Round 25 v Storm @ AAMI Park

[franklin2323]

Most critics of Nathan’s would love to be proven wrong I suspect, dare say they love the team more than their opinions.

You put Blake and Kikau outside any half they look good. I want us to go out the left every set problem is Cleary and the right need different roles.

Crichton and Peachey were great coming off our line but got no ball. Maybe when CHN is back it changes

 

[TheEroticGamer]

Would have won by 40+ if Cleary wasn't off with his kicking and Sutton wasn't off with his refereeing.

 

[franklin2323]

They didn’t let us. Smith was throwing two man cut outs from dummy half. They were playing expansive.

The refs are going to ruin the finals for a few teams, the nit picking last night was disgusting.

How much better was the 2nd half when the refs pissed off? We got 4 tries. They got over the line 4 times that is how footy should be played

 

[TheFrog]

How is this different to a reserve grade side. Seriously, have a look at their team - apart from Smith & JAC, where was the danger likely to come from?

You sound a bit like MX there. I wouldn't care if it was the under 9's. We beat the Storm and not only that it is the best the side has played in months, overcoming a first half penalty barrage and two players binned. The danger was from the ref.

 

[OldPanther]

You sound a bit like MX there. I wouldn't care if it was the under 9's. We beat the Storm and not only that it is the best the side has played in months, overcoming a first half penalty barrage and two players binned. The danger was from the ref.

Without the ref and Nathan's off day kicking we win by 50.

 

[TheFrog]

He was pinged for not playing properly.

The marker was all over him like a cheap suit. Could have gone the other way. Josh should have fallen back down and milked it.

 

[tripster]

I am glad we got that win last night, but the first half refereeing performance was seriously concerning. I was raving like a lunatic about it at the time, but even in the cold light of day, doing the best I can to look at it from a neutral perspective, it was completely unjustifiable.

The final penalty count was 12-6, with us also suffering from 2 being binned in the first half. Some of the penalties were completely inexplicable.

The count didn't even up in the second half because it would have been impossible for Sutton to do it without looking like he was giving us a massive leg up given the extent of the deficit.

Over the off-season I wouldn't mind seeing all of the Suttons cleared out of the refereeing ranks. In the meantime we can only hope that the finals reverts to the usual "light intervention" refereeing approach. Otherwise it is going to decide a few club's seasons.

 

[OldPanther]

 

[OldPanther]

This is the greatest pic in nrl history.

 

[franklin2323]

The marker was all over him like a cheap suit. Could have gone the other way. Josh should have fallen back down and milked it.

It could of gone the otherway. The moment you put the ball on the ground before getting up you run that risk. On watching the video I am sure they will realise to milk it next time.

We had a handful of errors that were due to getting over excited. Our defence and attack was good just need to get those excitement down

 

[jane the pain]

This is the greatest pic in nrl history.

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That, and the look on Cameron Smith, when James Maloney did what Cameron is famous for. Classic stuff.

 

[Exsilium]

This is the greatest pic in nrl history.

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He’ll resume the same postion when he has to answer to barb for losing the minor premiership

 

[herbert henry1908]

The thing is Nathan hasn't had a bad season.

It hasn’t been bad, but it hasn’t been that good either. I’ve always felt he’ll make a pretty solid halfback.

 

[jane the pain]

It hasn’t been bad, but it hasn’t been that good either. I’ve always felt he’ll make a pretty solid halfback.

He had a solid season.

 

[umina panther]

It hasn’t been bad, but it hasn’t been that good either. I’ve always felt he’ll make a pretty solid halfback.

Had a pretty major injury and an awful coach that really held him back. He's going to keep improving a lot from here

 

[herbert henry1908]

Had a pretty major injury and an awful coach that really held him back. He's going to keep improving a lot from here

MCL’s aren’t that major, you don’t lose strength & speed like an ACL.

I hope he does improve though, he needs to if we’re going to be a premiership force.

 

[jane the pain]

Here's some interesting stats. This makes this win even more memorial.

 

[unKwn]

Here's some interesting stats. This makes this win even more memorial. View attachment 22972

wtf 39% possession

 

[OldPanther]

wtf 39% possession

That's pretty insane. Everyone wants to discount it because Storm injuries but everything else was against us here.

 

[jane the pain]

wtf 39% possession

Exactly, and to think that if Nathan had converted all of the tries, the score would have been doubled than what the Storm was. Nathan had a rare off night with the goal kicking.