We weren't THAT bad, things just didn't go our way...

[Mickie Lane]

Just a lazy player with loads of natural wasted ability.

we got more out of him when he was with us. He’s treading water at souffs who are slowly drowning him.

Every team in the League would take him if he was available.
He's got attitude, presence & an aura about him that no other player has in the NRL, he is enigmatic & I understand why people dont like him but he is champion football player.
Wasted ability wont get you picked every week for your club then for your state & then for your country.
As you know I dont dislike Latrell.

[rented tracksuit]

Definitely. He's the quintessential 'rocks n diamonds'.

Just a lazy player with loads of natural wasted ability.

we got more out of him when he was with us. He’s treading water at souffs who are slowly drowning him.

[GrubBER]

Ism they lost both their halves by halftime, lost their winger shortly after halftime and were down to 14 men for 35 mins. We were diabolical. Droppes balls, stupid penalties and poor defensive reads in the second half . First half defence was fantastic I’ll give them that.

We were up 14/8 playing against 14 men and lost 20-14 - that’s appalling.

That comes down to one man & position, Townsend & your Halfback. Everyone else have been doing there job pretty well besides ball handling, our forwards & backs have created enough opportunities for Lego man to setup some trys.

i think he’s on 0 try assist? Am i right?

[The Lip]

Ism they lost both their halves by halftime, lost their winger shortly after halftime and were down to 14 men for 35 mins. We were diabolical. Droppes balls, stupid penalties and poor defensive reads in the second half . First half defence was fantastic I’ll give them that.

We were up 14/8 playing against 14 men and lost 20-14 - that’s appalling.

[Next time]

It's actually a bit different to that...Dom didn't knock the ball into Latrell, latrell was behind Dom not in front of him . Latrell reached forward from behind Dom and knocked the ball forward...I'd say play on in this scenario...watch it again in slowmo..

[ism22]

Totally correct..Another anomaly in the rules,makes no sense and worked against us Friday night!

It was an absolute fluke and if it didn't happen, we woulda had a pretty good chance of scoring.

Here's why I'm not too hard on the boys. But for some absolute shytehouse luck, we got VERY close!

We just don't seem to be able to win a trick right now. None of the 'luck' goes our way.

[Tennessee Tornado]

Another decision i don't understand
in the first 4 minutes souths
backline movement, Dom
jumps intercepts the ball above
his head, about to catch the
ball and latrell puts his hand up
knocks it out of Doms grasp,
Dom picks up ball and takes
off...shouldve been play
on ...try to Dom...but it was given as
knock on, advantage to souths...gotta be wrong call.

Nah. Dom knocks it forward touched by Latrell before he regathered. Knock on every day of the week.

[Next time]

Another decision i don't understand
in the first 4 minutes souths
backline movement, Dom
jumps intercepts the ball above
his head, about to catch the
ball and latrell puts his hand up
knocks it out of Doms grasp,
Dom picks up ball and takes
off...shouldve been play
on ...try to Dom...but it was given as
knock on, advantage to souths...gotta be wrong call.

[Funky Chicken]

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

Even Stevie Wonder can see that Chad is absolute garbage in all facets of the game. He poses zero risk in attack, a man with a wooden leg would have a better kicking game and he is a total defensive liability. He just has to be dropped for us to move forward. If he's not dropped, not only will we continue to lose, but what message does that send to the young guys waiting for an opportunity?

On a separate note, can we PLEASE get rid of the biggest blight on the game, the 6 again rule. If a team commits an indiscretion regardless of their position on the field, then it should be a penalty. Apart from the shadow of manipulation by game managers (given all the betting company sponsorship, we can't advertise tobacco or alcohol companies for health reasons, but we'll promote betting companies everywhere). I also believe that 6 again is directly responsible for the sharp increase in hamstring and knee injuries. Six again keeps the ball in play much longer and as a result muscles, joints etc. become highly fatigued and become much more susceptible to injury.

Just my 2 cents worth

[Lydon]

10m should mean it reaches 10m before touching the turf not bloody 8m and dribble 2m...just my 2 cents

Totally correct..Another anomaly in the rules,makes no sense and worked against us Friday night!

[Jacks Fur Coat]

I don’t actually. Hot and cold. More cold than hot.

Definitely. He's the quintessential 'rocks n diamonds'.

[HDTONE]

10m should mean it reaches 10m before touching the turf not bloody 8m and dribble 2m...just my 2 cents

[Juggler]

Here’s a thought. Souths lost both their halves to injury. Their inexperienced half was actually replaced by a slightly less experienced half. Thus their attack suffers but not too much. Sullivan has moments of brilliance as does Latrell.

should we have won? Absolutely. These defensive blunders are killing us. As is our completion rate.

chad has to go.

[SamKerrSimp]

Jeez how can you watch fridays game and think it wasn't too bad

[Andrew Walker]

There is a lot to talk about from last night, but I really want to touch on how absolutely moronic this dropout rule is.
There is no reason to not do this. If you are ever forced into a dropout, you should always go short because there's probably a 40%-ish chance of getting the ball back. Maybe higher once players get better at it.

Watching Mitchell's horrendous kicks just dribble over the 10m is a bad look. Having to sit there and wait, and ensure you don't touch the ball like hot potato, but remain as close to it as possible - it's stupid.
I think it would much better if the kick receiving team could just grab the ball at any stage, where as the kicking team needs to wait for it to go the 10.

This would totally keep the short dropout option available, but stop those absurd examples that occur. Mitchell's second one was actually indefensible. There was no way for the kick receiving team to get the ball back with that horror bounce.

Thing is they got the ball back because Billy Smith foolishly encroached the ten metre line then had to back track as to not touch it in an offside position

What you say about the attacking team having that option of getting the ball before it goes ten has good merit