Went to the game, gutted again. Sick of hearing about "the QLD passion", but it's true, they have it, we don't. The QLD team are all selfless, we have a contingent who are selfish.
Haven't watched a replay, don't know if i will, but from the ground, there were a few observations i made that differ from some opinions on here. Duges didn't have a great game, but he tried his guts out. He was barking at Ferguson all night trying to get him to step up, i saw him on at least 3 or 4 occasions screaming at Pearce and Maloney for the ball to be sent his way or to put a kick up for him when attacking near QLD's line (the one time they did, he scored, go figure!) and don't know if it would be evident on TV, but when QLD spread the ball out towards Haynes side of the field, Duges would yell at Teddy to go across in cover and Duges slid back and across to cover for Teddy in case QLD switched direction. He made some era's, granted, but his commitment couldn't be questioned....he'd still get a jersey in my team.
Morris and Hayne, just dreadful. On two occasions in front of me when scrums were packing just inside the pair of them, we were one man short in the scrum and only seconds left on the scrum clock, both the lazy f**kers just stood there and watched until on one occasion Graham yelled at them to pack in the scrum and on the other occasion someone came from the other side to pack in. They both just waited for the action to come to them all night and just weren't interested in going that extra yard for their mates. Selfish pricks don't deserve another game, their origin careers would be over for mine.
Fifita, again, selfish. He just didn't even bother to offer 2nd efforts. When he made a hit up or a tackle, that was it for him, just turned his back and trotted back into the line without even thinking of some 2nd phase play or covering for his mate. Daley came down to the sideline in the 2nd half and spoke with Fifita before he went out for his last stint. Might of just been my interpretation, but the body language between the two just didn't seem right and then Fifita goes out and his head space just seemed all f**ked up. He's an individual player with baggage, not someone i would want in the trenches with me. Sure, he will win you a game, but he can lose you 3, f**k him off until he grows up i say.
Pearce, joke, Woods, joke, Ferguson, joke, Klemmer, tries hard but needs to learn some new tricks, he's just too predictable and QLD have his measure. Morris and Hayne, jokes. I like Cordner as a player, but he was virtually silent and Tedesco, Maloney and Duges were doing most of the talking and trying to kick start the momentum.....we need a Captain who will actually captain, heck, i reckon Joel Thommo would be a better option. Ah well, i'm getting cranky just reliving this shit so i'll stop ranting now.
Oh, just one more thing, as bad as it is to have to sit in a crowd of QLD'ers and be embarrassed year after year, this time i had to do it with this nuffie's ugly mug in front of me which brought back memories of deep dark Dragons days just to top it all off.......felt like slapping the bitch.
