Valheru
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Always hate losing to these guys but i still don't think much damage has been done. People are writing us off now which is lovely but we are still in 2nd spot and a dragons, sharks or souths loss away from securing top 4 before we play next week. Our form is indifferent at the moment but no worse than storm/souths. I expect from next week we will get stuck right in again and importantly we have fit squad at this point in time.
One thing the last 2 games does reiterate to me though is the importance of JWH. He must be close to our most important player. SST always puts in but isn't a pack leader and i think at this stage we must be close to giving up on Napa, he is deadset living off one good performance in 2016 and that is without even mentioning his technique issues.
Other notes on current form. Keary looked rusty but that is expected, tupou was woeful and we have to start getting more ball to latrell, it really isn't that hard. Manu was magnificent as was teddy. Cronk is a conundrum, he was woeful yesterday but we recruited him to win the big games so his test is still to come.
Us being on the wrong side of refereeing consistency continues. How they missed that shepherd before latrell being binned i will never know.
Finally, on Napa technique, this leading with the head rubbish, is exactly that. Every single player has their head forward when tackling. The issue with Napa is that he is using the wrong shoulder. Yesterday the Broncos player was to the right of him and he tried to use his left shoulder, a recipee for disaster, had he used his right should it would have been a good hit with his head to the side of the player.
3 manu
2 teddy
1 fergo
One thing the last 2 games does reiterate to me though is the importance of JWH. He must be close to our most important player. SST always puts in but isn't a pack leader and i think at this stage we must be close to giving up on Napa, he is deadset living off one good performance in 2016 and that is without even mentioning his technique issues.
Other notes on current form. Keary looked rusty but that is expected, tupou was woeful and we have to start getting more ball to latrell, it really isn't that hard. Manu was magnificent as was teddy. Cronk is a conundrum, he was woeful yesterday but we recruited him to win the big games so his test is still to come.
Us being on the wrong side of refereeing consistency continues. How they missed that shepherd before latrell being binned i will never know.
Finally, on Napa technique, this leading with the head rubbish, is exactly that. Every single player has their head forward when tackling. The issue with Napa is that he is using the wrong shoulder. Yesterday the Broncos player was to the right of him and he tried to use his left shoulder, a recipee for disaster, had he used his right should it would have been a good hit with his head to the side of the player.
3 manu
2 teddy
1 fergo