We lack killer instinct.
When actually competing for the game we go into our shell in attack. When we're down by too much we play decent football direct and fast.
Then trying to get the go ahead try it's all this hesitation and sideways movement and passivity in our running.
Doueihi, seyfarth, Twal just seem to come up with a loaping run or slow up in ways that kills us.
Everybody all of a sudden starts looking around at someone else, starts doing one thing then another rather than direct and fast and building momentum. Yes, Canberra slowed the play the ball, but we allowed it by not building momentum and trying to run through the tackle.
It's so frustrating watching a big guy like Twal pull up so meekly. Run through em! Doueihi just backwards and forwards then hesitating then sideways again and we're all bunched up and they're laying on us and then seyfarth collapses into a heap again and then fainu finally gets a floating pass with three raiders right in his face. Build the set, dig in, run hard. Leave the thinking to the halves, doueihi, that's not your go.
How did this club choose Galvin over Latu as a half with their million dollar off to him? Latu is so fast and clever with the ball, he's got the best short ball I've seen from a tiger and his play is so smooth under pressure. And watching him from the sideline he's just so strong, I just kept repeating it the way he pushed away from contact and created. He is so damn good. Galvin has ability but he's so much slower in all aspects of his play. It is frightening that this club didn't recognise this and offered Galvin the million dollar contract. This is a massive oversight that needs serious reflection from the club. I get short term playing Galvin with latu's injury, but also thinking Galvin was the long term option is a scarily bad decision. Latu has everything you want in a half. He was also doing great organising out there, lots of talk and pushing players around.
Pole, Sione and May all looked excellent in defensive contact. I haven't seen that from pole before, he really hit hard.
Bird tires quickly. His play early in the stint is strong and direct and crisp, then he loses his legs a bit and gets dominated when being tackled. He's really good when fresh.
Interesting to see all the criticism of Bula on here. At the game I just felt like he was our only attacking chance outside of Latu and he was putting himself everywhere. He had uncharacteristic errors, but I thought he was one of our best.
People knocking the crowd and atmosphere and yes it was dead quiet tonight. But we're all just bundled up, not many of us there and feeling uncertain about what we're gonna see. To all those typewriter critics, how bout you get off the screens and come to a game if you want that to be different? All this whining about the venue. My kids and I love going to Campbelltown and we hardly ever see a win. You've got the big friendly islander families all having a good time behind the posts, the real proper footy fans everywhere, it's a crowd of diehards who love the club and keep turning up. Why don't you join us? I'm a Balmain and Leichhardt oval die hard as well. I'm sick of this sooking about Campbelltown.
And finally, turuva! How he doesn't make 6 line breaks a game is tribute to the quality of defensive play in the NRL. He runs so fast and and his sharp cutting around the ruck makes him so effective. He is so good early in our sets and must be one of the best in the league. What a player.
