Match Discussion: Round 7 vs Sydney @ Allianz Stadium, Moore Park / Gadigal

[Burns]

Nothing went out way 2nd half. Brown kick to Tupou after a line break stands out a moment when it was gone

 

[The Axe of Druss]

We are making the same mistakes as last week but the difference has been the Roosters were making the same ones in the 1st half too.

Hold the ball and control the ruck and you win. 2 things we have been poor at

 

[Zoidberg]

Starve them of ball and they’re exposed.

That’s pretty much every team

 

[Apey]

Awful second half. 26 - 0 against us and counting. It sucks watching it unfold but this is closer to what I was expecting pre-game. Completely overrun in the end.

 

[Haffa]

That’s pretty much every team

Agreed. Just feels worse when it’s been like this for two weeks.

 

[The Axe of Druss]

Maybe Marz gets a stint in Reggie's and Hunt goes to left wing. We'll miss his carries but we need his defensive errors less

 

[Yosh]

Too many errors, too many mistackles and not enough run metres. Good effort by the lads. We are 7 games into a rebuild while Roosters are in a Premiership window. They are at full strength while we are missing our best players and Sharpe not at 100% either.

Not happy about the second half but still a 1000x better than AOB ball.

 

[Woody90]

This is about the scoreline I predicted before the game but obviously disappointing considering we were somehow up at halftime.

We just had no good field position whatsoever in that second half.

I still feel we have the signs of a good team but we're just really really understrength right now when we didn't have a brilliant roster to begin with.

 

[Zoidberg]

Worst half of the season?

 

[SamSepi0l]

Positives to take out of this for me are Hunt's performance and Manuleleua. Both have shown enough to be in the 19 going forward.

 

[MakeItStop85]

What an absolute thrashing!!!

 

[Woody90]

Positives to take out of this for me are Hunt's performance and Manuleleua. Both have shown enough to be in the 19 going forward.

Manuleleua will turn out to be a really good signing imo considering the circumstances we're currently in

 

[Loose Cannon]

What an absolute thrashing!!!

What an absolute muppet.

 

[Yosh]

Manuleleua will turn out to be a really good signing imo considering the circumstances we're currently in

He looks a much better option than Cant already.

 

[Zoidberg]

And we have Panthers next week. Good start to the season (win/loss wise) being undone pretty quick.

 

[slotmachine]

Really disappointed with brown today. The two times we had any momentum or field position in the second half he kicked the ball away for no reason.

Harrison Graham killed us with not jumping on the ball being afraid of offside, then being offside on possession. Directly led to two tries.

 

[Jono078]

Very disappointing second half. Makes me feel like the first half doesn't even matter.

We were always up against it, but man to falter that bad in the second half sucked.

 

[Zoidberg]

Obviously it’s defence that’s letting us down. Can’t get a fair share of possession when you let the other team keep scoring. Probably partly due to constantly changing combinations due to all the injuries.

 

[ryan.a87]

I’m giving the benefit of the doubt to brown

his 2nd full game of the year, in a new team, behind a foward pack containing 3-4rookies…. playing a team of 13 rep players who have played with each other for the the better part of 5 years.

 

[SamSepi0l]

Anyone blaming Brown today is no better than the gutter journos at the telegraph who zone in on a star after a loss. The middle lost it and if that is what we get with Sharpe injured, we're betting giving him a week or two and bringing in McCarthy. We're just not good enough to carry a spine player at 50%.