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Message: [QUOTE="Renegade, post: 3413412, member: 1928"] I expected us to lose and we did so I'm not disappointed. Yeah we were up 16-6 but you're never comfortable against Melbourne whatever the score - a couple of mistakes bang bang and it was 16 all at HT. Some quick thoughts: Roberts short kicking game was excellent, played like a little general in some parts of the game. Was pleasantly surprised as I don't really rate him/never did, but he stepped up superbly. That cutout to Cobbo was mint. Cobbo came back to earth last night, but will be a good learning experience for him. TMM's shortcomings defensively at FB are slowly coming to the fore each week. He's performed admirably there but I think we will struggle to take the next step (genuine premiership threat) with him at the back. Good teams will exploit his lack of positioning and Melbourne did it perfectly last night - it's not the first time this has happened this season either. Riki has been treading water for a while now. Not that this scenario ever happens, but I floated a month or two ago whether people would swap Riki for Fifita, I wonder if people are reconsidering their total support of RIki at the very least? He's never really broken out for mine, just little bits of promise here and then to keep you on the hook. Carrigan stood up again. Fantastic player. Haas has regressed since the contract debacle. Perhaps he's just [I]doing enough[/I] now instead of really giving it his all. Not that he's playing badly, but he's not the player he was even 6 weeks ago. I think the criticism for Turpin is harsh - he didn't really do anything wrong in his time out there. Funny tho that his first set on the field resulted in a knock on (nothing to do with him though). Even when he's not involved our attack breaks down with him on the field. Goatesy with the double - I wonder if he'll resign for 350? Good value if so. Palasia got 4mins? What's the point? Staggs and Olam had a great battle out there, was fun to watch them go back and forth in a mostly good spirited contest. That flick pass from Meaney was fantastic, even if it was questionable. Melbourne are a team in decline. We aren't far away. [/QUOTE]

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