3. RTS - played like a man possessed, bloody hell, turning up everywhere and causing trouble almost every touch
2. Ford - apart from the non-stop runs and tackling, the little efforts like pressure on the kicker stood out a lot
1. Clark - along with Ford picked up so much work that Fish/Barney otherwise would have
Was at the game, absolutely cracking spectacle!
Some f-kn pin-drop silence when the Phins stole it at the buzzer.
A pile of observations:
- Herbie was reaming us and we benefited from his freak injury, he stays on and we lose easily imo
- I thought DWZ had a good game and was trying his tits off, pity about that stupid penalty
- Klein was a disgrace. Phins offside all night and slowing down ruck constantly, robbing so much momentum
Most of all though, some of our boys looked injured and cooked; all night long I saw CNK, Healey and TT hobbling around sometimes barely keeping up, and a lot of the points scored were through them being unable to get around fast enough, leaving Roger and Capewell to scramble. I saw a lot of comments on social about how slow we are, but it really looks like half of quicker guys are carrying niggles.
If you were at the game keen to hear your thoughts.
It was a heartbreaking finish, but I'm also not too gutted because we showed serious grit to wrestle that game our way. I didn't mind not taking the two, but was disappointed weren't pushing harder for a try.
