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Bennett won them that game with all the mind games during the week.
He said "we are too structured" so we try to prove him wrong.
That's why "our whole game was just trying to spread the ball along an unsuspecting backline"!
Round 23 Cronulla Sharks V Brisbane Broncos 11th of August @ Suncorp Stadium. 7.50pm
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Bennett won them that game with all the mind games during the week.
He said "we are too structured" so we try to prove him wrong.
That's why "our whole game was just trying to spread the ball along an unsuspecting backline"!
slide rule
Jaws
Haha. Wouldn't surprise me. This team seems soft in the head.
vicsharkfan
Jaws
My god some of the stats look like a train wreck.
Maloney 10 missed tackles 3 penalties 2 mistakes.
Gal 10 runs 90ish meters 3 errors.
I'm thinking top 3 is almost beyond reach at the moment which means fourth place V Melb down here, even then we need to re float the sinking ship to get to 4th. I'm not sure flanno has any magic fairy dust to sprinkle on us or if he used it all last year.
Feel for the guys that invested and traveled to the game.
Maloney 10 missed tackles 3 penalties 2 mistakes.
Gal 10 runs 90ish meters 3 errors.
I'm thinking top 3 is almost beyond reach at the moment which means fourth place V Melb down here, even then we need to re float the sinking ship to get to 4th. I'm not sure flanno has any magic fairy dust to sprinkle on us or if he used it all last year.
Feel for the guys that invested and traveled to the game.
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Whilst I thought we maybe deserved a few little ruck penalties, all those big moments they got right IMO.
Kahu looked onside, fifita definitely knocked on and we recieved no advantage because the ball wasn't played. We could have won that game if we turned up.
slide rule
Jaws
Not sure why the high tackle on Gallen wasn't penalised.
I would like to see Maloney cop a bad head high. He's dished out too many and hasn't got any back the dirty ****.
I would like to see Maloney cop a bad head high. He's dished out too many and hasn't got any back the dirty ****.
BlackWhiteBlue
Jaws
Agree mate. Maloney is a loose cannon at the moment and id have no problem with him being put back in line
sharks2010
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When was the last time we didn't have a forward who cracked triple figures
Our halves were the most disappointing part of last night. No direction, silly kicks, errors, penalties, just ****ing garbage
Our halves were the most disappointing part of last night. No direction, silly kicks, errors, penalties, just ****ing garbage
djhabib
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Just saw on twitter prior did 4 hit ups. That's embarrassing.
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Terrible performance last night, last 2 weeks actually.
But (and I don't want fluff things up too much) we're not actually that far off (ladder wise) from where we were this time last year.
Win the last 3 games and we would actually have more momentum leading into the finals than last year.
There's still time to turn things around.
But (and I don't want fluff things up too much) we're not actually that far off (ladder wise) from where we were this time last year.
Win the last 3 games and we would actually have more momentum leading into the finals than last year.
There's still time to turn things around.
slide rule
Jaws
There were points in that game where we just needed a set of hit ups. Instead we tried to go sideways. I don't know who/what the answer is. Perhaps when our rookie hooker returns he might show some Rugby League maturity and direction...
:take that
:take that
slide rule
Jaws
Why did this happen to both the NSW and Cronulla packs virtually overnight? From worldbeaters to freeloaders in such a short space of time.
sharkstragic
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On one set instead of rolling up the middle with forwards we just went with outside backs, Fifita was in the centres just watching!!
WTF is going on
vicsharkfan
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I made the rookie mistake of watching and laughing at how siiht parra were in second half of the 6pm game and thought how they hadn't turned up with the right attitude. Loved just watching footy last year not really caring who else won or lost cause we pretty much up the pointy end of the ladder all year.
My guess is that we were doing so much tackling that this was a way of managing the forwards' energy reserves to use on defence. Not that it seemed to work.
Matty C of the Shire
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Piss Poor performance for the last two weeks.
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Just re-watched it .
Not quite as devastated as being at the ground last night .
They made us pay for our own errors and lack of set completions .
We hold the ball and get repeats sets and they'd be the ones under the pump .
If we played them again in week 2 of the semi's at Suncorp , I wouldn't be that afraid of them .
Was Gals worst game of his career .
Maloney was rusty and his timing out , but was trying I reckon .
Capewell struggled in defense at right centre .
We look more dangerous when both halves are involved shifting the ball .
We just have to focus and find that Rooster form , all isn't lost just yet .
Positives , Fifita and Taga tried hard and played the best games they have had for quite a while .
Not quite as devastated as being at the ground last night .
They made us pay for our own errors and lack of set completions .
We hold the ball and get repeats sets and they'd be the ones under the pump .
If we played them again in week 2 of the semi's at Suncorp , I wouldn't be that afraid of them .
Was Gals worst game of his career .
Maloney was rusty and his timing out , but was trying I reckon .
Capewell struggled in defense at right centre .
We look more dangerous when both halves are involved shifting the ball .
We just have to focus and find that Rooster form , all isn't lost just yet .
Positives , Fifita and Taga tried hard and played the best games they have had for quite a while .
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Kahu was definitely offside. I was sat right in line with it. In front for sure. I have seen those turned around by the bunker because they can't see both feet behind. Brisbane gets the benefit of the doubt that other teams do not.
On the sin bin one, I'm not arguing that the ref made the right call there. I agree with the call, but I disagree with Brisbane being able to play the advantage in a near identical situation. I can't remember a single time in an NRL game where a team has been able to play out their fifth tackle only for the referee to come back and award a penalty for holding down. I think it would make a great rule change, but it's not a rule at the moment.
As for Fifita, they didn't rule a knock on. They ruled that he kicked it accidentally. I.e. The bunker can read minds. After awarding the Tedesco one versus the Titans they had to award that one. If it was a knock on that would be fine.
... and finally ... the one that annoyed me the most was Milford dropping the ball cold in the tackle, having it hit a Shark player, and getting 6 to go. I know you can make an argument that the ball went down or sideways, but NRL refs have been ruling that as a knock on 100 out of 100 times for the last 20 years.
My point here is not that they made "wrong decisions" but that they are choosing how to interpret rules to suit themselves. It reminded me of years ago when the video ref first started intervening in games to overrule on field knock on calls even though it wasn't in the rules. It's bull****.
Sir Chadley
Jaws
Mate, I take that all on board, but we didn't play anywhere near enough to win that game and didn't deserve to. Good teams overcome those decisions and we didn't.
At least we got to catch some pretty good barriers