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Rd18: Parra v Warriors GAME DAY THREAD @ Commbank 15/7/22

hindy111

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My concerns are in attack these

Warriors 3 tried are generated by nice slick backline movements inside our 20 to create space and score. Had Johnson pass earlier not been intercepted by SIVO its a 12 point turnaround.

Our tries well.
The SIVO intercept was one. Huge gift but a better pass and Warriors score.
Guthersons try comes of a dropped bomb followed my a miracle flick by Simmonon and a nice bounce of ball for Guth. 3 bits of luck in that one.

Sivos 2nd come from a poor kick chase and we went 80mtrs.

That leaves two tries we set up. But neither where sweeping and slick movements but rather poor defense and fatigue. An easy to read pass on the inside from Mahoney to Papali'i and he just strolls thru lazy defense. Blake had a gap 5mtrs wide. Huge overlap and a simple dummy half pass. Yes it doesn't matter how you score but against the better sides I don't see their defense letting them in.

We don't seem to be able to get around sides when inside the 20mtr zone or create gaps as easily as the other top 8 sides.
For me that's on the coach.
 
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Obscene Assassin

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Lane and Waqa were full of energy last night, their best games of the year. What I liked was that despite dominating the warriors in the middle we weren't looking to offload, the forwards kept tucking the ball under the arm and powering through. There was no BS running out of room on the outside, and whilst it wasn't clinical for 80 minutes there was a definite change in attitude in how we've come up against bottom 8 teams
 

Rocket man

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It sounded to me that for at least the first set he was on, he was getting booed every time he touched the ball from dummy half. I’m not a big fan of his selection, and I really hope I misheard it, but if that’s what was happening, it’s genuinely pretty shameful behaviour.
Never heard any of that around d where I was seated.
 

TheRam

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Yep would’ve been nice to improve the F&A, that’s for sure. Time to keep building. We will know where we are after the next four weeks.


I think I already know. How many teams have ever won the Premiership that weren't in the top 3 defensive teams of the season?

I think the answer tell us where we are at.

Also rans again and our window is over at the end of this year.

They should be privately planning to go in a different direction coach wise if the board had any brains.
 

hineyrulz

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They were all shouting out Boooooooourn's FFS!!!


the simpsons boo GIF
 

TheRam

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It's almost my bedtime anyhows. About to have my sleeping medicine then it will be lights out


I have been struggling with insomnia for years Hindy, a legacy of shift work for nearly 40 years. What is your sleep medicine? Mine is the two Mrs Palmer's and their ten daughters, but my tolerance is through the roof now and my shut eye barely last a few seconds, then I'm back after the sheep.
 

TheRam

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There were some good signs tonight. We actually had a decent chase which was lacking all year.

Only in patches or should I say mostly. There were still some times the player running through would slow down and not go after the kicker hard enough and give him to much room to kick when if he hadn't been so passive in his chase could have made the kicker panic and we all know that Johnson is a sh*t kicker if you put any pressure on him. We were just lucky that some of Johnson's kicks were woeful even without to much pressure.
 
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TheRam

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True it's a hard choice between Dan and Nine..

You think being the Friday night prime time game they would have one of their better commentary team on.

At least we didn't have to listen to that imbecile who's balls haven't dropped yet.
 

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