fair dinkum
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Simples. Didnt make the 8, fail. This isnt Grade 3 playing for hugs and a happy meal, pro sports. Play to win or hand back your franchise licence.
Season 2019: Pass or Fail?
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fair dinkum
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@TIGER said in [Season 2019: Pass or Fail?](/post/1060655) said:
I know mate, its pathetic.
Trevros
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Fail yet again which is nothing unusual for this mob, it is of course their culture to choke and fail when it matters most.
earl
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To me it's a pass but only because we were such a mess at the start of the year. Next year we really have to make the finals but I don't see where we will improve. We need better cattle.
Tim Sheens
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The coach and squad had an expectation of playing finals, but they failed.
851
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@tigerap said in [Season 2019: Pass or Fail?](/post/1060494) said:
x2 for me, perennial chokers, and the Leichhardt fortress can be put in the myth basket
851
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@Tcat said in [Season 2019: Pass or Fail?](/post/1060634) said:
20 seasons and 3 finals appearances, 8 straight years without finals footy, this club is a continual failure, it is not good enough, and is no where near a pass
Tim Sheens
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Maybe there should have been a "Not yet competent" option.
851
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@formerguest said in [Season 2019: Pass or Fail?](/post/1060761) said:
Enough of the PC BS, time for some home truths, we failed
I give the team a huge pass for this year.....all the dramas,new coach,inherited roster,huge paycheques sitting on the sideline,etec,etc,.....
AND THE BIG ONE FOR ME …..95%of this forum had us in the bottom 4 at the start of the season..
A big congratulations to Madge for getting these players to almost play finals footy...well done to the guys that really stepped up when pressure was on them,MOMO comes to mind,in the words of some forumers he was a fringe first grader used as depth,he did great when he was given the goal kicking duties as a 3rd or 4th choice,last week he scored 26 points on his own,he will do me as a fringe first grader when we cant BUY a MARQUEE PLAYER because of lack of funds..
Finally if people want to give the team and club a big FAIL,go and follow the RORTERS or STORM if you want success,I would rather work hard for a premiership,not buy one...Madge will get it for us with honest SUPPORT from supporters and members..
BIG PASS FROM ME...Knights members must feel good having 4/5 Origin players and getting slapped every week...
AND THE BIG ONE FOR ME …..95%of this forum had us in the bottom 4 at the start of the season..
A big congratulations to Madge for getting these players to almost play finals footy...well done to the guys that really stepped up when pressure was on them,MOMO comes to mind,in the words of some forumers he was a fringe first grader used as depth,he did great when he was given the goal kicking duties as a 3rd or 4th choice,last week he scored 26 points on his own,he will do me as a fringe first grader when we cant BUY a MARQUEE PLAYER because of lack of funds..
Finally if people want to give the team and club a big FAIL,go and follow the RORTERS or STORM if you want success,I would rather work hard for a premiership,not buy one...Madge will get it for us with honest SUPPORT from supporters and members..
BIG PASS FROM ME...Knights members must feel good having 4/5 Origin players and getting slapped every week...
I think it's a frustrating pass.
I expected big things from packer and an improvement from matulino. I expected reynolds to be fit and firing.
Non of that happened. I was hopeful of liddle making progress. I was excited to see a big high volume scoring winger in jennings. Neither really panned out. My biggest fail was masters tbh. He really regressed in all aspects of his game but his defence was turnstilish
That were the fails for me.
I was extremely excited by the ability and consistency of matto he is a beast. I'm was also pleasantly surprised by our new blood in the forwards mikalle could be anything and Clark was solid. Garner looks really good and momo looks to be a class centre (please leave him there no more wing and fb). Thommo exceeded my expectations at fb and nofo improved. Et who i thought was done really impressed me after his reserve grade stint.They are all passes for me.
But the biggest pass of all is madge. I cant see peoples criticism of him. He benched people that deserved it he made the hard descions. And has instilled some grunt in what we do.
Next year we will improve again im sure. If madge can come 3rd with the least talented playing group in the comp and 3mil on the sideline i think he will do better. As a matter of fact next year we play finals i have never been confident to say that but im positive.
Anyway my summary
I expected big things from packer and an improvement from matulino. I expected reynolds to be fit and firing.
Non of that happened. I was hopeful of liddle making progress. I was excited to see a big high volume scoring winger in jennings. Neither really panned out. My biggest fail was masters tbh. He really regressed in all aspects of his game but his defence was turnstilish
That were the fails for me.
I was extremely excited by the ability and consistency of matto he is a beast. I'm was also pleasantly surprised by our new blood in the forwards mikalle could be anything and Clark was solid. Garner looks really good and momo looks to be a class centre (please leave him there no more wing and fb). Thommo exceeded my expectations at fb and nofo improved. Et who i thought was done really impressed me after his reserve grade stint.They are all passes for me.
But the biggest pass of all is madge. I cant see peoples criticism of him. He benched people that deserved it he made the hard descions. And has instilled some grunt in what we do.
Next year we will improve again im sure. If madge can come 3rd with the least talented playing group in the comp and 3mil on the sideline i think he will do better. As a matter of fact next year we play finals i have never been confident to say that but im positive.
Anyway my summary
balmain boy
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any time you miss the finals it's a failure.
simple as that.
the fact we all had low expectations is irrelevant
simple as that.
the fact we all had low expectations is irrelevant
gallagher
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What's the chances the fans calling it a pass a li so called last year a pass aswell?
Where's the line in the sand? Is there one?
Where's the line in the sand? Is there one?
happy_tiger
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A Fass
We overachieved , but didn't achieve enough
We overachieved , but didn't achieve enough
It’s most definitely a Massfinail. Madge = pass, Finals = fail. Nails in our coffin were well and truly added before today and coach adjusted to those changes very well given everything that’s been documented above. Can only see finals on the horizon and for that reason, season itself is a pass, don’t forget how last year a freak top 8 points ladder stopped us falling in last year, and this year we were even longer odds and seemed to only lose to the dogs in the fashion we’re used to, didn’t beat raiders or roosters but neither were true blowouts and Raiders game impressed me if I’m gonna tell the truth. Boy oh boy if we had of been playing them today... maybe, idk 😐
Tigerdave
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I feel we need a 3rd option in between pass and fail. Given the cattle at his disposal and hampered by the deadwood holding our cap hostage thanks to an ex-coach, I feel Madge and the team had done pretty well.
Ultimately though, we should have beaten the Storm had we not switched off in the last 10 minutes, beaten the Roosters if the refs did their damn jobs and beaten the Panthers first time around if we had a damn goal kicker.
Then there's today...........why put an injured player in the squad in the first place? They let emotion get in the way of being logical and maybe the players were feeding off that and thinking they were destined to win rather than putting in the hard stuff.
The unfortunate thing for the future is that we're still hampered due to Cleary who completely screwed us over with 2 props who turned out to be injury prone duds that are taking a large amount of our money. Hopefully some luck can come our way with Matulino getting medically ruled out and that Packer and McQueen can be moved on.
We also can't have Jennings there, he offers nothing, there's not even any potential. At least we've seen that Esan can play if he wants to (talk about 1 player that's been a massive disappointment this year).
I'm unfortunately expecting more of the same next year unless we can free up some cap space.
Ultimately though, we should have beaten the Storm had we not switched off in the last 10 minutes, beaten the Roosters if the refs did their damn jobs and beaten the Panthers first time around if we had a damn goal kicker.
Then there's today...........why put an injured player in the squad in the first place? They let emotion get in the way of being logical and maybe the players were feeding off that and thinking they were destined to win rather than putting in the hard stuff.
The unfortunate thing for the future is that we're still hampered due to Cleary who completely screwed us over with 2 props who turned out to be injury prone duds that are taking a large amount of our money. Hopefully some luck can come our way with Matulino getting medically ruled out and that Packer and McQueen can be moved on.
We also can't have Jennings there, he offers nothing, there's not even any potential. At least we've seen that Esan can play if he wants to (talk about 1 player that's been a massive disappointment this year).
I'm unfortunately expecting more of the same next year unless we can free up some cap space.
So If you thought at seasons commencement that we'd do really really bad but in fact we were just bad and miss the finals yeat again.... That's a pass?
Some peoples hopes are very low
Some peoples hopes are very low
More than half the supporter base has a loser mentality
