LIVE GAME Round 25 v Cowboys

[Tucker]

Our team will be much better with the inclusion of KPP on the right edge back row. He is a good tackler in space his length cuts outside backs down. Toa is our only right centre.

I know people like them but naden, Seyfarth, bird, hunt, sukkar need to be replaced and we need another starting prop.

Don’t know if we can recruit enough in one offseason to fix the issues but it has to be done. We have cap space.

We also need an experienced halfback.
No one is steering the ship.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

win this game if Adam didn't get injured latu was good but that drop ball was costly and we missed him in the middle today, honestly even if latu doesn't get sent to the hia we win that Naden going in the halves for that little moment costed us a try

Can’t use AD as an excuse. We got ourselves into a winning position without him.

 

[GCfan]

We scored 28 points mate

Yeah I thought our attack is looking a lot better. Our attitude on defence is crud

 

[Merlot]

That's it .no finals .but there are some positives.for next year

imo i don't profess to next year will be better , to many ifs or but's , Rapped we have climbed the ladder and Benji has instilled some mongral into the team

 

[tigertragic]

I think I would have put Charlie Murray to half and left our back row and centres unchanged, less disruptive overall
Just a thought

 

[Telltails]

We gifted them three tries off errors. Couldnt get a six again to save ourselves in the attacking zone yet always felt we were going to get them.

 

[N1troaf]

I hope we see Masi at least against the titans I think he’s the future for us next year, just a class above everybody else I predict he’ll be rookie of the year next season

 

[Twodogs]

So 9 missed tackles . From a centre . Did you feel like that left edge was ever under any real threat ? Or that api was letting hole through . They were both falling off tackles after killing the cowboys momentum . 9 !!! From a centre . Disgusting …

Centre is a specialised position, defence being arguably more important than attack due to the difficulty of doing so.

I just couldn't pick him. Ever. I once looked at Mitch Aubusson's stats because he seemed so ordinary. Almost zero missed tackled and almost zero errors. Why can't we have one of those?

 

[Twodogs]

Centre is a specialised position, defence being arguably more important than attack due to the difficulty of doing so.

I just couldn't pick him. Ever. I once looked at Mitch Aubusson's stats because he seemed so ordinary. Almost zero missed tackled and almost zero errors. Why can't we have one of those?

 

[Lestronge]

Centre is a specialised position, defence being arguably more important than attack due to the difficulty of doing so.

I just couldn't pick him. Ever. I once looked at Mitch Aubusson's stats because he seemed so ordinary. Almost zero missed tackled and almost zero errors. Why can't we have one of those?

Mate I would have settled for 5 missed/ineffective . If he makes 1 of those tackles we don’t lose .

 

[Gazman]

A few weeks ago I was thinking more of the same for next year, but the last few weeks has shown there are green shoots looking to develop next year. I am just glad we are competitive and scoring tries now.

 

[Twodogs]

Naden wasn't that bad , come on mate he had good kick chase game and scored a try... missed a few tackles but didn't cause the lose .

What happens when you put a non centre into the centre position? They leak tries. How is Naden any better? The Cows finished every set in the second half. There is no place in such a side for players like Naden.

 

[hodgo]

Wasnt going to jump on or write something about that abysmal game but i cant shake it. We fold everytime there is something to play for. Whether thats someones 100, 150 etc or we need it to avoid the spoon or to stay in contentions. man its so embarrassing. Yes we have improved but that today was unaccaeptable by any standards.

 

[Twodogs]

Cant believe we let in 3 converted tries in such a short space with all to play for.

I can.

 

[bptiger 0]

The same thing time and time again , we looked gassed, the defence line was all over the place , really can’t believe we blow that game , but I got to say the cows got a few nice calls in that 2nd half

 

[NT_Tiger]

Should I reopen the Galvin thread so we have a dog to kick?

 

[TYGA]

We also need an experienced halfback.
No one is steering the ship.

I’m comfortable with AD and an offseason with Latu he may well be the best option. With API, Luai, Bula we don’t need a superstar. Have to fix our weaknesses. They score points on us wide right all day.

 

[gregjm87]

Mate I would have settled for 5 missed/ineffective . If he makes 1 of those tackles we don’t lose .

I agree Naden isn't up to scratch, defensively, as a centre. So I'm not trying to defend him when I say this.
But I think blaming him is way to simplistic. We just got rolled through the middle (like we always do) and left him to make too many defensive decisions as the Cowboys shifted off their forwards momentum. Even good centres will get found out (perhaps not as often) when repeatedly left in those situations.
Sure Naden making one extra tackle we might have won. But I think pinning the blame on Naden excuses how soft our middles were/are. Particularly as Naden is a career fringie. Most of those forwards however are our regular first graders.

 

[user118245]

Thomas mikaele must be the brother in law of the ref, could do no wrong in his eyes today

 

[mtd#2]

I think I would have put Charlie Murray to half and left our back row and centres unchanged, less disruptive overall
Just a thought

Maybe.. but I don't think it had an impact... When teams switch off, they can really switch off.. the light went out for that 5 minutes and it was all over