I think we need to have a hard look at how good we actually are. Sandow and Sutton have the skills to win a game but dont seem to be able to win a big game that is a must win. Every one who watches the game would have to admit they have as much talent as any other player and on their day they are brilliant, but they will never ever win a premiership because they take poor options.
We need another halfbak and 5/8, I dont know where from but this is what we are missing, sure we have had injuries to our forwards which does not help with our go forward, but think of how often we are 20 metres away from a try with 5 tackles to go and we end up with a sh*t kick hoping for some luck. they just dont have it.
I wonder if Faloon (injury pending) at hooker and Isaac Luke at 6 with Sandow at 7 would make any difference? I have always thought that Sutton could be a good centre as he would be able to offload to a winger one handed, I just dont see him as a consistant 5/8 and he is not a forward.
Unless we can recruit some big game backs we will not win a premiership, we have champion forwards and average backs with lots of unproven talent.
Sutton at 5/8 = myth just like Bird
I think Champion's absence had a real impact. We missed him terribly.
Yes you can give it away your forwards are the most overrated in the NRL and your backs are simply rubbish you'll rightly be out of the top 8 by the end of the weekend.
Pretty much on the money there.
No pack has got over ours all year and we've struggled to get our best pack on the park at one time.
Decimated by injuries is the bottom line with our season.
As for tonight, all credit to the dogs, one of a few teams that have really shut us out.
It's sudden death from here on in for Souths.