We're full strength and sub-par... can we turn it around?

[ARD]

Unfair to blame the last part on SST.. Murray went straight through rads after dummying to go wide, caught rads flat footed

Can’t remember and doesn’t much matter really but think I called it SST’s miss due to outside/ favoured shoulder.

[ARD]

37mins, 4th tackle 12-6. Conor 5mtrs outside goal post after a quick Radley play the ball darts left with a 5-2 over-lap on right and everyone set perfectly. Another crucial miss we are working on this week.

[ARD]

Cowboys won’t know what hit them

[bondi.boy]

Cowboys won’t know what hit them

lol

How to beat the Cowboys...
...play like they did against the Broncos.
Watch the tape, copy...simple.
Pick all the biggest, toughest players we have.
Headgear for all, shoulder pads for all, every time they get the ball "sit em on the butts".

"If you can't tackle don't bother ringing up (for a trial)" - Jack Gibson.


Teddy needs to stay back to field the grubbers.
Keighran must be the first player picked...right wing...or somewhere else. Cowboys have ace goalkicker.

13 mins from half time Cowboys had completed 10 from 11.

[Tom Verlaine's Ghost]

Soft soft soft. That hard physical edge that Friend and Cordner gave us, and the tough mental edge that Cronk and Aubusson gave is ... gone.

Things won't get better until we get that back.

You could tell after 5 minutes that the game was lost.

[TDK]

It’s round four, no need to panic. We see this every year when all the desperate teams come out all guns blazing causing upsets and shifting the balance of power for the first five weeks. Be patient and the cream will rise to the top!

[bondi.boy]

Buzz tells the world today, in print, how hopeless we are now, how "we all tipped them" to win the premiership this year...and how hopeless we've been against the top sides since 2020.

Nothing about "rolling 6 agains" dished out against us and in favour of just about every team we've played since the 2020 comp was canned and the new one invented.

Rolling 6 agains, penalties in great favour of just about every team we've played and do play today ...especially when we play the "teacher's pet" teams.
After the games are out of our reach we often seem to get some "sympathy" penalties.

It's so bad our mild-mannered coach was so upset by it last season that in a press conference he finally "snapped" with his
"circus music and streamers" rant.

Our team has to fight its way out of our end and up the field...while teams playing us seem to *always* get a penalty when it's their turn.

It's a wonder our team wins any games.

[Ivan Benko]

Walker is taking too much from Keary,, We need Keary to be more dominant and running more...

For what its worth,our forwards are hopeless ,we are standing too square in attack ,there is no second phase , Keary and Walker have no room to move ,Tedesco is trying too hard and instead of setting up the backs ,he either dies with the ball or gives a bad pass,Chriton who offloaded the ball at South dies with the ball and Conner Watson is not a hooker but should be injected int the game when the opposition forwards are tired.The only player who I cannot fault is Tupou. ps A goal kicker would be nice.

[The Brain]

Its more can they grow as a unit..or crumble..I think it will be an up and down year..may have a good patch of form..

[Johnny Brass]

Buzz tells the world today, in print, how hopeless we are now, how "we all tipped them" to win the premiership this year...and how hopeless we've been against the top sides since 2020.

Nothing about "rolling 6 agains" dished out against us and in favour of just about every team we've played since the 2020 comp was canned and the new one invented.

Rolling 6 agains, penalties in great favour of just about every team we've played and do play today ...especially when we play the "teacher's pet" teams.
After the games are out of our reach we often seem to get some "sympathy" penalties.

It's so bad our mild-mannered coach was so upset by it last season that in a press conference he finally "snapped" with his
"circus music and streamers" rant.

Our team has to fight its way out of our end and up the field...while teams playing us seem to *always* get a penalty when it's their turn.

It's a wonder our team wins any games.

I'll agree to a point that the introduction of 6 agains have hurt us as under Robbo the stats have been proven that we are the most penalised side but the problem against the top tier teams lie deeper than that.
We are paying the price for our repeat success in the upgrades to contracts for our great players from those sides.
Everyone loves loyalty but it comes at a price and looking back we are paying more now for players that played their best footy 4 years ago, it is a common theme with teams that have had success.
I've stated before that the big contracts after players turn 28 end up hurting clubs.
It's what made Alex Ferguson successful for so long at Manchester he was ruthless in letting club legends go and replacing them with younger players.
We have a lot of good young players coming through and we might just have to show a bit of patience until they develop and Robbo can work his magic on the team.

[bondi.boy]

I'll agree to a point that the introduction of 6 agains have hurt us as under Robbo the stats have been proven that we are the most penalised side but the problem against the top tier teams lie deeper than that.
We are paying the price for our repeat success in the upgrades to contracts for our great players from those sides.
Everyone loves loyalty but it comes at a price and looking back we are paying more now for players that played their best footy 4 years ago, it is a common theme with teams that have had success.
I've stated before that the big contracts after players turn 28 end up hurting clubs.
It's what made Alex Ferguson successful for so long at Manchester he was ruthless in letting club legends go and replacing them with younger players.
We have a lot of good young players coming through and we might just have to show a bit of patience until they develop and Robbo can work his magic on the team.

We have record membership numbers.
We move into our new stadium soon.
We must at least make the 8 this season...to do that we have to win games...win games whatever it takes..props playing centres and FB, Teddy playing hooker, Sam Walker prop...anything.
After 3 rounds we are 13th on the ladder.

[mightyrooster]

Ha, more like To Be Someone.

Elton Rifles.