Gameday Titans vs Warriors - [Round 16, 2024]

[mt.wellington]

Titans vs Warriors - [Round 16, 2024]
GAME DAY

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Welcome to your NZWF game day thread for todays clash.

This thread will be locked following the final whistle with or without warning. Discussion will then be shifted to the POST MATCH thread.

UP THE WAHS!!!

 

[sydneywarrior92]

I was at last years game on GC where the tits played the grubbiest game I can remember for a long time. Resulted in them having a player sent off. So I expect this might be a scrappy game rather than the 13+ win we are all hoping for. Don't care how we do it, we just need the 2pts.

 

[Makasene]

Most nervous I've been all year.

Have this uneasy feeling that it's not going to go our way.

 

[Possum11]

Not very confident we haven't fielded a consistent team all year
Titans by 4

 

[Kaos A.D.]

speed always seems to undo us.... im sure thatll be a main target for them will be our edges.... Im still confident we can get the win and grind them out the game

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Most nervous I've been all year.

Have this uneasy feeling that it's not going to go our way.

I deffo had that same feeling when we played the Dragons, Titans and Knights earlier this year but strangely don't have that today.

I think we've turned a corner.
Hopefully I'm not delusional!

Wahs 13 plus

 

[Worried2Death]

Season defining game if we want to be contenders, we say that every week but a loss today would be pretty catastrophic for making finals. Absolute must win, no pressure though boys.

 

[kos]

I m 6km north of Cbus stadium on the Gc.
Cloudy grey.
18-20 degrees for the game.

 

[Inruin]

I fear that anything other than a convincing win is going to be a problem for us moving forward.

Convincing win = turned the corner and potentially those issues that have been discussed arent accurate and there is hope for the rest of the year
Ugly win = issues and unlikely to get changes
Loss = issues and pressure mounting and still unlikely to be changes

So, I'm hoping for a convincing win because anything else means the rest of the season is cooked and we have a solution that was provided by our 3 wins in a row that won't be used.

 

[SJ2k]

It should be a convincing win but I'll take the 2 points tbh. We've had so many narrow losses this season, just gotta get some W's in any way.

 

[Roadrunner]

2 words.Just win.Time to beat up a team for once as we are heading into the backend of getting points to climb the ladder.

 

[Noitall]

I fear that anything other than a convincing win is going to be a problem for us moving forward.

Convincing win = turned the corner and potentially those issues that have been discussed arent accurate and there is hope for the rest of the year
Ugly win = issues and unlikely to get changes
Loss = issues and pressure mounting and still unlikely to be changes

So, I'm hoping for a convincing win because anything else means the rest of the season is cooked and we have a solution that was provided by our 3 wins in a row that won't be used.

So hard to tell the form of every team and how that should translate into the result. Last night was an example of two teams we’ve played recently playing each other, the dolphins who we beat with a talked about “B or C” team of ours playing them as many described at the time and the storm who we largely kept with but circumstances pushed the result out further than the game deserved in the score line. Dolphins showed they weren’t an easy beat when we took them judging by last nights performance and how they took the storm right to the end of the game. Hasler would be confident being that earlier when we played them, they were played into a bit of form by us in the following weeks. We shouldn’t lose any confidence after our performance last week and this should be a good test of whether that resilience that had worked its way back to us has remained

 

[run_it_str8_again]

This game fails to ignite much excitement as a supporter. Here's hoping the team doesn't have any such issues

 

[MXRecord]

Just like the last Titans game, it's almost like our season counts on this. The Titans, although last have improved and our weaknesses imo, are too big for someone like Hasler not to exploit.

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

Just like the last Titans game, it's almost like our season counts on this. The Titans, although last have improved and our weaknesses imo, are too big for someone like Hasler not to exploit.

Knowing our luck we will play them back into form. They have hit rock bottom again losing to the bunnies who at the time were last and the the tigers who leap frogged them last week.

 

[Tookey 2.0]

This comp is faaaarked tho really...

Cowboys were one of, if the not top attacking team when we played them a few weeks ago and absolutely dicked them with our defence, then we score enough points against the top team Storm, but our defence was poor.

Quite simply, you can't make the top 4 if you lose twice to the Titans in the round robin. We have to win today or well be fighting it out with about 6 other teams to scrape in to the 8.

I think well win by about 14, but I think we'll be up for a bit before we fall off a cliff and let them back in again (probably taking the lead) before we pull away. Kini and Campbell to have at least 2 tries between them

Edit: no Brimston, JoJo Fifita, Haas, Fotueka or Tino....surely we give them a decent spanking today

 

[janfin]

well after playing against 15 last week it’s for today’s game .Kia Kaha boys should be a piece of cake really ,and I just know that you can do it ,and as usual the neighbours have been warned

 

[Defence]

This game fails to ignite much excitement as a supporter. Here's hoping the team doesn't have any such issues

Shit idk about that- have u been to a warriors game at cbus? The joint will be rocking- can’t wait.

 

[JustLikeStartingOver]

If Sutton could see out of both eyes are probably (not definitely defence out wide was still poor) on a 4 game winning streak, and are talking about putting 40 on them.

Think it’s pretty hard to run up a score this season unless the opposition just Dosent show up.

But we have our first choice spine and middle rotation which should more than enough, a winger (who makes his share of defensive errors anyway) and an edge back row being out isn’t enough of an excuse.

Johnson usually flogs the titans.

Imagine walker goes to lock, Tohu to prop and ford to edge at kickoff.

It’s a shame to move ford away from the middle but putting walks in a position he Dosent play don’t make a lot of sense.

 

[Possum11]

Only positive I can see is the titans can't qualify for finals I think so there motivation may not be high