Round 25: Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v North Queensland Cowboys Monday 1 September 2014 7:00pm @ 1300 Smiles Stadium

[oozy]

Blessing in disguise:

blooding the debutantes over the last couple of months only bodes well for 2015 an onward,imo.
to come within a whisker of upsetting a thurstan lead play off bound team (in another country all be it) shows we made of the right stuff and are heading in the right direction.

2015 cant come quick enough for mine.

 

[MD9]

Huge effort, wow. Needed that kind of effort last week. 3- Gordon, 2- Politoni, 1- Heighington. Feki was awesome as usual, love the Fek.

 

[A.Snowden]

Bizzy029
CrankyShark
deano the p
dommie
Gil
Giles/Brunt
hamsy44
hondaboy
Tank
wado

only people to pick us to lose by less than 30 points...Well done :good:

 

[SharksMichael]

Is it just me, or did more of our kicks find the grass tonight?

 

[sharks2010]

I picked us for the win

 

[sharks2010]

Is it just me, or did more of our kicks find the grass tonight?

thought holdsworth kick decent, robbo was his usual self

 

[gando2230]

Gando's

3 - feki
2 - Gordon
.5 - heighington
.5 - Holmes

Special mention to holdsworth,

 

[snowman]

flash was outstanding, good to see him find some form

 

[sharkyboy]

It's good to know we don't need to sign a new back in feki at least.

Sign the bloke up for 10 years. What a player.

 

[Bundy Shark]

I don't like losing but that's as good as a loss can get, friggen hell we had x 17 players unavailable & took a team that has won 9 straight to 80 plus minutes, if there was ever a chance for a team to be towelled up for a record score tonight was the night.

A truck load of guys with a bee's you know what of FG experience, I am happily shocked how well we did, brilliant effort Sharks, you could not have had more of a dig, well done to all involved.

 

[CHOGM]

Too often people bag out Gordon on this forum. That's a big dose of shut the **** up he served up tonight. And yes, he can be a ball player. Our backline is coming along nicely this year, and they've done it with make shift halves and a meat potatoes 7.

 

[sharkyboy]

Too often people bag out Gordon on this forum. That's a big dose of shut the **** up he served up tonight. And yes, he can be a ball player. Our backline is coming along nicely this year, and they've done it with make shift halves and a meat potatoes 7.

He has been given credit where it was due, but he has copped it when he was playing badly.

 

[ABshark]

Supporters/fans probably have more to learn from tonight than the team.

One thing I always am proud of is the effort that our team puts in. Probably since Stuart arrived there have been very, very few games where the effort hasnt been there. That's not to say the strategy or execution are up to scratch - they rarely are - but they do put in for the 80.

 

[Bundy Shark]

Supporters/fans probably have more to learn from tonight than the team.

One thing I always am proud of is the effort that our team puts in. Probably since Stuart arrived there have been very, very few games where the effort hasnt been there. That's not to say the strategy or execution are up to scratch - they rarely are - but they do put in for the 80.

Yeh, I agree on the effort bit, cant remember who or what thread it was in but somebody was saying today or alluding to us not having a go this yr over the course of the season, I think we have used up to mid 30's of players this yr, a yr from hell for all things that could possibly go wrong, even the most harshest critic would find it tough to have a go at the performance or the club tonight.

 

[ABshark]

Also, that was the best coaching perfoamnce for us of the year. Played our smaller forwards and outside backs in behind them up the ruck and were rewarded with some real speed at times. Also the defense on the edges was excellent. It made the Cowboys look worse than they are.

Huge wraps for Shepherd IMO.

 

[sharkyboy]

Imagine the difference we could have had this year if shep was in charge

 

[CrazyMatt]

Why the hell couldn't we play like this against Canberra???????? Or at home in general?????? Frustrating.

 

[sharkafar]

I shall be interested to see the game and a couple of the calls when I watch the replay at home after work today.

 

[slide rule]

Supporters/fans probably have more to learn from tonight than the team.

One thing I always am proud of is the effort that our team puts in. Probably since Stuart arrived there have been very, very few games where the effort hasnt been there. That's not to say the strategy or execution are up to scratch - they rarely are - but they do put in for the 80.

Last night was a grand effort, but I've been very disappointed with the effort a couple of times this year. Particularly some of the home games.

 

[slide rule]

Also, that was the best coaching perfoamnce for us of the year. Played our smaller forwards and outside backs in behind them up the ruck and were rewarded with some real speed at times. Also the defense on the edges was excellent. It made the Cowboys look worse than they are.

Huge wraps for Shepherd IMO.

Agree. Shepherd has done a fantastic job.