Game thread ... US V Chooks ...

[Mark from Brisbane]

Woohoo!! We're going to win the league!

If you mean the $100k , not yet , we needed one more offload

 

[HoldenV8]

Woohoo!! We're going to win the league!

Shut up!!! We're not the February/March premiers.

Well, actually we might be depending if they find an offload ... but you know what I mean. We are NOT St George Illawarra

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Shut up!!! We're not the February/March premiers.

Well, actually we might be depending if they find an offload ... but you know what I mean. We are NOT St George Illawarra

The $100k for the boys would have been great , might still win it but not a guarantee

 

[Kalvin]

Why does aloai always have bandaging on his legs etc? Is he ever fully fit?

 

[Will on the hill]

They had 40 mins to do a few off loads. They could be celebrating winning 100 K right now. It's just dumb.

It got a bit close for comfort when the chooks scored 3 in 5 minutes. If they let in more points chasing a Mickey Mouse preseason challenge then I would've been filthy.

 

[Yaz Eagle]

We looked pretty good tonight until that slump around the 65min mark. Not getting too confident yet but we look a lot better than I was expecting.

Almost half the starting team was subbed off.

 

[HoldenV8]

The $100k for the boys would have been great , might still win it but not a guarantee

Depends on how tomorrow's game's go I guess. Somehow I get the feeling the Panthers are going to run all over St Helens tomorrow night.....

 

[cc eagle]

They had 40 mins to do a few off loads. They could be celebrating winning 100 K right now. It's just dumb.

It would be dumb to try silly offloads early on that costs us possession and trys then lose the game, but we had 20 offloads

 

[Will on the hill]

Almost half the starting team was subbed off.

Yeah and Robbo brought back most of his starters.

 

[Pepi]

Depends on how tomorrow's game's go I guess. Somehow I get the feeling the Panthers are going to run all over St Helens tomorrow night.....

Penrith on 13 points can't leapfrog us on 29

 

[XV-1]

Who cares

 

[40 nil]

Match highlights

 

[cc eagle]

Almost half the starting team was subbed off.

And the put on their big guns, cheese, Radley, the 2 props, Butchers

 

[Tragic Eagle]

The first 50 minutes were very good. Our defence was great and not withstanding them getting six agains we were resilient in defence. We missed two scoring opportunities in the first half, one with Garrick no diving early enough and Koula not off loading. We really need to score those tries. I thought John’s kicking game fell away in the second half and our defensive went to sleep in the second half again. Things to work on but looking good.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

And the put on their big guns, cheese, Radley, the 2 props, Butchers

Yes just as they out their guns back on , we took ours off , the difference was instantly apparent.

 

[davohan123]

So what I saw tonight

Gordon when available has to be in our 17

He can handle first grade even half of the game

Still think shoeman is not our right 6

The whole team looked together and hungry whatever Anthony has done over summer looked good from that perspective.

I still think we are a year or 2 away from challenging but there is the makings of a good team there.

We are still at full strength behind Panthers eels roosters and storm and south's, not in that top bracket of teams yet


I think a successful season from my perspective get 6th or 5th home final at Brookvale then who knows

Enjoyable pre season 2 trips to Gosford in 2 weeks and seeing us win live twice enjoyable.

Enjoyable ride back on the train to Sydney.

Brookvale oval will be a sellout I think for round 1 and 3 against the eels.

 

[Disco]

Yeah I'm not stressed at all about our last 15

 

[The Wheel]

Yes just as they out their guns back on , we took ours off , the difference was instantly apparent.

That tall piece of **** ref gave us nothing as well for 2nd half, plenty of 6 agains and penalties for the chooks though

 

[double hoops]

The $100k for the boys would have been great , might still win it but not a guarantee

Nah **** em. Especially Boofhead Captain Jake tonight, that was his job to lead em tonight, and he's all laughing about how he didn't do any offloads all game.

We can't say they deserve the money or the title. They might have done all the hard work, they easily could have won it. But it's the same old story with Jake and this group. They didn't. Instead found a way to **** it up, and then laugh about it.

 

[Will on the hill]

We can't lose on points.
If Warriors, Dogs, Sharks or St Helens win and get 3 bonus points, it will come down to; most tries > most goals > most FGs > least penalties > toss of coin.