Game Day: Knights v Manly [Round 13, 2023]

[globaleagle]

still surprised ponga didn't even need a hia...

A knee to the head?

 

[deanm]

Fox is the same

Ennis keeps blaming Koula for anything that goes wrong!

 

[BirdMan4ever]

Commentary refusing to see Johns weak tackle attempt, and focusing in on Koula alone.

We can't let the johns staff down, commentators drink together

 

[rj90]

Froggy having a great game!
Skip leading from the front.

 

[The Wheel]

Not sure how we are winning after that - penalties, dropped ball, missed tackles, Knights have 60% possession etc

 

[Leighbra]

Hopefully Johns doesn’t come back out after half time, time for Jake Arthur to shine

 

[bob dylan]

Great first half by the boys.

I am very impressed with effort.

How bad are Newcastle seriously? They should be 20 in front from the amount of ball they have had.

 

[maxta]

Great effort so far, apart from hideous defence from Koula and John's to let them back in.
Koula seems disinterested??
Croker deserves credit, been massive along with Schu, Paseka and Oka
Really hope we get this Win, players are really turning up for each other

 

[eagleron]

Every pass Johns makes is slow and a hospital ball

GET HIM OFF!!!

Just said that myself, he doesn't possess anything other than a floater, by the time the receiver gets the ball he's inundated with defence

 

[jbay]

Fox is the same

Yep not a word
He’s ordinary

 

[Hotspur2014]

Weekes not doing much to help his chance of a permanent 1st grade.spot …. him and Johns are targeted and looking like schoolboy reserve graders.
Hope they prove me wrong in 2nd half

 

[Jerry1]

Ennis keeps blaming Koula for anything that goes wrong!

Deflecting from coops

 

[KaZa]

Koula is second guessing as he has Johns inside. Getting passes behind him. Hook Johns.

Weekes is better than this. Needs to inject himself more. Run off Shu

 

[Daddycool]

Johns isn’t offering anything, literally anything! Get Arthur on as soon as possible. We’re still in this but the longer Johns is on, the less likely we look.

 

[JakeyB789]

Koula hasn’t been great but I’ll put that down to the absolute ****ing traffic cone inside him. Really disappointed in Seibold for not just starting Arthur when we’ve wasted a bench spot and interchange on the inevitable hooking of Johns.

Big ups to Croker, not usually a fan but he’s been great. Schuster’s attacking kicking game is also better than DCE’s

 

[skull61]

Ref not helping but geez this is a low game if Manly weren’t playing I would have turned it off

 

[mickqld]

We need a strong long kicking game now to keep them down their end. This game is very winnable but FFS get Arthur on and Johns off.

 

[Highflier]

Ennis keeps blaming Koula for anything that goes wrong!

Johns not even mentioned
Also how many 6 agains have NC received seemed like 6 in a row there 15 mins in , then they kicked it dead

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

Ennis keeps blaming Koula for anything that goes wrong!

I usually hate to agree with Ennis, but in this case Koala's two errors have led to Newcastle tries. Terrible dropped ball - not the greatest pass, but he should have hung onto that - and one of the worst tackle attempts I've ever seen from him. Hope he shakes it off and has a strong second half.

 

[Will on the hill]

Kola is looking like a liability every week. Makes errors, misses tackles and has shown nothing in attack for a very long time.

It's the guy next to him that is the problem.