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Message: [QUOTE="LittleDavey, post: 3636662, member: 8255"] Can't argue. So much of what we did last year was a result of our confidence as a team, especially at the back end there...that no matter who we came up against, we weren't scared and we'd always back our defence and our long-range attack. The confidence has completely evaporated and that's a huge worry when we STILL don't seem to have any systems to fall back on. Rightly or wrongly I do point the finger a bit at Kev (& the other staff for this), we're now in his 3rd year and there still doesn't seem to be any basic structure or system to fall back on whatsoever...we look lost in the opposition red zone, it's just not good enough. I just can't fathom where the team is at this year. I know we've missed our most valuable players (sans Patty) in Reyno and Walsh for big chunks, as well as a multitude of other players, and we're lacking the big bodies of Flegler and Palasia, as well as Kurt's experience and Herbie's work. I do think losing those players and the replacements not being to the same standard, has impacted team cohesion and confidence as a whole. Earlier I was prepared to give the team the benefit of the doubt in defence with changing combinations etc due to injuries, but we're starting to get reps with the same/very similar team now and it's still very poor in comparison to last year. The way we play is so, so different. Last year our pack were just bullying teams...we were running 2 and 3 forwards every play, not the one-out bullshit we've gone back to. Our line speed wasn't great but we were stinging in defence, this year we're just soft as **** for the most part. We've still been in pretty much every game, surprisingly, despite playing like dogshit and despite the final scoreboard - but we're losing the equivalent games we were winning last year and the body language out there is just [I]terrible[/I]. We look a tired, broken team - but it's only really halfway through the season. This time last year we were starting to put it together - this year we almost seem to have put the cue back in the rack. Whether it's the shortened preseason, the Vegas hangover, the lack of confidence in general, lingering injuries, a GF hangover, a combination - I don't know, but the coaching staff (and players) have got a hell of a job in front of them to get this team even into the finals at this stage and frankly it will be a massive failure if they don't. We've still had the opportunity to do so much better, and it's not too late to turn it around...but I'm losing faith in this year. [/QUOTE]

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