My late assessment of the game Just too many errors in the first half sank us to make a close contest of it. We really do lack strike power in the backs which means our strike rate when we get to the red zone is pretty poor. Our forwards were steamrolled in the first half but made a fist...
So happy we are in the finals. I think we pushed the Storm to the limit and I know theStorm can beat any team in the comp on their day. I for one would definitely give us fair chance of beating the cows.Sure we have a lot to work on this week ( kicking game, marker defence,cohesion in the back...
A couple of things I would like to see :
1 Some decent pressure applied to Cronk on the 5th tackle. That probably means either Barba or Macca making a point of being at first marker on most 5th tackles.
2 More urgency when competing for high balls. We need someone like Barba to...
Apart from the unbelievable sin bin fiasco ,we were also hard done by in at least three hold down penalties which were extremely harsh . Hunt was just great and really reminds me of Tommy Raudonicus at his best. Great gutsy effort by everyone.Not perfect by any means , but this weeks assignment...
TBH I would not back our foward pack to dominate anyone , but I think they will match the Dragons. I just hope our backline can continue to improve. I have been a Reed knocker all year ,but I sure hope he can lift like he did last week.