2021 NRL Season

Discussion in 'The Cesspit: Rugby League Discussion' started by Maroon_Faithful, Feb 5, 2021.

  1. Magic AJ Parker

    Manly @ $4.

    Got to be some value in that. I think it's game of the season so far, both sides close to full strength with key players all in.
     
  2. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Tuala was good on the wing for the Knights. I've been hoping he'd come along as a centre, but his defence is horrid there.
     
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  3. Magic AJ Parker

    Hows he ruled Isaako wasn't held off the ball there by Best.

    I'm not convinced FitGibbon touched it like Ennis and Voss but fuck me he was so blatantly held back...
     
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  4. Magic AJ Parker

    Down by 8 with 6 minutes to go and then a set later 4 minutes to go Brisbane play the ball on the 40m line, surely you take the punt for the 2point field goal on both occasions. Got to be better than an up an under from that far out.
     
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  5. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Yeah completely agree, not sure what they were on about with the knock on but that was obviously an obstruction.
     
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  6. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Isaako would get the distance easy too.
     
  7. Tartmaster AJ James

    Yeah I don't think he touched it, but obvious penalty against Best
     
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  8. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    GOATES
     
  9. AVA T Delonge

    Surely we fuck Arthur off. Surely
     
  10. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Please take Kevvie.
     
  11. Cribbage RG Cribb

    He doesn't even know the salary cap. He has a small brain.

    He does not wall to call Ben Ikin director. He is not in love with Ben.
     
  12. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Kevvie is a coach that just uses common sense. He doesn't need to think about a salary cap. Have you seen him try to work out 8 interchange? He can't even do that properly.
     
  13. Magic AJ Parker

    Who do you replace him with?

    I wonder how much it has to do with Arthur and how much of it has to do with the club. Hard to think of many players who have come through their pathways lately and developed into decent first graders, no doubt Arthur has to shoulder some of that but at the same time you just can't win premierships having to constantly pay market value for external players.

    I actually think he's done a decent job of assembling a squad with what's been available to him and getting most of them to play close to their potential.
     
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  14. Magic AJ Parker

    "Tevita Pangai jnr will not make his club debut for Penrith on Saturday due to personal reasons"

    Personal reason:

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  15. AVA T Delonge

    NFI who to replace him with as I have NFI who is off the market. Maybe Kevvie? I know it's a meme at this point, but I'd probably throw Flanagan a lifeline for a season and see how he goes if I had to pick a coach (although I have very little idea of how he has been going as an assistant coach tbf).

    It's not so much the players as it is the defensive style that has proven ineffective after round 12 for what, 4 seasons now? Either the players have been trained to rush in and leave the edges unchecked, or the players are doing that of their own accord and are not getting reprimanded for their shit defense. Not replacing Blake with Niukore from the middle of the season onwards, even if Nuikore ended up being nothing more than a middling centre/stop gap Aubbo type player, was criminal in my mind.

    He has done wonders getting some career best form out of our forward pack, but every game in the second half of the past few seasons that goes to shit because we leak points or let a team out of their own end after they shift the ball every set.
     
  16. Magic AJ Parker

    Gerard Sutton setting another precedent in a Roosters game... shock.

    Cunt.
     
  17. Magic AJ Parker

    Thought we had the better of Penrith in that game when the ball was in play and the game was allowed to flow, just didn’t handle the stop-start footy as well as Penrith. Difference in the end for mine was Walker, Teddy & Manu just ran out of ideas to create points and we ended up just panicking and trying to force and individual moment of brilliance too much. Their middle third defence was solid pretty much all night.
     
  18. Magic AJ Parker

    Melbourne with the popped collars.. this ain’t retro round.
     
  19. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    It's their best jersey. Love it.
     
  20. Magic AJ Parker

    Good game between Storm & Sea Eagles, still just didn’t have the vibe of finals footy yet.

    Not sure if the fans missing is playing a part.
     

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