TEAM LIST Round 14 vs. Dragons

[rusted-on]

Looks like Hunt and Lomax have been brought into the starting team, Su'A coming off the bench

 

[king_sirro]

He will surprise a few on here, he is a goer

That would be a huge bonus. If we can strengthen our middle by guys like Porter and Sione being better then we initially thought then that helps our cap distribution in a big way.

 

[rusted-on]

Heading down to the gong soon.

Mrs is a Dragons supporter,

Long drive back to Sydney for one of us....

Plenty of Dargons supporter in my family. Had a bunch of us at the C'Town game earlier in the year, I just make sure I take a separate car to the game.

 

[stephen]

Heading down to the gong soon.

Mrs is a Dragons supporter,

Long drive back to Sydney for one of us....

Put her on the train if we lose mate.

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Heading down to the gong soon.

Mrs is a Dragons supporter,

Long drive back to Sydney for one of us....

I hope Tigers get one over them

Hate the Dragons with a passion

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Handful for Seyfarth against his opposite number Faitala Mariner

 

[bradexl]

Don't want to sound like a Killjoy but I can see it now.
We will lose the penalty count, be on the wrong side of the 50/50s, make dumb mistakes, have a sin bin and a player on report.. Feel free to add....😬😬

 

[tiger_one]

Don't want to sound like a Killjoy but I can see it now.
We will lose the penalty count, be on the wrong side of the 50/50s, make dumb mistakes, have a sin bin and a player on report.. Feel free to add....😬😬

Rinse and repeat .......

(oh goodness, I wish I was wrong!!)

 

[Halbrowne61]

Don't want to sound like a Killjoy but I can see it now.
We will lose the penalty count, be on the wrong side of the 50/50s, make dumb mistakes, have a sin bin and a player on report.. Feel free to add....😬😬

Isn’t it sad that on game day, when we should be hopeful, we can nominate the likely issues that befall our team. Trouble is that most of our optimism had been shredded by week after week of sub standard displays. I’m afraid this old timer has to be careful I don’t throw a brick at the TV whenever I see another dumb play.
Of course I want the guys to try hard but geez I’d like them to win one ! By hook or by crook, I don’t care just win one.
Benji, cut the mental health bullshit and coach these guys to win a game of football. It ain’t rocket science buddy so keep it simple stupid and just tell them to score more points than they concede. I’m ok with 6-4, 19-8, 22-21, whatever, just win one for all of us loyal idiots who bleed the colours. Right, now where’s my blood pressure medication !

 

[tiger_one]

Isn’t it sad that on game day, when we should be hopeful, we can nominate the likely issues that befall our team. Trouble is that most of our optimism had been shredded by week after week of sub standard displays. I’m afraid this old timer has to be careful I don’t throw a brick at the TV whenever I see another dumb play.
Of course I want the guys to try hard but geez I’d like them to win one ! By hook or by crook, I don’t care just win one.
Benji, cut the mental health bullshit and coach these guys to win a game of football. It ain’t rocket science buddy so keep it simple stupid and just tell them to score more points than they concede. I’m ok with 6-4, 19-8, 22-21, whatever, just win one for all of us loyal idiots who bleed the colours. Right, now where’s my blood pressure medication !

Where is the emoji for "

"us loyal idiots who bleed the colours"

 

[851]

Don't want to sound like a Killjoy but I can see it now.
We will lose the penalty count, be on the wrong side of the 50/50s, make dumb mistakes, have a sin bin and a player on report.. Feel free to add....😬😬

That's how it normally works for us

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Don't want to sound like a Killjoy but I can see it now.
We will lose the penalty count, be on the wrong side of the 50/50s, make dumb mistakes, have a sin bin and a player on report.. Feel free to add....😬😬

HIA within the first 15mins

 

[Speed2burn]

Heading down to the gong soon.

Mrs is a Dragons supporter,

Long drive back to Sydney for one of us....

Too bad they closed down chickos across the road …

Praying the boys get the win for ya 🙏

 

[innsaneink]

Don't want to sound like a Killjoy but I can see it now.
We will lose the penalty count, be on the wrong side of the 50/50s, make dumb mistakes, have a sin bin and a player on report.. Feel free to add....😬😬

Lots of effort will be on display

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Looking at the weather app, currently 16.3 degrees in Wollongong
A wind chill of 9.3km/h
Heavy rain expected

 

[hank37w]

Don't want to sound like a Killjoy but I can see it now.
We will lose the penalty count, be on the wrong side of the 50/50s, make dumb mistakes, have a sin bin and a player on report.. Feel free to add....😬😬

Do you think we could possibly lose as well?

 

[jadtiger]

Looking at the weather app, currently 16.3 degrees in Wollongong
A wind chill of 9.3km/h
Heavy rain expected

All they need now is a howling southerly wind blowing up from Tasmania and it will be an evening paradise or not as the case will be.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Looking at the weather app, currently 16.3 degrees in Wollongong
A wind chill of 9.3km/h
Heavy rain expected

Sounds lovely, be sure and pack a picnic basket.

 

[SwervinMervin]

I much prefer this. I hate losing to under strength teams, becomes even more of a media pile on (deservedly so). Let's just lose to the good players instead.

Unfortunately our team doesn't know how to win, is being told to play with effort and prioritise mental health and family. I'm not saying any of those things are wrong but the emphasis should be on being dominant physically and controlling the ruck. Those are things that can be controlled. Benji's constant thing on 'effort' seems so limp that being dominated in the tackle, having poor line speed, haphazard kick chase, executing poorly and being ill disciplined all count as showing 'effort'. This is the expectation for a team of professional rugby league players...play with effort, but doesn't matter how sloppy or weak you are. Effort seems to equal still being willing to hopelessly chase after players busting through our defensive line in the 78th minute with the game already over. But don't worry about switching off mentally in the final minutes of the first half when the game is still potentially in play...


Boy that post took a negative turn. Sorry people. I just hope it's not too embarrassing and someone like Stefano shows some actual interest and pride.

Effort is what has kept the losses to within a two try margin versus 40 point beltings. Without the talent, effort + discipline + execution is all you have going for you. Unfortunately, for most of the last 8 weeks, effort has been there but discipline has been poor and execution is not first grade standard.

 

[SwervinMervin]

I hope that all our players are OK to back up after Origin.

Steph probably thinking he could have done a better job than Jurbo. "Hey I could have pumped out at least 30 minutes of average footy then sat on the pine for the rest of the night..."