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  Frank The Tank June 22, 2014 at 9:28pm

  Yes this is true. BA was supposed to be a great defensive coach but I've now got my doubts. We should be seeing definite improvement but it seems its 2 steps forward 2 steps back. We aren't making any progress. If we make the 8 we might actually be the only side with a negative for and against that I can remember.
  If the players really respect BA they have a funny way of showing it. All we want is some consistency and for the players to play with some pride in the blue and gold jersey ffs.
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  mighty eels June 22, 2014 at 9:38pm

  You can have flair in your attack which is positive but useless if your defence can't back it up
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  northcoast eel June 22, 2014 at 9:44pm

  Are you kidding! You haven't seen definite improvement this year? BA will win coach of the year for sure. Our home ground is a fortress, we just won back to back wooden spoons and here we are sitting pretty in the top 8. What more do you want?
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  mighty eels June 22, 2014 at 9:59pm

  Mate we should be aiming to win the comp , conceding 200 points between just four games is pretty ordinary , we can not rely on attack , defence is just as important , attack will not win you games consistently , defence will if you know your rugby league , it's proven time & time again ! If you have pride in your jersey you can have a good loss by being competitive but not get flogged by 30 plus which we have done on four occasions in. 2014 . It's unacceptable
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  IH8Manly & IEspeciallyH8Qld June 22, 2014 at 10:27pm

  But we have shown in some games this year that our defence is good.

  Even today in the first half, we repelled the Storm quite well as they were raiding our line.  All is not lost with our defence.
• ParramattaFB June 22, 2014 at 10:34pm

  we were 8 points behind till fuckwit sinbinned sandow
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  Frank The Tank June 22, 2014 at 11:06pm

  How many other top 8 aspirants have been pumped 4 times in a season and gone on to win a comp?

  Its concerning no matter what spin we put on it.

  Defence = Attitude.

  If this is so, then we need an urgent attitude adjustment.

  BA flog em this week. They need it by the looks.
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  Michael Picklum June 22, 2014 at 11:07pm

  BA has made enormous improvement to the team so far. Much much more than what I expected but if we do make the playoffs, I would hate for the boys to get eliminated by being belted. It would only degrade all the work & dedication that they have put in to date.

  They need to find the mojo to instinctively defend their line with passion, grit & determination, & cope with adverse events during the course of a game.
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  blue&gold blooded June 23, 2014 at 1:19am

  Last year the Storm belted us 64-4. Today it was only 46-20. It's not a huge improvement but it's one nonetheless. We're a club that's won successive wooden spoons and it's going to take time for the playing group to realise their potential on a consistent basis. BA didn't get flogged out there on the field, the players did, they did almost every possible thing you shouldn't do if you want to win a footy game, everything from dropping the ball on the first play of our first set to allegedly insinuating the ref is a cheat. Periods of the game where they looked well drilled are clear examples of the improvement BA has made, its what stopped us from getting belted by 60 again. What I've seen from BA so far, I'm confident we'll see a much better performance the next time we face Melbourne, maybe even win like we did against the Roosters.
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  timbodavo June 23, 2014 at 9:01am

  The only time we have have gotten thumped is when we been absolutely hammered by penalty count and field possession. I'm happy with our defence but when your loosing the battle in field possession, play the ball and penalties sooner or later the flood gates open with the way the game is now. Our  goal line defence is best I seen in many years. Take a chill pill. Long way to go in this comp yet and we still a young team with a rookie coach doing very well and constantly learning