djhabib
Jaws
Couldn't even feed a scrum
2023 NRL Round 10 Cronulla Sutherland Sharks v The Dolphins @ Suncorp Stadium Saturday 6th May @ 5:30pm
- Thread starter Sir Chadley
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HaroldBishop
Megalodon
How's the Caxton mate?
sharks2010
Dribbler
Hit the valley tonight bro haha
djhabib
Jaws
Shirts already off. Free drinks tonight like it's 2013.
Vichyssoise
Tiger Shark
Only just saw the highlights. Last week, the first 25 minutes were near perfect. This week, well, not so much. Redcliffe didn't even need 'Hometown' Atkins to get the job done. Congrats Wayne, I suppose.
Should ask to have the Magic Round bye next year.
Should ask to have the Magic Round bye next year.
Sir Chadley
Jaws
So the question is, how do we recover from a loss like this?
Does it feel like the Warriors loss? And by that I mean we lost a game we were heavily favoured to win.
Did the occasion get to us?
Does playing at Suncorp and in Magic Round just not suit us?
What are the answers? How do we pick ourselves up to play Manly next weekend?
I know we all hate losses but that one I think makes us all feel pretty ****.
Does it feel like the Warriors loss? And by that I mean we lost a game we were heavily favoured to win.
Did the occasion get to us?
Does playing at Suncorp and in Magic Round just not suit us?
What are the answers? How do we pick ourselves up to play Manly next weekend?
I know we all hate losses but that one I think makes us all feel pretty ****.
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Deleted member 3365
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I believe that we aren't just there yet as a team. Don't get me wrong, when we click we are a pretty decent side, but it looks like we are missing something..is it that mongrel? Big game experience?
Tiger Shark
Jaws
A mongrel prop would have done **** all with that completion rate. We started poorly and Dolphins started strong. Could never catch up after that.
Wilson
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It’s a lesson learned.
In reality this is still a very young team outside a couple of old stalwart forwards.
The biggest difference between us and a side like Penrith at the moment is the experience to be able to turn up each week.
There could be some players that either aren’t up to that, or some that don’t fit long term, but that’s the crux of the issue that only time and losses like this will fix.
beaver2233
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Dale comes back and we **** the bed. Great leader. 
Blue_Eyes84
Bull Shark
The entire team didn't turn up. Shocking performance for almost everyone.
sharkstragic
Jaws
For the record i think magic round is great fun. I was at the games last night and it was a full on carnival atmosphere, few beers at Caxton st and the walk down to the ground, people singing and having a ball.
The only downer was we played like turds.
Atkins is a **** and we always seem to get a raw deal with him , but I don’t think it would have made a difference with any other ref.
And coming from me that speaks volumes.
We were diabolically ****, and we don’t seem to have a leader to follow when it gets tough.
Honestly we are a bunch of flat track bullies to use a cricketing term. We need to be made of better stuff than that to win a comp.
The only downer was we played like turds.
Atkins is a **** and we always seem to get a raw deal with him , but I don’t think it would have made a difference with any other ref.
And coming from me that speaks volumes.
We were diabolically ****, and we don’t seem to have a leader to follow when it gets tough.
Honestly we are a bunch of flat track bullies to use a cricketing term. We need to be made of better stuff than that to win a comp.
SF
Mako Shark
Dolphins were near perfect in that first half, I don’t think many teams would have beaten them, given all the calls going their way. Still they exposed plenty of weaknesses, including susceptibility to offloads, highlighting our lack of offloads in return.
As we don’t really have any other great forward options, I think we should give Trindall a go against one of these more physical teams. Hynes and Moylan are magic against the weaker teams, but their styles seem too similar against tough teams.
As we don’t really have any other great forward options, I think we should give Trindall a go against one of these more physical teams. Hynes and Moylan are magic against the weaker teams, but their styles seem too similar against tough teams.
CrazyMatt
Jaws
That completion rate was alarming. I still can’t wrap my head around how professional, well paid specialist footballers can’t do a simple thing like hold a ****ing football properly.
Fitz said in the presser that missed tackles that the system was good with a few broken parts, players. He said that missed tackles are an attitude thing and that’s personal. I think he was talking about one of these players - nicho, wk, teig, Brailey, ramien. Has to come from this list.