THE GRAND FINAL VS ROOSTERS ❤️💙❤️💙❤️
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Sounds crazy to say it, but I think Lucas stays on the bench next year if we're full strength. Or goes back to the centres!
Roundtable
Adrian Brunker
Francis has to stay on the left. Lucas or Mcewan to the middle
Boys exceeded my expectations this year
pride part of me says good on him, I hate the lay down for a penalty. Even when we get them, while happy I’m a bit embarrassed, it’s a blight on the game
krustykraz
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Great season,
Exceeding all expectations.
Just gave them too much possession in the end.
The team will be better next year.
Great things to come.
Exceeding all expectations.
Just gave them too much possession in the end.
The team will be better next year.
Great things to come.
Thieves Like Us
Daniel Abraham
I was just thinking the same thing. I remember Matty Johns saying after they lost that Grand Final that you have to lose one to win one. Hopefully that’s the case for us too!
Newygirl
Adam Woolnough
Yep to me this game highlighted the importance of a wrecking ball middle or two.
Manuleleua and Lucas are fantastic hole runners leave them on the edges and put McEwen in the middle. He loves running at faces, not spaces.
I know he’s great on the edge too but of the three of them, I think he’s best suited to the middle. We’ve seen them there and they’re not as good. Plus, you’re wasting their greatest skill, hitting holes
Think McEwen would love it too, we saw him take on Leota. I think he’d relish the opportunity to go against other top props
Haku’sAfro85
Steve Walters
Is anyone else feeling overwhelmed with emotion right now?
I am super proud of the club don’t get me wrong but watching a club who has star studded rep squads (men/women) celebrate with their trophies and poor tired old Newcastle left heartbroken and with nothing.
There’s a strong reality we don’t get back here for another 25 years. Maybe that’s just my current mood talking but I just don’t know how I’m getting over this anytime soon.
Emotionally, I’m probably TOO invested in this club but it’s really hard to pull back…
Apologies for the emotional rant. I know all Newy fans are feeling similar right now
I am super proud of the club don’t get me wrong but watching a club who has star studded rep squads (men/women) celebrate with their trophies and poor tired old Newcastle left heartbroken and with nothing.
There’s a strong reality we don’t get back here for another 25 years. Maybe that’s just my current mood talking but I just don’t know how I’m getting over this anytime soon.
Emotionally, I’m probably TOO invested in this club but it’s really hard to pull back…
Apologies for the emotional rant. I know all Newy fans are feeling similar right now
The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd
Jarrod Mullen
Ok to feel that way mate. But there’s a lot of logic in our collective belief we’ll be back very soon.
Yeah, this is the start of something, not the end.
Die Hard
Tim Maddison
We made the gf with a lot of our star players, 25% of our cap out. Our players ages in the gf are generally extremely young in their first year of first grade or so... Yeah.. we will definitely continue to get better.
mullenmagic
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Don’t really know how to process that game. The scoreline says it was a heartbreaker but it was as one-sided as it gets. An absolutely clinical performance by the Roosters as a team, with two of the best individual performances you’ll see from Tedesco (at least statistically) and Whyte. Dominated in every category. Outside backs completely shut down. Yet it was a one-point loss on the back of two very arsey tries from Nawaqanitawase (I know it’s his specialty, not attempting to discredit them).
We can’t just pat ourselves on the back and expect to waltz back into a deep finals run or top four finish. The team clearly has an incredible amount of resiliency which is a great starting point, but they need to improve fundamentally to make sure they’re back in this position in the first place. Valiantly defending their line while any team with half decent middles rolls down the field at will is not a winning formula.
We can’t just pat ourselves on the back and expect to waltz back into a deep finals run or top four finish. The team clearly has an incredible amount of resiliency which is a great starting point, but they need to improve fundamentally to make sure they’re back in this position in the first place. Valiantly defending their line while any team with half decent middles rolls down the field at will is not a winning formula.
krustykraz
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
The second half of this year, Ponga has had a real fire burning inside of him to win.
The loss tonight will double that fire.
Watch out next year NRL.
Imagine how Brown, Mooney, Saf and Crossland are feeling about not being able to play. They'll be back bigger, better and stronger.
The loss tonight will double that fire.
Watch out next year NRL.
Imagine how Brown, Mooney, Saf and Crossland are feeling about not being able to play. They'll be back bigger, better and stronger.
danknights
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
2 moments that irked me. The penalty for Greg "tackling" mark. Also the outcome of Graham getting "hip dropped" especially if we are aiming at what happened to Phoenix last week. No penalty or sin bin just play on? Really gave me the shivers.
What a night. A ****ing tough one at that. I had to console an inconsolable daughter, trying to explain she’s only been waiting 17 years, I’ve been waiting 25.
I can’t believe the effort and belief in each other these boys have. The Roosters showed up to play and didn’t back off for 80mins like professionals do, they dominated us everywhere. I hope they acknowledge our efforts. While they dominated us, they beat us by 1.
I kept telling my daughter, we will be back next year after this, we’ve had a taste and we know we’re more than good enough.
I guarantee, when GF tickets are released next year, I’ll be buying as I truly believe it’s ours next year.
I can’t believe the effort and belief in each other these boys have. The Roosters showed up to play and didn’t back off for 80mins like professionals do, they dominated us everywhere. I hope they acknowledge our efforts. While they dominated us, they beat us by 1.
I kept telling my daughter, we will be back next year after this, we’ve had a taste and we know we’re more than good enough.
I guarantee, when GF tickets are released next year, I’ll be buying as I truly believe it’s ours next year.