Knee Jerk

[DJDL]

Bloody hell. What little I've read here it seems that there's a group of contributors are putting themselves at risk of severely damaging their hamstrings from such massive knee-jerk reactions to last night's result.

Let's be realistic, the Dragons were the better team and deserved it.

However, after 15 minutes I couldn't believe we were down 18 zip. I actually thought, up to that point, that the Sharks looked the best they had all year. We were absolutely smashing them in defence, driving them back, and looking like we were totally up for.

3 half-chances taken by the Dragons and it's 18-0. It happens.
It was just one of those nights where everything they did came off.

I remember about 10 years ago when the Broncos and Canberra were at their peaks, those clubs met and the scoreling ended up 24-0 to the Raiders.
Did the Broncos throw in the towel for the rest of the season then? No. They picked themselves up, dusted themselves off, and came out the next week and smashed whoever they played.

That is not the only result like that either. There are plenty of instances of meetings between two sides at the top of their game where one side just has the midas touch all night and comes away with a big win.

It's round8 FFS, it's hardly the death-knell.

I'll have to watch it again, but I actually thought there were plenty of positives for the Sharks last night. The last thing we need is wholesale changes

 

[Sharkies all the Way]

Im not sure if we were smashing them in defence in first 15 minutes, they werent being immoblized and were able to offload the ball many times, this let them break thru.

 

[shadowboxer]

the dragons were awesome. I cant stand them but you had to be impressed by their commitment. They held the ball well and came out blazing. I agree on making no major changes apart from the wingers, they were awful tonight and gasnier had a field day with them.

i honestly thought they were going to get smashed before the game but they showed some grit during the game. They have a toughask again next week, the storm are awesome as well but then again i thought the raiders were going to eat us alive

 

[NthCronullaLocal]

I am only calling for a bit of experience on the wings like most othe people. I thought we went alright but the Drags are a force this year and providing injuries showed why they should be a major contender for the premiership.

If we perform like last night and and cut out some of the dumb errors decisions we make we will win more games than we lose.

 

[King of the Hill]

They also bombed a few chances which they could have easily taken

I knew there'd be a problem on the wings but couldnt forecast being carved up through the middle like that

 

[Disco Stu]

...I remember about 10 years ago when the Broncos and Canberra were at their peaks, those clubs met and the scoreling ended up 24-0 to the Raiders.
Did the Broncos throw in the towel for the rest of the season then? No. They picked themselves up, dusted themselves off, and came out the next week and smashed whoever they played.
...There are plenty of instances of meetings between two sides at the top of their game where one side just has the midas touch all night and comes away with a big win.

Ummm, you're not Brisbane, or anyone else "at the top of their game".

 

[King of the Hill]

I couldn't believe we were down 18 zip. I actually thought, up to that point, that the Sharks looked the best they had all year. We were absolutely smashing them in defence, driving them back, and looking like we were totally up for.

I have no idea what game you were watching

It was just one of those nights where everything they did came off.

Well most things they tried came off
They could have easily had another 18-24 points

The Dragons were impressive but we created a lot of problems ourselves, I'd start with changing both of the wingers and figure out our defence up the middle.

 

[Generalzod]

We were lucky they did not beat us by 60...