basically don't mention it. They even went back to show the drop ball, and still didn't comment, and please Blocker is awful in commentary , unbelievably so and should get th same treatment as John Gibbs from Fox. -- thanks and don't come back

They also didn't mention that Semi tackled the winger in the air. Go figure.

 

[Delboy]

They also didn't mention that Semi tackled the winger in the air. Go figure.

That didn't impact on the try being scored, the dropped ball did. Stop being so even handed

 

[Bigfella]

Grown men complaining about the commentators being biased is right up there with dealing with our salary cap cheating by blaming the nrl bias and conspiracy theories

 

[Poupou Escobar]

They also didn't mention that Semi tackled the winger in the air. Go figure.

The non-kicking team is allowed to tackle the guy in the air. That rule is only to protect players receiving the bomb from being set up to get smashed.

 

[ash411]

Grown men complaining about the commentators being biased is right up there with dealing with our salary cap cheating by blaming the nrl bias and conspiracy theories

There's nothing wrong with wanting a fair and balanced commentary. It had no effect on the outcome of the match, and no one is suggesting it did.

Both teams should be able to enjoy watching the game without getting pissed off that the commentary team is favouring one team over another.