What a great win. What a great day. Not much else to say in regards to the win that hasnt already been said. The pack, george, kelly cherry, tommy, were all just awesome which you would expect when you trounce a fancied team by 50+
The effort was there last week and poor ball security and penalties really hurt and that was less evident yesterday . Possession is king especially when the mercury approaches 40. Better hands and discipline contributed , but for mine it was cherrys kicking game especially early that made the difference. By the time he reverted to attack mode the scoreboard and the heat had taken its toll on the eels and the cue was in the rack
Game management , an early 40/20 , grubbers in the in goal. It was like we had blake green, croker and cherry playing in 2 positions. Cherry is the man , and when he plays with his head and kicks well in general play we will win more often than not.
The forward platform was enormous, not turning the ball over was good also but manlys glut of posession was on the back of game management which was superb in the first 20 yesterday. When you hold the ball , set up and kick well, and chase you can monopolise posession which cherry can do well at times, but mostly when we are on the front foot.
When you drop ball and lose posession it can also help you even up posession and get you back in a game. This is where we need to get to ,in order to win the arm wrestle and challenge the top teams. No matter how well you play the refs, luck, and butterfingers can hurt. You have to be able to force the issue with a smart steady kicking ,mrather than trying to score from everywhere.
So much rests on DCE shoulders. If he can mature in this part of his game we can be anything, but it has to come from him and if it doesnt we will be close , but just making up the numbers really
But i should add he was king today without any question
The effort was there last week and poor ball security and penalties really hurt and that was less evident yesterday . Possession is king especially when the mercury approaches 40. Better hands and discipline contributed , but for mine it was cherrys kicking game especially early that made the difference. By the time he reverted to attack mode the scoreboard and the heat had taken its toll on the eels and the cue was in the rack
Game management , an early 40/20 , grubbers in the in goal. It was like we had blake green, croker and cherry playing in 2 positions. Cherry is the man , and when he plays with his head and kicks well in general play we will win more often than not.
The forward platform was enormous, not turning the ball over was good also but manlys glut of posession was on the back of game management which was superb in the first 20 yesterday. When you hold the ball , set up and kick well, and chase you can monopolise posession which cherry can do well at times, but mostly when we are on the front foot.
When you drop ball and lose posession it can also help you even up posession and get you back in a game. This is where we need to get to ,in order to win the arm wrestle and challenge the top teams. No matter how well you play the refs, luck, and butterfingers can hurt. You have to be able to force the issue with a smart steady kicking ,mrather than trying to score from everywhere.
So much rests on DCE shoulders. If he can mature in this part of his game we can be anything, but it has to come from him and if it doesnt we will be close , but just making up the numbers really
But i should add he was king today without any question
