2021 Rd 9 V Knights: Game Day

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Who will win?

Raiders 13+
5
45%
Raiders 1-12
2
18%
Draw
0
No votes
Knights 1-12
3
27%
Knights 13+
1
9%
 
Total votes: 11

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Re: 2021 Rd 9 V Knights: Game Day

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Is it too late to throw some money at Bellamy?
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Green Blogger wrote:Lack of game control is the issue. In the second half they have:

Allowed a short kick off at the start.

Wighton knocked on in attack on the 3rd.

Whitehead has run it on the 5th and handed the ball over 25m out instead of having a good kick chase and pressuring Knights only to then have them march downfield and score.

Williams has kicked it out on the full.

Rapana makes a big break and kicks it away on the 1st tackle.

All bad mistakes that give away control of the game and ultimately increase fatigue in defence. No football smarts to control the game.
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Please put wighton fb or centre, get sammy in, timoko in, ryan james in, piss off guler, hosrs, silva, hodgson in
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Re: 2021 Rd 9 V Knights: Game Day

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The only way any of this changes is if personell leave this squad. Couldn't care less if it's our coach right now.

Stuart can say it's players who need to show up but some of the most alarming numbers are on him!

Only 3 consistent starting players all year. A 93-8 for and against in second halves.

No wonder this team can't get match fit or want to play for each other.
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Green Blogger wrote: May 8, 2021, 4:47 pm Lack of game control is the issue. In the second half they have:

Allowed a short kick off at the start.

Wighton knocked on in attack on the 3rd.

Whitehead has run it on the 5th and handed the ball over 25m out instead of having a good kick chase and pressuring Knights only to then have them march downfield and score.

Williams has kicked it out on the full.

Rapana makes a big break and kicks it away on the 1st tackle.

All bad mistakes that give away control of the game and ultimately increase fatigue in defence. No football smarts to control the game.
It's all related to fitness, mate. It's the only explanation for repeatedly blowing out in the back end of a game.
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Good to see they only did 40mins of a preseason.

There's zero stamina in these efforts

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Aekins and Kris missing lay ups for tries ends up being a big difference in the game.
but fellas, we can sit here and argue about player x or player y... this is beyond the playing group as much as it is with it.
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Raider47 wrote: May 8, 2021, 4:46 pm KEep SuPoRtiNG tHe bOys ThrOuGh thICk and THin oR don't suPPoRt ThEm at AlL. SToP critiCiSing. #BLEEDGREEN
Quid Pro Quo. We expect them to play in the second half not capitulate like a wet Kleenex.
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Brailey interview explained how they beat us - effort based plays, pushing up from the middle.
The simple things our boys sometimes does in the first half, barely ever do in the second half.

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So is that 93-8 in second halves?

Hard to argue that’s chance Stick. Time to own the fitness.
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Its incredible how predictable the team is... we all saw this coming and it played out exactly as we saw it.
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Raider47 wrote: May 8, 2021, 4:46 pm KEep SuPoRtiNG tHe bOys ThrOuGh thICk and THin oR don't suPPoRt ThEm at AlL. SToP critiCiSing. #BLEEDGREEN
Happy to keep supporting them, but can they please stop keeping doing the same thing every week and expecting a different result???

What is happening in the second half!!!

Serious question!!!!

Football brains please explain!!!

Is it fitness?????

Give me something!!!

I agree with Nickman - CNK is a huge loss - but that does not explain the entirety!!!

I am a logical person - please someone - explain how the same thing can happen week i week out!!!!
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Aero wrote: May 8, 2021, 4:51 pm Brailey interview explained how they beat us - effort based plays, pushing up from the middle.
The simple things our boys sometimes does in the first half, barely ever do in the second half.

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*cough* it's because you're not fit enough *cough* *cough*
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Take the 2... said it all
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No effort at all today. This is a side not in it for each other and not in it for the coach.

Ricky's got a side with Internationals, a Dally M player of the year and he's on track to finish in the bottom four. At this point you wouldn't likely get a worse performance with no coach.
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Northern Raider wrote:
Botman wrote: May 8, 2021, 4:45 pm
Raider47 wrote: May 8, 2021, 4:44 pm I am genuinely stunned.

I did not think we could do this against such a rabble like the Knights.

We are **** abysmal. Clean the joint out.
Friend... we are the rabble
Out rabbled them.
Ponga explained it in his interview - they simplified it in the second half.
Sadly our team doesn't know how to simplify things

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radicalraider wrote: May 8, 2021, 4:52 pm Take the 2... said it all
yes, why, would you do this - maybe once I can accept - but twice - come on man!!!
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Disgraceful again. We could all point at problem areas. Everyone could suggest a slightly different issue and nobody would be wrong, because everything sucks. Eveytime the camera goes to the coaches box there is rabbits in the headlights. Ricky's got no idea.
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1992 wrote: May 8, 2021, 4:46 pm I have not spent a cent on this club ever since they took the knee for that guy who held a gun to a pregnant woman's belly.

Happy with my decision.
I applaud you! I'll be following at the end of this season; I've had enough of Ricky's rubbish and lack of accountability!!
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Mr Squiggle wrote:No effort at all today. This is a side not in it for each other and not in it for the coach.

Ricky's got a side with Internationals, a Dally M player of the year and he's on track to finish in the bottom four. At this point you wouldn't likely get a worse performance with no coach.
It's because our internationals and Dally M player of the year are resting on their reputations rather than proving their worth on the field

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Stop the bus at Yass and make them walk home. Play half a game get half a bus trip home. Won’t hurt their fitness
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Aero wrote: May 8, 2021, 4:55 pm
Mr Squiggle wrote:No effort at all today. This is a side not in it for each other and not in it for the coach.

Ricky's got a side with Internationals, a Dally M player of the year and he's on track to finish in the bottom four. At this point you wouldn't likely get a worse performance with no coach.
It's because our internationals and Dally M player of the year are resting on their reputations rather than proving their worth on the field

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How bout when that NewCastle winger, apparently injured, dived on the ball and Scott watched him - says it all.
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Boy that loss was hard to take. Toughest of the year so far. I thought we had turned a corner, but we are back to the Faiders of old, blowing established leads and mentally capitulating in every game. Its like a curse we cant seem to shake. Or maybe its just Ricky and his pathetic second half tactics.

Absolute garbage.
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Aero wrote: May 8, 2021, 4:55 pm
Mr Squiggle wrote:No effort at all today. This is a side not in it for each other and not in it for the coach.

Ricky's got a side with Internationals, a Dally M player of the year and he's on track to finish in the bottom four. At this point you wouldn't likely get a worse performance with no coach.
It's because our internationals and Dally M player of the year are resting on their reputations rather than proving their worth on the field

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It’s deck chairs/titanic stuff - the ship is sinking.

Rick has to go... but who at the club has the Steedens to make the call???
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rayden83 wrote: May 8, 2021, 4:57 pm Boy that loss was hard to take. Toughest of the year so far. I thought we had turned a corner, but we are back to the Faiders of old, blowing established leads and mentally capitulating in every game. Its like a curse we cant seem to shake. Or maybe its just Ricky and his pathetic second half tactics.

Absolute garbage.
Are there any second half tactics? Seriously, does Ricky tell them to start doing something different? I am genuinely mystified..
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Rickmando wrote: May 8, 2021, 4:58 pm
Aero wrote: May 8, 2021, 4:55 pm
Mr Squiggle wrote:No effort at all today. This is a side not in it for each other and not in it for the coach.

Ricky's got a side with Internationals, a Dally M player of the year and he's on track to finish in the bottom four. At this point you wouldn't likely get a worse performance with no coach.
It's because our internationals and Dally M player of the year are resting on their reputations rather than proving their worth on the field

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It’s deck chairs/titanic stuff - the ship is sinking.

Rick has to go... but who at the club has the Steedens to make the call???
Rick is the guy in charge of making said call! :lol:
Unless ol Bonehead wakes from the crypt keepers tomb, we're going to be sticking solid for a little while yet
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gangrenous wrote: May 8, 2021, 4:52 pm So is that 93-8 in second halves?

Hard to argue that’s chance Stick. Time to own the fitness.
They kept on saying that during the game but I'm sure we scored more than that against the Tigers in the 2nd half. Not that it matters. We also scored a try in the 2nd half of the Warriors and the Titans game
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Positive news our season will finish early which means a long off season thereby fixing the fitness issue for next season!
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A lot of serious questions urgently need to be asked.

First one on the list is.... can we outcrap the Bulldogs next week?
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scooter wrote: May 8, 2021, 5:03 pm A lot of serious questions urgently need to be asked.

First one on the is.... can we outcrap the Bulldogs next week?
We will win next week
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Drandyt wrote: May 8, 2021, 5:00 pm
1992 wrote: May 8, 2021, 4:59 pm
1992 wrote: May 8, 2021, 4:57 pm Hope they keep on taking the two.

When I saw Whitehead and Starling raise their fingers I would have killed them if possible.
the first time or the second time?
Both.

Getting paid more than the Prime Minister to hold onto a ball and they still manage to screw it up.
WHAT A LONG STRANGE TRIP IT'S BEEN
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scooter wrote: May 8, 2021, 5:03 pm A lot of serious questions urgently need to be asked.

First one on the is.... can we outcrap the Bulldogs next week?
first half - yes
second half - no

match = first half + second half
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Sometimes there’s just not enough rocks.
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Croker should bring out a Raiders pizza in his crust shops -

It’s a half half pizza, one side with the lot and the other bare.
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