Finals Week 1 vs Rabbitohs - 7:50pm Friday 11th of September - Allianz Stadium

[Tobe Fair]

Ha what are you guys smoking. We have no go-forward.

We're at like half a dozen almost insurmountable tactical disadvantages because of our injuries. Then take a look at their team sheet, with Duncan back, they should do this comfortably. And that's fine. We're missing like 4 of our 7 best players.

If we played this fixture 10 times, maybe we win 1. We need injuries, multiple sin bins and everything in between to get close.

We are going to win.
We will beat the Bunnies.
We will beat the Dolphins.
We will beat the Panthers.
I am holding my decision back on if we beat the Warriors until I find out who we need to rest.

 

[EASBay17]

Souths havnt won 3 in a row all year.

 

[JOJO82]

Which trend will be broken, Souths winning 3 in a row or us winning a Friday night game

 

[frankLauda]

All odds against us, Souths more or less full strength. I hope we compete, like we have most of the year. The ref calls are fair. Bring on Friday!

 

[Owey]

Which trend will be broken, Souths winning 3 in a row or us winning a Friday night game

We have smashed a stack of bogey trends this year, reckon that will continue.

 

[Lefty]

The team I supported in the 1997 grand final had lost the last 13 games they had played against their opponent that day, but they famously won the game. It was a similar situation in 2001.

We can win on Friday, we have to hope that we have our nose in front at full time.

 

[Grandpa Joe]

Fair. I'll never forgive AOB for 2025. He gave up.

It's more of a you issue than him at this stage Sean.

 

[Grandpa Joe]

Even with our injuries, I can see us upsetting the Rabbitohs.

Keon and Tatola we will have a field day against our middle, hard to win when we will make 30 metres a set v their 50 metres a set.

It's academic unfortunately.

Also relying on Psaulo and Crouch is just depressing as our bench props. I feel for Hopwood punching above his weight but ideally his coming off the bench instead of starting here - we potentially could start with Psaulo and Hopwood, forgot Mooney is gone.

Yep we are cooked lol.

 

[Seano]

It's more of a you issue than him at this stage Sean.

What? We lost twice to the rabble that is the Titans. The squad just wasn't that bad. It was definitely an AOB problem.

 

[Macca89]

Keon and Tatola we will have a field day against our middle, hard to win when we will make 30 metres a set v their 50 metres a set.

It's academic unfortunately.

Also relying on Psaulo and Crouch is just depressing as our bench props. I feel for Hopwood punching above his weight but ideally his coming off the bench instead of starting here - we potentially could start with Psaulo and Hopwood, forgot Mooney is gone.

Yep we are cooked lol.

Wouldn’t have been too many games this year we won the middle 1/3 of the field. We just shift in our own end and open up their edges. No reason we can’t keep doing it. We were doing it against the warriors with 12 on 13 and made 11 line breaks

 

[Grandpa Joe]

What? We lost twice to the rabble that is the Titans. The squad just wasn't that bad. It was definitely an AOB problem.

And Tiges beat Panthers earlier this year, it happens.

 

[Seano]

And Tiges beat Panthers earlier this year, it happens.

I'm not sure this analogy helps you here. The argument isn't that bad sides can occasionally beat good sides in the NRL; of course, that can happen. It's that the Knights in 2025 had a side capable of more than 6 wins and losing TWICE to the rabble that were the Titans who should have won the spoon.

IDK why you think AOB needs defending; his team selections and his rigid adherence to his formulaic game plans towards the end made it clear he'd given up.

 

[jamesgould]

Oh well, Fridays game, anyway …

 

[Lynchyknight]

To be fair in our 14 wins this season we have lost the forward battle atleast 10 times
We win by tries in our own end not by dominating the metres made
No difference this Friday night to our other 10 wins this season

 

[Seano]

So, to win the title from here, we have to go through Rabbits, Phins/Wahs and then probably the Panthers? Piece of cake.

 

[Lynchyknight]

Dolphins at Suncorp would be great game
Would rather Panthers at Commbank to make the GF over Warriors in NZ

And that’s IF wahs beat Dolphins this weekend which is far by guaranteed, would not be shocked if dolphins win

 

[Grandpa Joe]

I'm not sure this analogy helps you here. The argument isn't that bad sides can occasionally beat good sides in the NRL; of course, that can happen. It's that the Knights in 2025 had a side capable of more than 6 wins and losing TWICE to the rabble that were the Titans who should have won the spoon.

IDK why you think AOB needs defending; his team selections and his rigid adherence to his formulaic game plans towards the end made it clear he'd given up.

LOL I was more commenting with your obsession of laying the boot into someone that has been gone for 12 months, bit cringey tbh and completely irrelevant to this thread?

 

[slotmachine]

We only got about 70 minutes from mooney, jsaf and francis against the warriors, played with 12 for the majority of the game and were still well in it with 5 minutes to go. 2 weeks off to rest up any niggles. Getting Friz, Dom and Crossland back. Knights by 2.

 

[Seano]

LOL I was more commenting with your obsession of laying the boot into someone that has been gone for 12 months, bit cringey tbh and completely irrelevant to this thread?

Oh, give it a rest; "obssession","cringey"- talk about making it up as you go along. It was a throwaway comment in the context of a conversation. I've actually defended AOB against unfair criticism in the past if you go back and actually have a look. IDK that anyone can defend what happened last season.

 

[Grandpa Joe]

Okay Sean.