Positive Comments:
No injuries.
All other comments:
- After the first minute of the game I immediately knew that no matter how good we try to play that we would not win the game. The corruption was pretty clear. But wow we played awful.
- The sin bin was obviously a horrible decison by the ref
- The captain challenge was another horrible decison by the ref
- The number of 6 agains on 4th and 5th tackle just because Grant asked the ref for it was BS.
- Iongi getting a high tackle and than a crusher but not getting a penalty for it. Than being sent for the HIA was BS too.
- We lost control of the ruck because we would get pinged for a 6 again the moment we held on for a second. What were the eels meant to do. Two different games were beign reffed. Storm are the one team you CANNOT give loads of possession and a quick ruck too. We have zero match fitness since round 1, so that spine, our errors and refs but it impossible to defend under fatigue. We played 60min with 12 men too.
- Now enough complaining about the ref.
- Kelly and Penisni still cant defend 1 on 1 tackles consistently.
- Pezet is overrated. He is not a 6 and looked good at Storm in theri system. He is slow and a poor defender.
- Da Silva is a reserve grader. 1 year into a 4 year contract and I may have already given up on him. His service is putrid. He cannot control a ruck even though he didnt miss a tackle. His decison making is poor.
- Smith had the worst game of his career. Errors, missed tackle, etc. Really hope this was a one off
- Our bench rotation was completely fucked up because of the Iongi HIA. Our bench was a fullback (Papalii), hooker (TDS) and 2 small forward in Doorey and Walker. They had no chance in competing with Storms elite spine and big forward pack once they got a roll on (plus refs help).
No one is saying we played a great game or were not poor with our handing. We hurt oursleves for sure. But apply all the context. Refs fucking over from the start. The bench we had to use cause of the HIA BS. The countless 6 agains. Try to control the ruck and get pinged. Versing the best spine in the comp with all of that is impossible even if we completed well the refs wouldnt let us win I am certain of it.
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We cannot solely blame refs, it lets the players off the hook for accountability. Bad calls yeah but also no excuse for conceading 50.
The nrl are more corrupted than what I thought they were.
Our middles are marshmallows with pea hearts 💕. Doorey was the only one that bent the line. Hoppy defended well but gave away a silly penalty.
Groundhog day with the same coach and most of the same players.
Ill prepared for an ambush.
Pezet is a backup half with poor d. His d is worse than what I thought. Give paps the reins.
Da Silvia but ryley was horrendous. Pains me to say. When will coinakis be ready??
Bailey ill discipline.
Hia debacle. Big t with no game time.
1 hooker needs to go and another middle added to the bench.
We didn't replace Dylbags and lomax adequately enough. Question marks again over recruitment.
I can see why ryles wanted Barnett.
JDB looked tired, old and slow. He didn't look like he wanted to be there.
A lot more to come. Brisbane away then saints then Penrith at home.
Tough month needs Tough players.
This game is more like touch footy than it's ever been. If you're gassed and the other side isn't you'll get pumped. That's precisely what happened last night. When you're struggling to breathe after defending 20 tackles in a row you can do nothing with the ball except make errors and repeat the cycle. It was tough to watch. I agree with everything EA pointed out.
Season over.
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