Eye_Of_Da_Tiger
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One team had very little third party payments the other millions of dollars worth. At the end of the day we were far from good enough tonight. It was a no contest event.
Men against boys
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Simply outclassed. The Roosters are top two, been a bit low on form, lost four in a row they were going to hit their straps at some stage - it was always going to be a tough one. Dont think we gave up, they are just a far better side than us, every day of the week. Pretty much at full strength with players wanting to stake their claim for origin, this was not the week to play them. On the positive - Chris Lawrence was great and so was Jessie Sue.
jirskyr
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Yeah we needed to stick it to the Rooters for the first 10 mins, not just hang in there by their fingernails. They started probing us right from the get-go, we opened up like the Red Sea and they just never took their foot off the throat.
Totally outclassed, I was just wishing and hoping for one of our blokes to really take it to them, hurt a few runners, but every player on the Roosters thought they were going to grab a hat-trick, even with props turning inside balls to halves, SKD doing ridiculous chip n chases and coming up with the ball, Roosters backline taking easy metres early in the set.
Totally outclassed, I was just wishing and hoping for one of our blokes to really take it to them, hurt a few runners, but every player on the Roosters thought they were going to grab a hat-trick, even with props turning inside balls to halves, SKD doing ridiculous chip n chases and coming up with the ball, Roosters backline taking easy metres early in the set.
PYMBLEPETE
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I am no where near as pessimistic about that display as some. We were never, I repeat never going to win. Possibly the best roster in the comp does not lose 5 in a row. Apart from that, all the 50/50s went their way and the refs game them a more generous ride than us. I cant see us beating the rorters with our current team, but I thought we put in a reasonable display in the circumstances, and a couple of ours who have been disappointing - Rowdy and Moses went pretty well.
Tuiaki_Chicken_Wings
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For me look at our second row and centres, look at theirs. That pretty much sums it up. Lovett and Sironen are over rated, need some new second rowers for next year. Here's hoping for Pauli Pauli and Lowe, two big bodies. Something we are in desperate need of.
VanillaThunder
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@Tuiaki Chicken Wings said:
Lowe re-signed, but I'd take Pauli^2
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Heisenberg
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@hybrid_tiger said:
Haha I'm just gonna get out the popcorn sit back and enjoy this one
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Brooks and Moses look so out classed, Moses looking like a speed bump in a kiddy driving school.
I wouldn't be surprised if the both of them start to decline in performance even further due to being humiliated and smashed every game.
Move the both of them out of the NRL before they become so demoralised that they will not recover.
I wouldn't be surprised if the both of them start to decline in performance even further due to being humiliated and smashed every game.
Move the both of them out of the NRL before they become so demoralised that they will not recover.
tsjonathan
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@thesquid said:
Start to decline? Really? after 20 NRL games? You do realise the halves were not the reason for the poor performance right? The halves were only a minor reason for the loss.
stevetiger
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I don't blame the halves. Our forwards who should be guns were terrible. It was though the overall discipline throughout the game that killed us. We kept it together for a short time but then we lost it and got killed. This has happened heaps throughout the year.
beachtiger
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The title of this thread sums it up for me watching the game last night, we just don't have the physical capabilities to match it with hardened and seasoned players…yet!
I've been critical of Brook's defence in the past but you can't doubt his and Moses commitment, in fact I don't think Moses fell of many tackles tonight at all he just doesn't have the physical size to match his heart and stop the attacking player in their tracks.
It's not just our halves though we don't have that physical presence in enough key positions to match the bigger teams. We have the likes of Woods, Kapow and Keithy but the rest of our pack is too small and inexperienced to back up our creative players. Lodge is good for size when he comes on but still lacks enough motor to put his stamp on the game when he comes on and Ava is a beast but not imposing enough on the opposition.
I'm sure in a few years Siro Jnr and Lovett will develop in to wonderful players but look at the good teams and their second row players, hardened men like Cordner and Guerra last night and I just don't think we have enough size to match them.
I don't think it's only our forwards either we don't have much size in our backs, a lot of skill yes but not a physical presence.
We have all said it, we need to buy a good sized centre/winger and a big second rower with a good motor to stick it to the opposition on the fringes and make them work just as hard in defence to take some pressure off our young halves to let them do what they do best. Unless we recruit some players like this whilst our young brigade develop I think we will only ever be a middle of the pack team.
I've been critical of Brook's defence in the past but you can't doubt his and Moses commitment, in fact I don't think Moses fell of many tackles tonight at all he just doesn't have the physical size to match his heart and stop the attacking player in their tracks.
It's not just our halves though we don't have that physical presence in enough key positions to match the bigger teams. We have the likes of Woods, Kapow and Keithy but the rest of our pack is too small and inexperienced to back up our creative players. Lodge is good for size when he comes on but still lacks enough motor to put his stamp on the game when he comes on and Ava is a beast but not imposing enough on the opposition.
I'm sure in a few years Siro Jnr and Lovett will develop in to wonderful players but look at the good teams and their second row players, hardened men like Cordner and Guerra last night and I just don't think we have enough size to match them.
I don't think it's only our forwards either we don't have much size in our backs, a lot of skill yes but not a physical presence.
We have all said it, we need to buy a good sized centre/winger and a big second rower with a good motor to stick it to the opposition on the fringes and make them work just as hard in defence to take some pressure off our young halves to let them do what they do best. Unless we recruit some players like this whilst our young brigade develop I think we will only ever be a middle of the pack team.
Tigerspirit
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@Tbone said:
Hahahahaha
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