LIVE GAME Round 22 vs. Rabbitohs

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We were in this game midway through the second half... At one stage the mome tum had swung and I thought we could actually go on and win it
One or two more X factor players in the halves and three quarters, Bula still has a lot to Learn, Api is the player that leads from the front and can inspire his team mates but for whatever reason many don't seem to have it in them

I'm wondering if the Blore shoulder charge immediate reaction where Blore just stood there as if nothing happened, and the Souths player reeled out of it... I wonder if that has a subconscious reaction to the VR. Moments later we could see it had rattled him a bit... I think that prevented us from using the 18th man and it did play a significant role in the game


Smith sitting down for 76 minutes... 🤔


I'm not sure which is the acceptable term anymore... 'losing the game' or 'getting beat'... Sheens has forgotten too and corrected himself... Though bring up players coming back to training late way back in Feb or whenever it was... 7 months back, is really digging deep for an excuse
He did not offer an excuse. The 7 months comment included other teams. Getting beat was when we were thrashed by the Broncos, Storm and Cowboys. The team lost some games that, with a bit of luck and a couple of experienced players could have won.

Comprehension not one of your strongest traits.
 
I thought Stef was ok last night.
He didn’t take a backward step, ran the ball with a bit of purpose and defended strongly.
Klemmer was way off the pace. He’s supposed to be our team enforcer, but it appeared after getting hit hard when retuning the kick offs, he went into his shell and done everything half hearted.
Imo Klemmer these days is more a plodding Sharon Woods than a true enforcer we need like JWH.
 
He did not offer an excuse. The 7 months comment included other teams. Getting beat was when we were thrashed by the Broncos, Storm and Cowboys. The team lost some games that, with a bit of luck and a couple of experienced players could have won.

Comprehension not one of your strongest traits.
Haha it's 7 no ths ago no one's trotting that rubbish out anymore bar uncle Tim.
He is confysing himself... Bad signs
 
Shocking work down that side. We have no accountability. Storm dropped olam and the replacement killed it
Johnson got his hattrick without a hand touching him?
We have no scrambling defence like other sides. Usually there are 2 or 3 players coming across to take the winger out. Where are they? Centres, 5/8, second rower? MIA?
 
And Cambo clowns rated this turd - while calling a great Tigers player in Daniel Fitzhenry "Donuts"!!

Morons!!

A bit like Happy talking up Wakeham's goal kicking FFS!!!

Not many conversion attempts to take when you can't score a try....
DONUTS! Laughed my arse off, sorry mate. You were saying?
 
Sheens expressed frustration about our left side making breaks and then taking wrong option . I remember Tupou totally bombing try and a number of high kicks put in that didn't amount to anything .
I remember Nofo on the right putting Toa into a long line break that ended in a kick that was almost a try .On that play I just thought very good cover defence by Souths
He says the recruitment and Roster building is ongoing but apart from a couple of promising teenagers haven't seen anything yet .
What struck me vs Souths and vs most teams was SIZE
The opposition always seem bigger and stronger
We look a bit like boys tackling men
Tackling Johnson we bounce off. Laurie ,Bateman and Klemm got crunched all night but thought Steph and Pole and Twal and Papalii muscelled up .
James has size and a lot of it and if he can develop some ball playing skills he could be OK
 
Sheens expressed frustration about our left side making breaks and then taking wrong option . I remember Tupou totally bombing try and a number of high kicks put in that didn't amount to anything .
I remember Nofo on the right putting Toa into a long line break that ended in a kick that was almost a try .On that play I just thought very good cover defence by Souths

It was a terrible play from Toa… tackle 1 and there was one Tigers player backing up the kick versus 4 of 5 Souths players… dumb

Take the tackle .
 
It was a terrible play from Toa… tackle 1 and there was one Tigers player backing up the kick versus 4 of 5 Souths players… dumb

Take the tackle .
Actually when I think about it we were outnumbered Nofo vs 3 of them and one was closer
So yes take the tackle . We seem so surprised when we make a big break we panic .
 
Canberra will be a far tougher opponent next week imo

Raiders play like us. They have limited attacking focus & structure, rely heavily on individual making something happen.

In saying that we have won 3 games all year so I have little confidence atm in us not hitting a 10game losing streak for the 2nd time this season and become the 1st in NRL history to do that.
 
Imo Klemmer these days is more a plodding Sharon Woods than a true enforcer we need like JWH.
Klem was great early in the season. They were even talking about him as an Origin option. He's an older guy and he needs more bench time to make it through the year, which means we need another enforcer prop aside from Klem and Stef.
 
Raiders play like us. They have limited attacking focus & structure, rely heavily on individual making something happen.

In saying that we have won 3 games all year so I have little confidence atm in us not hitting a 10game losing streak for the 2nd time this season and become the 1st in NRL history to do that.
10 losses for a second time this year?
We had 7 losses before a few wins... Now 8 losses straight?
 
I thought Stef was ok last night.
He didn’t take a backward step, ran the ball with a bit of purpose and defended strongly.
Klemmer was way off the pace. He’s supposed to be our team enforcer, but it appeared after getting hit hard when retuning the kick offs, he went into his shell and done everything half hearted.
He got shoulder charged twice in those tackles. That takes a bit out of a player. Those tackles should have been two penalties to WT and at least a sin bin for Koloamatungi. Games a joke.
 
Did anyone read Roy Masters article about the lack of support by the NRL in relation to country rugby league, and compared to AFL
Who are spending money freely on juniors.
He spoke of the support in Tamworth for the Tigers/Rabbits game but I was absolutely amazed that the West Tamworth Entertsinment Group ( ie Wests Tamworth Leagues Club) paid us $270,000 to put the game on up there. They made a small profit but it was a massive expense, although they did say that if it was a South’s home game it would have been an even higher figure.
Someone always has to pay the bill and it’s obviously not the NRL.
 
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