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the_third

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Tonight against the storm we were good, played well and to a good plan only problem for me was that in the last 15 we looked like we had very little in the tank. Seems to be a bit of work to do on fitness. A few weeks to
Fix that still.
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Chris Lawrence seems very tentative ,not unfit but scared to stretch out with his dodgy hammy.
 
From a fitness point of view though need to take into account playing 2 games in a row away from home and in the pooring rain which anyone who has played knows takes a lot more out of you then dry weather footy. Lawrence is a different story what ever is wrong with him I d ont know but he has lost his speed massively he would have scored at least once tonight but he just had no pace compared to other years
 
There is nothing wrong with the Storm forward pack. Credit to them but it must be mentioned the conditions were more favorable to them than us.
 
There maybe some players carrying a few injuries, but I actually think we are very fit, endurance wise. We had barely any decent ball for most of the second half and they threw everything at us. In the end they could only manage one try which was very dodgy to say the least. This after a whole game, also in the rain, holding the opposition to zero.
 
2 x heavy tracks don't help but this will be a blessing in a few weeks as this aslo works up the fitness level when you get a dry track.
 
Personally, I don't think Lawrence has a too many problems with speed or stretching out. He is still powering onto the ball! I believe, the defense from most teams these days is outstanding and their reads are getting better as well. He didn't seem to have too many problems last week against the raiders. His defense tonight was also effective. Go Weststigers!
 
@boonboon said:
From a fitness point of view though need to take into account playing 2 games in a row away from home and in the pooring rain which anyone who has played knows takes a lot more out of you then dry weather footy. Lawrence is a different story what ever is wrong with him I d ont know but he has lost his speed massively he would have scored at least once tonight but he just had no pace compared to other years
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Don't think it's that he has lost pace just think he is too willing to pass the ball because he hasn't got the confidence in his hammy yet
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Playing in the rain is a great leveller. Any one would struggle in those conditions (apart from Trevor Cogger)
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@Flippedy said:
There maybe some players carrying a few injuries, but I actually think we are very fit, endurance wise. We had barely any decent ball for most of the second half and they threw everything at us. In the end they could only manage one try which was very dodgy to say the least. This after a whole game, also in the rain, holding the opposition to zero.
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Except one bad miss by Fulton, and few missed tackles by Benji, Tigers defence was very good. That try really was not. Blair was superb in defence.
 
Physically it was a difficult game, plus the Storm had the majority of possession for the entire game, particularly in the second half. Overall the Tigers had 47% possession, but had an excellent completion rate.

And here's another interesting stat, this was the first time Melbourne have been beaten on a Friday night in Melbourne in 11 years.
 
@willow said:
Physically it was a difficult game, plus the Storm had the majority of possession for the entire game, particularly in the second half. Overall the Tigers had 47% possession, but had an excellent completion rate.

**And here's another interesting stat, this was the first time Melbourne have been beaten on a Friday night in Melbourne in 11 years.**
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History makers! :smiley:
 
I think we also played with only 16 - I never saw Reddy. Also Bell didn't seem to be on for long and we used 3 interchanges on hookers. Add to that the conditions and I think they went ok
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I think our fitness has improved noticeably during the season. At the start of the year, while we were losing, we seemed to be playing in slow motion and visably exhuasted at the end of matches. There has been a large improvement.
 
I hate wasting interchanges on hookers. Hookers need to be 80 minutes players.
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