“They’ll Learn From That Loss”.

[Ozzi_78]

Haven't we got another one of our home games away. With the opposition having the most support. Greta job

Yes. Newcastle in Coffs

 

[roboshark]

Yes. Newcastle in Coffs

The knights will have more support. Genius move Cronulla

 

[Quigs]

annnnd the Hartleys next week, we are on a roll.

 

[Pneuma]

Had the whole family dressed up in sharks shirts to enjoy a great win. They are all lying on the floor now with footprints on them. The shirts that is. That was bad.

 

[Ozzi_78]

I blame how shit the cowboys are.

 

[roboshark]

I blame how shit the cowboys are.

And dogs

 

[bluefox68]

Fitzy said attitude was the issue.

They must’ve fallen for the line - “Look how many good players they’ve got ‘out’… This should be easy.”

Mulitalo nearly scoring in the first minute would not have helped.

 

[txta2]

they have a very soft under belly. Definatly not anywhere near contenders until they get big forwards with big motors. atm there is none.

 

[lolesi]

just bullied.. it’s the same thing every game when we are required to get in the grind, we go to water.

no resilience, lacking a few forward leaders and expect things to come easy.

 

[Weaponhead]

they have a very soft under belly. Definatly not anywhere near contenders until they get big forwards with big motors. atm there is none.

The soft underbelly is a major issue. The defensive commitment was horrendous.
First try - McInnes and Royce both slow, half hearted efforts on Marshall-King who strolls through. Try.

Second Try - Jesse poor arm grab at Aitken who brushes him off. No cover. Try.

Third Try - Ronnie tries to shut down a 2 on 1 with another arm grab. Gets brushed off. Moylan and Teig go low and get brushed off. Not one the three gets any reasonable contact 10 meters out from the line. Try.

Fourth try - simple unders line. Dale too slow to cover, misses the tackle. Hynes and Kennedy can't stop the run in cover. Try.

Fifth try - Their Katoa digs into the line to hold up the slide. Sharks are stretched but sliding and should have it covered. Katoa goes for the intercept but is beaten by the pass. Try. The first try that used any real skill.

Sixth try - line moves up 10 metres from the tryline. Moylan takes a step back as Talakai takes a step forward to go to his man. Moylan with a poor arm grab creates the offload chance for Milford to put the rookie over.

Five out six of tries conceded through poor defensive technique and commitment. Arm grabbing, lack of real intent to stop the player are indicators of the poor attitude. Possession was skewed but that will happen when conceding 5 tries in a half. The first try was after 5 minutes. That wasn't fatigue. Ramien arm grabbing at Aitken wasnt fatigue. Poor individual efforts compounded into into a very poor team effort.

Canberra know to beat Cronulla, you beat them physically. Souths did it in the final. Defensive steel and mental resolve are the missing ingredients.

Time for some home truths from the coach. Pretty attack looks a million bucks against ordinary teams in regular season games. Defensive steel wins big games when the opponent is up for the fight.

 

[carinashark]

Too many small bodies. I hope the coach and recruiter learn from that loss.

 

[Wozza]

I don't know about them but I've learnt something.
After travelling from Sydney 3 years in a row to watch this f**cking side play in magic round
and suffering 3 defeats when they never turned up, I'll never do it again.

 

[Wizardman]

You guys are just like the Sharks players themselves.....underestimating the opposition.

Not one post giving kudos to how well the Dolphins played......and they played very well. That was no fluke by the Dolphins yesterday.

 

[Weaponhead]

You guys are just like the Sharks players themselves.....underestimating the opposition.

Not one post giving kudos to how well the Dolphins played......and they played very well. That was no fluke by the Dolphins yesterday.

Plenty of posts in the game day thread acknowledging the fact that the Dolphins ran harder and wanted it more. They used the blueprint to beat Cronulla well.

Dolphins played physical footy and Cronulla didn't. There is a pattern that Cronulla concede tries by being run through. It's fair play that supporters want to assess why and what they can do about it.

 

[Cheese sandwich]

You guys are just like the Sharks players themselves.....underestimating the opposition.

Not one post giving kudos to how well the Dolphins played......and they played very well. That was no fluke by the Dolphins yesterday.

Comprehensively out coached and out played.

 

[DJDL]

The soft underbelly is a major issue. The defensive commitment was horrendous.
First try - McInnes and Royce both slow, half hearted efforts on Marshall-King who strolls through. Try.

Second Try - Jesse poor arm grab at Aitken who brushes him off. No cover. Try.

Third Try - Ronnie tries to shut down a 2 on 1 with another arm grab. Gets brushed off. Moylan and Teig go low and get brushed off. Not one the three gets any reasonable contact 10 meters out from the line. Try.

Fourth try - simple unders line. Dale too slow to cover, misses the tackle. Hynes and Kennedy can't stop the run in cover. Try.

Fifth try - Their Katoa digs into the line to hold up the slide. Sharks are stretched but sliding and should have it covered. Katoa goes for the intercept but is beaten by the pass. Try. The first try that used any real skill.

Sixth try - line moves up 10 metres from the tryline. Moylan takes a step back as Talakai takes a step forward to go to his man. Moylan with a poor arm grab creates the offload chance for Milford to put the rookie over.

Five out six of tries conceded through poor defensive technique and commitment. Arm grabbing, lack of real intent to stop the player are indicators of the poor attitude. Possession was skewed but that will happen when conceding 5 tries in a half. The first try was after 5 minutes. That wasn't fatigue. Ramien arm grabbing at Aitken wasnt fatigue. Poor individual efforts compounded into into a very poor team effort.

Canberra know to beat Cronulla, you beat them physically. Souths did it in the final. Defensive steel and mental resolve are the missing ingredients.

Time for some home truths from the coach. Pretty attack looks a million bucks against ordinary teams in regular season games. Defensive steel wins big games when the opponent is up for the fight.

Spot on.

It was obvious after the first game that they just don't have the steel for the big games.
Recent wins over lowly opposition have glossed over that, but last night it became painfully obvious again.

The return of BHU will help with that somewhat, but, at the end of the day, they just won't be able to match it with the big sides when the whips are cracking.

Very disappointed.

 

[PJ]

Plenty of posts in the game day thread acknowledging the fact that the Dolphins ran harder and wanted it more. They used the blueprint to beat Cronulla well.

Dolphins played physical footy and Cronulla didn't. There is a pattern that Cronulla concede tries by being run through. It's fair play that supporters want to assess why and what they can do about it.

This is true, but the Sharks also made them look good.

 

[2012....Sharks Year]

Yep we are like the good looking girl in the office. Everyone bats off over her but when she needs to do some work she turns into Raelene castle

You telling me you’ve never rubbed one out to Raelene?

 

[roboshark]

You telling me you’ve never rubbed one out to Raelene?

Yes. But not castle

 

[2012....Sharks Year]

Yes. But not castle

But age has caught up with Raelene Boyle imo.