I know we were terrible and are going to cop it in the media for the next few weeks and deservingly so but just a few things to remember:
The storm had most of the ball and got some lucky tries and even Bellyache said that in the Press conference and once a team that is at the top of there game is going well they are hard to stop. Everything went right for them and nothing for us. (our fault)
I have been saying this for a while now but I really listened to the ref tonight and without sounding like a sore loser I just feel we don't get a fair share of the calls. E.g. Every time when we tackle them the ref would be yelling at us to get off straight away so they get quick play the balls but when they tackled us he hardly said anything. They just laid all over us until there defensive line was ready and that is a massive advantage. This happens quite a lot in games and would love for this 6 again calls scraped so the ref cannot favour teams. The end of game stats don't always tell a story either as we generally get our calls at the end of games and on the 1st tackle compared to others.
They get a player sent to the sin bin after the fact and we didn't even get a penalty for it in live play.. How that was missed was a joke in itself and Joe O had to leave the field.
We have some massive problems and need to look in our back yard but FFS clubs like us need a fair go to be competitive let alone a chance to win.
Some positives: (not many)
The last 3 tries we looked a lot better and can see our attack going fine moving forward.
We looked dangerous attacking the line and feel if we held onto the ball we would of scored some more unlike other team who play Storm. (They are a class above and I don't think even the Panthers would beat them)
As much as its hard to listen to foxsports with Anasta and Ennis bagging us every time they open there mouths but they did have a great point. WE LACK LEADERSHIP and should be trying to buy Dale Finucane.
We have the funds and I think as a club for us to move forward we need to buy Finucane and Brendan Smith and even if it means paying overs... Every commentator says the same thing about him and the leadership he brings both on and off the field. Us fans deserve better and confident they would but be another Packer / Reynolds signings.
I wish we had a game next week now but we have 2 weeks to think about this result. :face_palm:
Just my thoughts
The storm had most of the ball and got some lucky tries and even Bellyache said that in the Press conference and once a team that is at the top of there game is going well they are hard to stop. Everything went right for them and nothing for us. (our fault)
I have been saying this for a while now but I really listened to the ref tonight and without sounding like a sore loser I just feel we don't get a fair share of the calls. E.g. Every time when we tackle them the ref would be yelling at us to get off straight away so they get quick play the balls but when they tackled us he hardly said anything. They just laid all over us until there defensive line was ready and that is a massive advantage. This happens quite a lot in games and would love for this 6 again calls scraped so the ref cannot favour teams. The end of game stats don't always tell a story either as we generally get our calls at the end of games and on the 1st tackle compared to others.
They get a player sent to the sin bin after the fact and we didn't even get a penalty for it in live play.. How that was missed was a joke in itself and Joe O had to leave the field.
We have some massive problems and need to look in our back yard but FFS clubs like us need a fair go to be competitive let alone a chance to win.
Some positives: (not many)
The last 3 tries we looked a lot better and can see our attack going fine moving forward.
We looked dangerous attacking the line and feel if we held onto the ball we would of scored some more unlike other team who play Storm. (They are a class above and I don't think even the Panthers would beat them)
As much as its hard to listen to foxsports with Anasta and Ennis bagging us every time they open there mouths but they did have a great point. WE LACK LEADERSHIP and should be trying to buy Dale Finucane.
We have the funds and I think as a club for us to move forward we need to buy Finucane and Brendan Smith and even if it means paying overs... Every commentator says the same thing about him and the leadership he brings both on and off the field. Us fans deserve better and confident they would but be another Packer / Reynolds signings.
I wish we had a game next week now but we have 2 weeks to think about this result. :face_palm:
Just my thoughts
