NRL 2022
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2022:
God the warriors are a tough watch. Did everything to lose a game to an absolute dogshit side in the Tigers
Is there a single player on the roster you would play money to watch?
Walsh? We will lose him soon enough
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@act-crusader said in NRL 2022:
Warriors probably have the worst set of wingers and centres in the comp. If there was no Walsh, the backline would have zero linebreaking ability.
How bad was that guy with number 4 on his back?
I don’t know his name (don’t want to), and I’m not going to call him a centre because that would be an insult to players that actually know how to play centre. Useless.
I thought we got stitched up on a couple of calls, but par for course stuff when we play, but given the game was there for the taking, I just knew we would be disappointed, again.
I won't say his name then, but I'll tell you his dad's name instead and it's Marty Berry. He was easily the worst on the field. He's not the most experienced league player, but no excuse being that poor.
Nice to see him rewarded with another start this week - his first touch driven back 5-10m in the tackle. Second touch loses the ball. I won’t say his name….
Only positive last night (other than winning) was we did ok whilst we had a player in the bin. Sure it was the Tigers, but I had very low expectations when we were down to 12.
I couldn’t stop laughing after the kick off to start the game, in our very first set we had someone diving for a shocking pass.
As bad as we have been, we really should be 2-1
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We had thr chance to ice the game, Tigers were shot, big holes to run in to on the right with numbers,
And the ball ends up in Matt Lodge's hands and he threw it in to the ground for a turnover.
We're diabolical.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2022:
We had thr chance to ice the game, Tigers were shot, big holes to run in to on the right with numbers,
And the ball ends up in Matt Lodge's hands and he threw it in to the ground for a turnover.
We're diabolical.
Although for me Matt Lodge was one of the better players over all on the night which says something. Yes he made three errors , but second highest on tackle count and led hit ups.
The errors from our play makers were more telling, Im looking at you Kodi, CHT and Egan. Or bad decisions on field, like Egan charging for the line near the end, when Walsh screaming to get the ball because he was marking Uto who couldnt stand.
Or lastly CHT thinking he was clever trying to milk a penalty only for the TV ref deciding he needed to come off for that HIA assessment, which obviously he was going to pass......duuuumb
We won, but geez it was horrible. I agree with @ACT-Crusader I was certain with 12 we were toast, but creditto them for holding strong in that period
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@bayimports said in NRL 2022:
@mariner4life said in NRL 2022:
We had thr chance to ice the game, Tigers were shot, big holes to run in to on the right with numbers,
And the ball ends up in Matt Lodge's hands and he threw it in to the ground for a turnover.
We're diabolical.
Although for me Matt Lodge was one of the better players over all on the night which says something. Yes he made three errors , but second highest on tackle count and led hit ups.
The errors from our play makers were more telling, Im looking at you Kodi, CHT and Egan. Or bad decisions on field, like Egan charging for the line near the end, when Walsh screaming to get the ball because he was marking Uto who couldnt stand.
Or lastly CHT thinking he was clever trying to milk a penalty only for the TV ref deciding he needed to come off for that HIA assessment, which obviously he was going to pass......duuuumb
We won, but geez it was horrible. I agree with @ACT-Crusader I was certain with 12 we were toast, but creditto them for holding strong in that period
I was only half watching this as I was watching another game with NZers actually playing
but Egan, errors notwithstanding, appears to be running more, and running more effectively this year? Maybe my constant bagging of him is paying off. Finally success, I could never turn Kata into a competent centre with many years of effort. -
@bayimports said in NRL 2022:
@mariner4life said in NRL 2022:
We had thr chance to ice the game, Tigers were shot, big holes to run in to on the right with numbers,
And the ball ends up in Matt Lodge's hands and he threw it in to the ground for a turnover.
We're diabolical.
Although for me Matt Lodge was one of the better players over all on the night which says something. Yes he made three errors , but second highest on tackle count and led hit ups.
The errors from our play makers were more telling, Im looking at you Kodi, CHT and Egan. Or bad decisions on field, like Egan charging for the line near the end, when Walsh screaming to get the ball because he was marking Uto who couldnt stand.
Or lastly CHT thinking he was clever trying to milk a penalty only for the TV ref deciding he needed to come off for that HIA assessment, which obviously he was going to pass......duuuumb
We won, but geez it was horrible. I agree with @ACT-Crusader I was certain with 12 we were toast, but creditto them for holding strong in that period
I was only half watching this as I was watching another game with NZers actually playing
but Egan, errors notwithstanding, appears to be running more, and running more effectively this year? Maybe my constant bagging of him is paying off. Finally success, I could never turn Kata into a competent centre with many years of effort.Egan overall has looked much more effective this year and especially in his running game, if it was from all of our bagging then there is hope for the rest of the team ha ha.
He made a bad call in that instance but wasn't our worst, but you do expect better from all of our play makers in that situation.
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Pathetic from the Titans.
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Jesus the Cowboys are on fire.
Young players just trashing the Broncos
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@mariner4life Nanai looks like a stud. Only 19.
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@mariner4life Nanai looks like a stud. Only 19.
Yep. Him, Luki, Fidow all young and exciting. Cotter tough as hell. Dearden showing a bit of what he is capable of.
But balanced with old guys like Holmes and Townsend playing really well. And Granville not over doing it.
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3 rounds in and it's been an interesting start
Penrith far and away the best looking side so far. Soft draw you have to say, but going well.
Cowboys looked dogshit in W1, but have now won the next 2 and flogged the Broncos.
Speaking of the Dogs, they have started 1-2 but a points diff of only -5. They are not giving up a lot of points, which is probably the best place to start given their squad. Probably should have won yesterday
Manly are battling. Turns out you need more of a game plan than hoping Tommy Turbo carves up. No reason for it to be going this wrong though, they have a good side.Roosters got a touch up on Friday. They look really clunky in attack as they bed in their spine. Still too much talent to not be there when it gets serious.
The Bunnies much the same. Their halves are very ordinary, but they have a lot of really good players (how good has Murray started?)
Melbourne are battling away to start the year, and really need fit hookers and Munster to step up.
Cronulla the surprise package of the first couple of rounds, look really good. Even Moylan is playing like a competent first grade 5/8
Parra are 2-1 and seem to be going okay actually. I still have serious doubts, because, well, it's Parra and it's not the 80sJury is well out on what the Broncos, Dragons, Raiders, Knights and Titans are. Not contenders anyway. All battling away for a spot at the very bottom of the 8 is my guess.
Tigers and Warriors are at the bottom and still sinking. I don't see any hope in either club. There isn't exciting youth. There isn't a growth culture. There is band aid signings in a hope it will push them up the table. It won't.
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Just on teh Warriors in general
This feels like a low point. And shit, Warriors fans know about those. As mentioned a couple of times since Saturday, this team is very very tough to watch.
They lost every notable stat on Friday, and if the Tigers were an NRL standard side, we would have lost by 10 (and probably should have given the non-review in the 1st half). Despite barely throwing an offload or creating a line break, we only completed at 74%. That's shithouse.
There are enormous structural issues at the Warriors, and yes, not playing at Mt Smart for coming up 3 years is about as bad as it gets, but
Look at the roster. It's absolutely chockers with bog average list cloggers who have a super low ceiling, and in a decent side would be role players at best. There is no attacking flair in the backs. No pace. The halves are incompetent, neither game managers nor game breakers. The pack is Curran and a bunch of workmen, who aren't actually that effective at working. And that's also not really NRL in 2022.
If the Warriors packed the side with young kids to develop them (with a few old heads thrown in to keep them pointed in the right direction) and a developing coach, we could actually get behind them. Would the results be any worse? Almost certainly not, but at least there is a reason to tune in every week.
The entire organisation is broken, and you know what, may not even be fixable.
