The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd
Timana Tahu
I thought Mann got us going through the middle a bit more when he was on. Took on some tough runs.
Round 20 - Knights V Tigers - Friday 14 July 8:00pm - McDonald Jones Stadium
- Thread starter Lefty
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Rear Admiral Butthead
Ashley Gordon
Apparently footy players don’t get Covid mate, didn’t anyone tell you?
Rear Admiral Butthead
Ashley Gordon
Does anyone know the official crowd figure for last night?
18,470
danknights
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Oh true. Totally exempt, too fit IIRC. Gotta be old or have medical conditions.
Defence wins games
Ben Rogers
Yes, the ref really had an off night.
Ponga is still targeted head high, many times with no intervention from the referee.
This games was hard to watch at the ground. The Tigers have very few attacking options other than the “bomb” and their players running through and banging the ball back.
Look horrible, predictable and speaks to the team’s try scoring strategies.
Without young Bula, the Knights would have won this game by 40x
HarVeeGee13
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Bula is gonna kill it at fullback at Easts in a few years.
Getembackthe10
Brian Quinton
Whats funny is, I have seen this comment on here about crossland several times since having to switch to 9. The warriors, panthers, manly, bulldogs games and now friday night. Diff people after those games have said his best game at this level so think it shows how quickly hes improving. Defence is good and will only improve. My opinion is changing and think with a full pre season he could be solid. No real 9s anyway to buy.
ApperceptionJosh
Steve Fulmer
This is 100%. People just can't handle the fact he is proving a lot on here wrong. He really needs to improve his pass selection and quality, but I can see him becoming a more talented version Lachlan crocker, not a bad 14 long term. Also just turned 23, still very young
Getembackthe10
Brian Quinton
100%. Shown he can do it defensively and that will only improve as huge ticker/motor. You gotta think after this year and a good pre season that his passing and decision making will be better too and big Plus kicking from dummy half is a bonus. Under Buderus wing in the offseason i wont complain in him getting first crack.
frankLauda
Evan Cochrane
Would make for a good headache to have with selection. I would say Brailey is still first choice. Phonix would more than likely get the 14 bench spot. Interchange with Brails.
Brailey will definitely be starting again as soon as he is fit, crazy to say otherwise.
HarVeeGee13
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
I gave Phoenix a wrap for Friday night but he’s still yet to go through a game without badly overplaying his hand or otherwise taking the wrong option a bunch of times.
We’d be in the middle of the top 8 with Brailey fit.
We’d be in the middle of the top 8 with Brailey fit.
what's that pong
Charlie McAlister
It's a crazy close comp this year.
If we could have converted some of those close losses into wins we could be anywhere from 1st to 6th.
Makes me wonder what all the journalists mainly the fox ones would be saying.
6 more points we would be sitting in 3rd
I have watched Gamble's try a number of times and his crime was not grounding the ball early enough. I guess he was trying to ground the ball closer to the goal posts for an easier conversion given our missed goals earlier. Are some of us reacting to the Coach's reaction more so than the try itself? If Ponga had done the same would the reaction be the same? I can't see what the "antics" are from Gamble.
MBQLD
Shane O'Grady
I like that he comes from. Halves background. He’s obviously got a footy brain in there, it would be no easy task learning a new position at an elite level but seems to be grinding out a future. Good on him.