Post Match Warriors v Bulldogs - [Round 25, 2024]

[Makasene]

Basically the same as last week. Competitive first half, aside from some soft tries. Then blown off the park in the second. Doggies little kicks in behind exposed our lack of speed to cover, paid off for them in the second half. Losing the centres moving guys out of position killed our attack even more, and drained the guys working to cover the lack of speed. Every time we had the ball in the final 30, we had nothing. A few calls against us capped off a frustrating game.

Nuiokre needs to move into the middle next year, but Ford in the second row is stagnant for our attack also. Really hoping Laban or Halasima can take that spot over the off season, we really need some attack out wide.

Niukore to the middle and Halasima to an edge is the play

I fear it will be the other way around though...

 

[juju]

I left the ground optimistic about the team refreshing and starting again in 2025.
Sifakula I thought really announced himself tonite.
In reserve grade Leka was great, Laban had one of the best games I've seen from him & Eddie Ieremia Toeava is really emerging

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[WA Warrior]

Niukore to the middle and Halasima to an edge is the play

I fear it will be the other way around though...

I might sound pretty negative but Nikoure is one player I want shopped to other clubs.
No fault of his own with the injuries that have plagued his time here.
But he has been so underwhelming for mine, errors, running at players not gaps etc.
We could use his salary a lot more on the open market or Webby needs to whip him into shape.

 

[Beastmode]

32mins from Sifakula

Killed the false narrative that he can’t go any longer than 10mins…

 

[Beastmode]

I might sound pretty negative but Nikoure is one player I want shopped to other clubs.
No fault of his own with the injuries that have plagued his time here.
But he has been so underwhelming for mine, errors, running at players not gaps etc.
We could use his salary a lot more on the open market or Webby needs to whip him into shape.

One dimensional player with no ball playing skills.

Dropping the ball on the first play inside the red zone is criminal.

 

[afakasi247]

I’m just not loser or a blind faith follower.

2 good fucking season out of 10 and I don’t have a right to vent?

Fuck that shit, I’m gonn call this club out for what it is until shit changes.

Bro I get it.

15 years I’ve been obsessed about this team. They dictated my life. Events had to be planned around Warriors games. My family are on edge when the games on because I took it way too seriously. Back when me and my now wife were grinding we still had to budget for 3 Warriors jerseys a season, and season memberships for 10 years.

10 years on this very forum posting my thoughts, writing essays upon essays venting my frustrations about this team. Primarily so my family and friends didn’t have to hear all about it.

My oldest son finally got into the Warriors last year, you know up the Wahs movement and all that. I always dreamt of my sons being fans alongside me. He finally did after 9 years. But because I was in too deep emotionally with this team, last year (and even this season) I scoffed all these bandwagon fans coming on board while shits hot - they didn’t know the suffering and pain fans like myself endured before getting here - and I didn’t engage my with son in the way I should have.

I hadn’t made following this team an enjoyable experience for him at times due to my attitude towards the team in general. Even tho we played so well last year I didn’t sit and enjoy the moment because I was just waiting for shit to hit the fan again like it always does.

I made a decision 2/3 into this season to just enjoy being a fan moving forward. All this anger and venting, end of the day WE make the fucking choice to support this team.

We can literally decide whether or not to be a fan. To buy merchandise, tickets, season memberships, flight packages to Las Vegas.

For myself, I love sports, and Rugby League is at the top of that. With sports teams I’m loyal to the death - I mean the Orlando Magic are my NBA team, and they’re essentially NBA equivalent of the Warriors being honest) - so I’m never going to support another team other than the Warriors.

So if don’t want to stop watching the game, and I’ll never be able to support another team doing so, I guess I’m stuck with the Warriors.

So what’s the point of getting so down when things are tough, when I’m still going to be here next season supporting this team through thick and thin.

I can’t control what the club does, the decisions they make, that players make, the that refs and bunker make. But I can control what to focus on. So may as well just stay optimistic and focus on the positive things moving forward. Better for the mind, peace and my sanity.

One of those things being Demetric Sifakula. 10 runs 116m 13 tackles. 32 mins. He only ran 8m less than AFB (who only had 3 more runs in 69m).

Excited we got JFH coming next season, but this fella could really ease the pain of losing AFB.

 

[KPWarrior]

Not surprised just disappointed. Agree with the comments on the ref, the performance & the hopelessness of being a fan of this club.
Seeing Coach Webster & Cameron George in track gear got my blood boiling.
Yeah it was raining - so what .Sloppy staff attitudes = sloppy results.
This is supposed to be a professional organisation involving millions of dollars - and they turn up looking like a couple of street bums. Pissed off & f-k 2025 . Nothing over the past 30 years assures me it will be any better.
Good luck Jazz & to all of the wonderful supporters who are searching for better results going forward I sincerely hope you get your wish because you bloody well deserve it.

It's a journey mate, stick with it.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

It's a journey mate, stick with it.

Just need heaps of blood thinners like asprin, warfarin in the cupboards for our poor hearts.

 

[Tonbridge(aka Swanley)]

Crighton not being sent off was a killer blow, and we're just not good enough all of the time.

Playing well in spurts won't win us anything.

 

[tajhay]

Playing well in spurts won't win us anything.

Been a season of just spurts. I cant think of any game where we have played well for the full 80. Rabbitohs game probably closest to that effort, but was helped a lot by how woeful the Rabbitohs were rather than how good we were.

 

[Aman 2.0]

Bro I get it.

15 years I’ve been obsessed about this team. They dictated my life. Events had to be planned around Warriors games. My family are on edge when the games on because I took it way too seriously. Back when me and my now wife were grinding we still had to budget for 3 Warriors jerseys a season, and season memberships for 10 years.

10 years on this very forum posting my thoughts, writing essays upon essays venting my frustrations about this team. Primarily so my family and friends didn’t have to hear all about it.

My oldest son finally got into the Warriors last year, you know up the Wahs movement and all that. I always dreamt of my sons being fans alongside me. He finally did after 9 years. But because I was in too deep emotionally with this team, last year (and even this season) I scoffed all these bandwagon fans coming on board while shits hot - they didn’t know the suffering and pain fans like myself endured before getting here - and I didn’t engage my with son in the way I should have.

I hadn’t made following this team an enjoyable experience for him at times due to my attitude towards the team in general. Even tho we played so well last year I didn’t sit and enjoy the moment because I was just waiting for shit to hit the fan again like it always does.

I made a decision 2/3 into this season to just enjoy being a fan moving forward. All this anger and venting, end of the day WE make the fucking choice to support this team.

We can literally decide whether or not to be a fan. To buy merchandise, tickets, season memberships, flight packages to Las Vegas.

For myself, I love sports, and Rugby League is at the top of that. With sports teams I’m loyal to the death - I mean the Orlando Magic are my NBA team, and they’re essentially NBA equivalent of the Warriors being honest) - so I’m never going to support another team other than the Warriors.

So if don’t want to stop watching the game, and I’ll never be able to support another team doing so, I guess I’m stuck with the Warriors.

So what’s the point of getting so down when things are tough, when I’m still going to be here next season supporting this team through thick and thin.

I can’t control what the club does, the decisions they make, that players make, the that refs and bunker make. But I can control what to focus on. So may as well just stay optimistic and focus on the positive things moving forward. Better for the mind, peace and my sanity.

One of those things being Demetric Sifakula. 10 runs 116m 13 tackles. 32 mins. He only ran 8m less than AFB (who only had 3 more runs in 69m).

Excited we got JFH coming next season, but this fella could really ease the pain of losing AFB.

I get you. I stopped letting sports in general effect my a while ago and as pumped as I was for this season I kind of stopped giving a shit pretty early when I knew weren’t the same team as last year.

You know what I’m doing now? I’m literally just letting out the last piece of shit left in my lower bowels. Is some part of me trying to trigger people? Maybe. But a larger part is just trying to hate this club enough so that I can force myself to get off this roller coaster

couple that with how bad the NrL officiating is I just don’t think it’s worth it.

Apologies to anyone I pissed off. Maybe it’s time for a break from this ride.

 

[KPWarrior]

I get you. I stopped letting sports in general effect my a while ago and as pumped as I was for this season I kind of stopped giving a shit pretty early when I knew weren’t the same team as last year.

You know what I’m doing now? I’m literally just letting out the last piece of shit left in my lower bowels. Is some part of me trying to trigger people? Maybe. But a larger part is just trying to hate this club enough so that I can force myself to get off this roller coaster

couple that with how bad the NrL officiating is I just don’t think it’s worth it.

Apologies to anyone I pissed off. Maybe it’s time for a break from this ride.

See ya next week for the Sharkies!

 

[TR73]

Been a season of just spurts. I cant think of any game where we have played well for the full 80. Rabbitohs game probably closest to that effort, but was helped a lot by how woeful the Rabbitohs were rather than how good we were.

I wouldn’t want to be Andrew Webster. He has some tough calls, we have no effective attack and our squad are more mature and not getting any faster. We were totally bereft of ideas in the 2nd half. It pains me to say but we have regressed to being the worst team in the competition right now.
The teams and styles that are winning at the moment are basing their game on smaller hard working forwards with great line speed who are relentless in defence. The guys we have coming up have potential but it will take a few seasons to get mentally strong enough to handle the grind of performing through a whole season.
That second half was as bad as it gets. My only hope is we have often followed a terrible season end with improvement the following season.

 

[kurgal]

I hope we can get TMM back next season for the number 7 role

 

[KPWarrior]

That shoulder to RTS is getting some air time, gonna be hard to explain.

 

[Beastmode]

That shoulder to RTS is getting some air time, gonna be hard to explain.

What was that BS excuse given by the ref?

Something about irrigation?

 

[WA Warrior]

That shoulder to RTS is getting some air time, gonna be hard to explain.

Webby finally having a dig at the officials.
Tonight was unacceptable, no way anyone could argue different.

 

[KPWarrior]

Remember:

No matter how bad you think we are, we're not 'the worst' and never have been.

 

[Aman 2.0]

Remember:

No matter how bad you think we are, we're not 'the worst' and never have been.

Incredibly motivational. I feel much better knowing we’re 2 wins better than the worst team in the comp.

 

[KPWarrior]

Incredibly motivational. I feel much better knowing we’re 2 wins better than the worst team in the comp.

As far as the comp is concerned we have no right to be even that good!