Week 1 Finals v NZW

[soc123_au]

Garner was a great call. Ivan is getting pretty good at this.

 

[Pomoz]

Great effort, intense when required, cruising at times. The Warriors made the mistake of poking the bear and scoring a try. Clutch in, change up a gear, 12 points, thanks for coming. A few points:

- Nathan was channeling Thurston, Cronk and Johns just an awesome performance. He would be a great hooker (takes tongue out of cheek);
- The team has adapted very well to Coggers strengths and I thought he played really well. I think our attack is no worse without Luai, what we miss is his defence;
- Crichton just cruised through the game. Leota spent most of the game arguing with AFB, but nobody was bad. A good team effort;
-Besides Cleary, To'o, Edwards and JFH were the pick of the of the team, just quality from them;
-The Warriors had a red hot go and they have the base to build a good team. Webby has improved them out of sight. Well done Wah's;
-Mitch was Ok but clearly lacking fitness. That was a good blow out for him.

The Broncos are still the team to beat and I think favourites for the GF. Our challenge will be scoring against them. Their line speed is the best in the NRL.

 

[Munky]

Don't tell Soni.

That's Soni's role the the finals.

Finding the crack in video sessions

Sure won't be on the field.

Johnny Sins flown out for the finals as a consultant.

 

[Chins get the wins]

Great effort, intense when required, cruising at times. The Warriors made the mistake of poking the bear and scoring a try. Clutch in, change up a gear, 12 points, thanks for coming. A few points:

- Nathan was channeling Thurston, Cronk and Johns just an awesome performance. He would be a great hooker (takes tongue out of cheek);
- The team has adapted very well to Coggers strengths and I thought he played really well. I think our attack is no worse without Luai, what we miss is his defence;
- Crichton just cruised through the game. Leota spent most of the game arguing with AFB, but nobody was bad. A good team effort;
-Besides Cleary, To'o, Edwards and JFH were the pick of the of the team, just quality from them;
-The Warriors had a red hot go and they have the base to build a good team. Webby has improved them out of sight. Well done Wah's;
-Mitch was Ok but clearly lacking fitness. That was a good blow out for him.

The Broncos are still the team to beat and I think favourites for the GF. Our challenge will be scoring against them. Their line speed is the best in the NRL.

We are massive favs and rightfully so. They don't have 80mins in them

 

[Munky]

Great effort, intense when required, cruising at times. The Warriors made the mistake of poking the bear and scoring a try. Clutch in, change up a gear, 12 points, thanks for coming. A few points:

- Nathan was channeling Thurston, Cronk and Johns just an awesome performance. He would be a great hooker (takes tongue out of cheek);
- The team has adapted very well to Coggers strengths and I thought he played really well. I think our attack is no worse without Luai, what we miss is his defence;
- Crichton just cruised through the game. Leota spent most of the game arguing with AFB, but nobody was bad. A good team effort;
-Besides Cleary, To'o, Edwards and JFH were the pick of the of the team, just quality from them;
-The Warriors had a red hot go and they have the base to build a good team. Webby has improved them out of sight. Well done Wah's;
-Mitch was Ok but clearly lacking fitness. That was a good blow out for him.

The Broncos are still the team to beat and I think favourites for the GF. Our challenge will be scoring against them. Their line speed is the best in the NRL.

Nathan now has more finals wins than Johns and is equal with Thurston.

While both are rightfully legends their rep heroics cover up underachieving club careers given their talent and reputation.

 

[Kilkenny]

I can’t really say much about the game, sitting in the Eastern Stand looking into the blinding sun for the first 60 or so minutes.

It was never in doubt, maybe we were in second gear, I thought we were a bit clunky again.

Mission accomplished.

 

[Iamback]

Was too be expected.

Very few missed tackles, high completion rate

 

[Kilkenny]

Was too be expected.

Very few missed tackles, high completion rate

Very workman like performance. Just felt like we did what needed to be done.

Credit to the Warriors they tried really hard And defended stoutly.

 

[Girds89]

Thought we weren't clinical.

But did the job.

Broncs i think are really the team to beat.

Walsh at the back is a bit of a kyrptonite for us.

Fast lethal fbs we tend to find harder to defend on an edge.

Its hard to see them missing the gf.

I think we will need to be at our absolute best to beat them if we get there.

Thought edwards was freakish again.

So much goes unnoticed with him.. he was just everywhere again.

 

[hindy111]

The way I saw the game was high intensity from both sides for 20mins. At the point the winner had been decided. Warriors where not going to be good enough.
It felt like the rest of the game was a bit of a training run for both sides who didn't want any injuries for the rest of their finals campaign. Quite boring for a final.
Penriths attacks wasn't humming. They had so much ball in the first half on the Warriors line but it didn't look smooth at all to me. But they seemed happy with knowing they'd just turn the ball over 2mtrs out and keep them trapped inside there 35mtrs for what felt like most the game.
A few better passing options and I reckon 50 points are scored.

Probably need to sharpen up a little for the next few games. Luai and Tabo should help that a lot.

 

[murraymob]

What a great game? Our players played well. For those who watched last night's game did we play better than the Broncos?

No

 

[hindy111]

Thought we weren't clinical.

But did the job.

Broncs i think are really the team to beat.

Walsh at the back is a bit of a kyrptonite for us.

Fast lethal fbs we tend to find harder to defend on an edge.

Its hard to see them missing the gf.

I think we will need to be at our absolute best to beat them if we get there.

Thought edwards was freakish again.

So much goes unnoticed with him.. he was just everywhere again.

Brisbanes attack and explosive players is the best in the comp by a margin. But gee they made some errors last night. It is the grand final I want to see however. The top 2 sides. If Brisbane scored first they will settle. I still think if they where down they might just get nervous and capitulate in a game.

Penrith will just try and pin them in their half and let them force the pass. This is a defense side. The attack is far from explosive. But they are patient and everyone knows their job.

 

[Chins get the wins]

Anyone thinking or pretending Brisbane are in front of us has issues

 

[jane the pain]

No

Which part?

 

[West Nowra Panther]

We play Melbourne, Roosters or Sharks in the preliminary final.
With a combined win over all three of 150 odd to 30 odd this season, we have to seriously do some dumb stuff to lose to any of these sides.
This premiership is ours to lose but if we keep performing defensively, a 3 peat is on the way.

 

[Iamback]

Very workman like performance. Just felt like we did what needed to be done.

Credit to the Warriors they tried really hard And defended stoutly.

That is the story of our season so far, offen just do what we have too

 

[Iamback]

Anyone thinking or pretending Brisbane are in front of us has issues

Numbers don't lie

In every category we performed better

 

[Iamback]

Brisbanes attack and explosive players is the best in the comp by a margin. But gee they made some errors last night. It is the grand final I want to see however. The top 2 sides. If Brisbane scored first they will settle. I still think if they where down they might just get nervous and capitulate in a game.

Penrith will just try and pin them in their half and let them force the pass. This is a defense side. The attack is far from explosive. But they are patient and everyone knows their job.

That is what they do every game

 

[Chins get the wins]

Numbers don't lie

In every category we performed better

Things you and I have said for 3 years now. It's not arrogant knowing we are the best side

 

[Luke Bowden]

That went pretty much the way I thought it would. Clez master classed

rest up boys. Rest up