snowman
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i thought best didnt play?????????
NRL Round 24, 2011: Cronulla Sutherland Sharks v Sydney Roosters, 7:30pm Sat 20 Aug @ SFS
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Mark^Bastard
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****, I was drunk then.
Actually now I remember haha.
The wingers though, they were safe under the high ball yeah? And knew where the sideline was.
I've taped it so I'll watch the replay.
Actually now I remember haha.
The wingers though, they were safe under the high ball yeah? And knew where the sideline was.
I've taped it so I'll watch the replay.
snowman
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Gards
Jaws
Some points:
We generally looked better in attack and defence than we have the last month.
It hurt so much to lose to the cocky and crappy Roosters in that manner.
The Sharks were the better side for most of the game.
A Sharks player is going to lose his head soon with all these high shots/"shoulder" charges against us. These pigs on opposing teams all laugh about it as well. Makes the losses even harder to bare.
Even if it wasn't the Sharks on the receiving end I would be calling for the Refs to do something about this!
Why was Hotdog dropped earlier in the year? He was good for us and should stay in the side. Shift Wright into centres again or boot Stapo to NSW cup.
Wether or not it would have resulted in a try, a first grade winger should be catching the ball when it is passed to him. One drop you could put down to a rare break in concentration. A second drop is unforgivable and can be put down to a lack of ability or confidence. I like Stapo but did he do a hand transplant with Poms when he had that surgery done? Well done to him on the much improved goal kicking though.
Gards is a talent but if his kick wasn't a poor decision then it definatly was lazy which I see in his defensive game unfortunatly. Flano needs to whip him a bit.
The boys still drop their bundle after making an error in a set. Both teams had good opening sets with no errors but once a ball was dropped, the defense conceded and the penalties crept in. What is going on!
Taga was kept relatively quiet by the roosters big boys. I'm not convinced he should be starting although he is capable and earnt it. I say bring him on after 20 mins for more impact against tired players. Leave him there for the rest of the game (60 mins). When he starts the opposition have plenty of time to get accustomed to him.
Entertaining game of footy - shame about the result.
We generally looked better in attack and defence than we have the last month.
It hurt so much to lose to the cocky and crappy Roosters in that manner.
The Sharks were the better side for most of the game.
A Sharks player is going to lose his head soon with all these high shots/"shoulder" charges against us. These pigs on opposing teams all laugh about it as well. Makes the losses even harder to bare.
Even if it wasn't the Sharks on the receiving end I would be calling for the Refs to do something about this!Why was Hotdog dropped earlier in the year? He was good for us and should stay in the side. Shift Wright into centres again or boot Stapo to NSW cup.
Wether or not it would have resulted in a try, a first grade winger should be catching the ball when it is passed to him. One drop you could put down to a rare break in concentration. A second drop is unforgivable and can be put down to a lack of ability or confidence. I like Stapo but did he do a hand transplant with Poms when he had that surgery done? Well done to him on the much improved goal kicking though.
Gards is a talent but if his kick wasn't a poor decision then it definatly was lazy which I see in his defensive game unfortunatly. Flano needs to whip him a bit.
The boys still drop their bundle after making an error in a set. Both teams had good opening sets with no errors but once a ball was dropped, the defense conceded and the penalties crept in. What is going on!
Taga was kept relatively quiet by the roosters big boys. I'm not convinced he should be starting although he is capable and earnt it. I say bring him on after 20 mins for more impact against tired players. Leave him there for the rest of the game (60 mins). When he starts the opposition have plenty of time to get accustomed to him.
Entertaining game of footy - shame about the result.
snowman
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cool story, he out jumped jono wright several times last week 2, to bad the **** cant catch the ball lately... maybe he has been paired with pom to long
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cool story
IronShark
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This is 100% correct. I had refrained from posting about this match until I had a chance to watch the replay as I was working Sat. night and missed it.
There is no doubt, Warea-Hargreaves won this game for the Roosters. If he wasn't going to be sent off, they should have given him the Man of the Match award because the game was gone before Gallen forced from the field.
I have no doubt Gallen would have lead the Sharks to victory if he had been able to continue in the match. They became directionless without him and panic began to set in, I feel.
This is just a joke, our players are looked on as second class citizens by the referees, they are not being aforded the same level of protection as the big names.
Disgraceful is an understatement.
Yeah mate, one of his heads would of noticed the ball getting passed to him.
Yeah, but his tiny, girl like wrists wouldn't have the strength to acually hold the ball.
HrvatskaDomovino
Grey Nurse
I accept that during any given match that refereeing decisions will sometimes be unfavourable or favourable. That on some occasions there will be a bit more of the former than the latter. Certainly in this game the refereeing was lopsidedly against us particularly in regards to JWH.
Could we have controlled that though? Did any amount of complaining by Gallen on the field and Flanagan off the field alter this reality? Could it? No. Were they morally in the right? Yes. Did it achieve anything? No. We're not trading in the ideal world, we're dealing in the real world.
Rafael Nadal in his loss to Ferrer in the AO was asked three or four times to blame his knee injury for that outcome. He refused to remotely buy into it (he looked as if he wanted to throttle the journos) and gave unqualified credit to the opponent Ferrer for having outplayed him. Frankly his injury gave him no chance of victory. However, by placing a 100% onus on himself and what he could control he empowered himself to take responsibility and alter that outcome to the umpteenth of his ability (exercising his free will).
Apparently his uncle Tony had it drilled into him to always be humble. That's why he is what he is. When he got knocked out of the first round of Wimbledon he could have submitted in ease to the line that he was a clay/hard-court player who couldn't excel on grass. However, he went away and altered his serve to make it more powerful so he could obtain more cheap points, served and volleyed more often, forced himself to play on the baseline to be more aggressive instead of being deep and defensive in amongst other things. The next year he went and made the Final and the year after won the Championship.
Enter Safin and Federer. The former after continuing his failure at Wimbledon (knocked out in the 1st Rnd) blamed the stupid grass and said what an awful surface it was. The latter when he lost to Berdych in the quarters blamed everything but himself not to mention his sulk in the AO. It's widely acknowledge that he has to alter his game to have a chance of turning around his average record against Nadal. Up to this point he has not.
What does this all have to do with the Sharks in Gallen and Flanagan. By blaming refereeing decisions, luck or fate we dis-empower ourselves. We begin to feel comfort with the concept that we can't possibly win because things are against us, the NRL has it in for us or luck simply won't favour us. We lose our free-will (which we readily possess) and submit to these "inevitabilities". The sooner we take the attitude that come what may, no matter the obstacles that are put in front of us that we'll do whatever it takes and we'll do whatever within our power we can do to still win then we will benefit greatly. We could have played much better in that last 20mins and have won comfortably. That was within our control. That should be the absolute and only focus for the boys this week.
I don't want Gallen and Flanagan or anyone else to ever blame refereeing decisions ever again even if they don't favour us. To blame absolutely nothing but what we could do but did not do. That when we concede a rough penalty to accept it and tell the boys to double up because they won't get past us. That when the head hunters come at us to tell them to take a harder hit because we'll never succumb to their level. That in all matters on the Rugby League field we'll always play hard and fair, with virtue and integrity. Build character in your men Paul and they follow you and we will win a lot more games than we currently have.
Could we have controlled that though? Did any amount of complaining by Gallen on the field and Flanagan off the field alter this reality? Could it? No. Were they morally in the right? Yes. Did it achieve anything? No. We're not trading in the ideal world, we're dealing in the real world.
Rafael Nadal in his loss to Ferrer in the AO was asked three or four times to blame his knee injury for that outcome. He refused to remotely buy into it (he looked as if he wanted to throttle the journos) and gave unqualified credit to the opponent Ferrer for having outplayed him. Frankly his injury gave him no chance of victory. However, by placing a 100% onus on himself and what he could control he empowered himself to take responsibility and alter that outcome to the umpteenth of his ability (exercising his free will).
Apparently his uncle Tony had it drilled into him to always be humble. That's why he is what he is. When he got knocked out of the first round of Wimbledon he could have submitted in ease to the line that he was a clay/hard-court player who couldn't excel on grass. However, he went away and altered his serve to make it more powerful so he could obtain more cheap points, served and volleyed more often, forced himself to play on the baseline to be more aggressive instead of being deep and defensive in amongst other things. The next year he went and made the Final and the year after won the Championship.
Enter Safin and Federer. The former after continuing his failure at Wimbledon (knocked out in the 1st Rnd) blamed the stupid grass and said what an awful surface it was. The latter when he lost to Berdych in the quarters blamed everything but himself not to mention his sulk in the AO. It's widely acknowledge that he has to alter his game to have a chance of turning around his average record against Nadal. Up to this point he has not.
What does this all have to do with the Sharks in Gallen and Flanagan. By blaming refereeing decisions, luck or fate we dis-empower ourselves. We begin to feel comfort with the concept that we can't possibly win because things are against us, the NRL has it in for us or luck simply won't favour us. We lose our free-will (which we readily possess) and submit to these "inevitabilities". The sooner we take the attitude that come what may, no matter the obstacles that are put in front of us that we'll do whatever it takes and we'll do whatever within our power we can do to still win then we will benefit greatly. We could have played much better in that last 20mins and have won comfortably. That was within our control. That should be the absolute and only focus for the boys this week.
I don't want Gallen and Flanagan or anyone else to ever blame refereeing decisions ever again even if they don't favour us. To blame absolutely nothing but what we could do but did not do. That when we concede a rough penalty to accept it and tell the boys to double up because they won't get past us. That when the head hunters come at us to tell them to take a harder hit because we'll never succumb to their level. That in all matters on the Rugby League field we'll always play hard and fair, with virtue and integrity. Build character in your men Paul and they follow you and we will win a lot more games than we currently have.
Mr Wright
Jaws
One thing I took out of this game... John Williams is the best winger at the club. Not a good sign that he is contracted for next year.
CrazyMatt
Jaws
Pissed off...........how did we blow that?.......so pissed off. They had it and they blew it..........With games against the Cowboys and Tigers to follow. This was our last winnable game. We are going to finish the year on the back of a mammoth losing streak...........AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Over it..........I've lost interest for the year. Go the Swans.
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Agreed 100 %
But
If our team is awake up to the short kick off , as they should have been after the Manly game , we take that kick off we go on to win as well.
Chads was a funny one - no camera got a shot of the hit , but the hit definitely got him very high
Then again had the roosters first try been sent upsatirs would have been no try
and then again had the video ref got it right for Hotdogs second we wouldn't have been in contention
a lot of things changed the course of that game on Saturday night - who knows what the game and result might have been
I love oxymorons.