NRL 2024

[Mattasaurus]

Wahs need to paint a better picture of trying to play the ball fast.....

[canefan]

That might be our last chance

[canefan]

What the fuck happened? We came out of the blocks so well. The game got ugly and we couldn't muscle up. Maybe next year will be our year....

[Donsteppa]

Normal service of poor fitness and concentration has returned...

[Gunner]

Man that’s soo disappointing.
Had plenty of ball, just could t do a an thing with it, and never looked like scoring after the 10th or so minute.

[Bovidae]

I made a mistake to watch the 2nd half. Very average. Johnson and Metcalfe did SFA.

[Yeetyaah]

Fark me the Warriors fell off a cliff at about 25 mins. So many missed tackles, half asses hit ups and shit kicks. Anyway it's only round one so big work ons.

[canefan]

@Donsteppa said in NRL 2024:

Normal service of poor fitness and concentration has returned...

I thought Webby said we had a great preseason....

[African Monkey]

Melbourne 2-0 up over Penrith at halftime. Errors galore out there, hope to see a better 2nd half.

[mariner4life]

I hate footy

[booboo]

How was the refereeing?

[canefan]

@booboo said in NRL 2024:

How was the refereeing?

Okay. I felt he allowed the Sharks to slow out play the ball in the second half. But we didn't help ourselves by not fighting to get up and play

[Nepia]

@booboo said in NRL 2024:

How was the refereeing?

Not as shit as the Warriors.

[mariner4life]

20 awesome minutes. 60 shit ones.

Red hot start, but you just knew that not making them pay on the scoreboard was going to come back to bite is when possession inevitably evened up. And we were so close too, the cruel bounce to evade capewell, spud glow enigma not being able to ground the cross kick.

Taking off Egan fucked us, because lussick is an awful dummy half. Then egan got hurt again just when we needed him.
I saw someone say SJ sucked which I think is bullshit. He played his ass off with no support from the rest of his spine, slow play thr balls, and a backline running laterally.
Metcalf was absolutely shithouse except one run. The young fullback was a dead loss in attack. We repeatedly spread the ball in to waiting sharks defenders.
That backrow definitely lacks spark, far too conservative. Ford just has to go, yes even after 1 round.

But credit thr sharks. They defended like heroes, never fell out of the fight, and thrn followed talakai to the win.

Round 1, flush and move on.

Still cranky though

[antipodean]

Will Bellamy ever lose a first round fixture?

[mariner4life]

@antipodean said in NRL 2024:

Will Bellamy ever lose a first round fixture?

No

[ACT Crusader]

What a defensive effort from the Sharks in the 2nd half. We kept hammering their line, creating goal line drop out opportunities, but the Sharks were staunch as.

SJ’s kicking was superb on those 5th tackles but I thought we lacked variation in attack on tackles 3 and 4.

Disappointing to lose a home opener.

[canefan]

Was it just me, or did RTS lack penetration in his runs? Comms were raving about him, but I'm unsure. I think he probably wasn't helped by a weak game from Metcalfe.

[mariner4life]

Rd 1 hot takes
Penrith are cooked. trade everyone and rebuild!
The Cowboys are back! i was 12 months early on my title prediction
Fold the Titans and send them to Perth
The Bulldogs have spent all the money in the wrong places. Ciraldo is a shit coach
The Tigers are on the cusp of the 8! dynasty incoming

[bayimports]

ooh...

Cowboys looked the goods, having two edge forwards back certainly helps. Laybutt looks way better than Hiku ever did in his Cowboy stint although Feldt should be replaced by Valemi

Actually thought Dogs looked ok for the little ball they had, not comp winners at all but not bottom 3. Parra as expected though looked stronger

St George won't win the spoon.. Tigers will win something after all