NRL Round 25 - Knights Vs Sea Eagles - 3:00pm Saturday, 22nd of August - McDonald Jones Stadium

Tommy Cant has tried hard...but really think he's still not close to where he needs to be...I know they'll persist with him (they have to; he's signed until 28), but I did tip him at the start of the season to progress, and he hasn't, and it's probably one of the few negatives out of our vast improvement this season.
Yeah I just don’t see the point of him. Even at his best, there’s just no upside to him. Best you can hope is he makes a lot of tackles but that’s it. Seems a waste when ESL is there

I didn’t think Doms tackle was bad at all, he just fell in his legs. He didn’t hold on and swing around onto them
 
Look the Dolphins got pumped a couple of times this year. Maybe this is some wake up call. This is where we really missed the two Dlys. Particularly Brown. Sandon is a great player but he’s needs to sort his defence. But I don’t want to single him out we were poor defensively across the park.
I did it for you.
 
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If the warriors win and secure top two hopefully they rest some players. Obviously not that luxury for us now. I hope no injuries Manu and Gags back, Frizz back into middle rotation. Hunt and Sandon leaked some tries. Gags is still a better defender then Hunt.
 
Just a reminder of how unusual the Panthers are lol, they have been so prepared to go to war week on week & win 2-0 if they have to for years now.

Ponga nailed it after the game, we chased the good feeling of scoring. Have a habit of doing that. Need to get better about chasing a complete performance. Sometimes staying in 3rd or 4th gear in attack is what gets you a win by a bigger scoreline.
 
Croker has had games like this all year mixed in with the good ones. Gets bashed out of games physically against good packs far too often. Has had by far his best season but there's still a pretty limited ceiling there and it's an area you'd be looking at going forward.
Manly has an awful pack though, shouldn’t be beaten up by them
 
Manly has an awful pack though, shouldn’t be beaten up by them
Oddly enough, Manly play exactly like us in that they spread the ball constantly and chance their arm. It just happened to stick for them, we couldn't stop their second phase. But their physicality in defence was awesome, and they had some absolute liabilities to run at (Smith, Hunt etc).
 
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