9's Game Day (for the fans)

[brad]

The thing with taufua is he can cost us big time . When that ball went to him i was like " please man hold it " and thats him wrapped up in a nut shell . I wonder if thats why they were shopping him around, cant catch , cant turn and chase and looks disinterested most of the time . Yes he goes ok sometimes and can find the line but man he is heart in mouth stuff .

Sorry didnt know we had a jorge thread, been out with the missus shopping jeez.

 

[Danly Manly]

Panthers are on fire! 8-0
4 minutes remaining.
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Edit: Panthers 13-0 with 60 seconds to go!

 

[globaleagle]

blake straight through gutherson. wonder if the eels forum are all bagging gutho now?

if they are...some on here will defend the greatest player in the history of the universe!

😛

lol

go panthers!

 

[Danly Manly]

Lol @ Parra

No Corey Norman = Parra No Good

They didn't even score a point!

13-0 fulltime.

Great all-round performance from the panthers!

 

[Mac Man]

blake straight through gutherson. wonder if the eels forum are all bagging gutho now?

if they are...some on here will defend the greatest player in the history of the universe!

😛

lol

go panthers!

Me thinks gutho is an overpaid winger
He is No 5/8 or half or centre

 

[globaleagle]

big come back by the (yuck) storm...now in the lead over the (yuck) roosters

 

[globaleagle]

now 19-16 roosters

missed drop kicks 85% for the tournament

full time

21-16

riff v rorters

 

[Danly Manly]

big come back by the (yuck) storm...now in the lead over the (yuck) roosters

Brilliant 90 metre effort from the Chooks in the final 30 seconds to book their place in the Final!

 

[wombatgc]

Thank god Storm didn't win. Looking forward to the final. Lot of young blokes just having a crack.

 

[Fluffy]

Did the panthers drop the ball forward into the opposition then pick up the ball to score? Seems a great set play

 

[globaleagle]

c'mon riff....10 nil to the rorters

 

[HappilyManly]

c'mon riff....10 nil to the rorters

The Year of the

 

[globaleagle]

bit of a shame....cleary goes over the try line, gets up to run closer under the sticks but the ref said he grounded it where he first went over.

A mistake which would have given the riff a much easier conversion (like these guys are champs at dropkicks...lol) and a 10-10 scoreline.

Amazing to think that the rorters would have been out if some doofus at the broncos didn't take 2 seconds too long to kick his conversion!

party on!

 

[double hoops]

Riff n chooks have kept big chunks of their successful under 20s team to build for the future.

I wonder how that decision to keep what 2 of our NYC players from a gf looks now.

 

[Danly Manly]

Updated TAB NRL Premiership betting has Manly at $21 at the conclusion of the 9's Tournament.

Not sure what odds we were at a couple of days ago.

 

[wombatgc]

The chooks took there chances. Good luck to them and the Panthers. As long as the Storm and Broncos were no where to be seen I was happy.

 

[ricardo]

It's only the 9's but anyone that said it would be worth giving Taufua a go in the centres should never be allowed to comment on here again

Because I'm a bastard:

Let's hope Topou has signed. Add George to the centre, back row. We would be way more dangerous

Yeah, if Jorge can transition well he'd be good there. Personally I'd much prefer DWZ to Tupou but either would be better with the high ball than we've got. Think we are a chance for either of them from what we've heard

Personally I always thought that Jorge would either be the long term centre replacement for Skivy, or he would be put into the back row a-la She-Rex. But like others I would question his defence towards the middle of the field.

Otherwise... Taufua to centre, Locke plays on the wing. Can't see why it wouldn't work. Jorge is built like a blockbusting centre, hits hard in defence, and can't be trusted under a high ball.

Centre? Or maybe wing with Taufua moving to centre, Is this guy real good or something? haven't heard too much about him.

Full disclosure - I thought Jorge would be a good centre option too ...

 

[qldeagle]

Whilst not winning the 9's was a let down (although not unexpected), the next best result was the Eels not winning!!!
Ha ha. Sucked in cheaters.

Mate I was just saying the same thing. Parra losing is almost as satisfying as us winning.

 

[Snake]

First let me start by saying that I don't think that results in the 9's matter one little bit...but I do think they can give you an indication of the physical shape the players are in.

All I have seen are the highlights of our games as I do not own pay tv. Tell me...

are our players looking big, fit, strong or fast compared to the other sides?

Many thanks in advance.

 

[Wombat64]

First let me start by saying that I don't think that results in the 9's matter one little bit...but I do think they can give you an indication of the physical shape the players are in.

All I have seen are the highlights of our games as I do not own pay tv. Tell me...

are our players looking big, fit, strong or fast compared to the other sides?

Many thanks in advance.

about the same as last year