Closing out a game

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Doc_Tiger

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I've never understood how we can't comfortably close out a game. Against the sharks again we give away dumb penalties like the one Tapau gave away with around 9 minutes left when he layed on the player for an age on around the 4th tackle or thereabouts on the halfway line from memory. Why can't they just do whats required to keep a team at their own end? Get repeat sets or kick deep and defend without the penalties? It drives me crazy
 
Yeh I know I was pulling my hair out , Kapow and Gallen were having their own little personal battle going on with Kapow giving away a fair few penalties which resulted in a try being scored against us.

Our last tackle options are still terrible while attacking the oppositions try line.
I would like to see a repeat set being achieved and learning to build some pressure like the top teams do.
 
If Robbie has a weakness in his game, this is just it, he is not always making good choices in tight situations. He is at fault for the bad end to our last set, lucky Cronulla had nothing left.
 
@jirskyr said:
If Robbie has a weakness in his game, this is just it, he is not always making good choices in tight situations. He is at fault for the bad end to our last set, lucky Cronulla had nothing left.
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This is Farah's biggest weakness, why would you be throwing face balls on the oppositions line with 2 minutes to go opening the team up to an intercept as it was giving away the ball.I just don't understand these glaring mistakes and this has been happening for years,I suppose this is part of his game good points and bad but this should be addressed as this would not be a good way to lose a game.
 
From many of the posts I read, we play Anasta for his experience, knowledge and guidance. If this is true for him, why isn't Anasta pressing Farah for the right plays at the death?
 
Cronulla were shot out wide , all it would of taken in that couple of sets was to get Brooks to take on the line one play and followed it with Austin doing the same the next

We'd have scored for sure and put it away
 
@Snake said:
@jirskyr said:
If Robbie has a weakness in his game, this is just it, he is not always making good choices in tight situations. He is at fault for the bad end to our last set, lucky Cronulla had nothing left.

This is Farah's biggest weakness, why would you be throwing face balls on the oppositions line with 2 minutes to go opening the team up to an intercept as it was giving away the ball.I just don't understand these glaring mistakes and this has been happening for years,I suppose this is part of his game good points and bad but this should be addressed as this would not be a good way to lose a game.
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The one that always sticks in my head, he and Benji fluffed the last set against the Warriors 2011, gave them the attacking position for that last-minute fluke try.

In finals matches, you have to keep the ball away from the opposition try line at all costs, even with an ugly set. You can't make any mistakes - dropped ball, forward pass, kick out, give penalty - all killers. Saints did it to us the year before, kept us down our end, then the minute we coughed it up they rolled down and slotted the FG.
 
We have the ball and are ahead on the scoreboard with only minutes to go. What do we do? We go for quick play-the-balls and panic like headless chooks. WTF is that all about? Amateur hour! We should be composed and go as slow as possible.
I agree with Farah comments above. He is the captain and should be a calming influence but instead he is the one pushing passes. I love the guy but that is hardly inspiring leadership.
Sorry to say but if the ship went down yesterday then he would be to blame IMO.
For the benefit of the team he really needs to develop a calmer head in tight situations.
 
Good….it's not just me then.
At that point in the game, they have at least 3 players that can kick. One of them has got to do the business. I thought the old days of going a million miles an hour were a thing of the past.

Guess not.
 
@MightyMaggy said:
From many of the posts I read, we play Anasta for his experience, knowledge and guidance. If this is true for him, why isn't Anasta pressing Farah for the right plays at the death?
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Hard for Anasta to close out the game from the bench against the sharks. I found it an odd decision by Potter to bring Austin on when we had already grabbed the lead, as that is when we could have used a cool head, rather than extra spark and a potential defensive liability.

I thought it went against the grain of Potter's normal coaching philosophy and can only assume he did not want to do a Sheens and leave him languishing on the bench all game.
 
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