One of those games

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We looked good in patches, a couple of mistakes cost us dearly, together with loss of Ellis. Not sure why we don't get the ball to Ayshford more often, we looked dangerous when he handled…We came back strongly but too late in the game. I wouldn't lose too much sleep over this loss...
 
Couldn't agree more. Pretty much everything that could went wrong - that was going to happen after last week - and we still were highly competitive against the new premiership favourites.
 
boy do we drop off when one of our players gets injured. once ellis got that cork and went off i think half our team went off mentally.
 
I think that frustrates us supporters is the way we lose. We lose matches we shouldnt and throw away more wins than any other team. If we were never in a position to win the loss wouldnt be as disappointing, but when you're dominating its frustrating.

There shouldnt be as much difference between our best and our worst from week to week, let alone minute to minute.

On a positive note, plenty to be excited about regarding our young forwards. BMM, Groat and Woods all good and Moors was too. BMM outstanding for mine. Against a tough forward pack too.
 
I told 'em before I left work that I wouldn't be that worried if we lost, but now I'm frustrated. Maybe if it had ended 22-12 I wouldn't be. But the fact they got so close to coming back and winning it makes it a frustrating loss.

We didn't really have any chances in the first half and were under pressure quite a few times, yet led 8-2 at the break. But they threw that advantage away with a woeful opening to the 2nd half. Then they came back and almost stole it. Oh, well.
 
Some harsh criticisms in this thread:

desparately unlucky penalty 30 seconds before half time
Gaz gets a knee and bad cork in first couple of minutes of second half
a couple of very dubious calls go against us….

And we are competing for the game - and go very close to pulling it off - in the last minute.

Not a bad night.
 
@TigersFan4Life said:
I told 'em before I left work that I wouldn't be that worried if we lost, but now I'm frustrated. Maybe if it had ended 22-12 I wouldn't be. But the fact they got so close to coming back and winning it makes it a frustrating loss.

We didn't really have any chances in the first half and were under pressure quite a few times, yet led 8-2 at the break. But they threw that advantage away with a woeful opening to the 2nd half. Then they came back and almost stole it. Oh, well.
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Yes we led 8=2 . but it probably could have been 10-0 at halftime .i still cant work out why you take the two at 6-0 and you dont take the gift at 8-0 in the exact same spot .
 
To only lose by only 4 points to the best team in the comp, by a country mile, is pretty good in my books. We had a few bad breaks at the start of the second half and we made a few silly errors, but we were competitive, against the reigning Premiers, throughtout the whole match. It's only round 2 - good times ahead :smiley:
 
It is frustrating as a supporter to see the desperation and effort to come back from 14 points down, but not show that same intensity when 8 points ahead.

Every game we seem to have 4 quarters of footy - two of which are really good and two of which are ordinary. Depending on how good and how ordinary tends to predict the result. Last night we had one really good 20 and one very very poor one, which gave Manly all the points they needed to hang on and win.

If we can somehow find the discipline to have a consistent 80 minutes, with perhaps one really good quarter where we skip away, we'll be hard to beat. Until then, we as fans will be subject to games of amazing ebb and flow, heart-attack stuff for us but wonderful for TV. Due to our roster we will finish amongst the better half of teams, but without the consistency, aggression or discipline we will continue to "fall agonisingly short".
 
@jirskyr said:
It is frustrating as a supporter to see the desperation and effort to come back from 14 points down, but not show that same intensity when 8 points ahead.
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Spot on post jirskyr, especially this one for mine. We have such a good side, when you not only look at our roster, but see what the side can do in those patches when we actually play, it's incredibly frustrating.

I think at times, we're incredibly lazy, not wanting to do the hard stuff first. It's all attack attack attack, every set we must score off, we have too many indians with ability, but no real chief to take full control.

I don't know what's going on exactly, but I'm pretty damn sure our issues are strictly a mental thing.
 
We need to block the scoreboard….it controls our play

Thats a mental thing, something Sheens has been poor in
 
maybe some players just don't learn….anyway we didn't play anywhere near our best and come within 4 points ...it was looking like it was going to be a touch up at one stage
 
@tiger4ever said:
maybe some players just don't learn….anyway we didn't play anywhere near our best and come within 4 points ...it was looking like it was going to be a touch up at one stage
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That's the only redeeming feature I guess, we quite obviously didn't play at our best, but came within 4 points of the premiers. Manly were good, they were very controlled, except for a very brief period in the first half where they lost the plot.
 
Last nights game certainly was enjoyable. thought it was tough and exciting. Manly fell asleep for a a split second and the Tigers were right back in it, thats how dangerous they can be! I still think both teams are a massive threat and have the potential to go all the way. Cherry-Evans was fantastic, amazing young player. Definitely a future QLD prospect. Heated discussion happening on the Gunning Eagle.. should have your say.

http://www.thegunningeagle.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/post-match-manly-v-tigers-lice-forum.html#comment-form
 
still smarting from losing a game i felt we should have won but its no good being the best team for 55 minutes of the 80 if the other 25 cost you the game.however we wont be playing manly every week and there were enough positves to be optimistic for the season.
 
We were the better team for MOST of the match. Dominated the first half despite only a 6 point lead, had a devastating period in the first 25 of the second half which inevitably was the killer, and finished well on top for the last 15\. Many positives to come out of the game IMO, a good 30% better than our performance against the Sharks. 5 more minutes on Friday, and mark my words, we would've won.
 
We lost the game because we lost an 80 minute player and best defender in the first tackle of the second half. We struggled to make the adjustment and Manly pounced. That was the difference between the two teams.
 
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