Round 15: RAIDERS vs TITANS

[DIEHARD]

RAIDERS vs TITANS

[DIEHARD]

Proctor will be suspended, who knows for how long.

Copley looks like a serious injury. Not sure about Arrow.

I think Thompson has earned his place in the team again.

[JunctionBlock]

Under the radar for this game for sure. Opportunity to impress even more.

[DIEHARD]

Titans v Raiders: Double pack blow looms; Canberra count blessings
http://www.nrl.com

The Raiders won't want to get off to another slow start against a much-improved Gold Coast if they are to maintain their challenge for a top-four spot.

Canberra trailed the troubled Broncos at the break last round but restored normal transmission with a five-try second-half blitz which delivered their highest score and biggest winning margin of the season.

That gave the Green Machine a share of fourth place with the Roosters - and Canberra will be looking to capitalise on a nice run home as the premiers struggle with an overflowing injury ward.

The Titans have been a much better side in August, going to-to-toe with the Roosters and Sharks either side of ambushing the Cowboys to claim their fourth win of the season.

Titans: Captain Kevin Proctor will defend a biting charge at the judiciary on Tuesday night. Proctor is adamant he didn't bite Sharks halfback Shaun Johnson, but if found guilty the second-rower faces a lengthy stint out. Star lock Jai Arrow suffered AC joint damage to his shoulder against Cronulla. Scan results will be known on Monday afternoon, but it seems unlikely that Arrow will play. Centre Dale Copley is out - likely for the season - after suffering a major pectoral strain. Backs Anthony Don (ribs) and Phil Sami (knee) could come back to offset that loss.

Raiders: Few changes are expected for the Raiders, with no fresh injuries and none of their sidelined players slated to return for another week at least.

Key match-up
Brian Kelly v Jarrod Croker: The Titans centre has been in fine form in recent weeks, scoring tries in three of his past five outings and setting up the Gold Coast's first four-pointer in their loss to Cronulla with an early break. He represents a potent threat for the low-scoring Titans, especially in combination on the left with winger Corey Thompson. Veteran rival Croker, providing much-needed stability and experience for the injury-ravaged Raiders, has five try assists and sits in the NRL's top 10 point-scorers but has just three tries to his credit against Kelly's five.

Stat Attack
Canberra have won five of their past six clashes with the Titans but, notably, the underdogs' only victory in that four-year span came on the Gold Coast. The home team held on for a 30-28 victory after leading 24-12 at halftime.

[DIEHARD]

Highlights of Raiders last game

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[FalconSloth]

Don and Sami in the wings, Kelly and Tonumaipea in the centres, Wallace starting and Fotuaika at lock, Two second rowers in Stone and Fermor on the bench.

[JunctionBlock]

https://i.imgur.com/IOey5E9.jpg

[GCTTSD]

I'd love to hear Holbrooke reasoning for picking Sami and don over Thompson on the wing, he's our best outside back for making metres coming out of our own end which is where we really struggle. It's the only criticism I have for Holbrook

[gotitans101_]

Thompson in the reserves...come on. Thought he had a great game last week...tackle busts galore.

And Don is so slow I shudder every time teams shift towards his side to catch him infield. Apart from his height, he offers absolutely nothing else anymore.

[Hail Sezer]

Thompson was also behind Robert Jennings at West’s, so I can’t help but think there is something on the field that he is deficient at which our level of footy IQ doesn’t register. I also would have him over Don.

Not a fan of Sam Stone at all either - watch how much of the contact he wins.

Proctor’s hearing is starting shortly, for those who want to tune in you can do so via the nrl website.

[Croc]

I can’t see how Thompson misses out too.. don runs sideways a lot when running in and gets caught in defense nearly every game.. and Sami I don’t see what’s the hype about him, he looks lazy a lot or not interested.. Thompson looks so dangerous with the ball in his hand.. feel sorry for him! Hopefully proctor gets off.. I like Fermor on the bench too.. he looks dangerous with the ball in his hand

[FalconSloth]

Thompson was also behind Robert Jennings at West’s, so I can’t help but think there is something on the field that he is deficient at which our level of footy IQ doesn’t register. I also would have him over Don.

Not a fan of Sam Stone at all either - watch how much of the contact he wins.

Proctor’s hearing is starting shortly, for those who want to tune in you can do so via the nrl website.

Is nrl going to stream it or just provide written updates

[gotitans101_]

Is nrl going to stream it or just provide written updates

just written updates

[NZFan]

Don is the Teflon Man. He’ll score a relatively simple try this weekend and all the commentators will applaud how consistent he is. We need more from our outside backs to reduce the burden on our pack.

[JunctionBlock]

Will Zillman was a biter

[gotitans101_]

"Perenara: "There was a red mark in a circular motion. That's what I saw and like I said, I did not see any teeth marks.""

So there were no teeth marks. Bites usually leave teeth marks.

[willhelm]

Wonder what Zillhouse is up to these days

[FalconSloth]

The evidence being provided by Johnson isn't clearly saying wether Proctor did or did not bite him

[JunctionBlock]

It does now. Johnson wasn't the best witness but certainly wasn't the worst. Lawyers must be into OT rates by now. Chaching.

[FalconSloth]

with the statements made so far:

Perenara stating there was no teeth marks

Johnson saying he didn't bite him

Proctor saying denying that he bit Johnson


It would be a massive call for the judicairy to say he is guilty based of the video alone despite all of those statements

[FalconSloth]

8.57pm: The panel has returned. NRL counsel McGrath now making his submission.

McGrath says the panel have to be satisfied there was intentional dangerous contact. "My case is what you see, and what all the evidence adds up to, is biting by player Proctor in that moment - perhaps in that very short moment - on the forearm of player Johnson."

He points to Johnson's initial angry reaction to the incident and the observation of a red mark on the player's forearm by referee Henry Perenara. "Whatever [Johnson] wishes to say now, at the time we saw that honest reaction."

McGrath argues that Johnson "opened a box that he couldn't put everything back in" and started to backtrack after realising the effect his complaint could have on Proctor's reputation, outlining the pair's long friendship.

[Mr Bods]

I’m so confident he will be exonerated
My rant if he doesn’t will be epic
Free KP

[FalconSloth]

How could they see and hear that evidence and come to the conclusion that there was intentional dangerous contact?

[gotitans101_]

Looks like he's gone tbh. Decision pending...

[JunctionBlock]

Looks like he's gone tbh. Decision pending...

I agree. I say he gets charged.

[Mr Bods]

Ex Footballers aren’t going to convict a bloke of biting when there was no bite especially with KP’s record.
He will be exonerated.

[FalconSloth]

Apparently Johnson’s arm comes away from Proctors mouth and Proctor then goes forward and bites him. While Johnson shows an expression of pain. What the **** is this. I don’t care if his mouth closed or what way his head went there was obviously no intentional bite. Johnson doesn’t think it was, proctor doesn’t and perenara isn’t saying yes or no. And for McGrath to focus on Johnson anger afterwards is a joke. He thought it was a bite due to the pressure he was placing on Proctors bottom teeth and therefore was angry at proctor but him. This is the same reason there was pain in his face; because of the pressure on his bottom teeth.

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Sorry for the long rant but hat probably makes no sense and has heaps of spelling and gramatical errors. I was just typing out whatever game to my mind. Also I feel sorry for Fuimaono. His first trip to the judiciary and he has had to wait nervously for 2 hours longer than he was supposed to

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9.20pm: Wrapping up, McGrath says it may not have been a long or strong bite, but he submits all the evidence points to Proctor being guilty. Over to Fuller.

Fuller says there must be proof of a bite occurring in order to find Proctor guilty, and after the extensive review of video footage, "it is unclear as to whether an actual bite has occurred". He submits there is "absolutely no evidence" that the red mark on Johnson's arm was caused by a bite.

[JunctionBlock]

I just said to the wife if I was up next I would have changed my plea to guilty and gone to bed.

[FalconSloth]

Sorry again for the gigantic post but this statement by fuller makes it seem like he won’t get suspended. What’s going to happen with our bench then? Surely we don’t run with 2 second rowers plus peachey

[Hail Sezer]

I agree. I say he gets charged.

Agreed

[JunctionBlock]

Guess Fermor gets promoted to the starting spot.

[Mr Bods]

The final insult is to now appoint Pereneum and the same pricks to the bunker too this week

[Dooldog76]

No arrow or Proctor. This is going to be a good gauge of our resilience and desire to win.

[gotitans101_]

No Arrow or Proctor, both forward pack leaders gone. I don't see how we can come even close to winning this. Everyone on here loves Fermor but he's young and he'll be defending next to Taylor again.

[JunctionBlock]

No Arrow or Proctor, both forward pack leaders gone. I don't see how we can come even close to winning this. Everyone on here loves Fermor but he's young and he'll be defending next to Taylor again.

You can love him too. you just need to open your heart a little. I'd say Mo and JJ have been the leaders and the go forward this year.

[willhelm]

It’s not just your heart that’s open to Fermor from the sounds of it, JB

[JunctionBlock]

It’s not just your heart that’s open to Fermor from the sounds of it, JB

That is correct, my arms are open too.

[Titanic]

That is correct, my arms are open too.
Well I’m glad that’s sorted.

[willhelm]

That is correct, my arms are open too.

Haha :laugh:

[Hail Sezer]

Sam Stone to start in place of KP. He can run decoys all day to get BK 1 on 1 with Curtis Scott bc we know he ain't doing much with ball in hand. Hopefully Fermy gets some time on that edge.

Jamal Fogarty to captain. I'm happy with this.

[Numbers]

And nrl.com are reporting that Don is out injured again (rib cartilage) so Corey Thompson is playing.

[Bayside Titan]

And nrl.com are reporting that Don is out injured again (rib cartilage) so Corey Thompson is playing.

Thanks mate. Good that we have a great replacement in Thompson.

[Bayside Titan]

Great choice in Captain as well. :thumbsup:

[Mr Bods]

NRL on Fox are constantly advertising tomorrow’s match as being about “Bateman and Canberra coming to the GC to flog the Titans”

[Mr Bods]

Oh yeah who’s the referee tomorrow?

[willhelm]

Oh yeah who’s the referee tomorrow?

Perineum

[Mr Bods]

Perineum

I’ll assume for now u r stirring me

[gotitans101_]

I’ll assume for now u r stirring me

Chris Butler.

[FalconSloth]

I’ll assume for now u r stirring me

It’s always on the nrl app if you scroll down from the teamlists

[Mr Bods]

Chris Butler.

Thanks....he did us in the Warriors game I think. Fingers Crossed for a fair go from him and the bunker.

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It’s always on the nrl app if you scroll down from the teamlists

Thanks for the tip
I just had a look
Chiddy is the bunker
Isn’t he the piece of work that told Perineum to send off Proctor??

[Dooldog76]

Perenium.... so funny.

[JunctionBlock]

I wonder if anyone has stats on on field decisions being overturned by captains calls. Perenara just had another one over turned up the M1

[lonegull]

I wonder if anyone has stats on on field decisions being overturned by captains calls. Perenara just had another one over turned up the M1

Bloody hell you took words out of my mouth, how he keeps getting a gig bewilders me

[DIEHARD]

I actually have some friends over tomorrow, so they will witness my beloved Titans. So I'm hoping my two HK friends and one Swede can enjoy our team at its best. Fingers crossed.

[DIEHARD]

I wonder if anyone has stats on on field decisions being overturned by captains calls. Perenara just had another one over turned up the M1

Wow. That's an idea. I'm sure someone has done the stats somewhere out there. Pretty humiliating if you'd be at the top of that list.

[TitanPremiership]

Sorry for the late reply, I was actually at the game in Bris because I got given tickets and found it interesting that a Raiders fan I was talking to also thought Perenara was the worst referee in the game. Would definitely be interesting to look into.

[Titanic]

Hey DH you can start a Hong Kong fan club and even call them the Titongs and when travel restrictions are lifted you could bring them over to socialise with the mainland China Chitans.

[Menoitios]

Young Ton up against Croker should be good. :)

I'd task Hipgrave to be in Batemans's face all day. :fight:

Peats vs Havili should be a good battle too. :drool:

AJ to have more impact than CNK. :thumbsup:

Peachey's last chance to impress today. I hope he has a ripper...but I doubt it somehow. :(

Titans by 8!! :banana:

[Sunny86]

Boyd in for ash

[GCTTSD]

I wish we had proctor and arrow in to see how Boyd and Fogarty go behind a full strength pack but either way huge chance for Boyd to show his worth as a 6

[JunctionBlock]

This is testing our depth. Hope Boyd runs with his opportunity. Guess this is why Taylor came off late last week.

[Sunny86]

Raiders have young lui and big papa starting on bench guessing they are going to try and run down our forwards then unleash them

[Mr Bods]

Holbrook is a maestro if we win today

[Bayside Titan]

Boyd probably saw Deardon have a good game last night and hope to show how good he can be. But watch Papi run at him all day.

[Mr Bods]

I could be wrong but I think the ground announcer just introduced Beau Fermor as Bobby Fermor

[JunctionBlock]

I could be wrong but I think the ground announcer just introduced Beau Fermor as Bobby Fermor

Yep. Heard it too.

[willhelm]

I could be wrong but I think the ground announcer just introduced Beau Fermor as Bobby Fermor

Well that’s embarrassing considering it’s a home game

[lonegull]

Not sure what holbrook sees in Stone

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10 minutes and all kevie walters has said in commentary is negative towards titans never give them a wrap

[NZTITAN]

Beautiful ball from Tanah :clap:

Tanah Boyd again :clap:

[gotitans101_]

what about that kick from Boyd aye

[lonegull]

Boyd is a half proving it today

[willhelm]

How good is Tanah going? Haven’t thought that much of him to date but that ball for Stone was special and then the kick. Imagine Fifita running lines off that.

As an aside — I’m watching on Fox and the commentator keeps saying pronouncing it Foe-garty instead of Fog-arty. Like nails on a chalk board.

[JunctionBlock]

Stone is so far out of position every defensive play of the ball. We’re lucky Taylor isn’t playing.

[Titanic]

Liking Boyd a lot and happy to be proven too harsh.

[Mr Bods]

Last pass was forward on that try

[gotitans101_]

can someone shut these commentators up ffs

****ing Walters is painful to listen to.

[Dooldog76]

Last pass was forward on that try

I thought that too. One ref has allowed a lot more to be missed.

[Titanic]

Flat in fairness but Walters is a tool.

[FalconSloth]

Peachey just needs to cut out those dumb plays

[gotitans101_]

This 6 more is bs

Mo had let go of him and still 6 more.

[FalconSloth]

That has to be a knock on because it touched fogarty

[Mr Bods]

Can we get a fair go
Soft penalties and 6 to goes against us that other clubs don’t cop
It’s true

[lonegull]

Flat in fairness but Walters is a tool.

He carried in and just rubbishes the titans actually terrible biased

[JunctionBlock]

Probably because he didn’t get the coaching gig.

[Dooldog76]

So it's ok to pass off the ground now

[gotitans101_]

kick it to the tallest and strongest winger on the field, great kick Fogarty.

[JunctionBlock]

So Peats must have signed elsewhere.

Is Peachey showing up this useless on TV too?

[gotitans101_]

So Peats must have signed elsewhere.

Is Peachey showing up this useless on TV too?

Peachey is always useless.

[GCTTSD]

It's always the silly penalties and errors that kill any momentum we get and just put us under too much pressure, can Holbrook work another miracle and get Peachey homesick???

[gotitans101_]

Peats can **** off as well.

[Dooldog76]

And that's the end

[gotitans101_]

Hipgrave went the wrong way.

Hipgrave and Peachey can **** right off for 2021

[GCTTSD]

Peats is useless glad we aren't re signing him, tanahs been at dummy half as much as him

[FalconSloth]

I don’t care how good peachey can be with the ball. He just does dumb **** every game and it kills our momentum.

[Boonarga]

There's one guy out there living up to his promise of playing dead if he was forced to stay. STOP PICKING HIM!

[lonegull]

Dumb dumb dumb bloody hell peachey has caused most of these tries with his non efforts dumb footy and don’t give a crap attitude

[Titanic]

Titans 4 Peachey 12

[lonegull]

Interesting stat compare how many runs the raiders second rowers compared to what the titans have had

[Menoitios]

Peachey. Offers. Nothing!

[JunctionBlock]

I paid $12.50 for these tickets and I’m regretting it. Seriously. Peachey didn’t even chase the kick Fogarty put through in attack. Lazy

[Mr Bods]

Jesus Wept. Canberra deserve a lead but not by that much. Can we please have the various officials in this sport give us a fair go? This match has been ruined by soft decisions that go against us but not back to us.

And yes we have do have some dead weight out there too

[Dooldog76]

Feels like we didn't have the ball for 25 mins of that half. When we did we were punching holes in them. Consistency and respecting the ball could get us an upset.

[Whats Doing]

Our forwards are getting blasted off the park and there is just no go forward. Peachy is a disgrace and we need more forwards than the 3 we signed.

Is Butler related to Perenara by any chance

[Dooldog76]

Peachy is probably filthy he didn't get to start...

[Menoitios]

Our forwards are getting blasted off the park and there is just no go forward. Peachy is a disgrace and we need more forwards than the 3 we signed.

Is Butler related to Perenara by any chance

Perineum is very close to the butt lair.

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Peachy is probably filthy he didn't get to start...

I'm filthy Peachey got a start.

If he doesn't fire in the second half, I'll...well...ahhh ****! I can't do anything...

Feck it! He better not lace up next week.

[Mr Bods]

Where was the knock on them by Fogarty?

[NZTITAN]

Fair effort from Fogarty there.

[Mr Bods]

Should be a close game now if the referees and bunker hadn’t ruined it already

[JunctionBlock]

Did we take Peats off and put Peachey into dummy?

[lonegull]

Did we take Peats off and put Peachey into dummy?

Pears off injured

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Kevvie Walters fund his voice again he hasn’t made a comment for 20 minutes

[gotitans101_]

That was Whitbread, another overrated hack on these forums.

[FalconSloth]

Once Croker put himself in that position Fotuaika did the best he could to prevent a crusher. I don’t even think that was a crusher tackle. He didn’t fall down on the back of the neck

[lonegull]

We need to get a few offloads happening the raiders are killing us in that Dept

[Mr Bods]

Shivers we need to be better than that try we gave up
Then

[lonegull]

Once Croker put himself in that position Fotuaika did the best he could to prevent a crusher. I don’t even think that was a crusher tackle. He didn’t fall down on the back of the neck

Video replays confirmed this it was a crusher but he will get time as with this stupid new rule they have bought in last week

[NZTITAN]

That was Whitbread, another overrated hack on these forums.

Who here overrates Whitbread???? :laugh:

[Titanic]

That was soooofffttttt.

[FalconSloth]

A 30-28 score line here at Cbus against the raiders wouldn’t be too unfamiliar

[Boonarga]

"off afternoon"? When has he ever had a good one for us?

[FalconSloth]

How did that go forward

[Hail Sezer]

That was Whitbread, another overrated hack on these forums.

I don’t think anyone here rates let alone overrates him

[Dooldog76]

Unsuccessful challenge. Wow.

[lonegull]

Unsuccessful challenge. Wow.

Even though the ball went back the bunker had a shocker with that one

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Lol that’s schoolboy stuff

[Dooldog76]

Even though the ball went back the bunker had a shocker with that one

Complete crap.

[Mr Bods]

The Peachey thing was embarrassing to watch but it did go back
Another bunker disgrace

[Dooldog76]

The hound needs to be neutered for that

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Just laziness

[amaline]

"off afternoon"? When has he ever had a good one for us?

Well sometimes we play at night, so that would be an "off night". :laugh:

[JunctionBlock]

Walking out. 18 mins to go. Same people ever week.

[FalconSloth]

It is always painful but I have never stopped watching a game early

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Where was the knock on from Kelly?

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That was a 2 on 1 strip

[Dooldog76]

If this is a try i give up

[FalconSloth]

Finally a good call

[TitanPremiership]

Refereeing may be shambolic but this defence from us is just as bad. Painful to watch.

[FalconSloth]

Good play there

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Lisone has been great for us this year

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That was a defensive desicion. Another **** call

[Mr Bods]

WTF was that decision
There’s a try taken off us

[lonegull]

That’s a disgrace that penalty the defensive player pushes lisone

[TitanPremiership]

The worst part is the penalty count is even so looks like we have actually been given a fair go. Anyone loaded and able to stump up the fine so Holbrook can absolutely let loose at the press conference?

[FalconSloth]

Would have been 22-34 and we would have had a great chance. We haven’t been great but we’ve been reffed out of the game

[JunctionBlock]

Just going back to the captains challenge. It was a knock on by a useless player. But Canberra broke from the scrum before the ball had left the scrum. No penalty though.

Peats, Peachey and Sami. Not up to standard.

[FalconSloth]

Coaches should be able to talk. Wants the point of having a press conference if you can’t say what you want to

[willhelm]

I’d be happy to never see Peachey pull on a Titans jersey again. Prick has no respect for us and always looks like he’d rather be anywhere else.

[Titanic]

Pricks are useful ....

[TitanPremiership]

Coaches should be able to talk. Wants the point of having a press conference if you can’t say what you want to

Agreed... If the ref has done no wrong what is there to worry about and the coach themselves is left with egg on his face. There is just absolutely zero accountability for these referees with Annesley's weekly shenanigans missing plenty and offering a pathetic apology for repetitive mistakes. I can put up with some poor calls but they literally change the game for us almost every week and we have to go in expecting the garbage. In saying that if Peachey gets a run next week that is me. Just so poor and looks lazy all the time.

[Mr Bods]

The referees ruined this match

[JunctionBlock]

Public service announcement. Anyone that drove and is heading north. Speed camera near Merrimac exit.

[Mr Bods]

Should have been a much closer score
We didn’t have a fair crack again

[JunctionBlock]

We lost that game before the refs took us out of it. Gotta own that.

[TitanPremiership]

We lost that game before the refs took us out of it. Gotta own that.

I agree with we can't blame the referees in whole because the defence was terrible, however, most of their possession in our end did come off soft penalties and 6 agains so I am happy to say they limited our chance. The fact Fogarty threw his hands up at the ref before he indicated it was our penalty down their end says it all really. He literally expected a bad call.

[Mr Bods]

We lost that game before the refs took us out of it. Gotta own that.

Don’t cover for them
In the first half they got all the soft pens and 6 to go calls and we got nothing
Plus the bunker did their thing too

[Just-a-Fan]

Forgaty tried his gut out today great captain's knock he been good for us
No good to complain about the ref as nothing will get done about until we are challenging for the finals
The Raiders had to stay in the top 4 somehow couldn't see a bottom team beating them today
Taylor watch out T Boyd is knocking on your door
Peachy should be on a plane as well to Sydney for any team that would take him
as soon as he came on we lost the game does it all the time
Jolliffe is my rookie of the year been strong for his 1st year
but again we are let down at dummy half

[gotitans101_]

I never really expected a win today. Always knew we'd struggle without the experience in our forward pack of Arrow and like him or not, Proctor, and boy did it show. Stone and Whitbread are not NRL standard at all.

[Titanic]

We saw some very good things today, such as: (1) Fogarty displaces Proctor immediately and never relinquishes the [C] after his name, (2) Boyd showed Titanic [and a few others] that he is worth his place, (3) AJ had another cracker of a game, (4) Jolliffe should become an honorary Coaster [arrange that please Bodsie], (5) Hipgrave deserves his spot no matter his occasional brainfarts [every team has one like him who the opposition try to avoid], (6) Thompson out jumps Don even though he's half his size and has twice the heart running it back, (7) MoFo although great again needs help, he's looking a tad jaded.

Then we saw the failures: (1) 'Softy' Wallace getting stripped was one instance, (2) Peachey's ability to give away the most stupid penalties while generally looking like he was miffed by not being captain, (3) Sami had a dig but I'm sure we can do a lot better, (4) agree with 101 that Stone and Whitbread are not NRL standard, (5) Peats is a shadow of his former self and seems to be carrying an injury.

May as well finish them all off with those who got marginal pass marks: (1) Kelly strong without being exceptional today, (2) Lisone held his own without setting the world on fire until it was too late, (3) Fermor needs to do far more ... and (4) the missing person award goes to Young T who was [dare I say it] missing, gone fishing.

Difita, Tino and Ese2 for Whitbread, Stone and Fermor (at this stage), find a hooker (one of the Smiths would do just fine and dandy) and get Crystal Copley on steroids (yes, I know we can probably do better but I was very disappointed with Young's effort today). I know that leaves Proctor out but them's the breaks. Funny how the Cokey incident has been forgotten.

[gotitans101_]

I encourage you guys to watch the presser...nothing about the referrees but Holbrook giving a really good rundown of where we're at. So much better than the crap our previous coach used to dish out from week to week.

https://www.nrl.com/tv/matches/telstra-premiership/2020/round-15/titans-round-15/

[Dooldog76]

Today was not a complete shambles. Apart from peachy just collecting his paycheck, the rest of the team had a crack. We got a good look at what our side without arrow and Proctor and we need Proctor around for another year in my opinion. Our defence fell apart in stages, due to inexperience mainly.
Fogarty needs to keep the captaincy and it needs to be his side. Boyd looked good and is quality replacement at the moment. I would love to see fogarty play like that behind our forward pack next year with Taylor firing as well. My only criticism of fogarty is that he needed to find the grass more on his long kicks. Very minor gripe.
Brimson is our best player by far. His positional play and support was outstanding today. He will absolutely love running off tino and fifita.
Last thing was the reffing. I am watching the tigers game now and it seems like a trend to me with the referees. That is, if you are in the bottom eight and especially bottom four, don't expect to get a 50/50 call at all. Sloppy pay from peachy but it wasn't a knock on. They just don't seem consistent. That is the problem.
One last thing, Broncos lost 36-8 to Canberra last week, so we are still out performing them. ( in my mind only)

[Mr Bods]

Today was not a complete shambles. Apart from peachy just collecting his paycheck, the rest of the team had a crack. We got a good look at what our side without arrow and Proctor and we need Proctor around for another year in my opinion. Our defence fell apart in stages, due to inexperience mainly.
Fogarty needs to keep the captaincy and it needs to be his side. Boyd looked good and is quality replacement at the moment. I would love to see fogarty play like that behind our forward pack next year with Taylor firing as well. My only criticism of fogarty is that he needed to find the grass more on his long kicks. Very minor gripe.
Brimson is our best player by far. His positional play and support was outstanding today. He will absolutely love running off tino and fifita.
Last thing was the reffing. I am watching the tigers game now and it seems like a trend to me with the referees. That is, if you are in the bottom eight and especially bottom four, don't expect to get a 50/50 call at all. Sloppy pay from peachy but it wasn't a knock on. They just don't seem consistent. That is the problem.
One last thing, Broncos lost 36-8 to Canberra last week, so we are still out performing them. ( in my mind only)

I agree with Dools pretty much totally
One last thing re the referees and bunker
I’m not saying we should have won I’m saying it should have been a much closer contest with Canberra winning by about 6-10 points with a fair rub.

[JunctionBlock]

I encourage you guys to watch the presser...nothing about the referrees but Holbrook giving a really good rundown of where we're at. So much better than the crap our previous coach used to dish out from week to week.

https://www.nrl.com/tv/matches/telstra-premiership/2020/round-15/titans-round-15/

Thanks for posting that. 100% agree

[Mr Bods]

Yeah the press conference was Gold

[Hail Sezer]

I encourage you guys to watch the presser...nothing about the referrees but Holbrook giving a really good rundown of where we're at. So much better than the crap our previous coach used to dish out from week to week.

https://www.nrl.com/tv/matches/telstra-premiership/2020/round-15/titans-round-15/

Thanks mate. Agree entirely. How refreshing is Hurricane.

[Dooldog76]

We saw some very good things today, such as: (1) Fogarty displaces Proctor immediately and never relinquishes the [C] after his name, (2) Boyd showed Titanic [and a few others] that he is worth his place, (3) AJ had another cracker of a game, (4) Jolliffe should become an honorary Coaster [arrange that please Bodsie], (5) Hipgrave deserves his spot no matter his occasional brainfarts [every team has one like him who the opposition try to avoid], (6) Thompson out jumps Don even though he's half his size and has twice the heart running it back, (7) MoFo although great again needs help, he's looking a tad jaded.

Then we saw the failures: (1) 'Softy' Wallace getting stripped was one instance, (2) Peachey's ability to give away the most stupid penalties while generally looking like he was miffed by not being captain, (3) Sami had a dig but I'm sure we can do a lot better, (4) agree with 101 that Stone and Whitbread are not NRL standard, (5) Peats is a shadow of his former self and seems to be carrying an injury.

May as well finish them all off with those who got marginal pass marks: (1) Kelly strong without being exceptional today, (2) Lisone held his own without setting the world on fire until it was too late, (3) Fermor needs to do far more ... and (4) the missing person award goes to Young T who was [dare I say it] missing, gone fishing.

Difita, Tino and Ese2 for Whitbread, Stone and Fermor (at this stage), find a hooker (one of the Smiths would do just fine and dandy) and get Crystal Copley on steroids (yes, I know we can probably do better but I was very disappointed with Young's effort today). I know that leaves Proctor out but them's the breaks. Funny how the Cokey incident has been forgotten.

Great post mate. Totally agree with YT. We may as well sent out the Westpac chopper to look for him.

[gotitans101_]

I was a bit harsh on Whitbread too. I keep forgetting that there's no QLD cup for any of these non-regular guys to really find their fitness in. Apologies.

[gcboyz]

Surely we have someone other than Peachy to sit on the bench. How can this muppet get picked every week.
Something dumb within two minutes of coming on every week for about six weeks now.
I see him come on , I sigh , and then a high tackle or a stupid penalty.
Please stop picking him in the side Garth.
Surely he could just go off for a haircut with TPJ, anything please.

[Mr Bods]

Surely we have someone other than Peachy to sit on the bench. How can this muppet get picked every week.
Something dumb within two minutes of coming on every week for about six weeks now.
I see him come on , I sigh , and then a high tackle or a stupid penalty.
Please stop picking him in the side Garth.
Surely he could just go off for a haircut with TPJ, anything please.

Justin has plenty of options other than Peachey. Given he’s contracted and has no intention of going anywhere I dare say the Coach is trying to Coach him out of his poor form.
He was once good enough to get an Origin jersey.

[willhelm]

Unfortunately, I think we may be without MoFo for a couple weeks thanks to the crackdown on crusher tackles.

[Mr Bods]

^^^^ NswRL will certainly use us to make an example of

[willhelm]

^^^^ NswRL will certainly use us to make an example of

Paul Vaughan is in the same situation so will be interesting to compare

[Mr Bods]

I was at the game and in my seat the Mo incident didn’t even look a penalty to me
How would you (and others) compete the Mo and Vaughan tackles?

[willhelm]

I think by the letter of the law, it was a crusher tackle by Mo. However, the Fox commentators were quite fair and said that if a player is trying to back their way through the defense, there's not much alternative for the defender than to try to bring him down on his back. It's very easy to accidentally cause a crusher tackle in this case.

[Titslover]

He's already been charged and will miss 2 games, only 1 if he takes the early guilty plea though. We're gonna have absolutely no forwards next week so not a chance Peachey gets dropped

[DavidBouveng]

I caught some of first half before falling asleep on couch.

only memory is that peats didn’t look up to it, and Tanah looked promising, decent ball movement and very energetic in defence.

[kioli]

How good is Tanah going? Haven’t thought that much of him to date but that ball for Stone was special and then the kick. Imagine Fifita running lines off that.

As an aside — I’m watching on Fox and the commentator keeps saying pronouncing it Foe-garty instead of Fog-arty. Like nails on a chalk board.
That's how his name is pronounced, the commentators mentioned he corrected them.

[NZFan]

Watched the replay last night after skimming through some comments here first. Not much to add apart from the fact that Stone didn’t make a dominant tackle the whole game. We got absolutely torn apart by their big mobile forwards with only Mo, Joliffe and Hipgrave there to stop them.

Neither Stone or Whitbread are ever going to be NRL standard imo. They are both too small and lack any real footwork or physicality.

[GCTTSD]

Watched the replay last night after skimming through some comments here first. Not much to add apart from the fact that Stone didn’t make a dominant tackle the whole game. We got absolutely torn apart by their big mobile forwards with only Mo, Joliffe and Hipgrave there to stop them.

Neither Stone or Whitbread are ever going to be NRL standard imo. They are both too small and lack any real footwork or physicality.

1000% agree on stone and Whitbread, were better off giving Luke page or just about any other q cup forward a run

[indoallstars]

I'm all for giving Like Page a run, don't think he's on our books though and it's past the cut off date

[GCTTSD]

The bubble and quarantine makes it impossible to bring new players in anyway at this point, what forwards do we have left? Maybe farmer gets a run and pushes hipgrave in the middle

[willhelm]

That's how his name is pronounced, the commentators mentioned he corrected them.

Well I stand corrected then. Sounds weird to me but it’s his name.