LIVE GAME Round 9 vs Dragons

[innsaneink]

He saw what we all did, his side were the better team, but didn’t ice their chances.
Happily, we have been taking ours lately and that’s a huge positive.

I dunno...i think we were much better than them in the first half...with the help of superior possesion....i predicted the game would swing if possesion evened up...we see it so often in many games
2nd half another story

 

[mikey]

Tonight’s thoughts;
Galvin can’t tackle
Cooper Cronk wears lipstick 💄
Charlie Stains deserves to stay in top grade
Brent Naden is too loose, come back Starford
Jerome is by far the greatest buy in WT history

Lastly how good is it to be in the 8

Apart from Luai as best buy (the Bunjil early days for me), 100 percent agree

 

[stephen]

We keep winning, the press concentrates on other clubs like the Dragons. The real story here is Luai taking control and we'll see whether Galvin can follow.

Def seemed a change tonight. Luai much more assertive.

 

[Demps]

red pen through Naden.
Find a new club next year.

 

[Siberian Kitten]

That 12 point turnaround with the Bule runaway try was decisive. The Heart Attack Kids strike again.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

I know Bula has his defensive issues but how quick is he, Sloan couldn't get anywhere near him trying to run him down.

 

[mikey]

red pen through Naden.
Find a new club next year.

Yep. Was hoping otherwise but too much Owen Craigie n Dane Gagai for me.

 

[king_sirro]

Not if Latu’s hamstrings are dodgy again.

You missed the "as soon as Latu is fit" part?

 

[Wiz]

Some other observations:

1. Twal was good again. He’s been a bit under the radar this year.
2. Defence wasn’t good.
3. Bula has great long range speed as seen tonight. His acceleration is only average though imo.
4. If we keep using TDS the way we have been we are better off with someone else on the bench.
5. Sam Fainu has been whacking blokes in defence the last couple of weeks. He is rounding into form.
6. We are two forward injury/suspensions away from getting a big drop off.
7. Richo’s signings, soon to be announced, will be interesting. A couple more good additions and we could be right in the mix next year.

 

[Merlot]

Some bad misses tonight though mate, his defence was looking better before this game.

Should be easy for him to find motivation to do better against the storm so on to next week we go

11 min s into the 2nd ?? , he did a knee crawl as the ref declared held and defenders were peeling off , an bounced to his feet - were there is smoke

 

[clontarfkid]

red pen through Naden.
Find a new club next year.

Ineffective and injury prone
Seen enuff..just like Gould and Cleary

 

[king_sirro]

Elaborate?

Personally thought he was a passenger out there tonight. Less pick-me nonsense than previous games but didn't contribute positively really in any stand out way.

He's an ordinary player currently.

I felt his effort off the ball was telling tonight. A number of times he would usually try to contribute in covering up defensive issues from others that tonight he didn't try to do. He looked miserable and nearly in tears in the sheds after the game. I think we have issues with him over the next few weeks. It may just all be getting ti him and as a kid I get that. I'm not attacking him by any means.

 

[Wiz]

red pen through Naden.
Find a new club next year.

He’s off contract so happy to let him go. Will AJ Kepoa get a start next week????

 

[Tom Shines]

Really? That's your take? Life ain't peaches n cream.

Even Benji looked like he was at a funeral in the press conference after the game …perhaps because they have been dead lucky these past two weeks… . I’m glad he isn’t getting carried away, and I would suggest he knows there is plenty of work to be done

 

[barnsta]

Benji said in press they have played 3 games in 13 days, gotta take a toll.
Would rather have a shocker and win then get pumped

 

[mtd#2]

Ref had nothing to do with that.

Did have to do with calling "held get off" before the tackle was really completed.. he wanted it to be a game of touch. Went both ways but it was ridiculous

The knock on the the dragons early on that they called back looked like a horrible call

 

[Merlot]

I felt his effort off the ball was telling tonight. A number of times he would usually try to contribute in covering up defensive issues from others that tonight he didn't try to do. He looked miserable and nearly in tears in the sheds after the game. I think we have issues with him over the next few weeks. It may just all be getting ti him and as a kid I get that. I'm not attacking him by any means.

we talkin the coach or galvin ,lol

 

[king_sirro]

I dunno...i think we were much better than them in the first half...with the help of superior possesion....i predicted the game would swing if possesion evened up...we see it so often in many games
2nd half another story

I agree. The first half we were all over them. We switched off to start the second half which has been a bad habit that has developed. Luckily we have more resilience and have managed to fight back, but once we fix our starts ti the 2nd half we will improve a lot

 

[Tom Shines]

I dunno...i think we were much better than them in the first half...with the help of superior possesion....i predicted the game would swing if possesion evened up...we see it so often in many games
2nd half another story

the missed tackles were something like 35 to 14 and the line breaks were 10-2 against …amazing they won the game with those stats

 

[Wiz]

For whoever asked earlier, last year we won 6 games and each of the two years prior 4 games.

5 wins already this year is great. Hopefully we keep going.