Live game thread: Contains spoilers

[TheHawk]

Need a fullback.

Need a better 14

What's wrong with the fullback?

One of the best tonight, and all year for that matter.

Great player and should be part of the 13 but he just doesnt add enough creativity like other fullbacks in the comp.

Its missed and puts too much pressure on the halves.

Two line breaks and a try tonight, that's a pretty decent contribution to creativity.

He's not used frequently out the back, that shouldn't be a knock on him.

 

[yeti]

That was a poor performance. Newcastle showed far more energy and desperation than us tonight.
Nofa was poor but I blame one of those tries on Benji - he came in off his man to try and shut the play down and left us one man short.
Marshall was really poor in patches. A couple of nice plays but he dished up far more rocks than diamonds. Just brain dead 5th play options. He's gone back to his bad old days in my opinion. No longer controlling the game as he did in games one and two and now more intent on the miracle play. It does my head in.\
Oh well, there's always next week.

 

[southerntiger]

Disappointed we didnt get the win but Im not overly fussed by a 2 point loss. Knights are a decent side this year and played a very good first 40 tonight.

Silly mistakes cost us. Godinet's penalty at the end was stupid. We gave away a few too many 7 tackle sets but all apart from Benji's at the end were okay kicks with just a shade too much weight.

Cant blame the refs. Both sides got the benefit of some 50/50 (poor) decisions.

 

[The_Patriot]

Need a fullback.

Need a better 14

What's wrong with the fullback?

One of the best tonight, and all year for that matter.

Great player and should be part of the 13 but he just doesnt add enough creativity like other fullbacks in the comp.

Its missed and puts too much pressure on the halves.

Two line breaks and a try tonight, that's a pretty decent contribution to creativity.

He's not used frequently out the back, that shouldn't be a knock on him.

You seem to think im knocking Corey Thompson. Im not.

He just isnt a top class fullback

 

[yeti]

I didn't like the way Liddle was nursing his shoulder either. I reckon that's why he didn't come back on.

 

[TigerSJ]

Good points Stevied and Tiger. Honestly, that is the first game we have played against a hungry, energetic team that played well. In comparison we looked a little jaded all game. Knights were tougher, stronger and keener than us - they won the wrestle all night and played the ball fast in attack and had great line speed in defence. If they kicked their goals the game wouldn't have seemed so close.
We had our chances to steal the game but made some poor decisions in the last 8 mins that probably cost us the game. That game was a great example of how the domination of your forwards dictates the time and space your halves can play with.
RE: Noffa - I need to watch again, but I noticed that it wasn't always as simple as him coming in and making a bad read. They were caught short on the right side and he tried to cut the play off bringing him in off his man.
SKD was great for them tonight!

 

[southerntiger]

Everyone needs to lay off Brooks for that last tackle option.

In all actuality that is a high percentage last play option at that time of the game. He died with the ball with them having to go 95 metres to score.

The issue was Godinet in SKD's play the ball. Without that penalty everyone praises Brooks for the smart play.

He did the same a couple of weeks ago and everyone supported what he did v Melbourne

When you lose the ruck and the penalty count , your halves won't look pretty

Brooks was pretty good still , a lack of players supporting ball runners was costly , Huth runs 20 odd metres to a one on one with a bloke 20 kgs less and we can't find one player backing up , Huth could of physically taken on Ponga and then offloaded if anyone had been within cooee of him

Great call TheHawk. It was clearly the right play by Brooks. If Godinet hadn't given away a stupid penalty, we would be praising that play by Luke.

 

[happy_tiger]

Can I ask what has happened to the brains of footballers and this isn't solely aimed at Godinet

Stand on the mark , hands in the air and scream "this is the mark sir "

Give your coaches something to take back to the NRL for the refs to fix

 

[southerntiger]

What's wrong with the fullback?

One of the best tonight, and all year for that matter.

Great player and should be part of the 13 but he just doesnt add enough creativity like other fullbacks in the comp.

Its missed and puts too much pressure on the halves.

Two line breaks and a try tonight, that's a pretty decent contribution to creativity.

He's not used frequently out the back, that shouldn't be a knock on him.

You seem to think im knocking Corey Thompson. Im not.

He just isnt a top class fullback

Corey was excellent tonight, top class fullback or not.

Im happy with our team at the moment. Im not going to start turning on them after one loss.

 

[The_Queen]

Didnt Pearce get subbed off for HIA at the end and Knights had no subs left??

Reports are he has torn a pec..

I saw that he did not get a head knock thats cheating like playing with 14 men on the field should never have happen to get a fresh men on not fair

 

[happy_tiger]

Everyone needs to lay off Brooks for that last tackle option.

In all actuality that is a high percentage last play option at that time of the game. He died with the ball with them having to go 95 metres to score.

The issue was Godinet in SKD's play the ball. Without that penalty everyone praises Brooks for the smart play.

He did the same a couple of weeks ago and everyone supported what he did v Melbourne

When you lose the ruck and the penalty count , your halves won't look pretty

Brooks was pretty good still , a lack of players supporting ball runners was costly , Huth runs 20 odd metres to a one on one with a bloke 20 kgs less and we can't find one player backing up , Huth could of physically taken on Ponga and then offloaded if anyone had been within cooee of him

Great call TheHawk. It was clearly the right play by Brooks. If Godinet hadn't given away a stupid penalty, we would be praising that play by Luke.

Sorry ST , SKD is about 3 metres over the mark and still marching forward

Players need to learn to stand there ground and scream blue murder at refs

 

[tsjonathan]

That second half was horrible. After the tiges scored 2-3 tries they dropped so much ball and the forwards were MIA

 

[Droppy]

He's the best we have by a mile! Appreciate the ticker he shows in every play. We need a few more like him.

 

[Snake]

Nothing has changed with Brooks he does not run this team , 3 min to go right in front should of plotted a field goal get ball back game over so just die with the ball on the 5th and to be frank Benji was also to blame ..Please Sign Nathan Cleary ASAP!
This is not good enough ….

 

[mcguires_penalty]

I don't get the Brooks criticism. He is still twice the player he was last year even tonight. He set up an excellent try and his defense was great. He made 1 mistake kicking long. I have no issue with him dying with the ball. If it wasn't for Godinet getting sucked into the skd penalty it would not have been a problem. Kicks into the in goal aren't risk free, he made the right choice. We need a fullback??? We've got one, he was one of the best on the field! Right side defense, and losing the ruck was the problem tonight. No Liddell, Taylor, Lawrence or Packer is a lot to make up for. Benji had an ordinary game too.

 

[The_Patriot]

Great player and should be part of the 13 but he just doesnt add enough creativity like other fullbacks in the comp.

Its missed and puts too much pressure on the halves.

Two line breaks and a try tonight, that's a pretty decent contribution to creativity.

He's not used frequently out the back, that shouldn't be a knock on him.

You seem to think im knocking Corey Thompson. Im not.

He just isnt a top class fullback

Corey was excellent tonight, top class fullback or not.

Im happy with our team at the moment. Im not going to start turning on them after one loss.

Who is turning on them?

 

[Tiger_Steve]

Nothing has changed with Brooks he does not run this team , 3 min to go right in front should of plotted a field goal get ball back game over so just die with the ball on the 5th and to be frank Benji was also to blame ..Please Sign Nathan Cleary ASAP!
This is not good enough ….

And if you miss the field goal it’s a 7 tackle set. Running it into the corner 5 out from the line is an ok move. Dumb marker penalties is not

 

[TheHawk]

What's wrong with the fullback?

One of the best tonight, and all year for that matter.

Great player and should be part of the 13 but he just doesnt add enough creativity like other fullbacks in the comp.

Its missed and puts too much pressure on the halves.

Two line breaks and a try tonight, that's a pretty decent contribution to creativity.

He's not used frequently out the back, that shouldn't be a knock on him.

You seem to think im knocking Corey Thompson. Im not.

He just isnt a top class fullback

Definitely not accusing you of that.

What I'm trying to point out though is that in relative terms of what is deemed a good performance of a fullback was achieved by Corey tonight.

It's really a case by case basis in terms of what a different fullback would do for the team. I believe, and I think it's pretty evident by the string of performances this year, that Corey suits the style of play the team plays with. Could it be improved with a player of a higher caliber with a similar skillset like Tuivasa-Sheck in his position? More than likely.

However, I would argue that he's a player who is a NRL fullback, with a market value that you could really take advantage of by using that money usually spent for fullbacks around the rest of the team.

 

[southerntiger]

Everyone needs to lay off Brooks for that last tackle option.

In all actuality that is a high percentage last play option at that time of the game. He died with the ball with them having to go 95 metres to score.

The issue was Godinet in SKD's play the ball. Without that penalty everyone praises Brooks for the smart play.

He did the same a couple of weeks ago and everyone supported what he did v Melbourne

When you lose the ruck and the penalty count , your halves won't look pretty

Brooks was pretty good still , a lack of players supporting ball runners was costly , Huth runs 20 odd metres to a one on one with a bloke 20 kgs less and we can't find one player backing up , Huth could of physically taken on Ponga and then offloaded if anyone had been within cooee of him

Great call TheHawk. It was clearly the right play by Brooks. If Godinet hadn't given away a stupid penalty, we would be praising that play by Luke.

Sorry ST , SKD is about 3 metres over the mark and still marching forward

Players need to learn to stand there ground and scream blue murder at refs

I understand HT and we had a similar play against us but Godinet simply should have given him room at that stage of the game, particularly where we had them.

Don't let the men in the middle make a call.

 

[BalmainTigerForever]

if we play Godinet and Zelezniak against Parramatta we will lose again.