2023 Rd 24 v Storm: Game Day

[President Clinton]

Three disgusting performances on the bounce.

[Ron78]

You guys wanna know my favourite thing about that match??? The commentary.... I loved how it wasnt biased at all.....
Ol' mate stroke face bellamy still wasnt happy with his cap rorters annihilating us LOL!!!
Stuart cant coach and our team sucks!
Destiny no longer in our hands.... we have to win 3 from 3 LOL!!! and hope results go our way....

I believe we did it for croker today, just like we did in his 300th

Such a tease this year, we are gonna miss out on the finals on for and against, when we had the easiest draw in history of NRL....

GAME..... OVER!

If we win 3 from 3…..we are in the finals….ummmm so destiny IS in our hands….do u even know what that means….


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[Northern Raider]

There were a number of positives to come out of that game.

1. Jack didn't kick one out on the full.
2. ....

Ok the number of positives is 1.

[PerthRaider86]

Honestly it's worse then the end of Furners run as coach.

Was thinking the same..... Its woeful

[-TW-]

If we're serious Wighton won't play for us again.

Except we're not and he'll be the first one named on Tuesday

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[gangrenous]

But we can’t shift the ball to the edges quickly enough because we have the worst hooker rotation in the the history of rugby league.

It doesn’t even crack the top 5 worst of the Raiders in the last 15 years.

[Dr Greenthumb]

You cant blame the players for today. This was 100% coaching.

I think it's important for Stuart to be accountable for this.

How? The pill is in the ground and three of our guys just stand there watching it. That’s nothing to do with coaching. What the coach does need to answer is how he has allowed our roster to be so stale and unbalanced.

We aren't coached to score tries. We simply dont know how to run lines. All we do is spread tbe ball left to right and right to left. They read us too easily.

That is a huge handicap. I believe if we scored a few tries at the start we could have won today.

But we can’t shift it quickly enough because we have the worst hooker rotation in history.

[Northern Raider]

You guys wanna know my favourite thing about that match??? The commentary.... I loved how it wasnt biased at all.....
Ol' mate stroke face bellamy still wasnt happy with his cap rorters annihilating us LOL!!!
Stuart cant coach and our team sucks!
Destiny no longer in our hands.... we have to win 3 from 3 LOL!!! and hope results go our way....

I believe we did it for croker today, just like we did in his 300th

Such a tease this year, we are gonna miss out on the finals on for and against, when we had the easiest draw in history of NRL....

GAME..... OVER!

If we win 3 from 3…..we are in the finals….ummmm so destiny IS in our hands….do u even know what that means….


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[thedevilingreen]

The team is not playing for their coach. It is officially time for supercoach to go.

Its been like that for awhile, I got shouted down when I mentioned it, but this side is not lifting at all... its embarrassing

Certainly wasn't coming from me. One big loss for a team who is meant to be contending is concerning, 5 in a season should see the coach packing up his desk.

[Mickey_Raider]

Honestly one of the biggest surprises for me is people still making predictions pre game like that we will “click” and come good and win these sorts of games.

There is nothing to click.

We are what we are.

A grinding, languid mess of a team who manages to eke out scrappy wins against awful sides through an above average forward pack.

We have precisely nothing to offer against any of the top 10 or so sides if they turn up to play.

[-PJ-]

If we're serious Wighton won't play for us again.

Except we're not and he'll be the first one named on Tuesday

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If we release him early he can play finals for Souffs.

[NoMan]

Wighton getting a lot of crap (most justified) but Hudson Young and some other big name players have lost the plot lately.

A lot of senior people at the club are letting us down.

Definitely a senior citizen or two who are.

[PerthRaider86]

Dont talk bad about ricky on Facebook.......... The rickheads are out in force there

[reptar]

If we're serious Wighton won't play for us again.

Except we're not and he'll be the first one named on Tuesday

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If we release him early he can play finals for Souffs.

Nah, registration deadline over

[Northern Raider]

If we're serious Wighton won't play for us again.

Except we're not and he'll be the first one named on Tuesday

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He could still play. Just not at 5/8. Stick him at left centre where he should be.

[Lucky]

knights already 6-0....
cant rely on good help these days

[-PJ-]

If we're serious Wighton won't play for us again.

Except we're not and he'll be the first one named on Tuesday

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If we release him early he can play finals for Souffs.

Nah, registration deadline over

Well we’re not releasing him to NSW cup he will screw up all the good work they’ve achieved.

[thedevilingreen]

knights already 6-0....
cant rely on good help these days

Mate I would rather the knights win every game left. Because we sure as h e hockey sticks don't deserve to play finals

[Traider84]

I’m not sure why everyone’s blowing up…have you watched out performances lately! this was 100% on the cards and overdue!

[Bulldog]

The game was painful to watch. We lost it when we couldn't get over the line and had to take the 2.

What can I say about Wighton that hasn't already been said. His passes into oblivion really hurt us in attack today. Okay, he made up for a couple of errors with a good tackle here and there when he realised he screwed up - but those tackles aren't worth 4 or 6 points. Wighton went missing for a lot of the game when he should have taken control. It didn't help when Fogarty didn't step up in attack either.

Most of our poor play came from a lack of direction from our halves. As far as I'm concerned, there's no solution until Wighton goes and we can restructure. Speaking of which, Strange had a solid debut today and he did some really good things. I know he made some errors which was to be expected, but I can see why some are mentioning his name as our 5/8 for next year.

Rapana was under the pump. He's on record as saying he doesn't have the legs anymore as a long term fullback. Rapana will be counting the days until Kris comes back.

[The Greenhouse]

MATCH REPORT: Melbourne Storm flog Canberra Raiders to end home losing streak in emphatic fashion



Forget about a top-four finish, the Canberra Raiders are now fighting to hold onto their spot in the top eight. Not even a strong recent record in Melbourne against the Storm, winning their previous five there, could help the Green Machine against a rampant home side.

The Storm scored 48 unanswered points in the 48-2 victory that kept them in fourth spot on the NRL ladder, while the Raiders have dropped to sixth - with their already sick-and-sorry points differential taking another battering.

MELBOURNE STORM 48 (Christian Welch, Marion Seve, Reimis Smith, Eliesa Katoa, Trent Loiero, Harry Grant, Cameron Munster, Nick Meaney, Young Tonumaipea tries; Meaney 6 goals) defeated CANBERRA RAIDERS 2 (Jamal Fogarty goal) at Melbourne Referee: Grant Atkins

Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/ ... /?cs=14280

Canberra Raiders big 2023 defeats could cruel finals' bid: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/ ... /?cs=14239

‘Ruthless’ Storm edge closer to top four finish with emphatic Raiders thrashing: https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... 0a37448559

‘Needs to be looked at’: Raiders star’s pair of ‘extremely dangerous’ moments slammed: https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... 4941376d7c

‘Delivered up that crap’: Ricky storms out of 80-sec presser over ‘embarrassing’ Raiders: https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... 2e05b5b2b6

MATCH REPORT: Rapana, Timoko marched as Storm shutout Raiders at home



The Storm have climbed back into the top-four after stunning the Raiders 48-2 on Sunday afternoon.

With star trio Jahrome Hughes, Harry Grant and Cameron Munster controlling proceedings with an up-tempo style of play, the Raiders failed to cross the line and frustration ultimately got the better of the visitors when they went down to 11 men with Jordan Rapana and Matt Timoko sent to the bin in the final ten minutes.

While the Raiders usually find a way to get it done at AAMI Park, having not lost at Melbourne's home ground since 2018, missed tackles (56) and errors (12) made for a day to forget as they slipped further down the ladder into sixth with a points differential of -120.

Read more: https://www.nrl.com/news/2023/08/13/rap ... s-at-home/

MATCH REPORT: Raiders go down in Melbourne: https://www.raiders.com.au/news/2023/08 ... melbourne/

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS: Raiders v Storm: https://www.nrl.com/news/2023/08/13/mel ... a-raiders/





PRESS CONFERENCES: Raiders v Storm: https://www.nrl.com/watch/matches/telst ... d-24-2023/

GALLERY: Raiders v Storm: https://www.gettyimages.com.au/photos/c ... =775934284

[-PJ-]

Ethan Strange is here to stay.

I’ll be off the leash if he’s scapegoated for that drool.

[Dr Greenthumb]

But we can’t shift the ball to the edges quickly enough because we have the worst hooker rotation in the the history of rugby league.

It doesn’t even crack the top 5 worst of the Raiders in the last 15 years.

I’d love to know who was worse. Woolford couldn’t even crack first grade at a Bulldogs side pre Mahoney. Starling legit can’t pass a spiral or more than six or seven metres accurately. Trev has potential but he’s not ready.

[-TW-]

That was one of the most pathetic press conferences I've ever seen

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[PerthRaider86]

That Press conference was a joke

calls the performance embarrassing, said he would talk about crokers retirement tomorrow then says

'Im not in the mood to talk, im only here because i have to be here'

then gets up and leaves.............

[chris83]

Honestly it's worse then the end of Furners run as coach.

Was thinking the same..... Its woeful

I agree. I remember how I felt towards the end of Furners coaching, I feel the same now, just a horribly inept coach.

[Lamenting Actions]

The Happy Clappers just received the biggest reality check ever recorded.

[Botman]

Unbelievably childish and unprofessional
Sums up the bloke as a coach.

Unaccountable.
As they say, attitude reflects leadership.

[-PJ-]

Fox sports are reporting Croker will return from a hamstring injury against the Bulldogs next week before playing his final home game the following week v Donkeys.

What ?

[NoMan]

Fox sports are reporting Croker will return from a hamstring injury against the Bulldogs next week before playing his final home game the following week v Donkeys.

What ?

Wow, what a shock

[Dr Greenthumb]

Unbelievably childish and unprofessional
Sums up the bloke as a coach.

Unaccountable.
As they say, attitude reflects leadership.

Why can’t he just lie to us and say he knows what our weaknesses are and he and Donny have a plan to rectify it? At this point I’d love to be told some sweet little lies. I’d take that. At least we’d have hope. Instead he expects us to keep fronting up even though they’ve given up.

[PerthRaider86]

Fox sports are reporting Croker will return from a hamstring injury against the Bulldogs next week before playing his final home game the following week v Donkeys.

What ?

Of course..... he was never injured and ricky wants to give him a good send off


Told you guys that strange wont be playing next week....

[Canberra Milk]

Missed the game but that result should shock absolutely no one

[benda]

Fox sports are reporting Croker will return from a hamstring injury against the Bulldogs next week before playing his final home game the following week v Donkeys.

What ?

Of course..... he was never injured and ricky wants to give him a good send off


Told you guys that strange wont be playing next week....

We aren't a force this season ... we should give him a send off. Croker deserves it.

I just hope we start fielding a side that can develop going forward. We have players who are depth first graders at best and their best years are behind them.

[daley6]

Poor ol Ethan Strange. Baptism of fire today. He's really playing between two very dysfunctional players out there.

Our left hand side is a complete mess, both in attack and defence. It's like chalk and cheese vs our right hand attack.

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I just pray hes not another hss we have some hopless players in nsw cup , but savage and mooney arent but dont play 1st grade for some reason, just hope strange can make it though but its not looking good early days im done with hoppa now too , we have done well this year considering we haven’t had a fullback for 1 game yet

I can only trust the coach saw what I saw out there.

Tough game for him, but be was totally in that game and never went into his shell. Was always looking to set up his outside and inside runners.

Didn't shirk his assignments in defence either, like some other youngsters. Especially under that sort of pressure.

A lot to like there. I think he'll be great.

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He did look better as the game went on and looks like hes quick just gotta give him early ball , i lked what i saw also love treyv he’s already our number 1 hooker