Rumours and Stuff

[hindy111]

Most on here we’re hoping Papa would stay, now you are saying he was over rated.. As for Hodgson, a lot of question marks over a 30+ year old Hooker coming off multiple injuries.

Not over rated. Very good power runner. Defense is poor and opposition began to expose it this season. Missed 11 tackles in the grand final. Two sides to a game.

 

[strider]

Really.. Papa was your best forward for the last 2 years and Mahoney is your only Hooker option.. Penrith will miss both API and Kikau no doubt, but is the Parra system as good at replacing players as Penrith?
Time will tell I guess..

Yes our syatem is good ... We just get a replacement forward from penrith

 

[lucablight]

Really.. Papa was your best forward for the last 2 years and Mahoney is your only Hooker option.. Penrith will miss both API and Kikau no doubt, but is the Parra system as good at replacing players as Penrith?
Time will tell I guess..

Could be a blessing in disguise. They were both liabilities in defence.

 

[yy_cheng]

Really.. Papa was your best forward for the last 2 years and Mahoney is your only Hooker option.. Penrith will miss both API and Kikau no doubt, but is the Parra system as good at replacing players as Penrith?
Time will tell I guess..

Don't forget we have JA. He's gonna explode

 

[yy_cheng]

Yes our syatem is good ... We just get a replacement forward from penrith

I hope it's spencer

 

[EppingEel]

Thoughts?

 

[hindy111]

Thoughts?

Would be the worse bench I have seen in NRL.

 

[lucablight]

Thoughts?

We won’t be making any grand finals with that side. Matterson will make a huge difference when he comes back and we’ll need some juniors or new signings to step up to do anything later on in the season.

 

[Incorrect]

Would be the worse bench I have seen in NRL.

*NSW Cup


It's f**king awful without doubt....

 

[EppingEel]

When Matterson returns the bench should look more like:

14. Rein/Arthur/Cartright
15. Hopgood
16. Makatoa/Rodwell
17. Tapau/Brown

 

[gaffer]

Thoughts?

No Jake A on the bench according to dad he's 80mins a game in reggies

 

[DaveMc]

Really don’t mind that 1-13, but yeah, the bench is rough.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

No Jake A on the bench according to dad he's 80mins a game in reggies

Unless he has another ripper preseason.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Playing this safe boring footy that everyone knows what's coming needs luck to win it. You need everything to go your way and the opposition to play poor.
It's almost like your playing not to lose then to win.

Can’t win if you lose ffs

 

[SneakyEel]

Most on here we’re hoping Papa would stay, now you are saying he was over rated.. As for Hodgson, a lot of question marks over a 30+ year old Hooker coming off multiple injuries.

I honestly didn't want him to stay. He made a deal he should honour it. Hodgson has his doubters to prove he'll have a big 2023 season mark my words

 

[emjaycee]

Sorry I meant in finals and compared to our last 5yrs of finals series where we've had very hard games. Usually being knocked out by the grand finalists or winners

So the same as this year then.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I honestly didn't want him to stay. He made a deal he should honour it. Hodgson has his doubters to prove he'll have a big 2023 season mark my words

Oh I'm marking them, don't you worry about that!

 

[emjaycee]

Why I don't buy into the whole 2009 was just a good run and Hayne magic crap and we where shit in 2008 and 2010 is cause it's irrelevant. Sides perhaps worked out how to shut us down. But we developed this style that took an average side into one that fell short by a team of cheats. We basicaly where the best legit side. Nobody could handle us. We knocked off teams who finished 1,2,3 in finals.
So yes come 2010 sides perhaps figured out how to shut us down. But atleast we where able to find a way to almost win it. It was dam exciting footy. Not just luck at all.
Playing this safe boring footy that everyone knows what's coming needs luck to win it. You need everything to go your way and the opposition to play poor.
It's almost like your playing not to lose then to win.

I think when a club/team has spent years at the bottom like we had, playing not to lose is the first step in rebuilding. You start by getting to a point where you have some comfort that what you are doing is not the wrong thing and when you have that down pat, you introduce more risk... just like any thing (business/relationship/alcoholic) that is coming back from a low base.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I think when a club/team has spent years at the bottom like we had, playing not to lose is the first step in rebuilding. You start by getting to a point where you have some comfort that what you are doing is not the wrong thing and when you have that down pat, you introduce more risk... just like any thing (business/relationship/alcoholic) that is coming back from a low base.

Isn't this really an admission that we're not as focused on winning as we might be, which has been the claim or criticism?

 

[emjaycee]

Isn't this really an admission that we're not as focused on winning as we might be, which has been the claim or criticism?

Not really.
You win games by outscoring the opposition and if you are leaking 40+ points a game, that is hard to do.
So you focus on getting your fundamentals right, your defence, your penalties conceded, all the little things that limit the oppositions attack.
You also focus on not making mistakes with the ball. You play risk free in attack so as not to give away possession.

When these become 2nd nature and are part of your DNA, you play Parraball.