2023 NRL Round 19 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v Wests Tigers 7:50pm Thursday 6 July @ Commbank Stadium

[Sharkfox]

Bad miss Tommy

 

[pythagarushark]

we are not running hard enough

 

[Shortfin Mako]

Embarrassing

I don’t know what to say.

 

[Deleted member 3365]

We rock up thinking it would be easy, going through the motions and defending poorly.

The Tigers would’ve copped a rocket all week and have come out and are desperate

Mate the Tigers aren't playing like they had a rocket up their arse. It's us playing slow and conservative and not doing ****.

 

[cardshark]

Or maybe Hazelton grab more than shirt and air.

did it last week as well

 

[jocktheshark]

Yet again it's our shite that is letting a team in a game . Same players that consistently cause the issues , Ramien a dumb penalty , Mulitalo dropping a catch , Williams since he came on has been sloppy , missed tackles and a 6 again , Moylan giving up a penalty , not good enough .

The tigers are not this good , it's all about our complacency .

 

[Shortfin Mako]

we are not running hard enough

We are not really doing anything.

No top 8 team will respect us and rightly so. If they don’t respect us, they won‘t fear us. That’s how we get dominated.

 

[sharkstragic]

LOL 12 all at half time. This is what our blokes (and some of you) get for the pre game arrogance. Now there’s every chance Fitz gives these guys an attitude adjustment at half time and our blokes go out and demolish them in the second half, but I hope this half is a wake up call and a reminder to our players (and some of our fanbase) that anyone can beat anyone in this league.

On the upside, my 30-12 prediction is still a chance.

We have zero impact from our forwards hey.
They just offer nothing and we try to go around teams instead of through them .
Bunch of soft ****s

 

[Shortfin Mako]

Whenever we let opposition play the ball inside our 20

The why doesn’t really matter - wingers, penalties, bad offloads etc

Whenever the opposition is in our 20, they are more likely to score. If they get a 6-again, it is almost guaranteed.

 

[slide rule]

That halftime score was probably paying $$

 

[bort]

We have zero impact from our forwards hey.
They just offer nothing and we try to go around teams instead of through them .
Bunch of soft ****s

Although they get their own criticism BHU & Finucane are starting middles for us and Hunt could be considered middle #5 so that is a bit of engine to be missing

Still should be good enough but they do have a solid pack if they play well

 

[Sharkfox]

Get moylan and his side more involved with attack

 

[JimBob]

We really need someone in the team that has a good long, low kicking game. Nicho and Moylan can only put in long, high punts.

When we’re on the front foot and making good post contact meters we can get away with it. However when the opposition aims up in defence, Nicho or Moylan will punt it 35m out from our goal line and the opposition backs will catch it on the fly and start their set on their 40m line.

We can’t swing momentum without a decent long kicking game.

 

[MMsharks]

we gotta come out and score first to re-establish ourselves in the game
otherwise we will allow them to dictate and win

 

[Greg86]

Mate the Tigers aren't playing like they had a rocket up their arse. It's us playing slow and conservative and not doing ****.

You can see them jumping on loose balls and there is effort from them this week.

 

[Sir Chadley]

I thought the first 20 we were ok, but it was Jack Williams who gave away a stupid six again laying over someone when he didn’t need to. Then Nicho flying out of the line and Talau scoring.

Second 20 Tigers had their tails up and we couldn’t handle it. Too many missed tackles, arm grabbing and poor line speed.

Now I have to sit here and listen to the Fox Sports team cream themselves over what’s happening.

Don’t really know what’s going to happen in the second half but I’ll tell you what, no way the Tigers are dropping their heads. We are in for a fight and we’ll be lucky to get away with it.

 

[pythagarushark]

reactive and not aggressive and dominating in attack and defence

 

[SF]

I feel like we gave the Tigers too much respect and started too conservatively, e.g. taking the two. Gave them some confidence and let them back into it. Just need to open up our play more and should still get it

 

[Wiz]

Is this Fitz trying to show us how we have a team that can control a game properly ?

Can someone tell him he’s using the wrong players ? If you’re so stubborn in wanting to still play Moylan and Hynes together your strength isn’t patience or building it’s all out attack

 

[jocktheshark]

Our intensity always seems to go down once the first interchanges are made , i know Williams has his fans but for me he is bog average , misses a lot of tackles and gives up too many penalties or 6 agains .