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Message: [QUOTE="Thelmus, post: 3244779, member: 8988"] This is a game we can build on, despite the loss. The most pleasing thing for me was that no one was joking around in that dressing room after. They looked like they were ready to get back out there and get the result "right". It wasnt despondance or frustration but some one who found how a few pieces of the puzzle went together but not the whole picture. You could easily watch that game, see the many times we blew chances and think: "what's changed? " That is unless you noticed how hard everyone put in for that following defensive set. It reminded of the broncos of old and I don't say that lightly. The days of longer Walters were never the perfect football we remember. There poor kicks that put us under pressure, poor passes and drop balls. Walters himself was one of the worst defenders playing. But the thing was every time they stuffed up the whole team worked twice as hard (not just the one doing the mistake like in recent games) . It meant they could take chances and learn from the errors they made. The difference between tonight and those golden teams of the past however was they also knew when to "go for jugular" and when to hold back. And when they did, there was no coming back. That's something they will need to learn but if they can repeat tonight's effort in defence, they might just get the chance to learn. As a side note I would say we have to learn that our players cannot be expected to run themselves into the ground to compete. Turpin played well tonight but this is very reminiscent of previous games where a good game would be followed by a mundane one and lots of short cuts. This is also true of TPJ and a few others. We need to both keep them hungry for action and have the petrol left in the tank to do so. I'd play TPJ off the bench and give turps a partner at dummy half (either paix or someone like as a utility, or just using one of team mates in the role so he can have a spell. Just be sure to communicate to them why and what's expected when they do play. I think a lot of our inconsistency has come down to simply being run off their feet. Other than bringing in Farnsworth and a utility I'd be reluctant to change too much. Keep Isaako practicing those set moves and be patient. It can be the gateway for opening his game up as he needs to expand it a bit or risk going the way of Hoffman (he has a lot more heart and conviction though) Those talking about dropping or letting dearden walk need to be patient as well. He has been thrown in. Prematurely but he's there now. He only goes if either Milford or Kelly start destroying teams single handed in q cup. K Hunt is being brought into mentor the halves and he can't do that if he is lining up in the team and they aren't. What role he plays, I can't say, but his main job will be to mentor both of them at training and keep a level head in matches (if he plays) Perhaps he will be our Benji? [/QUOTE]

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