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Message: [QUOTE="rnabokov, post: 3150823, member: 1847"] I am cautious about saying most of our team are putting in zero effort, or showing up with a piss poor attitude. I thought last night, we tried really hard, with a new spine - new half back and hooker in particular and a crippled FB (mentally and it seems with that hamstring). For mine the major issue is that we have nothing to fall back on, nothing to lift the side when the going gets tough, and so the resilience fades and ... and ... we all know, we all saw what happens. The lack of leadership is major. The lack of structures to fall back on is major. And they are all catch-22 scenarios and they are crippling. Last night, I thought the principal difference between the 2 sides was Smith. I honestly believe that without Smith, the Storm were beatable. Commentators said the Storm were poor in the 1st half. Well I reckon we took them by surprise and we made them look less than they thought. Our energy and good tackling made them drop the ball. The difference was Bellamy at half time .. and Smith. He really lifted in the 2nd half. There were good signs for us in that 1st half. The tackling was by and large, very good, Dearden answered the key question about the halfback we need. I thought he was excellent. Paix as well whether he plays hooker (my choice) or 5/8, Flegler lifted measurably and I thought Kennedy went well too. However all that means little if that major major issue of 80 minutes resilience isn't there, and for mine that's not a roster issue, well, except for Milford and Boyd. The resilience, the mental state of the team must be Seibold's key focus, an absolute focus if we are going to move forward. The signs are there. The question now is whether there is the will to build resilience, a focus on the bleeding obvious, whether or not it takes first priority. From what i saw last night, the problem is less players not putting in and more that they don't know how to, how to stay tough when the going gets tough, understandable fr a young side that has no real leadership on the field and few structures it seems to fall back on. With Fifita and Turpin back (hopefully), some inspiration returns. I can see a much better 80 minute effort against the Sharks, even if Boyd and Milford play which I reckon they will. [/QUOTE]

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