Round 23 vs Tigers.

[True_Believer]

Lawrie getting a valuable 45 seconds of game time.

Nice pick up in a tough win. Always looking for a negative. Do you even want a win?

 

[True_Believer]

Graham the guy running across in cover all effort

Count how many times Lats was the first forward to take a hit up from a new set. And people are saying Millward isn't doing his job.

 

[tumbidragon]

Nice pick up in a tough win. Always looking for a negative. Do you even want a win?

No, it's not about that at all. Our forwards have been playing tired an busted for months now. Half that reason is poor bench rotation. It's constructive criticism, not negativity.
It's 100% spot on.

 

[Tuddy]

I really didn't think we'd win that one.

Top effort by everyone tonight, it wasn't pretty but it didn't need to be.

Luciano showed us tonight he can be the star we knew he could be. He's starting to get some self belief. Dufty needs to be hanging around him because he's got a great offload.

Really nice to see the first try put on by Luc, Kurt and Jordan.

Special mention to the ref for making us work for it.

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

We did it without Hunt , he has hit rock bottom , so he has to improve that is a bonus .....

Mate his confidence is absolutely shot to pieces or his mind is elsewhere....after his sin binning he looked totally lost out there and didnt seem to want the ball at all.....where the hell was Dufty tonight he added zero to this game....most of the time he bobbed up in the ruck area but looked totally lost imo

 

[True_Believer]

No, it's not about that at all. Our forwards have been playing tired an busted for months now. Half that reason is poor bench rotation. It's constructive criticism, not negativity.
It's 100% spot on.

Our forwards didn't look busted at all. Not sure what game you were watching.

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

Must admit I had zero confidence in the boys prior to kick off....but decided to watch the game albeit with one eye open and one closed......was a gutsy effort by our blokes but jeez The Tigers were very ordinary tonight...still happy with the win but we are a long way off top shelf......altjough injuries are starting to take there toll with the finalists abd will play a big part in the semis

 

[tumbidragon]

Our forwards didn't look busted at all. Not sure what game you were watching.

I'm not just talking about tonight... Even if I were. JDB was blowing from the 65th minute, finding it hard to get himself back into the defensive line (and not for the first time). Lawrie could of been used far more wisely.

 

[Red V for life]

We did it without Hunt , he has hit rock bottom , so he has to improve that is a bonus .....

It will be interesting to see how they manage Hunt to bring him back. The team have his back...we saw that tonight.

The pressure is off in terms of us making the finals. Maybe that load off will help “free” him a little. Maybe a week away from footy might help clear his head.

I don’t have the answer. Tough situation.

 

[to_ddeath]

Gutsy win under all sorts of pressure but seems to be a few in here willing to paper over the more than obvious cracks still there.
We're in the finals but still week 1 fodder IMO.
Full credit to however to Mann/Leilua/Sims/Graham who were all inspirational tonight.

 

[Crush]

Funny how few posts there are when we win vs when we lose.

 

[True_Believer]

I'm not just talking about tonight... Even if I were. JDB was blowing from the 65th minute, finding it hard to get himself back into the defensive line (and not for the first time). Lawrie could of been used far more wisely.

I don't disagree with the bench rotation issue - but it has nothing to do with forwards being busted.

 

[True_Believer]

Funny how few posts there are when we win vs when we lose.

Ah Crush, surely you're used to this by now!

 

[True_Believer]

Gutsy win under all sorts of pressure but seems to be a few in here willing to paper over the more than obvious cracks still there.
We're in the finals but still week 1 fodder IMO.
Full credit to however to Mann/Leilua/Sims/Graham who were all inspirational tonight.

I would go so far as to say tonight was the best win of the season. Irrespective of the next 2 games, we needed to step up tonight and we did - against a team that is considered a giant killer and at their spiritual home ground. Not to mention the obvious bias against us from the officials. We showed serious character. Lets hope we can keep it up

 

[Life's Good]

Massive win in the context of our recent poor form, Penrith & Souths losing.
Last week really lit the fuse in Graham & he was very vocal today which was needed at times. Luc, Mann, Sims, Frizz were great. Pereira keeps getting better & definitely deserves to keep his spot. I thought Field did well & was glad he got good minutes. He also pulled off a tackle on Sue in a play that was looking dangerous.
Aside from Mann, our spine looks very ordinary. Be it confidence, structure, game plan we are just not getting value when you consider McInnes, Hunt & Dufty we’re in fine form up until about 8 weeks ago.
Only using Lawrie for the last minute is criminal when you consider the talk about jaded forwards.
Vaughan can’t come back soon enough. We need his power running.

 

[ozbuck]

I'm glad we won tonight, especially just for Hunt's mental health. If we hadve lossed tonight after his dropped kicked off lead to a try for the Tigers, and a few other poor plays the media would've done everything to stick their knives in as far as they could go.

It could've been really ugly for him if we hadve lossed tonight.

 

[The Damo]

BACK IN THE TOP 4 BITCHES!!!
Praise Crom!
We weren’t great by any means. But the attitude was right, they stuck it out and they goddamn won.
Luc showed he’s a first grader, and the team showed they’re not done yet. Plenty of people are hopefully happy they were wrong.

 

[Willow]

As a matter of interest, who thought we were going to lose this match?

Just asking....

 

[tumbidragon]

I don't disagree with the bench rotation issue - but it has nothing to do with forwards being busted.

Of coarse it does. When you are relied upon to play week after week, without being rotated throughout the season. You will inevitably fatigue as the season grinds on.
Vaughan's injury may be a blessing in disguise, as was Frizz's cpl weeks off. Yet none of that was rotation planning... JDB has been in need of a few weeks off at some stage since Rnd.10. Yet has been flogged week after week.

 

[Crush]

As a matter of interest, who thought we were going to lose this match?

Just asking....

Not me