Match Discussion: Round 15 vs Brisbane @ Suncorp Stadium, Milton / Yuggera-Turrbal

[Old dog]

Crossland played 80mins topped tackle count, why didn’t he get a break, use of bench has continuously been poor

 

[General Knight]

Crossland played 80mins topped tackle count, why didn’t he get a break, use of bench has continuously been poor

Besides a handfull of hookers i dont see many other teams play their hookers the full 80 mins let alone a fill in one.

 

[Spot On]

Man, watching that last try again, Saifiti wasn't alone. He was the worst, but Crossland and Elliot didn't make much of an effort either. Gassed, I guess.

There’s no doubt that try is all on Dan. Elliot went left from marker, held position in the line and should have had Dan beside him. But Saf decided to stand 5m behind the line for some stupid reason.

 

[ryan.a87]

Isn’t the whole reason of having Mann on the bench to give Elliott a spell, and give Crossland a spell

 

[The Axe of Druss]

Im gonna give a shout out to Hetherington here. He hasnt shown much all year but last night he really put his hand up.

I was at the game so i might have not seen him miss any tackles etc but his hit ups, especially in our own half were stellar

 

[The Axe of Druss]

He played for Brisbane last night and was pretty bloody bad, so I don’t think this is the slam dunk signing you think it is.

Yep, Smoothy is not the player we need

Jayden Berrell is far better but it seems the Sharks dont want to let him go

 

[Old dog]

We could go to Raiders and ask for one of our 3 hookers back

 

[Rod]

Disappointing to get so close after such a good effort. A few things left to rue, even at the very end some cool heads and we could have scored. Best missed an open Marzhew and we should have taken the scrum after the penalty instead of tapping it with the Broncos defence spread.

The way the team and bench is structured there is absolutely no reason for Crossland to play 80. Surely a 50/30 split with Mann would be better for everyone. The team was gassed in the final 10, you could see it, whether that's excusable or not I don't know, it's probably partially due to all the scrambling they were doing up against a clearly more talented team.

I don't think goalkicking is the takeaway this week really. They were all tough ones, most teams don't have a kicker as good as Reynolds. I like the way Toohey worded it, it was the difference on the scoreboard but not the reason we lost.