Week 1 Finals: Parra v Penrith GAME DAY THREAD @ Bluebet Stadium 9/9/22

[hineyrulz]

Yep. I don't like scapegoating but f**k he was poor.

It was 8-7 before his game changing f**k up. 6 errors for the game which is mind boggling.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

had his dad picked another forward on the bench

Someone to share Makatoa's seven minutes?

The reason he plays so few minutes is because he isn't a first grader. The reason he's on the bench is because there's nobody better. We only have 15 first graders available, but we have to pick four on the bench. That means two of them will be backups.

 

[hineyrulz]

Someone to share Makatoa's seven minutes?

The reason he plays so few minutes is because he isn't a first grader. The reason he's on the bench is because there's nobody better. We only have 15 first graders available, but we have to pick four on the bench. That means two of them will be backups.

So Nathan Brown or Cartwright aren’t first graders??? Pull the other one it plays jingle bells.

 

[Happy MEel]

Of course he's not a first grader. That's why he normally only plays 10 minutes.

FMD. First graders are the top 17, especially in a final. You are absolutely embarrassing yourself tonight defending JA. He wasn’t the reason we lost tonight as far as I’m concerned, that falls solely on Waqa. But tonight clearly identified that Jake does not belong anywhere near our top 17 for the remainder of the year. Over to you Brad.

 

[eels_fan]

Next weeks bench needs to be

Matto
Kaufusi
Brown
Carty

 

[eel01s]

Moses will play next week. Lara Pitt said she asked Lane how he was and he said Moses was up and OK. If Radley and Murray can play this week he should be good to go.

I thought Luai knocked on in the lead up to the To'o try, but of course the bunker did not focus on it.

Our attack was clunky in the first half, and couldn't get better due to all the errors in the second. ALso, someone stop Paulo from making a Captain's challenge as he is deadset hopeless at it.

 

[Bandwagon]

Losing Moses was shit. That hurt.

Young Arthurs was shit. End of.

Cleary targeted him on that run and just waited for him to make the wrong decision, and that was the start of the rot from there. It aint Jakey's fault we lost, but if he's there to cover the halves and delivers that kind of performance then he needs dropping.

Waqa was more shit though. Catch. The. f**king. Ball. you. Mongy. merkin.

In the end, Penrith's line speed and numbers in the tackle just took the game away, we created no room for our backs, Our forwards will need to be better, except for maybe Matto, who I thought had a pretty good game, he just had no mates

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Whose fault is it for picking 2 forwards on the bench against a physical team where you know fatigue is going to be a huge factor?

There were three forwards on the bench. The key to winning isn't more forwards on the bench, it's controlling the ball.

 

[Bandwagon]

So you were happy with zero runs, zero line engagements. Just stand 10m behind the play the ball and shovel the ball sideways to runners who are easily picked off

I was pretty happy with the way he made Kikau his bitch in D.

 

[Happy MEel]

The tide had already turned before he came off.

13-8. As an analyst, you are being completely unethical now. We were down by 6 earlier in the game and came back. Don’t be that guy that holds onto a position irrespective of the evidence. You’re better than that.

 

[Sensei Cobra]

^^^ pretty much that
Really disappointing effort from brown lane junior…. Moses was good In parts … mahoney seems to play away from the halves often and stifle any advantage we have

waqa a disaster
2nd half Completions the worst I seen for us
Moses HIA killed us

all of the above is what was critical in us losing.

In addition JA is not first grade standard and should not be in the team, it’s not personal or anything else, to many of us he is not up to it and seemingly in the side because his dad is the coach.

given our poor history of winning finals games …. Apparently now 2 of 10 under BA it would be nice to have confidence that our best 17 are picked each week to give ourselves the absolute best chance of winning …. Many don’t believe that’s the case

 

[IFR33K]

He was good, but him and drown could only get 1 try in 60 or so mins….so why do was suddenly expect JA to jar 2 or so tries in the last 20 behind a horrible completion rate…

Who expected him to jag two tries? We only wanted him to get the basics right. Like tackle and kick… or was that Moses’ fault when ja f^*ked up?

 

[Gary Gutful]

Next weeks bench needs to be

Matto
Kaufusi
Brown
Carty

Any bench with Carty will require the team to vaccinate against laziness.

 

[soc123_au]

Great game for 60 minutes. I hope Moses is good to go next week and you guys get through. That first half was rugby league at its best.

 

[Rocket man]

It can, but not really fair to judge a halfback when his whole 20 minute stint was behind a beaten pack.

Billy Slater just judged him.

 

[hineyrulz]

13-8. As an analyst, you are being completely unethical now. We were down by 6 earlier in the game and came back. Don’t be that guy that holds onto a position irrespective of the evidence. You’re better than that.

Is he??? Really???

 

[strider]

So Nathan Brown or Cartwright aren’t first graders??? Pull the other one it plays jingle bells.

Nrown isnt what he used to be .... i too would prefer him on the bench over maka. But he isnt gonna change the game these days.

Carty prances around and makes some shit happen against crap defenses. But penrith would have raped his pussy footing around

 

[Happy MEel]

He was good, but him and drown could only get 1 try in 60 or so mins….so why do was suddenly expect JA to jar 2 or so tries in the last 20 behind a horrible completion rate…

Mate, you’re not getting many opportunities against the Panthers. To be honest, I thought Reed was terrible tonight despite the try assist. As soon as Moses went off I told our table that we’re done with JA in the halves. Not only was I correct, our attack and defence turned to absolute mush. Hard to argue but open to your rebuttal.

 

[hineyrulz]

Any bench with Carty will require the team to vaccinate against laziness.

Keeping Jakey off the bench will keep us safe from autism.

 

[Avenger]

Nrown isnt what he used to be .... i too would prefer him on the bench over maka. But he isnt gonna change the game these days.

Carty prances around and makes some shit happen against crap defenses. But penrith would have raped his pussy

Hahahaha