Originally posted by adamkungl
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I give him big points for taking a hit and walking the other day... TBH that shows you're really tough... the guy who can take a punch and walk off is always the guy I respect.
Sure... we sucked this season so it's easy to say he's past his time... but I HATE blaming one guy for poor performance. I think Anasta did all the right things according to what Freddie had told him to do, but the game-plan was poo. We just weren't prepared for the style of footy that was played in 2009, and all looked like a bunch of idiots. It really sucked!!! I bet it hurt more for the boys out there!!! We saw the same story every game... our boys would go out there all energetic and usually have a respectable score by 1/2 time. That said, we'd have 1000 000 penalties against us, 2% completions and 2% possession... we were using more energy than the opposition because we were doing so much work defending our line all game! By the end we just looked tired and lethargic, and the opposition just piled on the points in the last 20 or so while we sat around wishing the nightmare would end. Anybody who's played footy has had at least one game like that I reckon... we had a whole season of it!
If we perform well next season, it could be a triple-bypass for Anasta's career... last year our Origin squad failed badly... maybe time to recall Anasta and Mason if they can show some balls during the first 1/2 of the season.
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