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Message: [QUOTE="Renegade, post: 2747980, member: 1928"] I predicted a close loss and while I'm a bit disappointed, I'm not surprised and I don't think we really need too much of a post mortem. imo... 1. Milford was poor and this was what I was referencing in the thread the other day about Milf being the best 5/8th in the NRL. He isn't, he's a good young player and will probably be the best 5/8th eventually, but not yet. Morgan outpointed him in general and Milf fluffed his lines when he had a chance to make an impact. Not to worry. but hopefully this puts to rest the aforementioned for a little bit. I think Smokin' Joe said he'll learn a lot more in this than he will when he's nailing everything, and he's right - true champions respond in the best way, let's see what Milford can do. 2. Thought our kicking game was really poor, in particular our short kicking. Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb. Sure it worked in the first half under Feldt a couple of times but there's no variety in our play, we really need to improve here as it is a glaring weakness for mine. 3. The turning point came on the back of a lucky bounce. Coote kicks, gets a rebound and dives over - 18-12 and game is well and truly on. Their momentum combined with us running out of troops turned the game in their favour. It's disappointing because at 18-6 you're thinking shit we're doing well here and have really kept them quiet, then all of a sudden it's 18-18. That's the most disappointing aspect of the loss imo, that we were ahead and playing well (and forcing the cowboys to make errors, everyone brushes off the error count but Brisbane have to play well defensively to force some of these, so it's not entirely a case of the cowboys playing badly on their lonesome), and we managed to lose in the end. Still, as I said pre-match, a one point loss to the defending premiers at their stadium? Nothing to get upset about. [/QUOTE]

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