NRL 2017 Rd 5 Cronulla Sharks Vs. Newcastle Knights , 3pm Saturday April 1 at Southern Cross Group Stadium

[Western Sharkie]

A lot of selfish and forced/ unnecessarily rushed plays. Reaching out in early tackles only to loose the ball near or over the try line.
Pushing passes early in the tackle counts.

Not a great performance.
Hard to pick a 3-2-1 this game but at least we got the "W". Just!

Flanno to tear strips off them in the sheds and rightly so.

 

[BlackWhiteBlue]

Im actually angry about this

 

[sharkboy18]

We were lucky to get away with that one. That was such a poor performance & in the interviews after the game Galls said the same thing. Flanno will not be happy & have a talking to them in the sheds. In all areas we were poor. It felt like we tried to score tries on every single play on their line, threw way too many passes.

 

[sharkboy18]

Im actually angry about this

I dont blame you, I was furious with that performance aswell as Im sure a lot of supporters are.

 

[Western Sharkie]

Im actually angry about this

I'm feeling like I do after a loss.
We played ****house today and will get pummelled if we play like that next week.

 

[vicsharkfan]

Phew... only saw last 10, welldone Knights plucky effort. Will watch full replay later.. could have been worse and actually lost...

 

[djhabib]

Fuming at this performance

 

[CrankyShark]

I couldn't get to wath the game unfortunately, but going off what people are saying on here it sounds a bit like a case of complacency/assuming they'll win by a big margin and have turned in a poor performance.

I'll be very surprised if the team is entering into a rut though. I'm confident the team will be pushing back towards their best next week.

 

[sharkgaz]

Despite what Flanno said in an interview before the game, complacency was always a possibility in this game. We should have won this game by a fair margin. Went out there pushing passes just expecting things to happen magically. Credit to the Knights as well. Everyone will rightly probably write us off against the Storm next week, which is probably a good thing for us.
There won't be any problem wirh complacency next week. However, we are probably going to have to play more conservatively next week if we are going to challenge the Storm.

 

[Born&bred]

We'll get fisted next week

 

[BlackWhiteBlue]

We'll get fisted next week

Yep. Hard to see any positives today other than 2 points

 

[puma1355]

We aren't showing to the games we should win....it's simple !!! It wouldn't surprise me we win next week. Watching the storm tonight and they look the real deal.

 

[endevour shark]

I'm feeling like I do after a loss.
We played ****house today and will get pummelled if we play like that next week.

Totally agree... not much energy , Chads Kicking game z grade.. outside backs pushing passes that did not hit the target or were just not on. Without doubt this was a huge wake up call.

Unless we have a huge change of attitude and play as a team the Storm will smack us Big time

 

[sharkgaz]

Anyone know Why Val looked so slow in chasing when the knights scored that runaway try?

 

[gando2230]

I couldn't give a rat arse about the score the sharks won got the 2 points.
Wasn't pretty but credit to the knights they aimed up.
Seggy needs more game time. From memory bailey only ran once from dummy half.
Needs to do more than catch and pass. V the storm I would be starting with seggy

 

[HaroldBishop]

I can't recall a worse win than that, horrible.

A lot to disike but the worst was the last kick off from Newcastle. We're up by 1 with 2 mins to go. The obvious short kick goes up and we all stand there and let it bounce.

Horrible performance.

 

[gando2230]

Didn't the sharks have something like 10sets in a row.
In the 1st half.

 

[vicsharkfan]

So the storm smash us next week and everyone will crap on about revenge... I'll be wearing my sharks 2016 sharks premership tshirt and point to the artwork to remind those around me it ain't revenge it was a home n away game bitches.
Revenge worked a treat the other week for the raiders.

 

[HaroldBishop]

Didn't the sharks have something like 10sets in a row.
In the 1st half.

Don't know about that but we had 59% off the ball. That's huge for an entire game. We won't score a try against Melbourne next week if we play like that.

 

[Matty C of the Shire]

1. Need to hold on that ball
2. Don't panic when in opponents 10, patiences!
3. Play the full 80