Round 4: RAIDERS vs TITANS

[IpswichTitans]

The biggest thing for me is despite the setbacks, the Titans have fought hard to stay in the game - this is what has been missing for the last few years

Surely nothing will com of it. It was for like a minute while play was stopped.

[Mexican titan]

I agree with al the negative comments that were written as I was watching and was expecting to come on here and agree. Dumb errors, dropped ball, horrible one on one missed tackles, no attack, terrible kicking game, Ryan James back to giving penalties (but I thought he was our best) but then..............wtf. Clearly the worst performance of the year and the Raiders lost that, we didn't win it but care factor zero.
Guts, and somehow we stayed in the game, and that's something this team hasn't had for a while. And to play that poorly and win, well that is a good sign.
Off to the bar.

[titanfan1980]

Shillington I just wanna punch him then hug him 5 minutes later always has me on edge imagine if he took the drops out of his game.. First 20 mins we are getting shredded up the middle shillington drops then falls for dummy... Few sets later quick play the ball passi not tying in and McQueen slides off.. Falls for dummy... And losing Greg when he came back and Ryan James coming on helped.. I think he got under frank Paul's skin and caused him to blow it ( I think Ricky might actually strangle frank Paul in the sheds)

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I agree with al the negative comments that were written as I was watching and was expecting to come on here and agree. Dumb errors, dropped ball, horrible one on one missed tackles, no attack, terrible kicking game, Ryan James back to giving penalties (but I thought he was our best) but then..............wtf. Clearly the worst performance of the year and the Raiders lost that, we didn't win it but care factor zero.
Guts, and somehow we stayed in the game, and that's something this team hasn't had for a while. And to play that poorly and win, well that is a good sign.
Off to the bar.

The 2nd penalty he gave was on the first tackle after a fast play the ball which they took the 2... He was all over the ball... He knows exactly how not to give penalty he's the most penalised player in the Comp.. But 2s better then 6.. It's not hard to think he gave it on purpose.. Here's something encourage all you guys to do grab the ref mic feed when it's available.. Especially against the storm I've heard Cameron smith tell his players on numbers us occasions to give the penalty when they are heavily under the pump... How good was out defense second half

[Titanic]

Shillington WTF? Drops the ball cold (1 every week) and then gets James' spiders passed to him. Those two tries would give Gimli Stuart ulcers. And let's be honest, if that last try was grounded then that touchy wasn't Olive's cousin. But who cares, next Friday night takes on a different perspective.

[Nols of the Goldy]

OMG I thought I was going to have a heart attack in the last few minutes. To come back like we did was great to see and for once in a very long time the decision went our way in the end. Well done lads, amazing spirit and something we have been lacking in the last few seasons. I am one proud Titan right now.

PS: Had to laugh at the crowd at the end, especially when the refs had to be escorted off the ground by security.

[DavidBouveng]

that was a true 2010 win. not a lot of class, but we kept in the match somehow and never gave in. we made it a prelim with efforts like that.

Refs carved us ALL GAME. every niggly thing they did was a dropped ball for us. i think their pommy comp player influx has added some 1980's style crap into the ruck.

James gave away some penalties, but without him and bird oh lawd we get spanked. they kept us from getting blown away.

Just very proud of the courage to come back

oh, and Ash showed alot of maturity chasing the points. no glory balls, just solid ball movement.

as for the final try... i think any of the 16 teams in the NRL would expect it to go their way if they were Olive, and all 16 would hope it was a no try if they were the raiders... but it really did look more likely to be a try with the last frame showing the ball moving closer to the ground. hard to take, but no worse than the cows last night.

Not a lot of hooking options in the NRL really, should we go and search super league? their forwards have been good more often than not lately.

oh almost forgot PULU!!! he is starting to make some beasty runs. needs to stop running holes in traffic where its almost impossible to catch the ball... but he is coming along very nicely when you think about his round 1 effort. another value player, on a fraction of Myles type money, putting in effort incomparable to Myles.

We are a solid squad with some developing class and a healthy attitude towards hard work and grinding when its not going your way

[TitanSam]

Will we be docked competition points for the extra man on field?

[Boonarga]

I only saw the last 20 months minutes (lucky me). The go forward from the pack was excellent. Moseley was quite impressive in attack. A bit streaky and one poor pass but I can accept that.
The best part was remembering all the tweets that the ABC guys were reading out on the radio early in the second half. The Raiders fans were gloating already. Hahaha

[DavidBouveng]

Ash Taylor is our goal kicker... the green rubber thing is his. leave it alone Tyrone.

dead serious

[DavidBouveng]

and what about Frank Paul....got what he deserved the goose.

[Titan4Life]

What a character building win. Absolutely outstanding.

Seriously was considering giving up and watching something else, but we finished so strong off the back of playing smart. Stopped dropping the ball.

We defended set after set on our line, showing how much heart this team has. We are a new team with a new attitude. Fought through average referee calls as well.

Side note, how good has Ryan James been! Finally cut out the stupid penalties and is doing the hard work. Been one of our most consistent this year.

[Ausphin]

Gutsy effort. Didn't really play well, but after they scored some early points, our defence kept us in the game.

Like what we have in Olive. Hasnt really seen much open space, but is a big body with agility and defence has been solid. Interesting his try at the end he had swapped sides of the field as Hoffman was injured. Not sure Hoffy gets over there. Also was subtle, but the way Taylor froze the defence and then gave Olive some room was all class.

Given Elgey and Taylor will be our halves going forward next year, how do you all think Tyrone Roberts would go in Mortimer's role off the bench. Is creative and has some size. Defensively he is ok. Not a 40 tackle a game hooker, but in an interchange role might be ok.

[DavidBouveng]

i wondered the same ausphin about Tyrone.

I wonder is Cam Cullen is better suited to it though. bit more of a nugget who can rip and tear.

Ash has gone from Junior halves partner to guiding the team inside 4 games. It is like LG all over again, but with obviously a different skill set

[ozynorts]

We don't win games like this without James... He has been outstanding this year. Bird has been at his best as well. The grit shown by the team to hang in and defend their line and then work their way back into the game is a credit to Henry and the leaders on the field.
We won't win the comp with this team (yet) but we will be competitive against half of the teams in the NRL and that gives us hopes for finals football.

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i wondered the same ausphin about Tyrone.

I wonder is Cam Cullen is better suited to it though. bit more of a nugget who can rip and tear.

Ash has gone from Junior halves partner to guiding the team inside 4 games. It is like LG all over again, but with obviously a different skill set

Ash and Kane together with a supporting cast......... Wow

[karnage]

Great win!!

Can somebody please tell me what happened to Roberts. Will he be right for Friday. We need him!!