Round 7 vs Warriors

[dragonssamy61]

A bit of work to do on our kicking options, and a couple of lapses in defence, but 34/40 completions is great and there's no reason to panic

This is not an excuse but 5 of the guys didn't train at all this week.
And the rest were given a few days of

 

[Dragsters]

We played well but they just wanted it more...

 

[giboz71]

Sure, McInnes has made a few darting runs, but his service from dummy half (including several 'Rein like' going the wrong way movements) has been substandard.

Said in JA.

Their hooker outplayed ours with about half the possession.

The way they were rushing our halves, McInnes should have run a lot more.

Just didn’t do it .

 

[Brutalitops]

Tough night boys but Warriors absolutely perfect tonight. Isaac Luke amazing game, RTS excellent.

I think the wet weather made it harder for us. Wet weather suits Warriors style, stifles ours

To use a cliche, loss we had to have. Pressure released and onward to Anzac Day!

Nothing wrong with being positive in defeat while acknowledging areas to improve next week (kicking options in particular)

6-1, now let's get to 7-1!

 

[Old Timer]

Luke killed us a few times when he was at the Rabbits
Seems to grow a leg against us.
IMO Graham had his hands on the hall too much in attack in the last 25 minutes
But we were struggling regardless
Did Sele get on the paddock?

 

[mickeylane]

This is not an excuse but 5 of the guys didn't train at all this week.
And the rest were given a few days of

Dragons played very committed today - a few mistakes but nothing to be ashamed of - AUCKLAND would have beaten anyone Tonite. We have a very good footy team my friends..

 

[2010]

Warriors outplayed us tonight. I won't bag our team. We were bound to lose at some stage.
Let's get ready for Anzac match.

 

[ST Tangles 01]

Hes a grub

Yep but had a great game

 

[OzDragon]

Yay back to being frustrated!

 

[Pablooo]

Big month coming up for the red V. You have Roosters, Storm, Souths, Canberra.

 

[dragonssamy61]

Dragons played very committed today - a few mistakes but nothing to be ashamed of - AUCKLAND would have beaten anyone Tonite. We have a very good footy team my friends..

Agree Mickey
But they must beat roosters on Wednesday

 

[Brutalitops]

Just another thought, that was a great defeat by us. 2016 and late 17 there's not a chance we looked so good in a loss.

We were right in there until the last minutes despite trailing all game. Not something we've been able to do while ambushed for a long long time

 

[mickeylane]

Sure, McInnes has made a few darting runs, but his service from dummy half (including several 'Rein like' going the wrong way movements) has been substandard.

His service was amazing !! Stop the bullshit critisism

 

[rednwhites]

It's much easier to swallow a loss when you were beaten by a better team and not by ourselves.

What happens Wednesday is what is interesting. No injuries to speak of and I am confident this team will play with pride and compete hard.

Well done New Zealand. Too good.

 

[jeffdragon]

We all knew this would come.
Could have got away with it
Macca could have scored early we could have kicked many penalty goals.
Widdop wad quiet.
How we back up is the key v chooks
.

 

[mickeylane]

Agree Mickey
But they must beat roosters on Wednesday

I was always worried about this game and proven right - the roosters don't worry me even though it will be a tight tussle!

 

[RufusRex]

that game turned on a blatantly wrong call ...

Yes Graham knocked on but the warriors proceeded to run the ball 20m passing two or three times .. that is advantage taken ... We would be up 12-10 at that point .. They score off the back of a 40-20 soon after ...

Such a bad bad bad call

 

[Saint_JimmyG]

I look forward to all the negative nancys coming out of the woodwork with doom and gloom over a single loss. We've been brave but warriors linespeed has been just unreal, we were unlucky a few times.

Onward to the Roosters!

The loss needs to be into context;

1. the draw has been exceptionally kind over the first six weeks - four home games and the opposition substandard.

3. it was also the first time SGI faced a hostile crowd AND against a genuinely competitive side....it failed this test.

 

[possm]

Our forwards were off tonight and were dominated by the Warriors. Is it the start of the slide we have been dreading or just the bounce of the ball. We did cross the line more times than the Warriors but there it is, we lost our first game of the season.

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

Luke killed us a few times when he was at the Rabbits
Seems to grow a leg against us.
IMO Graham had his hands on the hall too much in attack in the last 25 minutes
But we were struggling regardless
Did Sele get on the paddock?

Unbelievable if he didnt...4 day turn around and we go with 16 fmd...having said that the better team on the night won the game....we had a lot of penalties go our way early in the match...and i agree re graham he was a plodder tonite