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Message: [QUOTE="Brotherdu, post: 3013605, member: 9226"] What I don't get is that we supposedly practised ball skills at higher than game pace all off season, yet most of what I've seen so far is dropped ball and fatigue....which is sort of self perpetuating, drop the ball, tackle more, get fatigued so drop the ball some more. Some core ethos or mindset the Seibs is trying to instil is just not sinking in with the playing group. Whether it's an attitude thing or a footy intelligence thing I'm not sure. I'm leaning towards general attitude [LIST] [*]We don't build pressure [*]There is no patience [*]There doesn't seem to be much trust in defence [*]Isaako has lost total confidence, which is very strange to me after the off season of articles and news clips of his work ethic and training. Where has it gone, what happened? [*]TPJ needs to put up or shut up. Late hits and charging out the line willy nilly do nothing but put the team under pressure. [*]Boyd needs to man up. Someone should make a video of his piss poor efforts and force him to watch it to see how embarrassing he looks. I certainly feel embarrassed as a supporter when I watch him remonstrate to the ref after not laying a hand on the opposing fullback. Maybe Boyd needs a month off to rest those legs and decide whether he wants to play the game any longer. [*]Fifita, Staggs, Bird, Flegler were all enthusiastic and get a pass from me. Lodge was his usual consistent self, which is great. [*]Offa, Glenn, Sua and Macca just seem to be playing in quicksand. There is no energy. [*]I'm not ready to drop Milf or Niko yet. If they had been playing for the Roosters last night, they also would have torn them up. We had so little ball. [/LIST] It's almost like no one is having fun. I mean, they're being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to play a game they supposedly love. Did the culture walk out of the door with Bennett/Thaiday/Moose/Kahu? Are the boys pissed off that they left or how they left? I don't mind losing and I don't expect perfection. But I do expect effort and pride, both of which have been lacking. We put out the worst game in a long time against the Dragons (outside of the last game against the Dragons ><) and rather than come out and play as if our pride has been wounded, we follow it up with probably the worst game in the last few years. Something stinks. [/QUOTE]

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