After round 1 I was expecting cricket scores every week. Instead, we've won 1 game and been in the contest for every other game.
I don't wanna use the word 'luck' to explain our results (and defence certainly plays a part) but frankly, what were the major turning points last night? I think part of the frustration was that they were all non-events!!!
1. Latrell absolutely butchered two 40/20 attempts, giving us plumb field position. Instead of taking an easy field goal or pinning them in their own end for a good spell (or both!!!) we did nothing. We did BS quality end of set kicks that gave Souffs a get out of gaol free ticket.
2. If you're noticing a pattern... Latrell absolutely butchered a dropout as it didn't go close to 10. By some sheer miracle it JUST dribbled onto the line (I'm gonna assume because it didn't look any further than that) and somebody got to it as a result of tripping over his own shoe laces. It wasn't a master stroke... it was a botched kick that resulted in an absolute fluke!
3. Teddy on the other hand farkin' nailed his kick-off, we got the ball back and the ref blew a dubious penalty. Game over.
4. Teddy threw a game winning pass to Young and the ref blew his whistle to cry 'FORWARD!!!' before the pass had even been attempted. He loved denying that opportunity!!! Absolutely loved it... lives for that shyte.
5. Souffs got possession due to another dubious penalty and then scored off a blatant forward pass.
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My summary is that the game was shyte and so was the reffing. However Souffs were shyte enough (and injured enough!!!) that we shoulda had them on the ropes.
In fact we had them on the ropes but couldn't score for some reason. Why? I dunno. I really dunno how we start turning these opportunities into tries as SOME players are just on absolute beast mode. SOME players (e.g. Teddy, Crichton, Wong and Watson) run faaarkin 50m every time they touch the ball. However our last kick options go nowhere. Also there's no early kicks or variety. We just... GO NOWHERE!!!
One can blame Young's defence but he didn't let in that many tries. In fact, we scored more tries than Souffs and STILL lost because we didn't convert them!!!!
In summary we're not THAT bad. We're a surprisingly capable team that COULD be in the 8 if we'd held onto our dominance of the Wahs, Titans and Souffs. However, we shanked all 3 games as if they were Trell Mitt 40/20 attempts. Unfortunately after that, we didn't have a lucky drop-out somehow end up coming good after only going about 2m off the boot and bouncing all over the place, trying its best to avoid the 10m line (woulda touched it with a bees d!ck if at all!!!)
Will this luck come? NO! We need to improve and start capitalising on our unexpectedly okay form. How? IDK but as fans I think it's not as if the coach and team need to be sacked. We're close to drawing blood. We've just gotta keep searching for that weakness and trying new stuff. It's a frustrating season but IMO there are a lot of good signs. Can feel we're getting close!!!
PS - oi did anybody see Dutton's kick? LOLz... maybe we shoulda used that tactic of giving the target a falcon?
I don't wanna use the word 'luck' to explain our results (and defence certainly plays a part) but frankly, what were the major turning points last night? I think part of the frustration was that they were all non-events!!!
1. Latrell absolutely butchered two 40/20 attempts, giving us plumb field position. Instead of taking an easy field goal or pinning them in their own end for a good spell (or both!!!) we did nothing. We did BS quality end of set kicks that gave Souffs a get out of gaol free ticket.
2. If you're noticing a pattern... Latrell absolutely butchered a dropout as it didn't go close to 10. By some sheer miracle it JUST dribbled onto the line (I'm gonna assume because it didn't look any further than that) and somebody got to it as a result of tripping over his own shoe laces. It wasn't a master stroke... it was a botched kick that resulted in an absolute fluke!
3. Teddy on the other hand farkin' nailed his kick-off, we got the ball back and the ref blew a dubious penalty. Game over.
4. Teddy threw a game winning pass to Young and the ref blew his whistle to cry 'FORWARD!!!' before the pass had even been attempted. He loved denying that opportunity!!! Absolutely loved it... lives for that shyte.
5. Souffs got possession due to another dubious penalty and then scored off a blatant forward pass.
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My summary is that the game was shyte and so was the reffing. However Souffs were shyte enough (and injured enough!!!) that we shoulda had them on the ropes.
In fact we had them on the ropes but couldn't score for some reason. Why? I dunno. I really dunno how we start turning these opportunities into tries as SOME players are just on absolute beast mode. SOME players (e.g. Teddy, Crichton, Wong and Watson) run faaarkin 50m every time they touch the ball. However our last kick options go nowhere. Also there's no early kicks or variety. We just... GO NOWHERE!!!
One can blame Young's defence but he didn't let in that many tries. In fact, we scored more tries than Souffs and STILL lost because we didn't convert them!!!!
In summary we're not THAT bad. We're a surprisingly capable team that COULD be in the 8 if we'd held onto our dominance of the Wahs, Titans and Souffs. However, we shanked all 3 games as if they were Trell Mitt 40/20 attempts. Unfortunately after that, we didn't have a lucky drop-out somehow end up coming good after only going about 2m off the boot and bouncing all over the place, trying its best to avoid the 10m line (woulda touched it with a bees d!ck if at all!!!)
Will this luck come? NO! We need to improve and start capitalising on our unexpectedly okay form. How? IDK but as fans I think it's not as if the coach and team need to be sacked. We're close to drawing blood. We've just gotta keep searching for that weakness and trying new stuff. It's a frustrating season but IMO there are a lot of good signs. Can feel we're getting close!!!
PS - oi did anybody see Dutton's kick? LOLz... maybe we shoulda used that tactic of giving the target a falcon?
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