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Message: [QUOTE="LittleDavey, post: 2497420, member: 8255"] Blues definitely were up a notch tonight, that's one of their better games over the last few years. Not their best due to the number of errors, but they were pretty solid. There was always one more Blues jersey than Maroon, in attack and defence. They were definitely more hungry and deserved the win. They read our attacking plays very well, and there didn't appear to be too many gaps in their defence until about the 60th minute - then space started opening up everywhere but we couldn't take advantage of it for some reason. It's usually been something the Maroons have done very well. Just about everyone let the Maroons down I thought. Parker and Hodges and Slater were great. Kicking game was absolutely SHIT, if Thursto's not 100% he should sit out for DCE next game. Our line speed was terrible, and our defensive line in general was very staggered and very un-Maroon-like. Their first 2 tries should not have been scored, the number of players who fell off Hayne and Jennings was embarrassing (although those guys are 2 of the best at it in the comp). We severely lacked any impact in attack, no-one was bending their line really, yet we were giving them the meterage just about every set. The Maroons dominance has partly been off the front row steamrolling through and giving the halves plenty of space - we didn't get that tonight and as a result everything just looked slow and rushed. I'll take the crap refereeing out of the game - again. Gallen should have been in the bin. He will be available for Game II, absolutely no doubt about it. Grub. Maroons will be a different team in Brisbane, and they will need to be. NSW won't get better than they were tonight. We have 200% improvement so the series SHOULD be safe. But we can't keep starting slow like that. We didn't even look in the game til the 60th minute. Very, very disappointing. /end rant [/QUOTE]

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