Padding To’as woefulness.. his stats don’t look so bad when you consider Can’t miss tackles if you don’t even attempt..
LIVE GAME Round 9 versus Sharks
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Live Game Discussion
Tucker
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That second 40 was as heartless and incompetent as you can get.
Sharks weren’t great either….they left plenty of points out there and that could have been another 70 pointer.
We can’t just blame blokes being out either…the game plan should have been different. Keep it simple, turn them around, field position and completions the focus and make them earn it.
We did the opposite.
happy_tiger
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I didn't get a chance to mention it on the live game thread .....but the chance to take the penalty goal at 12 to 10 was probably the wrong call
Rock Hopper Steve
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The bloody dropped ball and poor decisions killed us, it felt like we were defending the whole second half turning the ball over and over.
The way the game swings with the possession now, you keep on doing that and you get punished as the result showed.
God knows what's going to happen in Melbourne next week, but if they dish that crap up again we will gift them a win.
TigerBurnsy
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Toa stats are deceiving tho, 3 missed tackles but he had a few where he didn’t even make the effort to attempt a tackle and they scored
Joelcainenumber1fan
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i dont think hes better than luke
Neither would Siberia!
tig_prmz
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Just watched the replay knowing the scoreline.
Weirdly without emotion, I do not actually feel that upset as I probably would be watching the game.
We were in it for 50 minutes really.
They found a weakness and kept exploiting it. The coaching staff also has to take accountability because Sharks have thrown this wonderful shape all year. Madden and Toa were horrible in reading the attack. They both should have known better.
Tavana... well it's obvious. Biggest reason for the loss, just like Hemasi against Broncs. You can sometimes get these game from youngsters. My only beef with all this is that we will now remedy them slowly, but then they may sign elsewhere once a better product..
The middles stood up for most of the game, but then when the momentum swung, extremely poor work by Terrell especially. Hope is a rookie, Twal had played 80 and Pole/ Sione/ Hunt are impact players. Terrell really should have led the line speed. We have to have a call where we just absolutely smash the line speed. It's more to do with anticipation than effort IMO.
I can see why Bennett wanted winners to kick off tbh... with the rule changes, it's very hard to get momentum back.
I like that Benji is on the sidelines but he also needs to take accountability for not doing something when it got tough. There was a moment in the first half at about 30 minutes where Taylan May dropped the ball. They kicked to the corner and then we were completely bunched and Nicho got the intercept from a bad offload. At that time, it was like our team collectively just waited for the half to end.
I honestly feel this scoreline will do a bit of good for our team.
Weirdly without emotion, I do not actually feel that upset as I probably would be watching the game.
We were in it for 50 minutes really.
They found a weakness and kept exploiting it. The coaching staff also has to take accountability because Sharks have thrown this wonderful shape all year. Madden and Toa were horrible in reading the attack. They both should have known better.
Tavana... well it's obvious. Biggest reason for the loss, just like Hemasi against Broncs. You can sometimes get these game from youngsters. My only beef with all this is that we will now remedy them slowly, but then they may sign elsewhere once a better product..
The middles stood up for most of the game, but then when the momentum swung, extremely poor work by Terrell especially. Hope is a rookie, Twal had played 80 and Pole/ Sione/ Hunt are impact players. Terrell really should have led the line speed. We have to have a call where we just absolutely smash the line speed. It's more to do with anticipation than effort IMO.
I can see why Bennett wanted winners to kick off tbh... with the rule changes, it's very hard to get momentum back.
I like that Benji is on the sidelines but he also needs to take accountability for not doing something when it got tough. There was a moment in the first half at about 30 minutes where Taylan May dropped the ball. They kicked to the corner and then we were completely bunched and Nicho got the intercept from a bad offload. At that time, it was like our team collectively just waited for the half to end.
I honestly feel this scoreline will do a bit of good for our team.
Complete rubbish.
Jolls
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I clearly recall Dylan Edwards having one of those games early in his career. Hooked part way through the game - he needs to go and get some more reps and come back in with a solid centre inside him. Toa is cooked and probably needs to be medically retired.
