Honestly, you would think we were thrashed by 50 points instead of scoring four tries each. You would think the Sharks were nuffies instead of the 2016 premiers and semi finalists for the last few years.
Cheer up, put away the razorblades, we are still a young team on the rise. Even a tough, experienced team like the Sharks now struggle to beat us. A year ago it would have been a thrashing. We had a lot of salary cap sat watching the game from the sick bay.
They are nuffies. It's not 2016 anymore...
Winning a premiership even last years means absolutely nothing this year (as far as form.goes) Teams turn to shit... being good the previous year is irrelevant to a team losing NOW. Which Sharks were.
We are easily a much better team than they are. But a few individual efforts at key times let the entire team down. The top 3 being IMO
James Tamou... he was in position to stop tries (or get a decent shot at stopping them) and he just jogged along making no effort. At one stage he even tackled Duges. Had him wrapped up then just let him go for another 10 metres. There was no effort behind most of his defensive work. Which goes against everything our pack has been doing the past month. Him included.
Whare butchering a few opportunities didnt help. He was once safe and reliable making the best decisions each time almost without fail. Now it's a worry when we start going to his edge.
And ofcourse Crichton saving the worst game of his career for the game after he doesnt need to fight to keep an NRL spot. If ghat were his debut game he wouldnt be picked ghe following week. But were stuck with him now.
Not the only guys to make mistakes or miss doft tackles. But ptobably the 3 worst as far as how msny were made against how little they did right.
