LIVE GAME Round 20 v Bulldogs

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That's a run of losses
Ugly too

Sheeesh
Ain't easy following this club
I was kind of glad that we didn’t score becuse it puts more pressure on Benji to,appoint a new attack assistant coach .. 4 tries in 5 games is atrocious.. and for gods sake please put some outside backs on that are not injured and can break a tackle and lift 1 arm above their hip .. Jesus I would like to see Javon ans and saukuru in because at least they attempt to make a line break
 
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Let’s be honest, the Bulldogs were bog average , and we were clueless!! Tonight it looked like we had no plan in attack and no structure in defence ; where’s the coaching? What the hell are we doing at training ?? We are at rock bottom after that display !!
Been this way for a few weeks

Uninspired team, just don't care.
Is it Luais fault? Idk...

It's embarrassing though.
 
He would have had Klein talking in his ear telling him it was a sin bin,i can blame the ref for a few errors but not that one.
No problem with the sin bin. It’s a dangerous act he needs to get out of his game. Also the reason we need these young blokes playing now if we are backing them.
 
The way the game was refereed earlier in the year obviously suited our style. The game is back to being officiated like last year and we have the same results where we struggled to score.

Latu looks good, tempo and squares up the defence. Question mark on his kicking game but that’s just because we haven’t really seen it. I hate that the way he tackles gets penalised, legs tackle and uses the attackers momentum . Nothing illegal about it besides the weak dangerous position call. You can tell by the way he knew straightaway he was in trouble that he has been working on getting it out of his game.

Simply wrapping his arms fixes the problem of him rightly being penalised and binned. Else it is not much different than tripping, just using his shoulder instead.
 
No problem with the sin bin. It’s a dangerous act he needs to get out of his game. Also the reason we need these young blokes playing now if we are backing them.
But it’s not an illegitimate tackle.. he goes low and doesn’t lift, the player runs over him and loses his own balance,, that’s just rugby league, shit happens but it’s not on the defender to keep the balance of a runner that goes over them …
 
I saw Toa and Skelton getting some praise.
Personally thought they were both weak.
That edge was abysmal.

Toa = off to Manly
Skelton = no contract for 27 currently.

Other side, honestly not much better.
Makasini is a rookie so we can overlook that.

Bulas worst game.
Some real poor efforts...

Luai, busy and barking a lot, but his head isn't in the game for mine. He's all talk... and he won't be here next year.

3 out of 6 of this 1 to 6 won't be here next year.
 
I'm not going to flog this horse- everyone saw the result.

So, I'll look at a few things that tend to get forgotten in the misery.

Sam Fainu & Ethan Roberts show that big athletic guys make impact. You can look through every team & say the same thing. So- we need more bigger athletic guys. Forget 'complete' players- find bigger athletes. KPP back next year- Roberts needs to be on the bench. Or Sam in the middle. Actually- yeah, play Sam beside Terrell up front. Have Sione & Pole rotate in.

Doueihi- love him. But he holds back the flow. Latu & Andrews time has come next season. Ride the lows. Reap the benefits. Play Heyward off the bench. Bulldogs showed how to play Doueihi tonight- by using Burton in the centres. That's his spot. He can still do his kicks from there. He just can't direct a team around.
 
He would have had Klein talking in his ear telling him it was a sin bin,i can blame the ref for a few errors but not that one.
Perhaps that could be the thing, If Latu used his arms and grabbed him perhaps he isn’t penalised,, coaches should be improving this technique,,, I cannot fathom that Skelton still puts his head down on the wrong side and doesn’t look at the ball runnergthe way he does,, it’s so,dangerous, it’s bad technique and he has done it since he got here and the coaches have not remedied it at all. Like what the hell are they doing? COACH the gotdamn players to improve them… so help me god am I tired of watching all of them regress instead of improving… how they have not got Bula running straight and into space at speed is beyond comprehension… it is remarkable and not at all in a good way… I’m so sad for my club right now.. I want Benji to succeed so badly, but worry that he is too stubborn to seek help he obviously needs ..
 
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Perhaps that could be the thing, If Latu used his arms and grabbed him perhaps he isn’t penalised,, coaches should be improving this technique,,, I cannot fathom that Skelton still puts his head down on the wrong side and doesn’t look at the ball runnergthe way he does,, it’s so,dangerous, it’s bad technique and he has done it since he got here and the coaches have not remedied it at all. Like what the hell are they doing? Cinch the gotdamn platers to improve them… so help me god am I tired of watching all of them regress instead of improving… how they have not got Bula running straight and into space at speed is beyond comprehension… it is remarkable and not at all in a good way… I’m so sad for my club right now.. I want Benji to succeed so badly, but worry that he is too stubborn to seek help he obviously needs ..
You can’t predict what Skelton will give you. Absolutely mud tonight. Not surprised he’s unsigned.
 
I'm not going to flog this horse- everyone saw the result.

So, I'll look at a few things that tend to get forgotten in the misery.

Sam Fainu & Ethan Roberts show that big athletic guys make impact. You can look through every team & say the same thing. So- we need more bigger athletic guys. Forget 'complete' players- find bigger athletes. KPP back next year- Roberts needs to be on the bench. Or Sam in the middle. Actually- yeah, play Sam beside Terrell up front. Have Sione & Pole rotate in.

Doueihi- love him. But he holds back the flow. Latu & Andrews time has come next season. Ride the lows. Reap the benefits. Play Heyward off the bench. Bulldogs showed how to play Doueihi tonight- by using Burton in the centres. That's his spot. He can still do his kicks from there. He just can't direct a team around.
Excellent post mate,, best post I have ever seen from you.. 👌👏
 
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