Round 3: Newcastle Knights vs Canberra Raiders

[danknights]

I think Danny has played well but Hodgson is just a class above. Such a threat and always gets his forwards on the front foot.

Our line speed is allowing Hodgson to play his natural game. They are hammering up on us and we keep 2 passing to get a hammering tackle. We need a kick behind to slow them up but Pearce has been putting into hands all game.

 

[Grandpa Joe]

Pearce is being a good team mate trying to get kp up to speed. I'd make the swap right now and put Mann at 5/8

Exactly what I was thinking!

 

[Levil Kinevil]

Klem was on the whole 40. Too much reliance on him. Looking forward to Safs being available.

Yeh poor guy is out there alone similar to Dan in last years. Barnett and Guerra can do a job but we need legit front rowers out there with him

 

[Grandpa Joe]

I dont care if Sione has the best 40 minutes of his poor *** career, his a dud and needs to be in cup for 6 months to learn how to be a defensive nrl player or go to SL which is really where he should go anyway.

Best thing to happen to Sione would have been cup 2 years ago to get the fundamentals right, some players grew(fitz) others have faltered after being thrown to the wolves too early.

 

[88Knight4life]

Only thing more painful than watching Sione defend is reading all the Sione comments here

If only Siome wasn't in our nrl team, you could see nothing mentioned at all hahaha

 

[nunnsy]

Well that was a very poor half . Pearce needs to start being the main playmaker and let ponga chime in when he sees an opturtunity which he could do from fullback. There hooker is making ponga and pearce look 2nd class.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd]

Yeh poor guy is out there alone similar to Dan in last years. Barnett and Guerra can do a job but we need legit front rowers out there with him

Klemmer has done more than 100m. He just goes about it without any fuss. It’s standard. Would be great if Pearce started living up to his price tag.

 

[Grandpa Joe]

Yeh poor guy is out there alone similar to Dan in last years. Barnett and Guerra can do a job but we need legit front rowers out there with him

Idiot decision to move Gavet to the bench Klemmer and Gavet feed off eachothers enthusiasm.

 

[kurtgodley]

Why do we play so flat in attack?!

 

[Rob]

Agree about Pearce. Looks a rabbit sometimes

 

[Aidos]

Idiot decision to move Gavet to the bench Klemmer and Gavet feed off eachothers enthusiasm.

This! They were a good combo starting. Why change

 

[88Knight4life]

I saod before kick off that Garvet hasnt impressed me, he needs to be a animal this next 40 to prove his worth or give Ese the 10 and warch him go.

 

[ImissVuna]

I'm confident. If we are a grinding team them grind our way to victory. I don't care how we do it we just need some confidence to show the competition that we aren't the same team of the last 5 years

 

[88Knight4life]

Im still confident on a 28 -16 win.
Gun 40 coming up from us

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd]

Im still confident on a 28 -16 win.
Gun 40 coming up from us

Ha ha ha. Love it. Hope you’re right!

 

[danknights]

Buhrer showing how effective hip tackles are.

 

[88Knight4life]

Geez that pass from dummy half was half a meter forward.
Not that the ref could see it when he had us 27m back.

 

[88Knight4life]

Buhrer showing how effective hip tackles are.

Best tackle ever, should still be how players are learnt to tackle.

 

[Grandpa Joe]

Why do we play so flat in attack?!

Seems to be trendy in the NRL.

 

[Grandpa Joe]

Only we are dumb enough to give away a penalty in attack, though a laughable penalty.