Round 19, 2010: Sharks v Sea Eagles July 17 Toyota Stadium 7:30pm
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Afraid to say I left 10 minutes early, the performance was terrible, had about 4 hours sleep Friday night & a 45 minute drive home to look forward to, so I took my leave
bluey
Bull Shark
A mate of mine spent 7 hours driving each way and he wanted to leave at half time he is pissed.
BUZ
Paragon
lol... I saw it too, it was the best part of my night because it saved me two hours!
davetherave
Grey Nurse
I BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST HALF WAS THE WORST EVER FORTY MINUTES BY A SHARKS FIRST GRADE SIDE EVER
SF
Mako Shark
I think the 74-4 against Parra was worse.
This was the press conference for the Manly game if anyone missed it.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/video/0,,NRL Media Conferences_39547,00.html
This was the press conference for the Manly game if anyone missed it.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/video/0,,NRL Media Conferences_39547,00.html
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Blix
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that is full on.
Gal is fully down, looks like they talk heaps about the first half performances, seems to be having the exact wrong effect.
Have to feel bad for Ricky, but he is the coach and if the team as a whole is performing badly then the place to start to look is there.
Gal is fully down, looks like they talk heaps about the first half performances, seems to be having the exact wrong effect.
Have to feel bad for Ricky, but he is the coach and if the team as a whole is performing badly then the place to start to look is there.
A.Snowden
Jaws
Have to feel for the boys...We are all hurting for there performances this year imagine how bad they are feeling...But it is only them that can turn this around, we can only continue to support them no matter what
UP UP CRONULLA!
UP UP CRONULLA!
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my old man really felt for ricky, but i reminded him of what ricky has done to us with losing players.
Thanks for that
snowman
Total gronk
i do not feel sorry for ricky, i feel sorry for the 17 guys who play under him
IronShark
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Haha, I guess it's time to say something about my Saturday night at the footy...
In all honesty, it should have been a disaster and on the scoreboard at least, it was. Sitting with Fitz during the first half I remarked that I had never left a Sharks game before half time but I was seriously considering it! He encouraged me to stay and the thought of all those left over three dollar hot dogs at the end of the game clinched the deal!
Anyway, once I had given up on us winning the game, I actually had a pretty good night! The CSSC won the sack race at half time, which was the source of much celebration - we won something!
We were just packing up the first of the giant tifo's (ironically, it was the one that says "BELIEVE"!) at the start of the second half when the Sharks scored their first try. The CSSC celebrated like we were back in the game! When we scored our second just a few minutes later, the Cage went beserk. Seriously, the Manly fans in the bay next door were looking at us like we were insane! An opinion not completely without merit.
Things got completley silly from there, with the boys starting up a chant to get Peachey to put his CSSC jersey back on, which he had removed in disgust in the first half. He eventually bowed to peer pressure and donned the sacred garment, much to the delight of the Cage.
Anyway, we all had a good night and went back to the Club for the presentation afterwards. So what started out with me thinking about leaving early ended with me coming home and getting a serve from the missus about being out so late!
Now for the downside of the evening. The performance in the first half was seriously embarrassing. Across the park, we looked like we had no idea what was going on. It all started to go downhill when after the first five minutes we had all the possession and were on the Manly line. We needed to maintain the pressure. Then Tim Smith puts in an inept cross field kick that goes deep into the in-goal a million miles form any Sharks player and the Sea Eagles get an easy restart from the twenty. That was the beginning of the end.
Whilst it would be wrong to blame Smith for single-handedly losing the game for us, he was easily the worst player on the park. His kicks have no direction or form. Some of his "long" kicks wobbled lazily off his boot to travel less than thirty metres. Othere time's they went dead like they had been shot out of a cannon. He cannot find touch...it goes on and on.
His defence is ridiculous, he is out of position more often than not. On more than one occassion, he threw a long, looping pass that was begging to be intercepted and, luckily, only resulted in a hospital pass that ended in the recipient getting smashed.
I'm not a Smith hater, I was hopeful when we announced his signing but somethin' aint right with that boy. He got a few cows loose in the top paddock if y'all know what I mean. Seriously, he needs some time off and some help. He was dropped for a reason and should have stayed dropped. Scott Porter would have been a much better option. At least he can kick and tackle.
Oh, by the way, despite having about a thousand hot dogs left over at the end of the game, they still charged me five bucks just to rub salt in the wounds!
In all honesty, it should have been a disaster and on the scoreboard at least, it was. Sitting with Fitz during the first half I remarked that I had never left a Sharks game before half time but I was seriously considering it! He encouraged me to stay and the thought of all those left over three dollar hot dogs at the end of the game clinched the deal!
Anyway, once I had given up on us winning the game, I actually had a pretty good night! The CSSC won the sack race at half time, which was the source of much celebration - we won something!
We were just packing up the first of the giant tifo's (ironically, it was the one that says "BELIEVE"!) at the start of the second half when the Sharks scored their first try. The CSSC celebrated like we were back in the game! When we scored our second just a few minutes later, the Cage went beserk. Seriously, the Manly fans in the bay next door were looking at us like we were insane! An opinion not completely without merit.
Things got completley silly from there, with the boys starting up a chant to get Peachey to put his CSSC jersey back on, which he had removed in disgust in the first half. He eventually bowed to peer pressure and donned the sacred garment, much to the delight of the Cage.
Anyway, we all had a good night and went back to the Club for the presentation afterwards. So what started out with me thinking about leaving early ended with me coming home and getting a serve from the missus about being out so late!
Now for the downside of the evening. The performance in the first half was seriously embarrassing. Across the park, we looked like we had no idea what was going on. It all started to go downhill when after the first five minutes we had all the possession and were on the Manly line. We needed to maintain the pressure. Then Tim Smith puts in an inept cross field kick that goes deep into the in-goal a million miles form any Sharks player and the Sea Eagles get an easy restart from the twenty. That was the beginning of the end.
Whilst it would be wrong to blame Smith for single-handedly losing the game for us, he was easily the worst player on the park. His kicks have no direction or form. Some of his "long" kicks wobbled lazily off his boot to travel less than thirty metres. Othere time's they went dead like they had been shot out of a cannon. He cannot find touch...it goes on and on.
His defence is ridiculous, he is out of position more often than not. On more than one occassion, he threw a long, looping pass that was begging to be intercepted and, luckily, only resulted in a hospital pass that ended in the recipient getting smashed.
I'm not a Smith hater, I was hopeful when we announced his signing but somethin' aint right with that boy. He got a few cows loose in the top paddock if y'all know what I mean. Seriously, he needs some time off and some help. He was dropped for a reason and should have stayed dropped. Scott Porter would have been a much better option. At least he can kick and tackle.
Oh, by the way, despite having about a thousand hot dogs left over at the end of the game, they still charged me five bucks just to rub salt in the wounds!
snowman
Total gronk
nice post iron... shame about the hot dogs
IronShark
Moderator
Oh yeah, I forgot to metion that at half time, I was so depressed and disappointed that I,...I...went to the merchandise van and got a new black Sharks hoodie!
When I came back to my seat with my new purchase, some of the CSSC members looked at me in astonishment. "After all that, you still bought something!!??"
"Yeah", I replied through gritted teeth, "and I'm gonna keep buying stuff 'til it either breaks me or they start winning!"
When I came back to my seat with my new purchase, some of the CSSC members looked at me in astonishment. "After all that, you still bought something!!??"
"Yeah", I replied through gritted teeth, "and I'm gonna keep buying stuff 'til it either breaks me or they start winning!"
Mark^Bastard
Great White
Smith did play really well for some of that game.
I don't want to bag him too much, he didn't let in the 36 points. That was mostly a team effort. There was no passion from most of the team.
He did get a good try assist in the second half from a kick, and I did see him throw some wide bullet passes at times.
I'd rather think of him as a prospect to be honest and try and build him up rather than throw him out.
I don't think the place for that is first grade though.
By the way Iron after one of those tries I saw you standing in the middle of the CSSC on TV and instantly recognised you. You're becoming famous mate!
I don't want to bag him too much, he didn't let in the 36 points. That was mostly a team effort. There was no passion from most of the team.
He did get a good try assist in the second half from a kick, and I did see him throw some wide bullet passes at times.
I'd rather think of him as a prospect to be honest and try and build him up rather than throw him out.
I don't think the place for that is first grade though.
By the way Iron after one of those tries I saw you standing in the middle of the CSSC on TV and instantly recognised you. You're becoming famous mate!
