Round 9 - Eels V Knights - Friday 28 April 6:00pm - ComBank Stadium

[Lefty]

It’s 11 (Knights) V 12.

The Knights are at $2.75 and the Eels are at $1.45.

 

[Sammyyy]

Would not put any money on us to win that after tonight

 

[JOJO82]

Eels will roll us, coming off their loss and the way we played tonight I can't see a win for us.

 

[Kurriboy]

I think we will lift for this one. But cant see us winning against Parra down there.

 

[Tim]

Watch us play the Eels back into form...

 

[MattyM]

Knights L.

 

[Ak-47]

Be good to get a hard fought win against para.. then come into the bye the following week for the rest

 

[Rupert Murdoch]

No running dummy half, no win.

That was the take away from the Cowboys game and we sure as hell don't look getting Crossland to perform that way anytime soon.

 

[JOJO82]

No running dummy half, no win.

That was the take away from the Cowboys game and we sure as hell don't look getting Crossland to perform that way anytime soon.

Are we better off starting Mann in the 9 as he does like to scoop and run, gamble in the 13 and crossland on the bench.

 

[Frank McWilliams]

Yes to Mann starting 9, no to Gamble, Croker at 13, Gamble 18th man, bench Crosslands and 3 fwds

 

[Sheent14]

We can match it with them in attack, but i'm worried about them taking advantage of KP/Best/Marzhew edge defense. In the trial, Moses was toying with that side, he wasn't even looking to kick on last tackles, he was finding results every time.

 

[Rupert Murdoch]

Are we better off starting Mann in the 9 as he does like to scoop and run, gamble in the 13 and crossland on the bench.

To be honest, It doesn't matter what formation we go with It Isn't going to have the Impact we would like It too.

 

[Good Times]

1. Miller
2. Young
3. Best
4. Gagai
5. Marzhew
6. Ponga
7. Hastings
8. DSaf
9. Mann
10. Leo
11. Fitz
12. Friz
13. Croker
14. Crossland
15. JSaf
16. Hetherington
17. Johns

 

[Billy]

'Look out' for Kalyn Ponga with a game under his belt, says Andrew Johns

"I think we'll see the best of Kalyn next week."

www.newcastleherald.com.au

Article about Ponga.
Says he had 10 runs and 7 tackles against the Cowboys and quotes Ponga as saying he tired very quickly and was just glad to get through the game. The article points out he didn't play full minutes in his earlier games this year and hasn't played a full game since mid last year.
Despite that, the article also quotes O'Brien, Payten and Johns saying he was an attacking threat and will only get better.
It's a good article in that it points out that he can't realistically be expected to just pick up where he left off and will need to build back to his best.

 

[nunnsy]

'Look out' for Kalyn Ponga with a game under his belt, says Andrew Johns

"I think we'll see the best of Kalyn next week."

www.newcastleherald.com.au

Article about Ponga.
Says he had 10 runs and 7 tackles against the Cowboys and quotes Ponga as saying he tired very quickly and was just glad to get through the game. The article points out he didn't play full minutes in his earlier games this year and hasn't played a full game since mid last year.
Despite that, the article also quotes O'Brien, Payten and Johns saying he was an attacking threat and will only get better.
It's a good article in that it points out that he can't realistically be expected to just pick up where he left off and will need to build back to his best.

Yeah you could see he was gassed pretty early on , i did like that he was still a threat every time he touched the ball even though he was obviously struggling with match fitness.

 

[alexwilliams]

Yeah you could see he was gassed pretty early on , i did like that he was still a threat every time he touched the ball even though he was obviously struggling with match fitness.

The dry, muggy weather of Townsville wouldn't have helped either.

 

[Good Times]

The dry, muggy weather of Townsville wouldn't have helped either.

Can it be dry and muggy at the same time?

 

[frankLauda]

I think I mentioned it before also. He has not played much footy. He just needs to stay on the park. Yes the combinations looked clunky. That will take some time too. We also looked clunky the first few with Gamble. So we will need to be patient with Ponga. If he plays Origin, we have a great back-up 6 gamble.

 

[cowboyman]

Can it be dry and muggy at the same time?

Simple answer no it cannot.

Hot sticky humid weather would be an apt description of Townsville.

 

[Joshhh]

God I hope they leave him out of Origin. The Fox Sports post game crew were already talking about throwing him straight back in at fullback. Just let the kid try and play some football again and recover that head.