NRL Round 17 - Knights Vs Eels - 5:30pm Saturday 29th June - McDonald Jones Stadium

Crossloand I think needs to stay in and around the dummy half, we need his speed in and effort in the middle.
I 100% think our team needs some speed out wide and we need to have someone who just create something out of nothing which isn't Cogger unfortunately ( you think he would of learnt something overseas...) so give Pryce a shot why not, he will be defending next to some of our best defenders anyways and he just needs to be a speed bump which Cogger is already doing.
Thankfully Hastings is at least trying to mix it up but it's not enough.
We miss Ponga and Gamble so much 😞
 
Lefty said:
I live in the Parramatta area, I’m surrounded by Eels supporters, some have Eels flags displayed in their windows or on flag polls in front of their houses.

In 2001 I was working in Parramatta and a few the days before the 2001 grand final, when I wore my Knights jersey to work and woman I was in the lift with complained that I should not be wearing my Knights jersey there.

When I was travelling to the 2001 grand final by train a man told his young boy and girl who were fully decked out in Parramatta gear that I was a loser and for them to remember that they went the the grand final the year that the Eels won.

When I was outside the stadium an Eels fan crept up behind me a blew their vuvuzela trumpet in my ear.

Thankfully I now find because of year after year, decade after decade of failed premiership campaigns, the Eels supporters I come across are no longer aggressive. The Eels premiership drought is 15 years longer than ours and they have a wealthy club with a large junior catchment area, they don’t have any good reasons for their lack of success.
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I had a similar experience Lefty, coming down from Newy and being harassed at the ground.
After 15 minutes I was overjoyed and the same Eels fans who heckled me earlier were in tears. At the end of the game the Eels supporters were very humble and confessed that Newy was their second team. Joey, Kennedy, Billy Pedan and Bedsy put on a masterclass that I will never forget!
 
frankLauda said:
The one thing in our favor is the comp is so close. Parra is looking a better side with Gutho and Moses back. Brown is a danger man. Moses backing up from Origin. I'm worried about our 5/8 situation (cogger) and his defense. On last week's performance, I feel he needs to get dropped. Either Crossland or Pryce to six. Surely Pryces defense could not be any worse than Cogger. And there's the hope for attacking upside with Pryce.
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How far away from return is Gamble?
 
NSW Cup doesn't tell us as much as people think. Pryce needs to be given a shot in FG alongside Hastings so he can demonstrate his capabilities.

He's clearly got all the talent in the world. And Cogger has been extremely poor for weeks on end. AOB truly is a fool if he doesn't at least give it a go. Should've tried it against Penrith, less to lose. Now we're truly in trouble and don't have the games to risk on an experiment, sometimes the conservative approach is actually the most risky. Wouldn't expect AOB to understand that tho
 
Les Misérables said:
NSW Cup doesn't tell us as much as people think. Pryce needs to be given a shot in FG alongside Hastings so he can demonstrate his capabilities.

He's clearly got all the talent in the world. And Cogger has been extremely poor for weeks on end. AOB truly is a fool if he doesn't at least give it a go. Should've tried it against Penrith, less to lose. Now we're truly in trouble and don't have the games to risk on an experiment, sometimes the conservative approach is actually the most risky. Wouldn't expect AOB to understand that tho
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Need to try something.
Cogger offers nothing in attack, poor defence and poor concentration.

Pryce might be poor defensively but at least he will try things and have a go in attack.

Sick of boring AOB ball, we don't win.
Try something new.
I'd rather lose with trying some exciting football than lose by playing the most boring football ever seen
 
Games remaining this season….

Eels at home. Hopefully Moses will be goosed after Origin and we’ll get home with the crowd support pushing us on.

Raiders away. A tough one but we owe them after round 1.

Sea Eagles away. I’d like to think we get the win here with Manly not having their Origin players.

Broncos home. Must win if we are to make finals.

Panthers away. Moving on…..

Tigers at home. Should be a win.

Sharks away. Another toughie. Hoping for another late season slump from Hynes and co.

Rabbitohs away. Hopefully KP and Gamble are back and have worked off the ring rust to get us home.

Titans at home. Must win.

Dolphins at home. Another must win.

Can we make finals? Yes!

Will we? God only knows.
 
Thieves Like Us said:
Games remaining this season….

Eels at home. Hopefully Moses will be goosed after Origin and we’ll get home with the crowd support pushing us on.

Raiders away. A tough one but we owe them after round 1.

Sea Eagles away. I’d like to think we get the win here with Manly not having their Origin players.

Broncos home. Must win if we are to make finals.

Panthers away. Moving on…..

Tigers at home. Should be a win.

Sharks away. Another toughie. Hoping for another late season slump from Hynes and co.

Rabbitohs away. Hopefully KP and Gamble are back and have worked off the ring rust to get us home.

Titans at home. Must win.

Dolphins at home. Another must win.

Can we make finals? Yes!

Will we? God only knows.
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I hadn't really looked at the draw, but that's a tough run home.
 
jamesgould said:
I hadn't really looked at the draw, but that's a tough run home.
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I can see us beating the Broncos, Tigers, Titans, Dolphins at home and Manly away. That’s 5 of the 7 wins we probably need to make the top 8. A win next weekend would then mean 1 from the Rabbitohs or Raiders as our next most likely games to get a win.

After such an optimistic post I suppose I should bookend it with this…..enjoy! 😜

 
BTP said:
I was one of the ones saying no to Pryce few weeks ago. But after past couple weeks where Hastings has stood up and tried to come up with anything to get us a win, but then to get no help from Cogger who couldn't spark a fire in a fuel tank farm. With 6-7 games before KP and Gamble come back, we need another option. So i'm up for putting Pyrce in and saying "**** it, give it all you got" We aren't winning a premiership this yr. Let's be honest, but a solid charge to the finals again would be nice and is still expected.

Love Tuala, but it may be time to give Armstrong for his speed or Moceidreke for speed and height a go. We need an extra point of attack, could come with those two. We've seen how valuable Armstrong and Sharpe's speed has been to us in games so far, Might as well have two out there.

Having Pryce, Armstrong in squad might mean we'd need to outscore more teams the Obi's traditional, High percentage football.
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One thing I've noticed with gags and Tuala is that i don't believe that gags has much faith in him. There's been numerous time that there has been a opportunity for the gags fick pass which would most likely lead to a try but takes it on himself.
 
Sheldon said:
One thing I've noticed with gags and Tuala is that i don't believe that gags has much faith in him. There's been numerous time that there has been a opportunity for the gags fick pass which would most likely lead to a try but takes it on himself.
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It's got nothing to do with Tuala, that's just the way Gagai plays. Always has
 
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I can’t really remember any opportunity when we stripped the opposition for numbers to put the winger in the corner like we were doing regularly last year. There may have been a couple times where Gagai has gotten on the outside of his man and there was an opportunity to pass back on the inside to Tuala where the pass was thrown too late or Tuala just a step behind.
Our halves simply haven’t asked enough questions to create doubt to the defensive line. Our tries this year has come from individual efforts more than any great structure good shape.
 
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