HoldenV8
Journey Man
Another game, another loss. But there was some improvement and in the end I think the score flattered the home side because we could have easily scored another 2 or 3 tries at least.
Tom Trbojevic 6/10 - Run Forrest, Run. Could have scored a couple tonight. Needs to be more selfish close to the line.
Jorge Taufua 5/10 - Good runs as usual, poor defensive game though.
Moses Suli 2/10 - Injured early (sternum) and was out of the game.
Brian Kelly 4/10 - Not one of his better nights defensively. Didn't see enough good ball in attack.
Akuila Uate 5/10 - Aku defending at centre is not a good idea. At least he held on to the ball tonight.
Trent Hodkinson 5/10 - As predicted played mostly at dummy half. Not bad other than that one pass. Has no running game though.
Daly Cherry-Evans 6/10 - Wasn't all that bad tonight. Can't do it alone though.
Addin Fonua-Blake 5/10 - Needed more from the big bloke. 81 metres isn't a lot for a prop.
Matthew Wright 5/10 - Didn't do much wrong really, but is no dummy half.
Martin Taupau 5/10 - Same as AFB, not enough from him tonight.
Joel Thompson 7/10 - Almost scored and was strong all night against his old club.
Frank Winterstein 4/10 - Made 29 tackles and only missed one.....but just 4 runs? Not involved enough in attack.
Jake Trbojevic 6/10 - Ran for 149 metres, but 4 missed tackles is uncharacteristic.
Brad Parker 4/10 - Poor defensively and offers little in attack.
Shaun Lane 6/10 - Went OK and made some good runs.
Taniela Paseka 5/10 - Some good runs and that hit was a pearler, but it was one of only 8 tackles.
Tom Wright 7/10 - We know his defence needs a lot of work, but was one of our few dangers with the ball in hand, but we hardly used that in the second half. That try proved he has what it takes.
Our kicking game sucks. The best kick all night almost looked like a miss-kick when DCE stabbed into the in-goal and Hunt was caught causing a repeat set after about 70 minutes. Kicking for touch when were attacking their line is pointless other than to give everyone a rest. Then again with that idiot Ferris in charge of conditioning I'm not surprised we look for as many rests as possible. In attack I lost count of the amount of times I was saying to myself "kick a bloody bomb", at least put them under some pressure......then the kick would be a grubber for touch 😵.
I hate the fact that we have a negative mindset. Seriously, we get teams on the rack in defence, get a penalty and kick for goal. If I wanted to see goal kicks every penalty we get in attack then I'd go watch union. Go for the throat. We weren't playing some park team tonight, we were playing the competition leaders. We don't need to be giving them get out of gaol free cards by kicking penalty goals.
Credit to St Merge's defence which looked good.....but its easy to look good when the attacking team is playing with little structure and seems to rely on individual efforts to score.
We do have a talented side even with the injuries and we should be capable of a lot better. Unfortunately they seem to be poorly coached which is a big reason why we're languishing in 14th spot.
Yep, 14th. We've dropped from 13th despite the Cows also losing.....but they lost by less so now their F/A is better. At least the Dogs and Doesn't-matta also lost by big margins.
Tom Trbojevic 6/10 - Run Forrest, Run. Could have scored a couple tonight. Needs to be more selfish close to the line.
Jorge Taufua 5/10 - Good runs as usual, poor defensive game though.
Moses Suli 2/10 - Injured early (sternum) and was out of the game.
Brian Kelly 4/10 - Not one of his better nights defensively. Didn't see enough good ball in attack.
Akuila Uate 5/10 - Aku defending at centre is not a good idea. At least he held on to the ball tonight.
Trent Hodkinson 5/10 - As predicted played mostly at dummy half. Not bad other than that one pass. Has no running game though.
Daly Cherry-Evans 6/10 - Wasn't all that bad tonight. Can't do it alone though.
Addin Fonua-Blake 5/10 - Needed more from the big bloke. 81 metres isn't a lot for a prop.
Matthew Wright 5/10 - Didn't do much wrong really, but is no dummy half.
Martin Taupau 5/10 - Same as AFB, not enough from him tonight.
Joel Thompson 7/10 - Almost scored and was strong all night against his old club.
Frank Winterstein 4/10 - Made 29 tackles and only missed one.....but just 4 runs? Not involved enough in attack.
Jake Trbojevic 6/10 - Ran for 149 metres, but 4 missed tackles is uncharacteristic.
Brad Parker 4/10 - Poor defensively and offers little in attack.
Shaun Lane 6/10 - Went OK and made some good runs.
Taniela Paseka 5/10 - Some good runs and that hit was a pearler, but it was one of only 8 tackles.
Tom Wright 7/10 - We know his defence needs a lot of work, but was one of our few dangers with the ball in hand, but we hardly used that in the second half. That try proved he has what it takes.
Our kicking game sucks. The best kick all night almost looked like a miss-kick when DCE stabbed into the in-goal and Hunt was caught causing a repeat set after about 70 minutes. Kicking for touch when were attacking their line is pointless other than to give everyone a rest. Then again with that idiot Ferris in charge of conditioning I'm not surprised we look for as many rests as possible. In attack I lost count of the amount of times I was saying to myself "kick a bloody bomb", at least put them under some pressure......then the kick would be a grubber for touch 😵.
I hate the fact that we have a negative mindset. Seriously, we get teams on the rack in defence, get a penalty and kick for goal. If I wanted to see goal kicks every penalty we get in attack then I'd go watch union. Go for the throat. We weren't playing some park team tonight, we were playing the competition leaders. We don't need to be giving them get out of gaol free cards by kicking penalty goals.
Credit to St Merge's defence which looked good.....but its easy to look good when the attacking team is playing with little structure and seems to rely on individual efforts to score.
We do have a talented side even with the injuries and we should be capable of a lot better. Unfortunately they seem to be poorly coached which is a big reason why we're languishing in 14th spot.
Yep, 14th. We've dropped from 13th despite the Cows also losing.....but they lost by less so now their F/A is better. At least the Dogs and Doesn't-matta also lost by big margins.
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