Lambretta
First Grade
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OK, so my last post was bitter and twisted but bugger me we've had a terrible mix of screwing ourselves and getting bad bounces and bad calls this season
Gould was right when he made those comments. If the Roosters had passed wide they could have cracked the Sharks. But we were playing conservatively in the dry, when we'd previously thrown it around in the wet. We werent playing to the conditions.
With Perrett out and Linnett missing this season we've been playing with a second rower and some of the slowest backs out wide that I've ever seen and teams have found us easy to defend against.
Today with Linnett back we almost looked like we had some mobility back, but our conservative approach early and Linnett getting injured scoring a try meant that we had to replace him with Riddell as there was no one left on the bench with any speed. Tom Symonds had to come back and play with fractured fingers, but it didnt solve our issues with no speed.
Once that happened we were never going to score points. We had blown our chances to get on the board and the Sharks being awarded a try when knocking on didnt really help. But lets face it, they didnt need help.
The Roosters have been linked to Sonny Bill Williams and Roberts from the Dogs. What they need and desperately is a quality centre or two and a super fast winger. We have 800 back rowers and one f**king centre. No one is going to get far if you dont have strike power out wide. There is no substitute for speed.
Gould was right when he made those comments. If the Roosters had passed wide they could have cracked the Sharks. But we were playing conservatively in the dry, when we'd previously thrown it around in the wet. We werent playing to the conditions.
With Perrett out and Linnett missing this season we've been playing with a second rower and some of the slowest backs out wide that I've ever seen and teams have found us easy to defend against.
Today with Linnett back we almost looked like we had some mobility back, but our conservative approach early and Linnett getting injured scoring a try meant that we had to replace him with Riddell as there was no one left on the bench with any speed. Tom Symonds had to come back and play with fractured fingers, but it didnt solve our issues with no speed.
Once that happened we were never going to score points. We had blown our chances to get on the board and the Sharks being awarded a try when knocking on didnt really help. But lets face it, they didnt need help.
The Roosters have been linked to Sonny Bill Williams and Roberts from the Dogs. What they need and desperately is a quality centre or two and a super fast winger. We have 800 back rowers and one f**king centre. No one is going to get far if you dont have strike power out wide. There is no substitute for speed.
