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Message: [QUOTE="LittleDavey, post: 2573547, member: 8255"] Disappointed, but hey, only really because I did not see that coming. The Roosters were out on their feet for most of that second half, where did that last 10 minutes come from....but, that's why they won last year, the good teams (I had to choke that out dammit) know how to win. Did the guys turn off? I know I thought that was the game - hopefully that will be a good learning opportunity, better for it to happen now rather than in the finals. The last few minutes had them absolutely stunned, no doubt they will be onto it in future similar situations. Will try to keep it to the positives, of which there are many! AMAZING game by the boys, and I hope they hold their heads up high after that. What an improvement on last year, and without Hannant and McGuire (plus Kahu, Hodges..) - there is NO WAY the boys could have played at that speed last year. There is no way they could have played ONE HALF at that speed last year. The turnaround in the off season has been absolutely staggering, full credit must go to all involved. I hope the guys on the paddock realise too (and I'm sure they do). Hunt - what a game, that is exactly the sort of game I knew he could pull off. He was in everything, absolutely outstanding. If he can consistently play like that...wow!! I hope he can keep his confidence up, keep pushing the team around, and I don't doubt he will as he gets more comfortable in the role. I think he will be very, very good for us. Hala's first run - haha!! Take that!! What a weapon the guy can be!! Our support play was great, hell our play in general was great. I saw very very few one-out runs. Thaiday and Parker were MACHINES, the other forwards did what they needed to do. How good is Vidot?? Man have we missed someone with that size on the wing!! Love his work, I hope he can keep it up - he is very, very valuable in the metres stakes. Very impressed with Maranta, Copley once again - our back line is really starting to look dangerous again and seems to hit very hard in defence. General defence was pretty good, errors aside. Very few missed tackles and we kept turning up, our scramble was again quite good. It seems we slacked off a bit after scoring, that's a bit unfortunate and I hope Hook points it out to the guys this week. I don't want to bash on Parker's kicking, the poor guy will be down on himself enough after a mistake led to a try and we lost by 4 with 3 kicks missed...he will (fairly, I guess) be blaming himself but he got through a mountain of work and was outstanding for 99% of the game, as he usually is. Don't sweat it, Cap!! Thought the refs were generally good, but the Roosters were given [U]far[/U] too much leniency. Holding down when we were trying to play the ball. Constant infringements when they were on the back foot. Mini should have been in the bin, I can name half a dozen incidents where that's been a binnable offence. I don't appreciate the poor sportsmanship but hey, it played a part in their win so it worked - which I hate even more. But it is what it is, I guess. All in all - to roll over the Chihuahuas and Cowgirls, then go toe-to-toe with the reigning premiers and only lose it at the death when we should have won - I am absolutely stoked with the boys this year. A totally different team so far, with luck they can keep it up. I'm mindful this young team over the last few years has seemed very much a confidence team (when they're winning they're hot, but they have in the past panicked when things aren't going so well) but they do seem more mature. And DEFNITELY fitter and stronger, it was almost like watching a Bronco team of old rather than the mediocrity which has been served up at times over the last few years. And for that I am utterly thankful. Thanks boys, hold your heads up!! Fantastic game!! You have my permission to wreak ball-tearing havoc on the Dragons next week!! ;) [/QUOTE]

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