NRL 2021
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Listening to the comments now, LM is in for a big one. As well as the incident the actions after indicate someone who needs time on the sidelines to think about how to play sport. Aggression has to be controlled with good technique. This is still a sport an injuring an opposition player should never be the objective . As bad is the hit was ( how is that only Grade 2 - I have no idea how bad you have to be to get a grade 3 ? ) the behaviour afterwards is an issue. Corey Harawira-Naera demonstrated the expected behaviour when you make a mistake. It matters if you are trying to build the right culture in a tough sport.
Perenara’s inaction is inexcusable - just terrible, the ref less so but still bad. Both should take a break before coming back.
Also Bennett should be taken to task. I can remember coaches dragging players who had lost control with their aggression. There is a duty of care to look after those players. Get their head space right.
LM has a history of issues and he will be trashed in the media. Hopefully he comes out with a sincere apology, and cops his large suspension on the chin - hoping for 9 weeks.
Doesn’t fix anything but Annesly confirmed today that it should have been send off, Perenara relieved of duties next week
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I know its only the Bulldogs, but Turbo is on a different level this year.
On a different note, also thinking this will likely impact a few warriors, I just hope that as the pandemic has unfolded that a few who were saying no earlier are considering or have already changed their minds in regards to the below
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Tommy Turbo is a freak. I have never seen a clearer version of the one man team
roll on the finals, this week is meaningless. Melbourne and Penrith will play the GF. Souths and Tommy Turbo will be their prelim opponents. Everyone else is just delaying mad monday.
I reckon Latrell is lucky at 6 weeks, and that's the only reason the Bunnies have accepted it. Roosters v Souths next season when he is back should be spicy.
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The reporting on the Mitchell and Manu this morning is sad if not predictable.
The Daily Tele reports on a “text” that Mitchell has sent.
The one that takes the cake though is “Souths insiders are adamant Mitchell did not set out to intentionally injure Manu but the club have chose not to make any public comment at this point”.
And quickly the attention has turned to Trent Robinson’s post game comments 🙄
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@act-crusader said in NRL 2021:
The reporting on the Mitchell and Manu this morning is sad if not predictable.
The Daily Tele reports on a “text” that Mitchell has sent.
The one that takes the cake though is “Souths insiders are adamant Mitchell did not set out to intentionally injure Manu but the club have chose not to make any public comment at this point”.
And quickly the attention has turned to Trent Robinson’s post game comments 🙄
considering we all picked it on Friday night shows how sadly predictable it all is
I thought Robinson was pretty tame considering what he could have said.
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Some thoughts from the weekend of footy:
Was that Warriors game the most Warriors game you've ever seen? They start at $2.70 underdogs, race out to a huge lead looking untouchable and then don't show up for the final 45 minutes to lose? The only thing that could have made it more Warriors-esque was if we needed the W to make the playoffs.
I'm just never confident in our ability now when it comes to close games or when it gets to golden point. Even though Friday's game didn't get there, I'd hate to see the stats, but we'd have to be league leaders by far in the golden point era for teams who lose by 1 point? I actually can't remember the last game we won in extra time.
That Latrell shot was the worst I've seen in quite a while. Yes, he probably didn't set out to injure, and Manu was falling slightly, but it was incredibly reckless. Given his previous judiciary record, 6 weeks seems on the light side, given how badly damaged Manu's face was. Given how farcical the red card system was earlier in the season, it's even more disgraceful that he wasn't sent for that.
The Cowboys v Dragons game was quite a decent one in terms of massive momentum swings as well. I had a 6 leg same game multi hinging on Dragons +8.5 points, so the length of the field Cowboys try with nothing left on the clock screwed it for me.
Also, looks like the Storm are under new ownership as of yesterday...
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@aucklandwarlord i thought losing was baked in to the walls at Mt Smart, but now it appears we brought it with us to Australia.
FMD we are the most frustrating team. We are about as professional at setting up a win as a mid-table park footy team.
And it's not like it's because we prefer to play loose, it's just that we suck. And our halves and hooker are trash, and our fullback is the most over-rated child in the league. I respect him for having a go, but seriously, he shouldn't have that shit on his shoulders. Mitchell Pearce is a very ordinary player, but you saw how valuable he can be setting up that win on Thursday night. The Knights don't need Ponga to drive them around the park, his job is to run the ball and put the shits up the opposition. That should be Walsh's job.
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@act-crusader So, what would constitute a grade 3?
I seem to recall a couple of Broncos players got charged with grade 3’s earlier this season.
The problem for Mitchell other than it being a dog of a hit, was his carry over points.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
@aucklandwarlord i thought losing was baked in to the walls at Mt Smart, but now it appears we brought it with us to Australia.
FMD we are the most frustrating team. We are about as professional at setting up a win as a mid-table park footy team.
And it's not like it's because we prefer to play loose, it's just that we suck. And our halves and hooker are trash, and our fullback is the most over-rated child in the league. I respect him for having a go, but seriously, he shouldn't have that shit on his shoulders. Mitchell Pearce is a very ordinary player, but you saw how valuable he can be setting up that win on Thursday night. The Knights don't need Ponga to drive them around the park, his job is to run the ball and put the shits up the opposition. That should be Walsh's job.
To be fair, Egan had one of his best games and set us up to get that 16-0 lead, the problem was when he was not on the field and Kodi took over. Then "the chad" also got injured and neither were available for approx last 20 minutes. There was no leadership during that period and everything was left to the kid as you would have throught Kodi would have taken some respsonsibility. There were consecutive defensive misses down the right with Berry making wrong decisions and DWZ making clean misses but no one playing hooker or in the halves did anything in the last twenty to take control.
I do get the feeling that they have bought into the hype of Reece too much as well instead of letting him just play of the back of what is hapenning.
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@bayimports yeah my comments were more an overall thing than specifically Friday. because there were a lot of players that contributed to that shitshow.
I'm glad Kodi is fucking off, he's fucking useless. How many halves have gone to Brisbane and just sucked from then on?
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
@bayimports yeah my comments were more an overall thing than specifically Friday. because there were a lot of players that contributed to that shitshow.
I'm glad Kodi is fucking off, he's fucking useless. How many halves have gone to Brisbane and just sucked from then on?
ha ha...after all his talk i think he is staying next year
When he is on he is good, but sh*t no leadership there whatsoever.it still felt like one of those "insert any Warriors season games over last 10 years" on Friday unfortunately and I am not convinced our spine is good enough (or will stay fit enough) for next year. Given we recruited one guy who has no hammys, and one kid who breaks himself every tackle that means we will still have to rely on Sean O'Sullivan and Kodi alot which is a worry.
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@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
Sean O'Sullivan and Kodi alot which is a worry
would struggle to get a gig at Q-Cup level
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Aside from the 1st minute try, I thought O'Sullivan was poor on Friday. Three of our ten handling errors and gave away a bunch of penalties and set restarts as well.
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@aucklandwarlord said in NRL 2021:
Aside from the 1st minute try, I thought O'Sullivan was poor on Friday. Three of our ten handling errors and gave away a bunch of penalties and set restarts as well.
I haven't been as confused about a first grade player since Chad Townsends original stint with the Warriors. Back then I'd say my 90 plus grandmother could perform better than him, she's dead now but I think I might back her over O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan should actually be happy with that comparison because Townsend became a decent half who won a premiership.
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@nepia it's stark because he is up there with the worst players to pull a Warriors jersey, and yet he plays in the halves. there is no hiding.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
@nepia it's stark because he is up there with the worst players to pull a Warriors jersey, and yet he plays in the halves. there is no hiding.
What I also find funny is that some of the stuff that he does that comes off looks like it's by accident. Like a late pass at the line to put someone through a hole - I think that's just how long it takes him to pass.
