I need what ever you are on.
Tough to beat don't let 2 soft tries in early.
Tough to beat teams turn teams away after multiple repeat sets, pin teams in their halves, don't give away dumb penalties, don't try stupid offloads in their half.
I'm dejected by tonight game.
TMM looked like a shell of a player he had been with SJ on sideline.
Yeah I know it is frustrating. But you have to expect that the constant player reshuffles is going to show in the defensive positioning.
One of those soft Try's was too many guys on the wrong side of the play the ball on our line, an over read and lack of communication, it only looks soft because we were beaten before they even to a step towards us. In those situations the Fullback is supposed to marshal the guys and or go to weak side, having Roger barely thrown back in there was a rough scenario.
As for the offload in our own half, a trap for new kids, how many times did we used to see guys come from NSW cup and try too hard? most of those guys got dropped in the old system and were never seen again in the NRL.
One blemish from Leka in an otherwise very good game, he is still looking the more threatening of our forwards with his speed.
If that offload sticks everyone is happy. Bottom line, the reason we bring these guys like Leka, Laban, MGT, Ali in so slowly is that they hurt pretty badly when they make mistakes that cost the team. He is eighteen.
I spose when we roll out these Frankenstein line ups I give them a lot of leeway and set my expectations to what I think is realistic, I don't see us as on par with the opposition when our team is having such a disrupted season. From there I am just looking for us to fight. We did that. We got it together and fought back hard.
The Raiders should have belted us with all the ball they had in the first half.
I don't think our defensive efforts in the end reflected softness at all, I think we proved we wanted to fight, It is too simplistic to see players left standing or clutching at thin air and put it down to lack of heart. I believe we proved in the end the will was there to win. Another reason I was happy is Ali had and Leka both look like they belong out there.