Oh man what a relief to get the result!!! God, it feels good as I really felt the pressure for the boys this week. We simply had to walk away with the two points and we did that!!
It was an ugly win, there's no doubt about that. Not our best performance and a bit of a bludger of a game. We didn't really look like we got out of second gear all night and I thought some of the energy and effort with the ball at times was poor. So we were flat for sure. As disappointing as that was, we still dominated the game and the result was never really in doubt. The boys found a way to win and that's all that matters! A win's a win.
Apart from a handful of really slick plays, a couple of which we scored off, the attack did look pretty clunky again. Was slow and lacked direction. The injury to Latrell of course wouldn't have helped, that hurt our attack big time. was good to see us complete at 90% in the first half, that's where we want to be but we really dropped the ball, pardon the pun, with our completions in the second half which was disappointing. certainly fell back into our old habits there and that's a big reason why we didn't win by more.
Defence was pretty solid. There were those two lapses, yes. The one right on full time especially really annoyed me. However, for the most part, I thought our defensive resolve was good. Not super great, could still be better, but good.
There's been some talk on other forums about how bad we were and how we're stuffed and how we won't make the eight etc. But I think they need to pull their heads in. While I admit tonight wasn't flash, you do have to remember we've now had three very big, emotional games in a row against the Storm, Roosters and Panthers so there's bound to be a bit of a hangover from that. You can't be up in terms of intensity every single week. What's more, it's important to note we challenged in all those games and made a real contest of it which indicates the quality of our side. It was our errors which held us back. Also, sometimes games like this tonight just happen, for whatever reason it's very ugly and low intensity but you still win. It happens in Footy. You just have to take from it what you can and move on. Despite that, we still showed some really good signs and I still maintain that if we can put it all together, we'll be a force.
Yes, I'm a little disappointed with the performance but we should be celebrating! I am! We got the result, a much needed one! Our second victory of the Season.
A win's a win. Glory, Glory.