My take after reading last 3 pages-
Was a great atmosphere at the ground.
Melbourne do what they do best and slow it down just enough to control things at their pace. It is crazy what they get away with. Was very hard for luai and Burton tonight. Melbs line speed was ridiculous. They must've gone early I reckon 50% of the time.
Munster is an absolute dog. Spencer will probably be out for 4 weeks and the weak nrl probably won't even cite Munster.
Edwards 9/10- continues to just get better and better. Was in everything for 40 non stop.
Staines- 7.5- 2 great moments, 1 to stop fox possible try and he scored a good one. He really struggles bringing the ball back and I thought it really hurt us. He got drove back most times and it really shifted momentum alot after good runs from to'o. It enabled storm to really get set. Ic needs to get him involved in different ways bringing the ball back.
Critta- 7.5- few silly mistakes but very good in defence. Great pressure kick
Momo- 7.5- pretty solid night other than try off the scrum. Wasn't entirely his fault but he got caught out.
Too- 9.5 outstanding again
Burton- 7.5 great long kicking. Looked his best when he plays direct. Fantastic defence
Luai- 7.5- incredible defence, thought he did well steering team around. Some on here have been pretty harsh. No Edwards (2nd half), cleary, api. Players went down everywhere. our forwards basically didn't get out of our own half first 40. He's not a nc type player. We're never going to get a Nathan type game. But he looked very dangerous just about every run in the 2nd half. Hasn't played hb in about 3 years and we just beat defending premiers with 14 men!
Leota- 6 few big hits and lots of tackles but not enough hard yards. Needed him to get us out of our end in first 40.
Kenny- 8.5 not flashy but almost 60 tackles. 80 minutes in a brutally fast game. What an effort. Good service again. Especially fatigued
Jfh- 8 not his most dominant performance but still a solid effort
Kiks- 7.5 did nothing wrong. Needs to run like he did last 20mins for whole game. Not just when we are behind
Caps- 9. Thought he was in everything.80mins of hard work. Great defence. Brilliant try
Yeo- 9 captain's knock. Got the boys over the advantage line when everyone else was gassed and struggling.
.May- 8 great job filling in at fb
Spencer 7.5- hope he's ok. So much impact. Need him fit
Eiso- 7.5 looked good again. Just needs to quicken up his play the balls a bit but still been impressed
Martin- 7.5 solid game. Nothing outstanding bit didn't do anything wrong.
For next week imo Burton has to be in the team. I'd play him at fb. I think ic will go Staines with Jennings on the wing though.
Very proud of all the boys Tonight. What a team effort.
