Round 5 - Dragons vs Dolphins

[Chris]

They need to hang on here to stop this getting ugly.

 

[midlands hobo]

Wow. All the shit they got away with and a sinbin (again dodgy)

 

[Paul]

They need to hang on here to stop this getting ugly.

It's ugly.

 

[Paul]

Wow. All the shit they got away with and a sinbin (again dodgy)

I thought that binning was very tough.

 

[Nashy]

That was nice.

 

[midlands hobo]

There no point waking up now

 

[midlands hobo]

I thought that binning was very tough.

I thought the stone penalty was harsh too. Looked solid tackle didn't break horizontal no issue

 

[Paul]

Bostock needs to spend some more time in the QLD Cup.

 

[Josh]

Kotoa was bad. Was a difficult situation for him with Milf off but it's fair to say he didn't pass the test.

 

[Jetty]

Very, very flat performance today. A few things:

• Katoa needs to be more creative.
• Wayne's ultra conservative plan was right when Milf was forced off but when the they were behind by 8 then 12, that game plan was never going to work.
• Lee and Aitken had very little impact.
• Bostock has a big future but they went after him and now we can all see, he's not quite ready for the NRL yet.
• Jesse saved one of his worst games for his 300th.
• Even before Milf went off, they were struggling.

 

[Red]

Very, very flat performance today. A few things:

• Katoa needs to be more creative.
• Wayne's ultra conservative plan was right when Milf was forced off but when the they were behind by 8 then 12, that game plan was never going to work.
• Lee and Aitken had very little impact.
• Bostock has a big future but they went after him and now we can all see, he's not quite ready for the NRL yet.
• Jesse saved one of his worst games for his 300th.
• Even before Milf went off, they were struggling.

It was a bad day. Almost everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. I don't know WTF Wayne is going to do about the halves for next week. But a little over a month into the competition, the team exceeded almost everyone's expectations.

 

[Chris]

It was a bad day. Almost everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. I don't know WTF Wayne is going to do about the halves for next week. But a little over a month into the competition, the team exceeded almost everyone's expectations.

Depth was always going to be an issue. Unfortunately it has become an issue very early. Maybe late in the season, we'll be injury / suspension free.

 

[DolphinLungren]

So disappointed but at least they tried hard. Was this the first game we've gone in as favourites?

 

[Chris]

So disappointed but at least they tried hard. Was this the first game we've gone in as favourites?

I imagine we were favourties against Newcastle.

 

[Equaliser]

Very, very flat performance today. A few things:

• Katoa needs to be more creative.
• Wayne's ultra conservative plan was right when Milf was forced off but when the they were behind by 8 then 12, that game plan was never going to work.
• Lee and Aitken had very little impact.
• Bostock has a big future but they went after him and now we can all see, he's not quite ready for the NRL yet.
• Jesse saved one of his worst games for his 300th.
• Even before Milf went off, they were struggling.

It should be noted that in the first half, when we had the ball a little, JMK was very good.

 

[DolphinLungren]

It should be noted that in the first half, when we had the ball a little, JMK was very good.

Yeah the guy's a gun, we are lucky to have him. We are just 1-3 years worth of experience for Katoa + another good half to partner him, and a couple of gun centres/wingers to being in a GF I reckon.

 

[Red]

Yeah the guy's a gun, we are lucky to have him. We are just 1-3 years worth of experience for Katoa + another good half to partner him, and a couple of gun centres/wingers to being in a GF I reckon.

Something needs to be done about Brenko Lee. Aitken wasn't much good yesterday but was good, or very good in the first 4 games.

 

[Mr Fourex]

Where does that leave your halves with SOS out too? Who's around for next week?

Nikorima to slot in with Katoa.......

 

[Mr Fourex]

Hamstring

Cruel blow for both Milf and Reddo......

Unlike others, I wasn't expecting him to win the game on his own in the first 15mins of the game....
I thought he threw a couple of nice balls while he was on.

 

[Jetty]

Cruel blow for both Milf and Reddo......

Unlike others, I wasn't expecting him to win the game on his own in the first 15mins of the game....
I thought he threw a couple of nice balls while he was on.

He wasn't the game breaker of 7 or 8 years ago but was directing the team around well. The wheels fell off pretty much as soon as he went off.