Early Attack:
Our attack to start games is non existent. We got no ball player in the middle to start the game since Walker is on the bench and Hopgood ability in that department is gone backwards. We refuse to build pressure as well. We just go for the all of nothing play which doesn't come off. To start the game we gave away three 20m restarts. Moses needed to demand the ball and step up there. Really really poor. Hopefully JDB starting at lock next year helps with the link play. Need to work on attack structure anyway.
Effort:
First game in a long time I questioned some of the desire in the players. Iongi watching Duncan go all out for the ball on the floor was poor. Someone who has put effort on effort all year. I hope and believe that the effort issue is a one of game in our rebuilding year. Just got complacent and expected the win.
Support play:
How many linebreaks with no support play. Big area for Iongi to improve. Really wish Iongi had a bit better top speed. His footwork and acceleration is good. But he lacks the top speed to be a support player in time.
Tuilagi:
He runs great lines and has a great offload. But go watch how much Souths exposed Tuilagi efforts and lateral movement. He could not keep up with Souths shifting the ball that eels had to keep back pedalling to conceed meters. Moses could not slide as Tuilagi would take forever to get to his man. Williams and Kautoga have to be our edges next year. Just use Guymer as the back up option as he is defensively more sound than Tuilagi even if his attack isnt much.
Doorey:
He is a clear depth option. Defensively he struggles. He only has minimal good games in him. He had a couple good games in him earlier but recently he has lost his form again. Cannot be in the best 17.
Attacking Kicks:
Our attacking kicks are shit. Lomax ability in the air has disappeared. Can't catch anything anymore. Moses accuracy for those kicks were horrible as well. He needs to land in on the goal line not 5m inside the field.
Papalii:
He has no idea what he is doing as a 6. I do not think a pre-season there will change it much. His instincts are so much like a fullback. He doesnt see the game as a 6. He needs to be the back up fullback next year and thats it. Him at 6 essentially eliminates our left side attack. Fox got thrown so many hospital passes.
Red ball attack:
Papalii contributes to this issue as he is not a 6. He does not straighten the attack up at all on shape. On shape he runs like he is sweeping out the back like a fullback even though he is playing 6.
Moses does not touch the ball enough in attack. He needs to control the team. But right now we look clueless and looking for Walker to call the shots. Moses is the halfback. He needs to set our attack up better. He organises a one out settler every second tackle which is putrid. Get players going running under lines cutting back in or some short passes going with your backrowers running at the halves to generate quick play the balls instead of these boring settles. We were dominating them in the ruck but we tried going around them with diaboloical shifts. How did Moses to step up at the start of the game and allow those 20m restarts pissed me off.
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We just really found out where we are at....that's what last night was.
Why do you expect better against Rorters? This game showed our baseline, when we look better, we are playing above ourselves and can't sustain it. We don't have the cattle, and if Ryles thinks we do then he, too, is not the right cattle. Ryles may carry an outsized unrealistic opinion of his ability to improve players to an elite level
Roosters have been putting 40 and 50 on teams so I want to see how tough this group is. Do they hang their head after one loss and get 60 put on them or do they show up to the fight ? It's our home game as well and the players should be pissed off with that game last night.
Being pissed off will make us worse
Next week will be a 50-4 game or a 14-6 kinda game
Agreed Randy and it's why the coach and R and R especially are on notice.
We 100% need a 6 this is glaring Joash and Footy Dean aren't it and it explains why they went after Galvin so hard.
DB is going to be hard to replace.
Right now we need at least an experienced 6 and or Moses playing both sides of the ruck especially inside the 20.
What I disliked the most last night is we were punishing them in the middle and went a way from it.Last night we looked 1 trick pony and it was by far up there with one of the worse losses of the year.
We shouldn't be looking for silver linings after that horse shit.Errors don't get me started I was on that after pre season Newcastle game and yet here we are almost a full season later still racking up the same same.
Not acceptable not good enough from team coaches everyone concerned.
I want to see what our footy looks like with Walker at six but playing a lot of first receiver with Moses swinging both sides as he sees fit.
Im noticing with Iongi he tends to ball play on the left side but usually it's a show and go on the right he may not be a great left to right passer of the football.
He butchered a try in 77th minute by not even contemplating passing to the right.
If we're not giving Lorenzo an opportunity, I want to see how we operate with Walker/Moses combo.
💯 mate first choice should have been Walker and if they don't sign a guy Nov.1 Walker needs to be it.All well and good giving Hawkins who I thinks more suited to 7 and Joash a go but these decisions are costing us games.
I hate it because our left size is basically a toss of a coin and it's predictable because Joash doesn't run.
I recon JR is going to be pushing Renzo all the way in preseason to be a chance rd 1
Talataina is what many here thought Papali'i could be. He is more creative.
does walker have the motor to play 6 and 80 anymore...he has been a bench player for so long now and is well over 30.....can he get that level of fitness and conditioning back in one pre season
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