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Message: [QUOTE="Jedhead, post: 3496970, member: 9518"] It's obvious we're not the finished article yet. We did enough to win the game last night but we also did enough to lose it. Forget the 50/50 calls or even the decidedly dodgy calls, we were the instigators of our own demise last night. The Broncos of old would have settled by the second half and played solid, consistent footy. We were more dumb head and and lazy ass, than cool head and real class in that game. There is just a sheer lack of poise in attack. Patty running around like a headless chook spread throughout the team. Walsh would have scored that try instead of trying the miracle pass if he was just a tad more relaxed. We're still just too immature in terms of footy smarts, but we're getting there. The question is - can our coaching staff highlight our shortcomings and coach the team towards getting that out of our game. As yet I keep seeing the same dumb panic plays every week. The Raiders played the typical in your face, put you off your game, game last night and we were unable to stay focused and do our jobs. One thing i will say that is well within our control is the state of that pitch still. In the first half Walsh was totally ineffective coming out of our end. There were times when he saw a half a gap open but invariably as he went to exploit it the turf gave way and he ended up on his arse. You could see he was much more effective in the second half as the other end of the field was not cutting up as badly. When we field a backline of deadset speed merchants and our own home ground becomes a disadvantage to us then DD, Ikin and co. and the rest of the front office need to raise hell with the groundsmen at Lang Park as the standards at present are just deplorable. I'm actually looking forward to us getting away from Lang Park so that I can see just how good our backline is on a fast and firm track. Reyno needs, to whinge less and get back to doing extras with his conversions. He's been shocking this year and his poor kicking form contributed to us leaving perhaps 18 to 24 points out there last night. [/QUOTE]

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