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Message: [QUOTE="Porthoz, post: 2427934, member: 2221"] We should've won the game, we completely dominated them in pretty much all major aspects of the game. We had way more possession (55% vs. 45%), way more hitups (77 vs. 49), much less defensive work (248 vs. 324 tackles), less errors (5 vs. 9), one more penalty (4 vs. 3), and last but not least, more tries! But we defended badly on the fringes, Parker missed 4 conversions, and we missed the cool and calm of Wallace at critical times. Norman stepped up and he's going to be a superstar. Of that, I have no doubt! As some have said, he needs to keep that level of confidence and flair when his partner is Wallace, and we could be sitting on an awesome pair of halves! Hunt on the other hand was shown up for what he is at the moment: A hooker sub. We had at least 3 sitters in the first half that he completely screwed up with horrible kicking, then there was his defending on that right hand side... He has talent, and he shows it in glimpses, but not enough, and he definitely lacks Wallace's organisational skills. Macca was okay, but still needs to learn to master the timing for his dummy, although it has gotten better. He desperately needs to understand that you need to give yourself some room for a gruber kick, otherwise you'll just kick the ball to bounce of the legs of the player right in front of you. McGuire, Gillett and Glenn deserve high praise for their efforts, as well as Hannant and Parker, who had a monster of a game if you disregard his kicking. As filthy as I am at him, and trust me I am... He must be eating himself up at home right now, and I doubt he will get much sleep, so I'll go easy on him. Same goes for Gillett, who was caught a couple of times with his pants down, and shown up by that farce on legs called Matai. Personally, I would have put Te'o there, if only to put the fear of god in Matai with a good hit. Oh well, at least he flattened Watamong! :cheers: Yes, our defense was poor, and yes it needs urgent working on, but let's not forget we were suddenly defending with Beale, Gillett and Hunt on the right hand side, as opposed to Yow Yeh, Hodges and Wallace. Any team would deeply feel that! I don'think Copley was that bad. There wasn't much he could do aganst the tries scored on his side, but he cannot drop that deep when the opposition has the ball. As much as a 40/20 kick can hurt you, a line break has the potential to hurt you more! Having said that, I thought the other side was much worse and it was where Manly got most territory in general, including the last minute dash from Matai. All in all, a fantastic game that I would've loved to watch and watch again, was it not for that last minute where the win was stolen from the better team... I don't want to hate on Parker, especially since he had a very good game away from his kicking, but he needs to be off kicking duties until he is back at 75% at the very least. In the last 4 games since his injury return, he is 8 from 19, that is a shocking 42% conversion rate, and with the importance of conversions and the closeness of the teams in this competition, you just cannot afford that. Tonight is proof! :sigh: [/QUOTE]

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