Rnd 4 vs Sharks Game Day Thread

[strider]

So it seems we have 5 away games from the first 6 matches?

I blame justin beiber ... and that adele bitch

 

[EelsFan05]

Woeful all round performance.

Wonder why the game plan never deviated from bombing to the wing when one wasn't spilled the whole game.

 

[Chipmunk]

So it seems we have 5 away games from the first 6 matches?

We virtually have 24 Away games this season and the same next year.

 

[Miller was a legend]

Woeful all round performance.

Wonder why the game plan never deviated from bombing to the wing when one wasn't spilled the whole game.

Bombed the wrong winger all first half.

 

[Djay]

Not sure what it is but something is missing in attack and defence.

Have zero confidence as opposed to this time last year. IMO Gutherson has been our best player all year, whether he is a 5/8 or not is questionable, he busted them in the first half running out wide as a centre. His not our problem because defensively his awesome and his a great runner, but as a creator I am not sure he is the answer.

In defence I feel we were a much better unit last year as opposed to now, teams know we play compressed so they spread it early to catch us out, then run straight back up the middle once they've pulled us so far wide.

Dropping the ball as much as we did and forcing passes and offloads needlessly doesn't help, I would be interested to see how we fair if we removed the errors from our game but in saying that in round 1 and 2 yes we won but there were glitches. Conceding easy tries, struggling to score points besides the Dragons game.

I feel like we are 1 or 2 players short of what we want and need and another thing I have noticed is that we do not have enough 80 minute players in our forward pack, Brown and Vave are bench players and everyone who starts cannot play 80.

We miss punch up the middle, in the hooking spot I feel we have issues and whether we need a more creative half or not are all big questions that will need to be answered at some stage.

 

[Bazal]

Brown needs to start ASAP IMO. He's consistently making loads of metres, and importantly has been good in defence. Matagi is explosive and will do as well or better off the bench, but Brown is the better all round prop.

I'd probably have Gower over Fritchard too. Again, in the opening stages I just think he's a more reliable defender.

You've gotta set the tone early and we didn't do that defensively tonight

 

[Chipmunk]

Not sure what it is but something is missing in attack and defence.

Have zero confidence as opposed to this time last year. IMO Gutherson has been our best player all year, whether he is a 5/8 or not is questionable, he busted them in the first half running out wide as a centre. His not our problem because defensively his awesome and his a great runner, but as a creator I am not sure he is the answer.

In defence I feel we were a much better unit last year as opposed to now, teams know we play compressed so they spread it early to catch us out, then run straight back up the middle once they've pulled us so far wide.

Dropping the ball as much as we did and forcing passes and offloads needlessly doesn't help, I would be interested to see how we fair if we removed the errors from our game but in saying that in round 1 and 2 yes we won but there were glitches. Conceding easy tries, struggling to score points besides the Dragons game.

I feel like we are 1 or 2 players short of what we want and need and another thing I have noticed is that we do not have enough 80 minute players in our forward pack, Brown and Vave are bench players and everyone who starts cannot play 80.

We miss punch up the middle, in the hooking spot I feel we have issues and whether we need a more creative half or not are all big questions that will need to be answered at some stage.

I doubt I could disagree with any of that.

 

[hineyrulz]

Not sure what it is but something is missing in attack and defence.

Have zero confidence as opposed to this time last year. IMO Gutherson has been our best player all year, whether he is a 5/8 or not is questionable, he busted them in the first half running out wide as a centre. His not our problem because defensively his awesome and his a great runner, but as a creator I am not sure he is the answer.

In defence I feel we were a much better unit last year as opposed to now, teams know we play compressed so they spread it early to catch us out, then run straight back up the middle once they've pulled us so far wide.

Dropping the ball as much as we did and forcing passes and offloads needlessly doesn't help, I would be interested to see how we fair if we removed the errors from our game but in saying that in round 1 and 2 yes we won but there were glitches. Conceding easy tries, struggling to score points besides the Dragons game.

I feel like we are 1 or 2 players short of what we want and need and another thing I have noticed is that we do not have enough 80 minute players in our forward pack, Brown and Vave are bench players and everyone who starts cannot play 80.

We miss punch up the middle, in the hooking spot I feel we have issues and whether we need a more creative half or not are all big questions that will need to be answered at some stage.

Excellent post, I thought we were average against Manly and against the Dragons played in patches.

 

[parra-matters]

Taka is olaying poorly so far this season and Kaysa had a shocker tonight.
Do you drop Taka for Ava? Do you drop anyone of just hope they can hold the ball next week against th raiders and be competitive?
If we drop the ball like we did tonight next week we will 2 and 3 after winning our first 2. We can expect to make he 8 and trouble top 4 teams playing like we did tonight.

 

[forward pass]

Woeful all round performance.

Wonder why the game plan never deviated from bombing to the wing when one wasn't spilled the whole game.

I couldn't believe the bombing tonight - the Sharks caught every one and we never changed tactics.

 

[Happy MEel]

Peats would be handy right about now.

 

[Bazal]

Taka is olaying poorly so far this season and Kaysa had a shocker tonight.
Do you drop Taka for Ava? Do you drop anyone of just hope they can hold the ball next week against th raiders and be competitive?
If we drop the ball like we did tonight next week we will 2 and 3 after winning our first 2. We can expect to make he 8 and trouble top 4 teams playing like we did tonight.

Taka has been awful, honestly. We've got a few options in the backline

 

[Poupou Escobar]

That was f*cking pathetic we had it covered and they all head to the wing

The dudes pushing toward the wing were doing the right thing. It was the merkins on the inside who didn't follow them that left the gap.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Kaysa was strong in defence. Taka is Kaka and has been all season. A massive liability in defence. I don't think you can apply the same savoury marinade to both players.

Disappointing game. We are at our best when we are fast, urgent and more importantly simple in attack. For the most part this evening we were neither of those three.

 

[Dibs]

The dudes pushing toward the wing were doing the right thing. It was the merkins on the inside who didn't follow them that left the gap.

Really? So 4 people needed to cover 1 player? F*cking moron

 

[Bazal]

Kaysa missed 13% of the tackles he attempted. Sorry but I can't agree he was strong in defence despite his numbers. That's pretty poor.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Kaysa missed 13% of the tackles he attempted. Sorry but I can't agree he was strong in defence despite his numbers. That's pretty poor.

87% of tackles is an absolute merkin load more than Knobloaf was happy to settle for.

 

[Chipmunk]

Peats would be handy right about now.

Not with a broken shoulder he wouldn't.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Did we purposely do the dodgy with Mau getting a poke in the eye and going in HIA

He's an 80 minute player and one of our best, so I doubt it.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Our 1,6 and 7 all made 100 plus metres tonight.

Interesting!!