Refs were bad but we were worse

Straight away the refereeing was as bad as ive ever seen we deadset could not get a call.That been said how with all thats at steak did we play like that? Top 4 beckoning captains 200th and yet we play so poorly we completely go away from whats worked the last few weeks.We will all call for changes but the only one that needs happening is Hoffman back to the wing Krisome puts in with ball in hand and can hit but much like Vaii Touatai in years gone past his defensive reads are terrible i feel its only been a matter of time thst a good kicking game would find him out.Will Smith did his best but isnt a 1st grade fullback you can't be filithy on him for the sin bin Auva should of caught it and not put us in thst postion.Semi seemed to be thinking about his honeymoon cause he wasn't in that game at all.Very disappointing but this team has shown they can bounce back and they better bloody do it quickly

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  • 100%.

    Knights played well. Not brilliant, but very well. Refs had a shocker. But we lot regardless of the refs. The brains went out the window and as soon as we lost control of the game we gave up and never got it back.

    I don't mind a loss, but it's the way we lose that stings. That was a "I give up" performance for much of the second half and showed none of the toughness we showed against the Dogs and none of the pressure we showed against Brisbane.

    There are two ways this can be taken:

    1) The boys can have a sook and blame the refs or whatever or

    2) We can take this as a wakeup call. If we want to be a proper contender side from now and in future seasons we need to play 80 minutes every single week and we can have zero lapses. Not one. And when we do we need to come down on ourselves hard.

    We've got our chance to finish this season strongly and we've just made it that much harder for ourselves now. We must rise to this challenge because every loss from here on in is massively unacceptable. This is the business end of the season, it's time we started treating it like that.
  • We werent allowed to get in the game. There fore we made mistakes. The refs were so bad we couldnt get going. Yet another penalty count won by perenara
    • They were bad but our goalline defense was terrible kicking game went away from whats been working then the dodgy handling
  • Told you penerna hates us
    • Where is Bobby Fultons cement truck

  • Reality is we were never a true top 4 team . We always have the potential for throwing a game like that into the mix . The referring was diabolical and worse I have seen all year . Never allowed us any momentum at any stage .

    I seriously doubt we can progress much further than 7th and 8th and out week one .
    • I agree but it was nice to dream
  • I should add the decission to let semi go to fiji is very odd we had 2 byes tbis year why not then not with 4 weeks left. He got back yesterday should of played hoffman or anyone else instead
  • Can't blame the Ref for our 14 errors
    Can't blame the Ref for our 1st 10 mins
    Can't blame the Ref for our lack of enthusiasm

  • They played to lose.
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