Nuffy
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I really thought that when Bennett joined us, we'd get the rub of the green from refs but today showed we are still shabbily treated. There is no home town decisions when we play at home. They were allowed so much latitude in the ruck, the two teams were getting reffed totally differently and that made their go forward so much more effective.
The less said about the 2nd Wright try the better, it was a dead set knock on and the fact that a former Sharks player was part of the decision making process just rubs salt into the wound. Wrong on so many levels.
Bennett must be tearing out his limited amount of hair because we just aren't up for games we should be, the Sharks was always a danger game and we played into their hands. When the tempo lifted, we couldn't go with them. We just stood back in defence which allowed them to get a head of steam and punch through us.
We also played really dumb football in the 2nd half, taking shots at FG from 40 out with a strong breeze was never going to work, we just don't take enough high percentage options, its always the miracle play.
The Waddell experiment is over for me, his service is slow and inaccurate and he doesn't threaten the line. The other negative is that is creates havoc in attack with Roberts taking far longer than necessary to work into a game.
As soon as it went to golden point, our goose was cooked, our record is really poor and we were into a strong breeze again for the first part of GP which meant that we needed to adjust our tactics, alas we didnt, instead of kicking low and into the corners in the last couple of minutes of GP, we were still working for a miracle FG instead of playing the percentages and waiting for the 2nd part of GP and the wind at our back.
The real tragedy is that it was a game we would have pencilled in for a win and frankly should have won. We now face the Raiders at their home and on balance will struggle to win that and then we will fall back in the pack. All because we were complacent and lacked enthusiasm against the Sharks.
The less said about the 2nd Wright try the better, it was a dead set knock on and the fact that a former Sharks player was part of the decision making process just rubs salt into the wound. Wrong on so many levels.
Bennett must be tearing out his limited amount of hair because we just aren't up for games we should be, the Sharks was always a danger game and we played into their hands. When the tempo lifted, we couldn't go with them. We just stood back in defence which allowed them to get a head of steam and punch through us.
We also played really dumb football in the 2nd half, taking shots at FG from 40 out with a strong breeze was never going to work, we just don't take enough high percentage options, its always the miracle play.
The Waddell experiment is over for me, his service is slow and inaccurate and he doesn't threaten the line. The other negative is that is creates havoc in attack with Roberts taking far longer than necessary to work into a game.
As soon as it went to golden point, our goose was cooked, our record is really poor and we were into a strong breeze again for the first part of GP which meant that we needed to adjust our tactics, alas we didnt, instead of kicking low and into the corners in the last couple of minutes of GP, we were still working for a miracle FG instead of playing the percentages and waiting for the 2nd part of GP and the wind at our back.
The real tragedy is that it was a game we would have pencilled in for a win and frankly should have won. We now face the Raiders at their home and on balance will struggle to win that and then we will fall back in the pack. All because we were complacent and lacked enthusiasm against the Sharks.
