Round 4: Newcastle Knights vs St George Illawarra Dragons

[krustykraz]

Cogger outplayed Pearce today.

 

[slotmachine]

Levi 53 tackles 1 missed.

 

[Rob]

Too much side to side second half until Glas came back. A lot of slow play the ball let go. Had our chances, should've won.

 

[88Knight4life]

Levi 53 tackles 1 missed.

He was fantastic, chased the ball in D and ran himself to a standstill.

Really cant fault 3 people tonight. The other 14 need a whipping.

 

[mozza]

Good 1st half woeful 2nd. If Pearce is off the drink then he needs to get back on it, he’s been atrocious.

 

[packo]

Funny you say that, i said he'll be a great person for the job, would scream at them to have a go even whrn having a crack.

You’d expect that from any coach.

 

[Ethan]

I said it all along It will take time for them to gel as a team 1st half of the season at least .
You all expect too much too quick from a team with so many new players and we haven't lost by a lot in any game yet and we haven't gelled yet but wait till we do.
You can see they arnt yet playing smooth footy but they will .
Our defence is so much better than it has been for years and we have the talent in attack just not the cohesion yet ..
Sione needs to go back to the bench if not reserve grade and Guerra start. I cant wait for Jacob to get back and Gavet and Ese , ese too .
Personally I would hope that Watson goes back too 5/8 I think we missed his running game .

 

[knightime]

Good thing is that we don’t play again until Saturday, so we’ve got 5 full days of the Knights not playing.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd]

That was heart breaki g to watch.
All game we seemed like the underdogs just struggling to keep in the game.
Not sure where to point the finger atm but if Pearce keeps up this 200k player chit when being paid 900k his welcome to fark off.
As for our poor attitudes in D and game management, if things dont change then someone has to cop the fall... Browny please rip them all a new one or all the good work you have done will mean nothing as you'll be sacked.

Controversial and I’m not picking a fight out of frustration, but what good work? Brown hasn’t built this squad. He’s been a cog in a new structure that has had tremendous recruitment success. It’s up to Brown to turn the roster into a cohesive weapon that wins games. He has not shown he can do that. My St George mate has said to me for years (with respect) Brown cannot coach. Like Sio, Yates and Pete Mat, he can make a different in ESL. I’m now in the official #brownout and #sioneout camp

 

[88Knight4life]

Not really, you need the foundation behind you to pull off such things and be respected for it.

 

[packo]

We missed Ese go forward.

 

[Ethan]

Remember round 1 when we got that ****ty win and claimed we were making Newcastle a fortress again, f***ing lol

We just lost by a fxxxing point mate in overtime , You don't build a fortress over night and we haven't lost by or let in too many bloody points .Were defending better than we have for a long time .
A lot of you guys expect too much too quick .

 

[88Knight4life]

Controversial and I’m not picking a fight out of frustration, but what good work? Brown hasn’t built this squad. He’s been a cog in a new structure that has had tremendous recruitment success. It’s up to Brown to turn the roster into a cohesive weapon that wins games. He has not shown he can do that. My St George mate has said to me for years (with respect) Brown cannot coach. Like Sio, Yates and Pete Mat, he can make a different in ESL. I’m now in the official #brownout and #sioneout camp

Im not far behind you atm.
Though to Say Brown hasnt had a major effect on roster and cap isnt being real.
Something needs to change though, this club, city and fan base has been in a washing machine for 5yrs with little to cheer about.
Our best moments in the past 5yrs have come during December and February.

 

[MattyM]

I seriously wouldn’t be surprised if we come close to the spoon. The attack we’ve dished up this year has been nothing but deplorable. The only thing we’ve got going for us is a Ponga cut out pass. The rest is pure sh*thouse. When we play teams like the Storm and Roosters we’re going to be embarrassed to the max.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd]

We just lost by a fxxxing point mate in overtime , You don't build a fortress over night and we haven't lost by or let in too many bloody points .Were defending better than we have for a long time .
A lot of you guys expect too much too quick .

Defending a lot better means f all if the attack ain’t there blood. Defending better can be a term used to describe a spoon team that came last by one loss (possibly a one point one). Something isn’t right.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd]

Im not far behind you atm.
Though to Say Brown hasnt had a major effect on roster and cap isnt being real.
Something needs to change though, this club, city and fan base has been in a washing machine for 5yrs with little to cheer about.
Our best moments in the past 5yrs have come during December and February.

Someone (or an article) once mentioned he could have a job at Knights behind scenes. I’m cool with that as I agree he’s played a role. But someone else needs to set the team up and give the game plan.

 

[88Knight4life]

I seriously wouldn’t be surprised if we come close to the spoon. The attack we’ve dished up this year has been nothing but deplorable. The only thing we’ve got going for us is a Ponga cut out pass. The rest is pure sh*thouse. When we play teams like the Storm and Roosters we’re going to be embarrassed to the max.

I personally cant wait for us to play the Roosters.
They're the bench mark and a team our supposed General was to lead to a GF win again.
If that pain doesnt lift Pearce and the others??? Then we're deserving of the nrl laughing stock.

 

[Ethan]

Lmfao we are so useless. I thought last week was bad, but that’s got to be one of the worst performances I’ve seen. Disgusting attack. A peg legged pirate would do better than our forwards and Pearce can’t kick to save his life. ****ing garbage.

Defending a lot better means f all if the attack ain’t there blood. Defending better can be a term used to describe a spoon team that came last by one loss (possibly a one point one). Something isn’t right.

Yeah whats not right is they haven't had game time enough to gel and play as a team . Funny you say that about defending because you have to get all parts of your game right , its no good if your attack is good but you keep letting points in either ...Im sure last season and the one before we were all complaining about how bad our defence was and I do mean ALL of us ...Our defence is better and our attack will get there too ...

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd]

Yeah whats not right is they haven't had game time enough to gel and play as a team . Funny you say that about defending because you have to get all parts of your game right , its no good if your attack is good but you keep letting points in either ...Im sure last season and the one before we were all complaining about how bad our defence was and I do mean ALL of us ...Our defence is better and our attack will get there too ...

I agree. But last year we didn’t have Klemmer, Glasby and Ramien hanging around playing with grass. I agree the team needs time to gel, but the way we have lost suggests it’s more than that. Hard for anyone to argue that at 1-3 we are on track. We are not on track and we are not playing well. Something isn’t right.

 

[Ethan]

All you coaches saying Pearce is useless you weren't saying that last year or the year before when he was at the roosters ..You were all lauding him for how good he was and now he has a bit of a drop in form your all knifing him in the back ...IT MUST BE BLOODY HARD BEING A KNIGHTS PLAYER and hearing this crap its hard being a supporter and hearing it .