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lingard

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Pou you might talk stats on both players to disprove but visually they have regressed, particularly Mannah. Plays little game time these days, prob around 30-35 mins and has little impact in his second stint. Can we really carry a player who normally plays 10-15 mins in second half without consciously registering in the mind? He is virtually invisible during his second stint.

He'd be more dangerous if he was actually invisible.
 

lingard

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Yeah it was f**ken bullshit. I normally think the refs aren't a significant factor but we definitely faced a few perfect (or near so) opponents in the second half when we had an unexpected lead. The final in Melbourne was another example. I'm well proud of them for that game but at full time I was so pissed off I felt sick.

I reckon some teams definitely get more leeway from the refs.

The head injury rule was the reason we lost to Melbourne. Moreroa was our most damaging forward in attack and defence while he was on the park. He was just scaring those Melbourne boys. to be without him (and a man down) for more than half the game was an impossible situation for us. And then against the Cowboys, to be without him and then to lose Alvaro, was equally telling. With both those players, we would have won both those games easy.
 

Poupou Escobar

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The head injury rule was the reason we lost to Melbourne. Moreroa was our most damaging forward in attack and defence while he was on the park. He was just scaring those Melbourne boys. to be without him (and a man down) for more than half the game was an impossible situation for us. And then against the Cowboys, to be without him and then to lose Alvaro, was equally telling. With both those players, we would have won both those games easy.
We certainly would've gone a lot better. And we didn't lose either game by much.
 

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