Pretenders

[citizen_cub]

Crap game of football, but remember the conditions gave way for a crap game. The rain was quite heavy in the second half, not excusing some of the play-the-ball errors we had.

Once again, general kicking was poor. Mainly because we were down on our 30m line on last tackle. Most were just gobbled up by the fullback and taken up to the 40m line.

We made it extremely hard for ourselves to get into their territory whatsoever. The penalty count wasn't helping us, neither were the backs. Time after time, crap options were being taken, inside passes, dummy half runs deep in our own half. Tuqiri barely saw any ball all night.

The next two games we should win quite comfortably, hopefully by then 11 wins will keep us up in 3rd spot, maybe even higher in 2nd

 

[Poppa]

We were lucky to win as everyone says,but win we did.However our forward pack needs to harden up,they played soft,except for Fulton,thankfully he will get harder as he gets back to fitness,and thankfully he was there last night.I've wondered why some of our forwards couldn't make the NSW SOO side and I seen it last night.I seen one Bronco forward stand in a tackle of 4 WT forwards couldn't be put on the ground and get the ball away,not once but other times as well.Just disappointed fellas rembering how these so called baby Broncos gave us a hiding at Campbelltown,this was our turn to give it to them on their ground.Also the Man of the Match went to the loosing side,so what does that say….....Anyway thanks for the win......
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[vlad]

yes we won ugly but lately most teams do

the overall standard of this comp is very weak compared to previous seasons

have a think about all the really good games you've seen this season … there won't be many

unlike when we won in 05 when it was an overall good year

we all watch the game because we love it and the results mean something to us

but for pure pleasure of watching good footy 2010 is fairly dire .

(still beats watching afl though ...)

 

[westTAHger]

the team won.
it was a ugly win, but you get the two points regardless. :smiley:
so its one step closer to a finals berth
yes there is alot of room for improvement.
at worst the team can grind out a win in wet weather footy, something that has been missing in previous seasons

 

[fainty]

This is a game that we would usually lose. It's great to see us winning the close grinding games. Does anyone know the official stats from the game? Possesion? Feild position? Completion rate? I know the penalty count was 6-2 I think. I'm sure all the stats would be against us, and to come away with a win is Great.

 

[innsaneink]

YES, YES, YES, YES, YES!
I think the keyboard warriors that bag the team have only only played rugby league on their Wii. :wink:

LOL….dont need to have played to comment - to voice an opinion, that really is an ignorant & dumb comment.
I take it you vote. I do. Do we need experience in politics to do so?
But yes, I have played a little
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Ah ha - as I thought.
A little experience equals a lot of opinion all at the expense of the coach and team. It's amazing how a "little experience' at let me guess, primary school rugby leauge knock-out comps where you played reserve and never ran on, founds one's ability to bag NRL coaches and players.
Yeah, don't let your ability or experience get in the way of your mouth.

You got my footy experience remarkably close…thats about all youre close on.
However the only requiremnet to comment on the team and the coach is to follow the rules set down on this board.

Youre a fool if you think people paid to perform in the public arena are exempt from criticism because you have some emotinal attachment

Shame on those giving it to Rudd, Gillard, the English soccer team, the Aussie socer team, the soccer refs, whitney houston, the NSW govt

When all youve got left is a personal dig at me....then that says you got nothin.

So- do you vote, I hope you have political experience, Im sure you will now just for the sake of this

 

[tiga4eva]

The 1st penalty we got was a mandatory one coz they kicked out on the full from the kick-off. We didnt get another one til the 68th min. There was also a knock-on 1m from a touchie the tackle before Beale's try. Our handling was abysmal but i think that was coz of all the positional changes. 5 more ugly wins from our last 9 games gives us a home final guys….WHEN HAS A WIN EVER BEEN BAD?.

 

[magpiecol]

They did not attack very well, but the defence was terrific. I think that some of the forwards were short of a run as well. Gallaway just back, Fifita, just back (and it showed) Farah carrying an injury and will not play next week, Ellis injured during the game and had to come off when heaps of time to go. So, sure, their attack was disjointed, (no half back, new 5/8 and centre and new fullback) so let's not be to harsh.

Once again I must say (and have been saying for years) we do not need another forward (although Blair would be handy) but a genuine halfback. No halfback, no title.

 

[seadoggy]

your right, I am afraid we have gone nowhere, that effort was atrocious, I don't care how we got the two points it was the attitude or lack of it that was the worry, we are in for one almighty belting if we can't gender some enthusiasm in attack, at least our scrambling defence kept us in the game.

 

[Chris]

I have to agree with you in some sense Ink and also disagree. Yes, it wasn't our greatest performance and we're not playing the brand of football that will take us deep into the comp at this stage. The thing is though mate, playing great footy now wont win us the comp. How many times in previous years did we look like world beaters and get beat at the death and only to miss out on the finals by 2 points? I'd rather we get ourselves into the semis, get our full squad back bar Moltzen and Tuiaki then see how we fare. At this stage I just want us to get there and if we're in the semis to just make up the numbers I'd rather we have an early exit.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

god help us - thats all i can say.

 

[Snake]

1/ We won,t have our full squad back this year lets move on…. 2/ Last nights performance was pathetic 3/ Playing with injured players the coach is obviously under the pump Dumb Dumb .2 points thank you 3 rd spot the desired out come achieved ..there definatly has been a change in attitude as we can graft out a win but this team is out of FORM big time .

 

[hybrid_tiger]

when are we going to cut silly errors, get our bench right, and not put players outta position? 2012.

Yep, when we finally get a new coach.

 

[innsaneink]

I have to agree with you in some sense Ink and also disagree. Yes, it wasn't our greatest performance and we're not playing the brand of football that will take us deep into the comp at this stage. The thing is though mate, **playing great footy now wont win us the comp.** How many times in previous years did we look like world beaters and get beat at the death and only to miss out on the finals by 2 points? I'd rather we get ourselves into the semis, get our full squad back bar Moltzen and Tuiaki then see how we fare. At this stage I just want us to get there and if we're in the semis to just make up the numbers I'd rather we have an early exit.

Theres quite a range from what we saw last night and 'great footy'….its a massive gulf, somewhere in between and i'd be happy.
I dont want us peaking now, but i thought we wouldnt see another soouths game this year
This season has been ruined by the storm, the comp is a shambles and some very average teams will figure in the play offs...I want us to get there by earning it, deserving it...not falling in.

 

[Juro]

It really was a woeful performance and I am still scratching my head how we won. However, we did win and are 2 points closer to making the finals.

Form is fleeting though, so hopefully bad form is fleeting too. We will need to improve drastically if we are to be any chance of winning the comp, but that is definitely possible.

Therfore, I reckon we are still contenders. We are in a healthy position on the ladder and can turn it around in the next couple of months. We need to do a lot of work though, and I think everyone involved at the club would know that.

 

[hybrid_tiger]

Our position just shows how mediocre the standard of this competition is. It's embarrassing.

 

[Geo]

Ah yes the standard of the competion is crap….Off course how stupid of me...

Why bother....just cancel season 2010.....start again in 2011....

Whoever wins it this year are false champions or fluked it.....

Fair dinkum .....is there any enjoyment at all Hybrid....Innk.... :unamused:

 

[hybrid_tiger]

You seriously going to deny the standard is absolute crap? C'mon Geo, you know better than that, it's terrible.

 

[Geo]

Hybrid I agree mate ….it is crap....But I've watched plenty of seasons far worse than this...recently.2002,2004,2006......were all worse than this 1 IMO.....I don't care....

if you think last nights game was bad, which it was....catch the Parra/Knights game from a couple of weeks back....that was far worse...

At least we are over achieving and our brand of crap has kept me entertained all year...

 

[Snake]

Our position just shows how mediocre the standard of this competition is. It's embarrassing.

How true is that statement …My wife and I spoke of the same thing after the game this season is very mediocre to say the least ..once the Storm were gone that was it the bar is set very low ...I mean the way we are playing and were 3rd ????