Valheru
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Tough day at the office.
As mentioned in the gameday thread, it was a repeat of round 1 as we gave ourselves absolutely no chance to win the game. There were points ti be scored against Melbourne and we made yardage pretty well but never held the ball long enough to apply pressure.
I'm a glass half full guy so the positive is defence which I thought stood up very well despite the overwhelming possession and field position against us. The team kept working for each other in defence which is a really good sign.
The radley sin binning.... contact wasn't that bad but it was late and completely unnecessary. He just needs to be better and not put himself in a position to be binned. I won't say it cost us the game as Melbourne are a quality outfit but it was ertsinly the start of a spiral we never recovered from.
All in all a loss in Melbourne is no reason to be too upset especially since most of the issue was ourselves. This is why the 8 points we have already accumulated is so important. Plenty to work on and on to next week.
Sharks, dragons and warriors next 3. Win 2 and we are right on track.
3 manu
2 topou
1 Paulo
Have to give all my points to the back 3 as I thought they tried hard all game and made lots of metres when the ball was held on to.
As mentioned in the gameday thread, it was a repeat of round 1 as we gave ourselves absolutely no chance to win the game. There were points ti be scored against Melbourne and we made yardage pretty well but never held the ball long enough to apply pressure.
I'm a glass half full guy so the positive is defence which I thought stood up very well despite the overwhelming possession and field position against us. The team kept working for each other in defence which is a really good sign.
The radley sin binning.... contact wasn't that bad but it was late and completely unnecessary. He just needs to be better and not put himself in a position to be binned. I won't say it cost us the game as Melbourne are a quality outfit but it was ertsinly the start of a spiral we never recovered from.
All in all a loss in Melbourne is no reason to be too upset especially since most of the issue was ourselves. This is why the 8 points we have already accumulated is so important. Plenty to work on and on to next week.
Sharks, dragons and warriors next 3. Win 2 and we are right on track.
3 manu
2 topou
1 Paulo
Have to give all my points to the back 3 as I thought they tried hard all game and made lots of metres when the ball was held on to.