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Nathan Brown: Finals or bust

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Roar Guru
23rd July, 2019
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In his fourth year coaching the Newcastle Knights, Nathan Brown has finally gathered a squad capable of cracking the top eight – even the top four.

But after the 48-10 demolition suffered at the hands of the Roosters, everything is on the line for the run to the finals.

In a run of six straight, the Knights looked like ready to own the competition – until Melbourne Storm brutally owned us.

The next week, Newcastle got a win against Brisbane but sadly three straight losses followed. Losses to the Warriors and Bulldogs at home were painful, letting go of a halftime lead and choking.

Against the Roosters, the red and blue were in it for the first 55 but just gave up in the last 25. The worst memory of watching a Knights game in my life, considering I was in attendance.

For the rest of the season, it’s finals or bust – like Back to the Future Part 3: “future or bust”. Nathan Brown is Marty McFly, the DeLorean and train are the Knights players, and Phil Gardner is Doc Brown.

If the train didn’t push the DeLorean to 88 miles per hour, Marty would have fallen to his death. If the Knights don’t make the finals, Brown will no longer be the coach – although he may pick up a different role at the club.

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I have faith in Brown and I have from the second he put pen to paper and became our coach. He told us exactly what his intentions were and he succeeded.

His goal now is to get his charges into the finals and with the squad at his disposal, there’s no more excuses – no more rebuilding and for damn sure, no more bull!

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Newcastle have a run of winnable games and therefore a slight chance of taking a top-four spot.

If the Knights make the finals, Brown will still be the head coach in 2020.

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