Lots of doom and gloom which I get. Realistically a top 8 would have been a great result this year. I would say 8-12 is what our talent pool should get.
Now you lose your 2 top paid front rowers before a ball is kicked and any team will struggle. We got whipped with penalties and 6 against in the heat. We didn’t control the ball. We made a mountain of tackles. And lost a player for 10 where manly put on try’s on either side of the half.
Yes the score board suggest it was a hammering. But we were probably going in even at the half. Fatigue, missing key personel, having to blood players we probably wouldn’t have and let’s not forget manly just won the preseason comp (fair enough it’s a Mickey Mouse thing). So their form is good and having Tommy turbo back.
I know it’s easy to make excuses. I have mentioned this elsewhere our real comp are the dragons, raiders, tigers, dolphins, knights, warriors. If we are losing 30-6 to those teams then I can get the doom and gloom.
We had a shit game. We got fatigued. We dropped more balls then the pride month. It happens. We have a chance against an under strength Melbourne team. Then we have tigers in round 3 which is a must win. That will tell us where we stand.
Now you lose your 2 top paid front rowers before a ball is kicked and any team will struggle. We got whipped with penalties and 6 against in the heat. We didn’t control the ball. We made a mountain of tackles. And lost a player for 10 where manly put on try’s on either side of the half.
Yes the score board suggest it was a hammering. But we were probably going in even at the half. Fatigue, missing key personel, having to blood players we probably wouldn’t have and let’s not forget manly just won the preseason comp (fair enough it’s a Mickey Mouse thing). So their form is good and having Tommy turbo back.
I know it’s easy to make excuses. I have mentioned this elsewhere our real comp are the dragons, raiders, tigers, dolphins, knights, warriors. If we are losing 30-6 to those teams then I can get the doom and gloom.
We had a shit game. We got fatigued. We dropped more balls then the pride month. It happens. We have a chance against an under strength Melbourne team. Then we have tigers in round 3 which is a must win. That will tell us where we stand.