Season 2023: A Write-Off?

[Poupou Escobar]

I dunno. Are we good enough to be up for two Mad Mondays in a row?

There’s only one way to find out!

 

[Avenger]

It will be very exciting.

It won’t matter because it will be over by then.

 

[yy_cheng]

Why would we want to do that...

to slow down the play the ball so the defensive line is set and not backtracking

 

[Gazzamatta]

So it will be BA V Carr at Commbank. Obviously a must win. Will be very exciting.

 

[JokerEel]

to slow down the play the ball so the defensive line is set and not backtracking

 

[hindy111]

I still can’t cop that we are worse than the shit teams hovering around the 8.

We haven’t been great but I think we will climb the ladder and ultimately make the 8.

No chance in my eyes. No Lane or RCG. I don't see where our wins come from.

 

[emjaycee]

No chance in my eyes. No Lane or RCG. I don't see where our wins come from.

Players get injured all the time and when they do, new players emerge and new stars are born.

Mataele, Moretti may now get a chance they might otherwise never have gotten.

 

[JokerEel]

Players get injured all the time and when they do, new players emerge and new stars are born.

Mataele, Moretti may now get a chance they might otherwise never have gotten.

Or! I hear Jack Johns trains well

 

[Gary Gutful]

It seems like a scam tbh. We'll make the 8, get thrown out Round 1 of the finals and then we'll be back to it again.

...yep and all the while the powers that be will be pumping out chem trails at the same time.

 

[Gary Gutful]

No chance in my eyes. No Lane or RCG. I don't see where our wins come from.

You'll change your mind again in a couple of weeks.

#flippy111

 

[the phantom menace]

That means we just have to find a way to win 3-4 games on the road from our remaining 7 games
Souths
Bulldogs
Dolphins
Cowboys
Storm
Brisbane
Penrith

That's the bit I can't see happening - maybe 1 or 2 wins there only.

 

[hindy111]

Players get injured all the time and when they do, new players emerge and new stars are born.

Mataele, Moretti may now get a chance they might otherwise never have gotten.

If guys like Makatoa, Davey ,Greig where injured and this gave them a chance that would be fine. When its your best two forwards not so much.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I’m not sure you get to choose which players get injured.

 

[emjaycee]

I hope so.

Our remaining home games at Commbank are all winnable. We should be winning 5 of them realistically if not all 6.

Cowboys - No Origin Players (Nanai, Cotter, Holmes, Taulagi)
Manly - No Origin Players (DCE, Jurbo & Possibly Turbo)
Warriors
Titans
Dragons
Roosters

That means we just have to find a way to win 3-4 games on the road from our remaining 7 games
Souths
Bulldogs
Dolphins
Cowboys
Storm
Brisbane
Penrith

Souths - TICK
Bulldogs
Dolphins
Cowboys
Storm
Brisbane
Penrith

 

[hindy111]

You'll change your mind again in a couple of weeks.

#flippy111

We won. Great effort and best game of the season.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

No chance in my eyes. No Lane or RCG. I don't see where our wins come from.

Completing our sets and kicking long. It's boring but it works, and we'll score plenty in final 20 minutes.

 

[hindy111]

Completing our sets and kicking long. It's boring but it works, and we'll score plenty in final 20 minutes.

We offloaded early and spread the ball through whole game. Not just the last 20.
We didn't just complete sets and kick long. But yes I agree in a way. The thing last night but was attitude. We put in for 80. The whole 80 amd I've not seen that from us in a long time. Usually it is a good 50 or 60 amd we get the win.

 

[King-Gutho94]

We offloaded early and spread the ball through whole game. Not just the last 20.
We didn't just complete sets and kick long. But yes I agree in a way. The thing last night but was attitude. We put in for 80. The whole 80 amd I've not seen that from us in a long time. Usually it is a good 50 or 60 amd we get the win.

You can really tell after 5 mins if parra are on mentally.

That first set defensively souths went no where then we went and scored in our next set.

Even when souths hit the front we still had energy and attitude with our defence.

I want to see it for a few weeks straight before getting too excited we have had plenty of good performances then backed them up with garbage or mediocre a week or two later in the past few years.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

We offloaded early and spread the ball through whole game. Not just the last 20.

We have been offloading early for half a decade ffs. We are the top offloading team in the NRL for the fifth straight year. That wouldn't be the case if we were only offloading at the end of the game you peanut. But the end of the game is when fatigue takes its toll. Yet again we scored a few tries late, scoring a third of our tries in the final ten minutes. Maybe it's because Brendan Hands is such a great dummy half? I hope we don't lose him for Origin.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

You can really tell after 5 mins if parra are on mentally.

That first set defensively souths went no where then we went and scored in our next set.

Even when souths hit the front we still had energy and attitude with our defence.

I want to see it for a few weeks straight before getting too excited we have had plenty of good performances then backed them up with garbage or mediocre a week or two later in the past few years.

Until we get belted I will remain fairly confident about the team this year.