Official Nene Macdonald

[Tatus]

I find it hard to blame a winger when his inside men make bad reads leaving the winger in no mans land

He’s dog**** mate

 

[Milkshark]

He’s dog**** mate

He wasn’t good

but those around him were also ****house

 

[Matty C of the Shire]

Ronnie in, Dugan centre and WK at Fb

Debut tricky too for chad

 

[GC Shark]

We should have left Talakai at centre and Goodwin at wing. They wouldn’t have been able to handle him.
A lot of the bad reads were Macdonald’s!

 

[MartinShark]

I pointed it out to my brother that the left edge was dogs balls all game no matter who was at centre/wing

Nene was average, but the edge defence rot started much further infield

 

[Gards]

The first few times he came in were because of an overlap. He'd been left isolated.

After that he had no idea what was going on.

Not ideal having a pairing of someone who hasn't played centre in our team before next to someone who's never played wing in our team before.

He's a lot slower on his feet than I thought he'd be. Could only work in a well-organised defensive structure and paired up with a centre who is **** hot in defence.

Hopefully Ronaldo is back next week.

yes despite alot of us including myself thinking Dugan at FB was the safer option for this game despite Dugan having a solid game in hindsight leaving Dugan where he is in the centres with Goodwin and bringing in Kennedy to FB would have been a better play. that edge got absolutely humbled and were completely out of sorts. looked exactly like a bloke that usually plays wing and a bloke who hasn't played in a year. hard lesson that

Nene made like 1 or 2 decent runs and batted a ball down that was going to find a penrith player who likely would have scored. that was the positives from him, the rest was poor and the rest was alot. he is a better player than this though

ideal world he comes back through a reserve grade comp and we dont have to rush him into FG. even Hiroti (spelling) would have had a better game than that.

one week it looks like we are over stocked with backs in the centres and wings and the next we dont have enough! not quality ones anyway. meanwhile the Morris brothers going strong (when not injured)

I pointed it out to my brother that the left edge was dogs balls all game no matter who was at centre/wing

Nene was average, but the edge defence rot started much further infield

noticed this too and agree. the edge was shot, undermanned, put under all sorts of pressure and dealing with overlaps before the panthers spreaded it out wide in their direction and ran a simple play at them. they were forced into some bad and rushed defensive decisions from our wing/centres and poorly defending halfback. they still should have reacted, communicated and tackled better than they did but they often didnt create the initial problem.

our second rowers were constantly dragged infield and our middles stuck at the ruck while quick and purposeful service and ball to the penrith edges gave the 2 or 3 blokes often often left to defend little chance and looked like they were playing a different game to the rest of the team.

while in the first 30 mins this could have been put down to lack of ball and little go forward gains and struggling to get out of our end, when possession started to even up and we had been attacking penrith in their 20 for instance as soon as they got back down to our danger zone the same defensive problems on the edges presented themselves and it was rinse and repeat. they scored so many basic trys on us, credit to them they didn't bomb them and had made some good runs and offloads but we were soft and shambolic in dealing with it

penrith didnt have to work hard for many of their points - just spread it quickly, target chad with some inside runners and once the centre wing rush in, pass it out the back. too easy and very embarrassing for us. outcoached and outplayed

 

[puma1355]

Ive seen enough of him

 

[HaroldBishop]

But he's big

 

[Tatus]

But he's big

And a big back 3 wins games!

 

[Wiz]

And a big back 3 wins games!

I don’t think this game had anything to do with the back 3 except for one of them having their first game back in 2 years... when we held onto the ball and stopped penalties we were scoring points. No point of a big or small back 3 if we can’t hold onto the ball

 

[Thresher]

Nene: "So coach, where should I stand in defence?"

JMo: "I want you to keep exactly 3 metres between yourself and Goodwin ... but sometimes don't worry about that and just mark up on your opposite instead."

Nene: "Um ... okay"

 

[Gards]

Ive seen enough of him

coach wont have, he was brought here for a reason. your dreaming if you think he will only be played once and never again and abandon after 1 bad rusty game

he cant really go much further backwards from here so should only improve - 12 months off doesn't suddenly mean he can never be a footballer again, he is better than this

but it is funny how this team still doesnt take advantage of our wingers who are actually taller than a hobbit - in defense or attack

I don’t think this game had anything to do with the back 3 except for one of them having their first game back in 2 years... when we held onto the ball and stopped penalties we were scoring points. No point of a big or small back 3 if we can’t hold onto the ball

well it had a bit to do with them mate when 50+ are scored predominately down your flanks

not duges though, he was solid for the most part . our centres and backrow got picked apart as did a certain half in defense

agree on holding onto the ball and discipline, when we did that we were in the fight but as soon as me made a mistake we just did not defend it bar the occasions when penrith made a mistake right back and handed it over to us and some of this was thanks to some solid tackles and aggressive line speed from us in the middle and some of it was just the panthers dropping their bundle

 

[stormshark]

Not gonna write him off, anyone coming in cold with no reserve grade at moment, is gonna be up against it.

 

[snowman]

He had the slowest centre in the comp and a ****ing retard in 7 breaking the defensive line

His first game back in 2 years and he was second in meters and was the only one showing any kind of emotion during the game

 

[Western Sharkie]

He had the slowest centre in the comp and a ****ing retard in 7 breaking the defensive line

His first game back in 2 years and he was second in meters and was the only one showing any kind of emotion during the game

That'll be 2 weeks and $20k fine thanks!

 

[CrazyMatt]

Ive seen enough of him

After one game against far superior opposition where he’s rusty as **** as he hasn’t played for over a year? ****ing hell mate, sorry but not your best.

People on this forum have to stop writing players off after one ****ing game.

 

[egg]

After one game against far superior opposition where he’s rusty as **** as he hasn’t played for over a year? ****ing hell mate, sorry but not your best.

People on this forum have to stop writing players off after one ****ing game.

I remember people writing me off after my first post

 

[Sir Chadley]

I remember people writing me off after my first post

There are exceptions.

 

[egg]

There are exceptions.

Thanks , ( I think )

 

[Tiger Shark]

Writing him off after his first game for the Sharks and for 12 months.

Same ****ers probably wanted Jayden over Blayke