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Saints 2021 apparently.When was the last time we beat someone home and away? It’s probably not that long ago but it feels forever.
Mason should not get past koe grade until he improves his defence massively.Madden was signed for depth. We keep losing halves to injury. Madden is better than Mason and more experienced, if we have to have a backup half on the bench as we did today. Hopefully we won't see Mason in the 17 in 2026.
Glad it's over. Better year but so far off the best teams it isn't funny.Hurts.
Doesn't really matter results wise.
But these are the games, especially through the year, we need to be winning to make the 8.
I'm very disappointed.
He can't/won't defend. Never hasIf Toa can harden up there is talent , 3 years of sooking , suprised he was resigned
It’s clear see that Terrell May and Korisau struggle playing the full 80mins and it’s costing us by continually doing it.I flew up for the game. (spur of the moment thing).
While the Tigers should never have lost that game, you kind of have to give the Titans some credit. It really defies logic how the Titans were spoon contenders. They have great attacking weapons in Campbell, Brimson and Kini as well as decent forward pack led by Tino. They showed urgency with ball and can make something out of nothing.
Thoughts on the game:
~ Terrell is not an 80 minute player. He often stands behind the opposition defensive line for 4 tackles before gets back onside. His hit ups do not bend the line.
~ Taylan is all class. He saved our back a few times with this last line defence
~ Sione is only a fill in edge as his lateral movement isn’t good enough.KPP will be better there.
~ When Latu went off, Jerome became quite frantic and tried too hard to make the magic play. Early ball to Taylan would have seen points in the second half. We often had them stripped for numbers.
~ Seyfarth was good in his first stint. Played a link role that saw points but his hit ups were average.
~ Api was energetic but isn’t a 80 minute player. He gets tired with the defensive workload.
~ Latu looked great. Took the line on and was strong is all areas. Defensively as good as any half. Game changed when he went off.
~ Heath Mason (yeesh). Sorry but I just don’t see it. His passing game is slow and awkward. Defence is questionable. His only attribute is his speed from standing start but that seems to be easily read. I think he is a KOE type fill in.
~ To’a is an enigma, brilliant but frustrating in about 2 seconds of each other.
~ Roycey was awesome. Even the Titans fans were impressed. That’s the standard every week for him.
- Bula is a keeper. He just gets better and better. Will be a top echelon fullback very soon.
~ Impressive debut from Makasini. Strong carries and solid defensively. Nice try to remember
Overall a very disappointing loss. We don’t seem to be able to cope with adversity well. In this case when Latu went off the wheels fell off and we lost our structure.
Even if it was just as cannon fodder this yea, it would have been nice and marked a real turn around.wish they were
It’s not the loss so much as the way we lost it. I was fully prepared to possibly lose to the Titans, who really haven’t been playing too bad of late, but have been a tad unlucky. They very nearly beat the Dolphins last weekend. They also had a hell of a lot to play for, Hasler and Forans’ final game and a big chance to avoid the spoon after looking likely, being stuck on the bottom all season.I flew up for the game. (spur of the moment thing).
While the Tigers should never have lost that game, you kind of have to give the Titans some credit. It really defies logic how the Titans were spoon contenders. They have great attacking weapons in Campbell, Brimson and Kini as well as decent forward pack led by Tino. They showed urgency with ball and can make something out of nothing.
Thoughts on the game:
~ Terrell is not an 80 minute player. He often stands behind the opposition defensive line for 4 tackles before gets back onside. His hit ups do not bend the line.
~ Taylan is all class. He saved our back a few times with this last line defence
~ Sione is only a fill in edge as his lateral movement isn’t good enough.KPP will be better there.
~ When Latu went off, Jerome became quite frantic and tried too hard to make the magic play. Early ball to Taylan would have seen points in the second half. We often had them stripped for numbers.
~ Seyfarth was good in his first stint. Played a link role that saw points but his hit ups were average.
~ Api was energetic but isn’t a 80 minute player. He gets tired with the defensive workload.
~ Latu looked great. Took the line on and was strong is all areas. Defensively as good as any half. Game changed when he went off.
~ Heath Mason (yeesh). Sorry but I just don’t see it. His passing game is slow and awkward. Defence is questionable. His only attribute is his speed from standing start but that seems to be easily read. I think he is a KOE type fill in.
~ To’a is an enigma, brilliant but frustrating in about 2 seconds of each other.
~ Roycey was awesome. Even the Titans fans were impressed. That’s the standard every week for him.
- Bula is a keeper. He just gets better and better. Will be a top echelon fullback very soon.
~ Impressive debut from Makasini. Strong carries and solid defensively. Nice try to remember
Overall a very disappointing loss. We don’t seem to be able to cope with adversity well. In this case when Latu went off the wheels fell off and we lost our structure.
I missed a chunk of the second halfMomentum changed when we were on the attack in the red zone, Luai kicked behind the line, it was blocked by a titan's player foot they gathered the ball and score a length of field try. We score in that set, we win the game.
Yeah. I still believe he is one of our most talented outside backs. He has had a rep as a kid of unwilling to put the work in to improve his game.If Toa can harden up there is talent , 3 years of sooking , suprised he was resigned
Yeah. I still believe he is one of our most talented outside backs. He has had a rep as a kid of unwilling to put the work in to improve his game.
He has undoubtedly been terrible the past 6 weeks. How much of that is due to alleged injuries and how much is attitude and effort, I don't know.
If he has turned a corner with his desire (big IF) and if his performance has been injury affected then I am glad the club is persisting with him.
My concern however is in most cases attitude is like many other skills, you either have it or you don't. Rarely do you develop a skill you never had aptitude for.
I'm additionally concerned that part of him being perennially injures is lack of commitment to rehab/prehab, given the rep he came to the club with.
Whilst I agree with everything you said I thought Terrell was poor the entire game yesterday. Perhaps it was workload throughout the season catching up to him but yesterday he was ineffective and lazy long before he started to look gassed.It’s clear see that Terrell May and Korisau struggle playing the full 80mins and it’s costing us by continually doing it.
In one of the early tries we conceded, May was defending inside of Latu and made no attempt to number up due to fatigue. This meant Latu had to take the player inside of the man he was marking which led to a 3 v 2 against us and an easy try to the Titans.
Not only is playing Terrell for the full 80mins costing us as a team, it’s making him look soft and effecting his chances of playing for NSW which he says is a big ambition.
Api has been and still is a champion player, but he’s getting older and is clearly fatigued in various stages of the game which leads to the high number of missed tackles from him each week and effects his running game which is one of his real strengths when he is not fatigued.
I believe Benji is improving as a coach, but sone of his team selections and poor use of the interchange is still a major concern.