Well to say that was disappointing would be an absolute understatement. Look, I know we had a depleted side, smashed by injury and all that, but gee wiz, I really did expect better. Going into the game, I was optimistic and actually thought we were a real chance of winning. But the boys were far from it.
No matter how many guys we have out, to dish up a performance like that, was unacceptable. The Dragons are a bog average side, and they played pretty poorly again last night, but they still looked miles the better team. How the f**k does that happen? Honestly, right from the opening set when they made more meters, they looked miles the better side, and that's saying something.
It's the same old problems too. Our defence was dog shit. I paid particular attention to the line speed last night and you know what I saw? Nothing. Literally, our boys would take two steps forward and stop and wait. Why?? I don't understand it but it's complete and utter bullshit. That's why St George Illawarra were constantly making more meters than us and pouring through the middle. It made our pack look like a bunch of little b**tches. Then kick defence, something that has been an issue for a number of years, was awful again. Three tries off kicks. For f**k sake when will we learn?
Same problems in attack too, just a comedy of errors. Gave ourselves zero chance. I know we scored a couple of nice tries which were the plays of the night, but aside from then, our attack in the red zone was extremely poor. We looked lost and like we don't practice any plays. A team of individuals. Cody really tried but when our main strike weapons like Trell and Cody aren't in the game and barely touch the ball, we're in trouble.
I just can't believe that we couldn't even compete with the Dragons. The commentators kept saying we were having a real crack, but I don't think we were at all. And when you're at the 'they're having a crack' level against the Dragons, it shows how far you've fallen.
Really disappointed in Latrell as he completely took the piss in his return game. I think everyone was expecting a different Trell but it looked exactly the same, if not worse. Nothing has changed. Disinterested, unfit, a real lack of effort and lets be honest, he barely got involved when he really needed him. His efforts cleaning up a couple of those loose balls in-goal says it all. He scored two tries, the last of which he celebrated like it was a match-winner, which means he'll pat himself on the back and say he had a good game. Not even close. If he carries on like this, he can piss off.
Tallis was good, completely changed the shape of our attack when he was on. I thought Cooky was pretty good, Cody really tried and Jai did a good job too. Other than that, everyone else was either poor or didn't stand out and that's just not good enough.
So disappointed but it's past the point of getting angry. Why bother??
Our Season hits a new low and just gets worse and worse with no end in sight. God friggin damn.
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