Match Discussion: Round 21 vs Brisbane @ Sunshine Coast Stadium

[perverse]

But we aren’t - are we? We don’t have the depth of the teams running 5th or 6th. We always have injuries - we can’t avoid that. Whilst ever we need to play guys like Hoy or Toa on a regular basis, we aren’t keeping up with the top 6.

Take Turbo out of Manly and they run bottom 4 I reckon.

 

[slotmachine]

We don’t have the depth of the teams running 5th or 6th.

Manly are a one man team.

 

[Alex28]

Each to their own but I find this outlook very bizarre. Under the Brown rebuild we knew we had some shit.

The AOB era we should be expecting much more. Don't think anyone is thinking top 2-4. But we shouldn't be a team that loses to the Tigers twice in 2021.

We just don’t have the depth of the top 6 teams to cover injuries. That’s where we fall down.

Where is our Hynes to cover when Ponga is injured? That’s right - we have Tex Hoy.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Lazy defence.

 

[Tom155]

ugh

 

[perverse]

We just don’t have the depth of the top 6 teams to cover injuries. That’s where we fall down.

Where is our Hynes to cover when Ponga is injured? That’s right - we have Tex Hoy.

I would say there's 3 teams with the kind of depth you're talking about - Storm, Panthers and the Roosters. The others are either unproven (as in, they haven't had to prove their depth - certainly not like us or the Roosters anyway), or just... no not really tbh.

 

[Knight Tales]

Big defence set here.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Don't let them back in the game ffs

 

[Alex28]

Take Turbo out of Manly and they run bottom 4 I reckon.

You get my point though. Our depth doesn’t get us top 5. We need time to develop. We can get there, will just take some time.

 

[Jono078]

Take Turbo out of Manly and they run bottom 4 I reckon.

Well there's a Johns-like exception. They looked like utter shit and certainties for the spoon before he returned.

 

[aqua_duck]

That decoy/obstruction penalty pretty much sums up where we are in terms of attacking structures, why you have a backrower running a decoy for a one out front rower charge is baffling enough but to get it that wrong as well

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

f**k we are shit

 

[Jono078]

We just don’t have the depth of the top 6 teams to cover injuries. That’s where we fall down.

Where is our Hynes to cover when Ponga is injured? That’s right - we have Tex Hoy.

No arguments here on those points - and cheers for the chuckle it gave me.

Regardless of depth I think there are still some areas of football we can expect some better standards.

Back to the game - how disappointing to give them the last 2 tries, just like last week. Maybe the short turnaround is catching up here but come on, play the 80, please!

 

[Tom155]

don't fall apart ffs

 

[perverse]

Pongas 2 tackling efforts there were shameful as usual. Geez I wouldn't mind having Oates in our team. Is he still available?

 

[K-Man]

How did we not slide right there with urgency? It was so obvious where that was going and we just sat back and watched it.

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

Some of those "efforts" from Ponga are why most opposition fans don't rate him. Wtf was that?

 

[perverse]

Also Brisbane finally remembered that we have a second rower at centre and a nuffy on the wing on our right.

 

[K-Man]

That's also why Jones isn't a centre, if there were any remaining doubts.

 

[Tom155]

game on only 8 points in it now