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Message: [QUOTE="Porthoz, post: 2493239, member: 2221"] As usual, all the toys are everywhere except in the cot. :001_rolleyes: It was always going to be a slugfest in that weather, and with their big forward pack, the dogs were clearly at an advantage. Despite that, we could've been 3 tries to 1 up at half time, were it not for the unlucky foot on the line from Hoffman and the clueless Maranta when it comes to finding the try line. Speaking of Lachlan, yes, it was a coat hanger, and yes it stops you on your tracks, but Maranta's head shouldn't have been there in the first place. It should've been down because his body should've been low, ready to dive to the try line! I don't dislike the kid, and he does an honest job out there, especially in defence catching bombs, but FMD he does not have one attacking instinct bone in his body... That high tackle was one of several refs blunders that cost us dearly, a few of them at absolutely critical moments of the game, calling strips against us that weren't, but missing the ones that should go in our favour, leaving Morris on the field after a blatant professional foul, and the cherry on top was the knock on from Pritchard that led to his try. This doesn't invalidate the fact that we were poor in passages of the game, dropped too much ball, were dominated by their forwards, and our line was sluggish in defence, barely moving up and allowing the big dogs boppers to gain momentum and bend our line. As others have said, it's also almost unforgivable to leave small blokes alone facing big forwards while defending out try line. Communication went wrong several times there. Also, as others have said, I find it intolerable that our halves were forced to take hit-ups coming out of trouble. Seriously, WTF? :glare: I don't think we were that bad when we got the ball in attacking position, we had some good moves out there, but we didn't "dictate terms" nearly often or long enough, either because of a refs blunder or because of our own. Individually, Hoffman was for mine the best Bronco by far, and I thought Alex Glenn was actually quite good tonight as well as Hala during his stints. Kahu had one mistake, still needs to get his bearings in defence, but scored a great try and was threatening out there. Hunt was too timid again, which is too bad as he shows great natural awareness to be where the ball is, and his long kicking game actually impressed me tonight. Norman was a soft **** as usual, but had a few good moments in attack, like Wallace, who keeps getting belted and getting up. He may not be the flashiest player out there, but everything about him screams Bronco in the way he gives 110% for that jersey and his colleagues every single time. Speaking of, who was the Dogs **** that threw punches at Wallace while he was on the ground and created that stink that ended up with our last try? The rest of the team was frankly average, Parker the usual workhorse, Hodges in the good, the bad and the ugly, same thing with Gillett and Macca, while the rest of the forwards were just not good enough. [/QUOTE]

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