Match Discussion: Round 26 vs Cronulla @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

[Burns]

Glad they tried, but that was the 2nd tackle.

 

[Haffa]

Gags should have held that a bit longer.

 

[Alex28]

We just lack a little patience this arvo. Dom having a go like that on tackle 2? Bit of a waste.

 

[Haffa]

Klein is killing me.

 

[Haffa]

We just lack a little patience this arvo. Dom having a go like that on tackle 2? Bit of a waste.

I blame gagai. He should have taken the hit up.

 

[Tom155]

Great effort

 

[perverse]

We just lack a little patience this arvo. Dom having a go like that on tackle 2? Bit of a waste.

We haven't needed to be this patient for quite a long time. The Sharks are defending as good as any team we've played lately.

 

[Burns]

Huge, huge defence there

 

[Willie Ray]

Crossland in that set...
he may lack a bit of skill but he don't lack ticker

 

[perverse]

We lack polish. We're definitely missing Hastings and Fitz. Tough game, going to have to fight hard until the final whistle.

Ponga has been great, but not assertive enough in their 20. Needs to demand the ball more in attacking sets.

 

[Burns]

It’s cliche, but this feels like a Finals game.

Feels very nervous for both teams. Need to be patient, buildup the play to have Ponga link up to Best etc.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Tight game. They are hitting up hard but tire easy. I reckon they'll try down our left wing.
We need the ball in their 20 with repeat sets.

 

[Alex28]

What a grind.

The crowd needs to get loud. They very well could be the difference.

 

[Apey]

Dom is phoning it in today for some reason.

Tough game. They've been the better side but it's all locked up; some desperate defence on our line keeping us in it.

Hope we can get on the front foot in the second half.

 

[perverse]

Dom is phoning it in today for some reason.

Tough game. They've been the better side but it's all locked up; some desperate defence on our line keeping us in it.

Hope we can get on the front foot in the second half.

We're just not functioning properly in the spine at the moment without Hastings. Lots of crash balls and nothing plays that we haven't really been doing lately with Hastings on the field to organise things.

Clune is doing ok individually, but yeah he's just not the on field general that Hastings has been for us.

The Sharks are in a similar position though, hence the 6-6 scoreline.

 

[Burns]

An arm wrestle again in these early sets

 

[Jono078]

Gamble should not be #1 kicking option.

 

[Alex28]

We need Clune to not overplay his hand. He’s trying to do more this week, however it’s taking away from Ponga and Gamble. He just needs to do the basics right - that’s all.

 

[Burns]

Okay, got to show something this set now

 

[Jono078]

I would really love to know which player has earned the most penalties this year. Dom has to be right up there.