Round 4 V Newcastle

[SAP58]

Watching the Tigers v Knights game I think we can beat the Knights next weekend despite the loss of Hunt & Bird. They are far from impressive in the first half.

 

[Spazer]

I think they get ponga back next week no?

 

[Crush]

I agree that Knights look average.
Without Ponga we can beat them next week even with Hunt and Birdy out.

 

[Crush]

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[muzby]

Jeez I hope Tex Hoy is playing next week..


The Dufty bashing thread will die a very quick death if he is..

 

[FlameThrower]

I think they get ponga back next week no?

On Fox he stated he is 2 weeks away still ..

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

Just watched the second half of the game.....I know we have players out but if we play with the same confidence and enthusiasm of late we can take this game...Norman needs to take control this week and be creative but not blaise....and of course our forwards need to match theirs.....AM could come in handy having played with them as Im sure Tyson will be an asset to them re our game....although having said that we never really had a game plan or structure under McGrexit did we........Im not counting my chickens just yet but Im quietly confident especially after the Tigers rolled them today

 

[ChocOConnor]

We will be competitive but having a full crowd Easter Sunday and 2 of our best out at this stage of the year may be hard to come over. But hook seems to be a coach who can adapt to different games unlike McMoron and his scrimmage bullshit. But we also need to be comfortable being uncomfortable. I’ll remember that next time watching Putin blast a neighboring country and ask myself geez wonder how they are feeling at being uncomfortable.

 

[St Tangles]

I don't see the Knights playing this poor 2 weeks in a row

Watching how bad the Cowboys are we don't want to get ahead of ourselves

 

[George Sancti]

I see this game going to the better coached team. Therefore, I am baking our brains trust to come up with the tactics to beat the Knights.

 

[kit66]

Watching the Tigers v Knights game I think we can beat the Knights next weekend despite the loss of Hunt & Bird. They are far from impressive in the first half.

I only saw the first half and both teams were poor, the Tiges blew some great opportunities.

Last time we played Newie you could argue we were at our lowest point in 8 or 9 years or possibly ever. We were 13th on the ladder, we'd lost 3 on the trot and our useless coach was sacked and replaced by an incompetent freeloader who had absolutely no idea. We made 15 errors, gave them 5 penalties and a few restarts and let them blow us off the park in the first half 30 - 6. The man in jersey 1 played 5/8, jersey 9 played halfback, jersey 13 played hooker, 14 played starting prop etc, no f**king idea what was going on but we managed to match them in the second half ( 12 all ) I think because the boys just went f**k it let's play our way and ignore the young wanker with the clipboard. Over 400 tackles, ridiculous. Not a good day.

Things will be far different next Sunday. We're on the up, we're 4th ( or 5th if Titans get a big win ) on the ladder, won two in a row, 9 day turnaround, we're scoring points and defending like Trojans, confidence abounds and our new coach seems to come up with a different game plan for each team we face ( will wonders never cease ). We're actually 2nd best in attack with 81 points. We'll miss Hunt and knobhead Jack but they're without the Pong, Bradman Best and possibly Jacob Saifiti plus we'll have the very experienced Clune to step in and maybe Bud on the bench so not too bad overall.
I've gotta say their backs don't impress me at all and I think that's where we'll win it if our pack can just negate / match theirs for a good part of the game.

Dragons by 8

 

[jeffdragon]

On Fox he stated he is 2 weeks away still ..

They didn't play that well in r2.

 

[George Dragon]

We only have 21 available
So Wiliame to centre
Clune to half
Maybe Ford to bench
Extras JP, Max, Kade and Eddie back from suspension.

 

[Illusion]

I see this game going to the better coached team. Therefore, I am baking our brains trust to come up with the tactics to beat the Knights.

Agree here if it was McNoidea I'd put this game down as a loss ...... With Hook I'm quietly confident that we are a real chance .....

 

[Saint Pedro]

We only have 21 available
So Wiliame to centre
Clune to half
Maybe Ford to bench
Extras JP, Max, Kade and Eddie back from suspension.

Out of the two forwards, who would you play George? Will Eddie make it?

 

[Inisai Toga]

I only saw the first half and both teams were poor, the Tiges blew some great opportunities.

Last time we played Newie you could argue we were at our lowest point in 8 or 9 years or possibly ever. We were 13th on the ladder, we'd lost 3 on the trot and our useless coach was sacked and replaced by an incompetent freeloader who had absolutely no idea. We made 15 errors, gave them 5 penalties and a few restarts and let them blow us off the park in the first half 30 - 6. The man in jersey 1 played 5/8, jersey 9 played halfback, jersey 13 played hooker, 14 played starting prop etc, no f**king idea what was going on but we managed to match them in the second half ( 12 all ) I think because the boys just went f**k it let's play our way and ignore the young wanker with the clipboard. Over 400 tackles, ridiculous. Not a good day.

Things will be far different next Sunday. We're on the up, we're 4th ( or 5th if Titans get a big win ) on the ladder, won two in a row, 9 day turnaround, we're scoring points and defending like Trojans, confidence abounds and our new coach seems to come up with a different game plan for each team we face ( will wonders never cease ). We're actually 2nd best in attack with 81 points. We'll miss Hunt and knobhead Jack but they're without the Pong, Bradman Best and possibly Jacob Saifiti plus we'll have the very experienced Clune to step in and maybe Bud on the bench so not too bad overall.
I've gotta say their backs don't impress me at all and I think that's where we'll win it if our pack can just negate / match theirs for a good part of the game.

Dragons by 8

Agree and i don’t think we can use Hunt and Bird as an excuse. They are very gettable Newcastle and if we construct and build pressure we can beat these blokes.

 

[Old Timer]

To secure a win our defence will need to work even harder in this next game.

MP may not be everyone’s cup of tea as a player but he will certainly go deep into the line and sorely rest our defensive set up with a couple of powerful running forwards on his hip.

JB will also test our revolve around the ruck with plenty of darts.

The game is very winnable but we need to continue to keep improving our concentration and work rate at critical times and we most certainly can’t afford to not clean up the numerous in goal kicks that will be coming from the Knights.

Hopefully Sowie is not just teaching us how to kick and that we have adequate time where we learn to defend his attacking kicks as he was a master at putting teams under pressure with an astute kicking game.

 

[jeffdragon]

We only have 21 available
So Wiliame to centre
Clune to half
Maybe Ford to bench
Extras JP, Max, Kade and Eddie back from suspension.

So depth is already a problem.
Why dont we have more than 21 available.
I know one jdb.
They are still hanging their hat on him playing again.

 

[boardlumps62]

Coach O'Brien can't handle the pressure his troops will notice.

 

[Inisai Toga]

Should also exploit Frizell. Tough tackler but often comes up too quick and leave holes in the defensive line on the defensive right side. Norman, Simms and Dufty...again please.