Team List Warriors v Knights - [Round 8, 2025]

[CWC]

I see your point, but I also think you might have some sort of humiliation fetish, if you do, who am I to judge.

I am his neighbor and I saw him in a Storm jersey and heard cries of “Jerome. Jerome” every ANZAC eve

 

[sydneywarrior92]

It seems the Knights fans are pretty distraught at Cogger coming back into the team

why? Gamble is dead set awful. Can't see their attack getting any worse.

 

[Inruin]

why? Gamble is dead set awful. Can't see their attack getting any worse.

I'm not rating Crossland either. Second half last week with Brailey at hooker and Gamble left out of the play, the knights looked much better.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Knights are 2-2 with Sharpe and Cogger and 0-2 with Sharpe/Gamble. They're last 4 games they've been outscored 20-100. Their attack shouldn't be too threatening as they still haven't fully settled on a halves pairing. Biggest issue is their stars Best and Ponga who if we're able to keep quiet should go a long way to winning this one. Can't go past the feeling of the Titans last year though when they were on a massive losing streak until we lost to them. Hope the boys will turn up and play the full 80 and don't let the occasion get to them.

I think an important distinction is that we were going into that Anzac game last year on the back of an awful hiding in Wollongong. SJ at one pt was screaming at RTS which suggested that team cohesion wasn't great going into the tits game. This year we're coming off a David vs Goliath type win against a premiership contender with 6 starters out. Confidence is great as we enter the round in the top 4 and CNK will be on a high after the extension was confirmed. I think the boys are spurred on to even greater heights for this game. So completely different team surroundings this.

Also I'm pretty sure that our ANZAC day hoodoo is largely the same thing as the Melbourne hoodoo. We're not playing Melbourne this week. We're playing a side that hasn't won in NZ under their current coach. So I'd say if there is a hoodoo, it's on the Knights side, not ours.

 

[CWC]

So CNK is our traditional ANZAC big signing

 

[sydneywarrior92]

There's been a lot of talk about our ANZAC day hoodoo on this thread. But it should be pointed out that as much as we have historically hated playing on ANZAC day, the Knights hate coming to NZ. Just consider:

1. Knights have never won in NZ under their current coach (Adam O'Brien)
2. Since 2006, Knights are 2/17 (11%) in NZ
3. Since 1995 Knights are 9/26 (35%) in NZ

I'd say we've got the wood over them here.

 

[run_it_str8_again]

Ok my coach hit list is:

Ciraldo
Sticky
Bellamy

That's about it. I don't have any unresolved issues with any other coaches at present

Oh well. That's partially Ciraldo done. Just need to be us bashing them up now.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Oh well. That's partially Ciraldo done. Just need to be us bashing them up now.

When evaluating coaches, we need to consider inputs and value add. In that regard, Ciraldo is so overrated. Like Robbo, he's got the advantage of huge resources backing him up. During his first year when he had a much weaker roster, dogs finished bottom 4. That's why webby is underrated- he took a roster that was bottom 4 in 2022 and turned it into a top 4 side the next year.

 

[Inruin]

When evaluating coaches, we need to consider inputs and value add. In that regard, Ciraldo is so overrated. Like Robbo, he's got the advantage of huge resources backing him up. During his first year when he had a much weaker roster, dogs finished bottom 4. That's why webby is underrated- he took a roster that was bottom 4 in 2022 and turned it into a top 4 side the next year.

And a bottom 4 the year after.... Ciraldo is a good coach. That dogs side isn't exactly stacked.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

And a bottom 4 the year after.... Ciraldo is a good coach. That dogs side isn't exactly stacked.

We can call it even then. Not saying he's not a good coach, just that he's overrated by the Sydney media who are constantly writing glamour pieces about him.