NRL Round 24 2016 - Cronulla Sutherland Sharks vs South Sydney Rabbitohs @ ANZ Stadium - Monday August 22 7:00pm

[vicsharkfan]

Resting players from training would explain why it doesn't look like they knew each other out there last week. Lewis/Chad/Bird need to sort their communication and defense out close to line otherwise stick Chad on the wing in defense, he's become a liability and is getting run through without much help around him. Probably doesn't help Chad that Lewis gets interchanged with another player

The try's we are conceding are tending to come up the middle and through the second third as opposed to all out on the wing like a while back

I havnt watched the last game again, you rekon it was more bird or Chad on those defensive lapses, I was thinking birdy but like i said I was looking away with eyes covered when they were showing replays.

 

[Gards]

I havnt watched the last game again, you rekon it was more bird or Chad on those defensive lapses, I was thinking birdy but like i said I was looking away with eyes covered when they were showing replays.

Was more making a general comment over the season regarding Lewis/Chad defending together but last week everyone looked out of sorts

 

[Mr Ryan]

This week is the calm before the storm for me.

Shark Park next Saturday night.

Flights booked for Melbourne.

Will be going to all our finals.

GF tickets booked.

Massive 6 weeks comin up.

 

[BurgoShark]

Resting players from training would explain why it doesn't look like they knew each other out there last week. Lewis/Chad/Bird need to sort their communication and defense out close to line otherwise stick Chad on the wing in defense, he's become a liability and is getting run through without much help around him. Probably doesn't help Chad that Lewis gets interchanged with another player

I wouldn't get too carried away with Chad and Bird other than in the Roosters game when they were poor.

vs Titans
Try 1 - bomb
Try 2 - right side ... Heighington is slow getting back. They get numbers and run an arc on Gallen.
Try 3 - left side ... Feki comes off his wing unnecessarily

vs Canberra

Try 1 - bomb
Try 2 - right side ... soft try by Wighton ... Barba/Townsend. Not a positional issue. Maybe lazy or poor attitude, but not a misread.
Try 3 - left side ... McIlwrick runs up. Arm grab by Beale
Try 4 - left side ... lazy play by Prior. Brown can't cover.

vs Dragons

Try 1 - chip
Try 2 - left side .. awful, awful play by the whole left side (Maloney, Leutele, Beale all run in and leave 2 players unmarked. Probably a bit tough to blame Beale since he was left out cold marking 3 blokes.)
Try 3 - grubber
Try 4 - middle/left edge .. bad miss by Paulo
Try 5 - right side ...

The bigger issue is the quick play the balls and the roll on teams are getting, but if I am pointing the finger at one particular side of the field (other than vs the Roosters) it is the left for sure... though it's a combination of players rather than the same guys getting beaten every time.

Everyone is singling out Chad and Bird for the Dragons' last try, which was soft and really decided the game because it put it out of reach. That one was definitely a bad read by Chad (it looked soft from Bird but he had to come of his guy at the last minute to try to cover Chad's mistake) but in the context of this poor run of games there are just as many other guys who have made bad decisions as him.

 

[Sharkyle]

We all knew the form slump was coming we just didn't know when, but now I think its been said and done. Even last week we were still probably guilty of expecting a win just by showing up, or that someone else would do the work.

Im thinking this week they will have realised that they can't focus on the finals when we haven't got a top 2 spot wrapped up. We need to win the next 2 games to be certainties so I expect this to be the new focus.

 

[sharkyboy]

This week is the calm before the storm for me.

Shark Park next Saturday night.

Flights booked for Melbourne.

Will be going to all our finals.

GF tickets booked.

Massive 6 weeks comin up.

Yeah going Monday night, then getting very messy Saturday last home game and then all finals.

Gonna have a sore liver

 

[Napolean]

Yeah going Monday night, then getting very messy Saturday last home game and then all finals.

Gonna have a sore liver

what's the point..we probably won't even make the finals. And we'll probably be kicked out of the comp next year.

..sigh..if only we'd beaten the dragons..

 

[vicsharkfan]

Yeah going Monday night, then getting very messy Saturday last home game and then all finals.

Gonna have a sore liver

I've spoken to the people here in border protection, you are welcome and right to come south again in round 26.

 

[HaroldBishop]

what's the point..we probably won't even make the finals. And we'll probably be kicked out of the comp next year.

..sigh..if only we'd beaten the dragons..

:lmao

 

[sharkyboy]

what's the point..we probably won't even make the finals. And we'll probably be kicked out of the comp next year.

..sigh..if only we'd beaten the dragons..

Hahahahaha yeah we are toast

I've spoken to the people here in border protection, you are welcome and right to come south again in round 26.

Mate I was raring to come down but with the last home game of the year rd 25 and a huuuuuge finals week 1 weekend planned I couldn't afford to do all 3.

Are you coming up for finals week 1?

 

[vicsharkfan]

Hahahahaha yeah we are toast



Mate I was raring to come down but with the last home game of the year rd 25 and a huuuuuge finals week 1 weekend planned I couldn't afford to do all 3.

Are you coming up for finals week 1?

If we are Saturday anytime game absolutely, family road trip no to Friday, Sunday early game I might fly myself, just a bit up in the air at the moment... Going to storm Broncos next Friday with 20-30 odd blokes from golf club plenty of islander and kiwis that should be messy.

 

[stormshark]

Burgess Drop A Thon = Sharky points

 

[Sir Chadley]

Burgess Drop A Thon = Sharky points

Nah, the refs will penalise us for a strip.

 

[HaroldBishop]

Hoping we win this for no other reason than to halt Slide's slide into an institution.

 

[slide rule]

Hoping we win this for no other reason than to halt Slide's slide into an institution.

On the upside, it would be refreshing to be around like-minded people.

 

[Mr Wright]

Hahahahaha yeah we are toast



Mate I was raring to come down but with the last home game of the year rd 25 and a huuuuuge finals week 1 weekend planned I couldn't afford to do all 3.

Are you coming up for finals week 1?

Understatement of the year

 

[HaroldBishop]

On the upside, it would be refreshing to be around like-minded people.

Haha

 

[Gumby]

Did someone mention earlier that capewell is playing this week?

 

[CrankyShark]

Did someone mention earlier that capewell is playing this week?

He hasn't been named so I think that was just earlier speculation during the week.

 

[Sharkyle]

If we can't beat this Souths team without Reynolds seriously