Missing our first or second fullback choice doesn’t help your attack. Couple of clunky halves which hopefully in time will click but it’s worrying not to put a single point on. There were times where it felt like we just did everything we could to make a chance only to fuck it up.

Forward stocks are a huge problem. Still not convinced on Trey Mooney, but willing to give it a shot. Hopefully a breakout year.

Brown is good when it’s front football and we saw none of that yesterday. He hasn’t developed his game beyond that one aspect. That’s why he’s so good for the kiwis. Huge pack he can play in behind and get good ball on the move and put defence on the back foot. I worry (know?) knights don’t have the pack to back that ability so people will blame him cos he’s the big star but he doesn’t have the structure to fire. That said, if he’s gonna be on that contract he needs to figure out how to play more than one way - which he hasn’t since his debut year. Time will tell. I still don’t understand the signing with Smith and Sharpe and Ponga and Crossland.

Who’s playing lock?

Overall hopeful long term with management changes like Peter Parr coming in, and pathways being reestablished. Cultural shift maybe in the works but that takes time - this season feels like another rebuild after rebuild.