Am I being too negative about today's performance ??

I was expecting the Titans to fold. They've found a way to lose so many games over the last two seasons it's untrue. But they seem to have stiffened things up and cut out beating themselves. If anything the Tigers looked more like the Titans.
 
BAGNF05 said:
Sheens alluded to it in the press conference. He’s trying to generate points by going for the big play too often. Just leads to errors. That comes from years of being the only threat and playing in a beaten side. Needs to learn to be patient and pick the right moments. Others don’t help with simple errors.
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Ok, but shouldn't his be the calm head, leading the team for better percentage results?
 
I thought we were the better team. You discount the handling errors we were the better team. I’m a fan of Laurie but letting the ball bounce is inexcusable. I’m calling for him to be dropped. Plus he made several handling areas.
 
Tito Santana said:
I thought we were the better team. You discount the handling errors we were the better team. I’m a fan of Laurie but letting the ball bounce is inexcusable. I’m calling for him to be dropped. Plus he made several handling areas.
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That was a horrendous blunder. But ... at least he was injecting himself into the game and trying to make things happen. I watched Brooks very, very closely today. Wherever the ball seemed to be - he wasn't.
 
ovoevo said:
That was a horrendous blunder. But ... at least he was injecting himself into the game and trying to make things happen. I watched Brooks very, very closely today. Wherever the ball seemed to be - he wasn't.
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I remember 4 handling errors if you include not contesting the bomb ....1 maybe iffy pass but he should of eaten it
 
BAGNF05 said:
Sheens alluded to it in the press conference. He’s trying to generate points by going for the big play too often. Just leads to errors. That comes from years of being the only threat and playing in a beaten side. Needs to learn to be patient (build pressure) and pick the right moments. Others don’t help with simple errors.
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So the press conference was "Reasons not excuses"
 
Is it just me or does Twal look easy to tackle. I've been watching him and it seems like as soon as he is impacted in a tackle, he is dominated straight away. It's like he is so top heavy that all you need to do is chop him low and he'll fall like a tree (no leg drive or power). Maybe explains why he still hasn't scored a try. He needs to seriously work on grit and fight in attack.

Don't get me wrong, he is fit as hell and passionate, but I doubt any opposition would fear him.
 
happy_tiger said:
I remember 4 handling errors if you include not contesting the bomb ....1 maybe iffy pass but he should of eaten it
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But players can have a bad day. If we got rid of everyone who played a stinker in the first match of the season we'd only have six teams in the comp. I thought he was trying too hard. A little more thought in the execution and things could have broken differently. The difference is I wasn't seeing Brooks doing much of anything. Which is odd because Doueihi was creating problems which should have given him more space to operate in. I get that people are disappointed with Brooks and he's getting perhaps more stick than he deserves (he's never had a great team around him). But ultimately he could end all of that criticism by playing to his potential.
 
weststigerman said:
Nope. Sheens overhyped the team just like he overhypes our juniors.

He has a much better roster than Maguire had, and there should be significant improvement this year.
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Sheens has the best overall roster we have had since he was punted in 2012,every coach we have had since then would have loved to have the current roster at their disposal.Yesterday left me absolutely fuming with the complete lack of organisation from our halves(mainly Brooks).We had enough ball and field position to win 3 games
 
Tcat said:
Is it just me or does Twal look easy to tackle. I've been watching him and it seems like as soon as he is impacted in a tackle, he is dominated straight away. It's like he is so top heavy that all you need to do is chop him low and he'll fall like a tree (no leg drive or power). Maybe explains why he still hasn't scored a try. He needs to seriously work on grit and fight in attack.

Don't get me wrong, he is fit as hell and passionate, but I doubt any opposition would fear him.
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I call him the KOP - King Of Plod
 
Not sure how you can take real positives out of the game - the Dolphins have an arguably similar roster but they managed to beat a side who will challenge for the top4 pretty easily. Is it a lack of commitment from the players or are the players and coaches just over-rated. You'd hate to think it was a lack of pride in the guernsey.
 
Only positive is Twal was finally outed as being the plodder he always has been. 3 or 4 younger forwards were better in the trials by miles.
 
It would be good to know why we had to have the full compliment of 30 players signed before a ball was kicked in anger - no flexibility when things go wrong or in our case continue on from last year.
 
You want positives? A lot of the team ran over 100m. Many of the forwards did, Stefano had 95m and Pole would have easily if he had played the minutes Kepaoa did.

The play makers have to take the blame here. They were given a platform but didn't create much or weren't able to build pressure.
 
rihannafan1 said:
You want positives? A lot of the team ran over 100m. Many of the forwards did, Stefano had 95m and Pole would have easily if he had played the minutes Kepaoa did.

The play makers have to take the blame here. They were given a platform but didn't create much or weren't able to build pressure.
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Yep unforced errors killed is. AJ Kepaoa was guilty of that too.
 
There are two recurring things that annoyed me yesterday that could easily have been worked on and rectified during the off season as they were identified weaknesses last year:

1. Bomb defusal. The reluctance of our back three to commit to catching the high ball, in attack as well as defence is surely the lowest in the league. Effective bomb defusal saves tries. Chasing and catching bombs in attack scores tries. Plenty of teams are very good at it. We have always been poor, yet never seem to work on it. It is a glaring hole in the skillset of our squad and one that will continue to be exploited.
2. Goal kicking. In a team that struggles to score tries, we must convert our efforts. We can sometimes go on mini runs, scoring back to back tries and when that happens, the score needs to go up by 6. We miss a lot of goals and some extra work at training can fix this. Is the extra effort being put in?

Obviously these two areas are not amongst our greatest weaknesses, but they are areas where we could easily lift our standards with some hard work. The past 4 months was a good time to work on them. It does not seem to have occurred and that is frustrating.
 
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