lovemachine
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FACTSThat's just a trial. Well drilled teams are going to pump us when the season starts.
FACTSThat's just a trial. Well drilled teams are going to pump us when the season starts.
Blake Taaffe is just a backup player and that’s all he’ll ever be. Can’t believe people talking him up after a good performance against us last year featuring Ethan Quai WardTaaffe had a bad night, but he is a better player than that. Our problem is throwing panic passes when we make a break.
I think Sexton suits our attack.
Burton needs to run the ball more.
i think one of the biggest positives to take from this game was the fact we matched the sharks forward pack for 80mins and they have a very strong set of forwards so i see that as a very good signEveryone tipped their forwards to run over the top of us though
I said I earlier today’s game plan was about matching up to the forwards, last week was about attacking.I don’t get it. People sooking about our attack. Is that what needed work in the off season was it? Our defence was top notch last season? Say what you want about who we played. But we only conceded four tries in 2 games. That’s an improvement and I saw enough in the two games to show we’ll be more competitive this season.
Start of the season is always focused on defence. And the attack will flow off the back of that. We’ll be better than last season. You could see the commitment and attitude in defence tonight. And it was just a trial. Ciraldo wouldn’t have given a shit about our attack. He’d want to see the defence side of things.
says this but in the first 10 mins of second half they were on our line 3 times, kills you to be positive in any way , same side battered us in a trial at belmore last yearSharks threw very little at us
They threw nothing at us. If you actually watched the Sharks you'd realise they didn't even play their brand of footy and just played through the motions.says this but in the first 10 mins of second half they were on our line 3 times, kills you to be positive in any way , same side battered us in a trial at belmore last year
Fuck yeah bro, bring the noise to this mofo! See how we were hitting?! Kiks was on a mission, Critta got one in from his short stint and there was plenty of starch in general. That’s all I care about feom the trials. It’s a whole different ball game when we have our best 17 playing the while match. Just hope Ciro makes the right selections.It was a trial and we treated it like trial. More good than bad TBH. I reckon we are a shot for top 8. Fck everyone
I don’t think it’s fair to judge Sexy on that. You could see he was anxious to try and do whatever he could to win the number 7 jersey in very limited minutes. I still think he’s a slightly better choice over Hutch, because he’s more agile and straightens the attack. I put more faith in his debut game for us where he transformed the attack.no offense to sexton but if he was what we all wanted he would’ve carved up with all the other players in the game were tired. He only had kind of one break that I thought he would score a try. But other than that didn’t really say much of him, posing a threat, which was concerning considering the game was at a point where someone fresh could of done some damages
They threw everything they could without Hynes tbh... Hynes alone is worth 18 points in that game though.Sharks threw very little at us
Stoked with the defense... Attack will come... Only thing im worried about is will the line break after a few loses and much blood, sweat and tears?Our defense & forwards were way improved over 2023. Attack was terrible.
It was 75% negative to 25% positive. No idea how you got the percentages any different. Negatives can always be fixed, I don’t understand why everyone gets so worked up about itHonestly fk all the negativity on here. Was way more positive than negative from this game. People forget they have had barely any game time together to gel a lot of chopping and changing also. In the second half sharks had 15 tackles in our 20 and we turned them away. Defence has improved heaps. My biggest disappointment has been reed, his favoured the right side a lot not sure if it’s his doing or part blame on burto not calling the ball, even last week we went right a lot and probably left a few try’s out there vs Melbourne. With critta and fox on the left I expected we would’ve favoured the left more with kiks critta and fox in the first half.
And Hutchinson just looked out of place. Bad read for the first sharks try. Silly pushed passes. He is very vanilla. I’d go sexton from what I’ve seen.I don’t think it’s fair to judge Sexy on that. You could see he was anxious to try and do whatever he could to win the number 7 jersey in very limited minutes. I still think he’s a slightly better choice over Hutch, because he’s more agile and straightens the attack. I put more faith in his debut game for us where he transformed the attack.
We KNOW what there attack looks like when Hynes is there and tonight they were far far from that.
It had nothing to do with our D.
Our attack looks pure trash. Nothing has improved on the left.
Burton has no clue how to be a half. None at all.
The rest are all rejects from other clubs. Under sized.