Post Match Raiders v Warriors - [Round 1, 2025]

[kos]

Probably 7 for TMM or even Boyd

Fogarty would be good

 

[Inruin]

Webbys obsession with Pantherball may be his undoing. We dont have Nathan and he isnt Ivan.


As I said if the Warriors had come out and said "rebuild!" and played they young guys, I could handle losing. But the same old shit by the same old players? Yeah miss me with that shit.

How exciting was the Panthers game in magic round last season? Not just because of the win but because of what we were trying to do. That should be our selection and gameplan. But back to the same ole same ole and its not going to change anytime soon because that magic round team and gameplan was forced through having injured players unavailable.

 

[Zaggo]

The Coach was a let down in this game, JFH only had 47 minutes and Barnett only 52 minutes! Total disgrace!

Barnett getting around 50-55 minutes is ideal in my opinion, Webby ran him and AFB into the ground last year.

Fish should have been back on 5-10 minutes earlier.

 

[regenerated borg]

After game thoughts...

Raiders off loads eventually gassed our forwards.. keeping the ball alive enabled them to go up the middle and attack wide at will..
Sticky's teams are notorious for off loads we should of planned for that..

No attack plan strategy for a narrow field. (Refer above)... Intercept try?

Raiders expected the same old predictable warriors game plan and we walked straight into the trap..

Sure the players made mistakes but it's not all their fault..

See what happens next round...

 

[Tookey 2.0]

You reckon we should move towards a size based forward pack and bench?

I think having one big bopper who bends the line would be ideal.

There are certainly advantages of having such a lightweight forward pack with Clark, Barney, Fish and Ford, but if we're not able to see the benefits of it because we're being bashed up the middle, it means we need to change something.

Tbh I don't even think we have a bigger body available at the moment...with Capewah and Niukore on the edges we don't have someone who can just plough forward and suck defenders in.

The thing that I struggle with, is that we seemed to be absorbing the opening exchanges as opposed to dominating them as running over them. That shit is trying. You then need a change of tempo or something to break that hold. It never arrive for us. We held on for too long imo, and Webby wasn't quick enough to pull the trigger when he needed to.

 

[Mr Drag]

Barnett getting around 50-55 minutes is ideal in my opinion, Webby ran him and AFB into the ground last year.

Fish should have been back on 5-10 minutes earlier.

Fish and Barnett no missed tackles, Nuikore 5 missed tackles

 

[MrFrankWhite]

I think having one big bopper who bends the line would be ideal.

There are certainly advantages of having such a lightweight forward pack with Clark, Barney, Fish and Ford, but if we're not able to see the benefits of it because we're being bashed up the middle, it means we need to change something.

Tbh I don't even think we have a bigger body available at the moment...with Capewah and Niukore on the edges we don't have someone who can just plough forward and suck defenders in.

The thing that I struggle with, is that we seemed to be absorbing the opening exchanges as opposed to dominating them as running over them. That shit is trying. You then need a change of tempo or something to break that hold. It never arrive for us. We held on for too long imo, and Webby wasn't quick enough to pull the trigger when he needed to.

I was sure he was about to unleash Dem and Leka at the 25min mark but he never did. Im sure it would have changed the tide.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Fish and Barnett no missed tackles, Nuikore 5 missed tackles

of the ones he even attempted. Hiding next to ruck, walking in the back line, he's an expert at avoiding work.

 

[Inruin]

Warriors: Round 1

Mitch Barnett and Andrew Webster chat to the media after their Round 1 clash against the Raiders

www.nrl.com

 

[Mr Drag]

I was sure he was about to unleash Dem and Leka at the 25min mark but he never did. Im sure it would have changed the tide.

And no missed tackles for them is what we want, Not Nuikore with 5 missed tackles

 

[Playdaball]

The Coach was a let down in this game, JFH only had 47 minutes and Barnett only 52 minutes! Total disgrace!

Coach dragged them off

 

[MrFrankWhite]

AUS womans team putting 88-0 on England. Maybe we should play them to make it a fair game.

 

[KPWarrior]

Fkn 90-4 between the "2 best womens teams in the world"

what a sell. Yanks be loving this shit!

 

[ToiletDuck]

As expected really.

Forwards are okay.
No halves, no fullback - overall spine is the worst in the NRL.
No outside backs - worst outside back stocks in the NRL.
The side will struggle to score points and historically are not a good defensive unit.

Sorry to say team, going to be a very long season. Spoon contenders unfortunately.

 

[KPWarrior]

Is the sack the coach thread up yet?

 

[Playdaball]

I’ve already had around 5 messages from non warriors friends saying, ‘ next year is your year’ ….
Hard to argue after today’s thrashing

 

[JustLikeStartingOver]

Would be shocking to them see them revert back to 6. CHT / 7. Metcalf halves combo. It simply does not work.

Oops wrong week.

Couldn’t watch it live, seen the score and reluctant to watch a replay.

The fuck was the coach doing starting Ford

 

[defensivebomb]

Can someone explain why we have a 7 playing 6, and a 6 playing 7?

poor performance all round. Bad game plan right from the get go

 

[Gods_17]

Well, the boys played sh!t. End of. The positive side, I liked the game being played at 1pm on a Sunday.

Not only does it give us all the time in the world to vent some, win lose or draw, it allows me to ponder while I mow my lawns... crank up the bar-b for tea? How will I react to the "nay-sayers" at mahi tomorrow and maybe Niukore's disrespect of the ball? That dropped ball when we were rollin' was killer! Fortunately, mahi, they know I'm a Die Hard. It ain't help none after today but.

It is a Beautiful day here in Chch, 30deg inside but I like it. I've read most of it posted here, and have pretty much decided... we're havin' a bbq.

Intentional Edit: Just checked, no gas for the mower and no lpg for the bar-b and you think we NZWarriors Fans have got it bad? Haha, all in jest.

Ooo Aah UP THE WAHS! Have a good week and enjoy the next game.

 

[Boston Boy]

On that showing, we need to cash in on the following contracts- Niukore, Capewell, and while I think he's a good player, I just think he will be poorer and more injury prone next year - Walker. This is probably $2m in cap space. I would even let Roger go making it $2.75M. We need a revamp, and with the other dollars freed up we might have close to $4m. Also go find some good wingers, union, Fiji, we must be the worst at recruiting for backs in the whole NRL.