Our biggest issue was that we looked so lethargic all game - really heavy legged across the park, no zip, no energy, no enthusiasm - there was only really McInnes who ran with any gusto, but he was getting rag dolled as he was a lone ranger (and is relatively small), even our wingers looked like they were running in treacle.
The cheeky short kick off was cool, and I like the innovation, but I also think it was a sign of an attitude problem today - we weren't prepared to do the tough dirty work today, we weren't prepared to earn our field position and right to play pretty, we wanted a cheap fancy way instead. You often see that with teams, looking for a strip, a miracle offload, a cheap penalty instead of hammering the guts of the ruck. We wanted to run around them today instead of through them, which is always a problem. As a result, our middles just got in the way, and our handling was terrible - we made it easy for the Raiders to telegraph what we were doing, as we didn't ask any questions up the guts.
We were flat overall, but a few players I'd point out;
Brailey - Didn't bring our forwards onto the ball. I see it as his responsibility to pull the forwards in line and manage the tempo and direction around the ruck - just seemed happy to sling it wide to the halves.
Moylan/Hynes - Wanted to play pretty, both had terrible days with their hands and I didn't see either barking orders at the team, we just expected it to happen.
Ronaldo - Where was his usual energy today?
Wade - Looks old and shit, just got in the way and looked to hamper things whenever he had the ball. Has a lot of the old sharks about him still.
Wilton - Said it a few weeks ago, has real potential, but has some average shit in his game in terms of penalties and errors.
Trindall offered nothing, but to be fair, how could he, we didn't earn the right to play - he was probably our best spine player, just because he didn't really do much. The others did plenty, but badly.
