DJDL
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Sure knows his stuff.
There was an episode of 100% Footy at the start of the season where they were all nominating their top 8, or who they thought was a serious premiership threat, and Gus didn't mention the Sharks.
Gal called him out on it and asked why he didn't rate them. Gus' response? "They've got no forwards".
I thought that was a little disrespectful at the time, but oh how accurate a summation it has turned out to be.
Seriously, our guys are powder puffs at the moment. They get steamrolled every weekend. Surrendering 60 metres plus every set means you spend the entire match coming off your line. It's galling to be perfectly honest. I've lost count over recent weeks of the number of times we finally catch a break, get some repeat sets or a penalty and get down the other end, only to be coming off our line 6 tackles later.
It's hard for anyone to show their attacking prowess under those circumstances.
Fifita's knee and Wade's drop in form / concussion issues have cruelled us.
One thing from last night which sticks in my mind was somewhere around the 30 minute mark one of the Raiders was playing the ball on their 40 metre line. He played the ball, the ball gets passed one off the ruck and, as the guy in possession made his way toward half way, the camera panned to an over head. Where was the defensive line? About 3 metres inside our half.
Which begs two questions:
1: How big was the 10 metres?
2: Why were our guys not moving up to meet the attack?
I was gobsmacked.
There was an episode of 100% Footy at the start of the season where they were all nominating their top 8, or who they thought was a serious premiership threat, and Gus didn't mention the Sharks.
Gal called him out on it and asked why he didn't rate them. Gus' response? "They've got no forwards".
I thought that was a little disrespectful at the time, but oh how accurate a summation it has turned out to be.
Seriously, our guys are powder puffs at the moment. They get steamrolled every weekend. Surrendering 60 metres plus every set means you spend the entire match coming off your line. It's galling to be perfectly honest. I've lost count over recent weeks of the number of times we finally catch a break, get some repeat sets or a penalty and get down the other end, only to be coming off our line 6 tackles later.
It's hard for anyone to show their attacking prowess under those circumstances.
Fifita's knee and Wade's drop in form / concussion issues have cruelled us.
One thing from last night which sticks in my mind was somewhere around the 30 minute mark one of the Raiders was playing the ball on their 40 metre line. He played the ball, the ball gets passed one off the ruck and, as the guy in possession made his way toward half way, the camera panned to an over head. Where was the defensive line? About 3 metres inside our half.
Which begs two questions:
1: How big was the 10 metres?
2: Why were our guys not moving up to meet the attack?
I was gobsmacked.
