mickeylane
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shoot me down if you want as I did say that we are going to roll into the semis as one of the form teams but for whatever reasons we realised an undeserved loss against the Knights.
I'm stiill very confident that we will make the semis and end up at best in the top 6 or at least in positions 7 or 8.
Redeeming features of our game cannot be ignored - againstt the Knights we had 20 2nd phase offloads vs the Knights 1!!!
We are the leading team in the NRL in 2nd phase offloads and the leading team in gaining metreage over a game at 1626m during our sets.. You can't ignore these stats! Premierships are built on these stats that our team are achieving!
The problem we have now is converting the great work we are producing - we DO have the most damaging and productive forward pack in the league fact!
We all saw the damaging runs that Frizell, Ah Mau, JDB, Simms , Vaughan were unleashing yesterday - we were making massive metres for fun each play..we were robbed 2 clear tries which no team in the NRL can afford to be robbed and be expected to go and and win!
My thoughts are simple from here on in - EVERY GAME WE play now is a semi final w a mini grand final looming against Panthers in Rd 25 where undoubtedly our fate will be decided ..
When we get through the next 6 games we would have played 6 pressure cooker games of massive importance w no room for error heading into the semis ... We would be battle hardened for the first semi final irrespective who the opponent is and its this preparation that I think will hold our team in good stead during the semis.. We get to the semis and trust me our team will feel almost invincible and on top of their game.. We fail ? Well we just weren't good enough which I don't believe is the case.. Especially for a team that has been sitting in the top 8 from Rd 1!!!
Don't give up motherf**kers!!
I'm stiill very confident that we will make the semis and end up at best in the top 6 or at least in positions 7 or 8.
Redeeming features of our game cannot be ignored - againstt the Knights we had 20 2nd phase offloads vs the Knights 1!!!
We are the leading team in the NRL in 2nd phase offloads and the leading team in gaining metreage over a game at 1626m during our sets.. You can't ignore these stats! Premierships are built on these stats that our team are achieving!
The problem we have now is converting the great work we are producing - we DO have the most damaging and productive forward pack in the league fact!
We all saw the damaging runs that Frizell, Ah Mau, JDB, Simms , Vaughan were unleashing yesterday - we were making massive metres for fun each play..we were robbed 2 clear tries which no team in the NRL can afford to be robbed and be expected to go and and win!
My thoughts are simple from here on in - EVERY GAME WE play now is a semi final w a mini grand final looming against Panthers in Rd 25 where undoubtedly our fate will be decided ..
When we get through the next 6 games we would have played 6 pressure cooker games of massive importance w no room for error heading into the semis ... We would be battle hardened for the first semi final irrespective who the opponent is and its this preparation that I think will hold our team in good stead during the semis.. We get to the semis and trust me our team will feel almost invincible and on top of their game.. We fail ? Well we just weren't good enough which I don't believe is the case.. Especially for a team that has been sitting in the top 8 from Rd 1!!!
Don't give up motherf**kers!!