I must admit I was concerned about last night and had a gut feeling we will get beaten. The problem with this is that I have this feeling far too often when we lose a couple of players like Turbo & DCE.
Yes, they are quality players but it shows as a team we are well behind the likes of Melbourne & the Panthers. I have no doubt that Melbourne would have won easily last night. Why ? I just think we are not as well-coached as the others and we tend to for some reason find it very difficult to compensate for the lost of players.
Also, we just don't have the quality of players who can just do a job and ensure the game plan is followed. They also seem to be de-motivated and at times extremely lazy!
Unfortunately, this feeling seems to linger and I am extremely nervous about facing a St George team next week that will be fully motivated after the Vaughan party fiasco. We should have beaten the Raiders and we should beat ST George but with this team, I am just not confident. It's a sad state to be in but unfortunately, it comes true far too often.
Yes, they are quality players but it shows as a team we are well behind the likes of Melbourne & the Panthers. I have no doubt that Melbourne would have won easily last night. Why ? I just think we are not as well-coached as the others and we tend to for some reason find it very difficult to compensate for the lost of players.
Also, we just don't have the quality of players who can just do a job and ensure the game plan is followed. They also seem to be de-motivated and at times extremely lazy!
Unfortunately, this feeling seems to linger and I am extremely nervous about facing a St George team next week that will be fully motivated after the Vaughan party fiasco. We should have beaten the Raiders and we should beat ST George but with this team, I am just not confident. It's a sad state to be in but unfortunately, it comes true far too often.