Forwards need to lift big time

[Guest]

Agreed. We would be just in front of Melbourne if we didn't have him. He made one season's worth of errors in one game. It just wasn't his night. I like how whenever he makes a mistake he doesn't drop the f-bomb like everyone else. Just refocuses and gets on with it. Super star.

That's part of his zen mastery. A state of bliss attained through the extinction of the self.

[Andrew Walker]

Can't go forward without the ball. For a half to make 6 errors on top of some really poor decisions, is inexcusable.

How many times did he call for the ball early just to spin it wide?

This where we are really missing Linnetts pace and potency out wide He was a go to man and very dangerous getting the ball out wide early in the tackle count.All the while making the opposition scramble early and putting them out of sorts defensively

[Guest]

This where we are really missing Linnetts pace and potency out wide He was a go to man and very dangerous getting the ball out wide early in the tackle count.All the while making the opposition scramble early and putting them out of sorts defensively

the work needs to be done in the middle before Linnett gets the ball

[Andrew Walker]

the work needs to be done in the middle before Linnett gets the ball

Not all the time though Spreading the ball early even on tackle 1 or 2 to a guy with Linnets speed and strength can be very effective In the fact that it puts pressure on the defence immediately causing them to scramble which in turn leaves holes and gaps in the middle of the field to be exploited.What is imperative though is we get forwards rolling onto the ball after Linnett has seen it early Preferably a two pass scenario with the forwrds working it back up the middle.This is what we were doing at times when we were on a winning streakand it was causing havoc

[Pass the Ball]

You are right Mr Walker..

[Guest]

I have been saying it all year. Where we keep getting killed is in the wrestle and on the ground. Look how the Titans scored their second try. Kennedy and FPN made the tackle and just fell off the tackled player. Friend then picked up the ball with no markers, they made a break and scored off the next tackle.

It's so frustrating because it's only the little things we are doing wrong. Our best footy is easily better than most sides. I mean look at last night. What the hell did Titans do other than complete their sets? We gifted them 3 of their tries. We also probably bombed 2 or 3.

Funny enough I think our defence has been really good the last 3 weeks, we aren't missing many tackles. It's just stupid mistakes the last 3 weeks that have killed us. We aren't playing that bad but we do need to win this week.

Very good point about their second try. That was very lazy work by both kennedy (who was rubbish against the titans) and franky (who has done nothing for a few weeks now for some reason).

[Guest]

Agreed. We would be just in front of Melbourne if we didn't have him. He made one season's worth of errors in one game. It just wasn't his night. I like how whenever he makes a mistake he doesn't drop the f-bomb like everyone else. Just refocuses and gets on with it. Super star.

He dropped the f-bomb last night which is probably why he made more mistakes. The guy is such a champ and still nearly scored two tries in his worst game of the season whilst being heavily marked. I'll forgive him.

I will even forgive the "clubman" for dropping the ball on the try-line, a stupid play the ball, and a stupid pass. I felt that after being dropped on his shoulder he lost a bit of coordination in that arm.

[Guest]

The last three loses the game has been there for the taking. I don't think any of the sides who has beaten us have blown us off the park. The really need to go back to the basics in our own half - The completion rates from our mob have been poor.

[Guest]

They need to go back and watch the video of the Broncos game. I dont know how many times I commented during that game to my mate how well the forwards were rumbling up the field getting over the advantage line.

Quite simply there is no point in spinning it wide without having done the hard yards up the middle first.

[Billy Gunn]

They need to go back and watch the video of the Broncos game. I dont know how many times I commented during that game to my mate how well the forwards were rumbling up the field getting over the advantage line.

Quite simply there is no point in spinning it wide without having done the hard yards up the middle first.

Your right but you need to take into account the momentum of the game, we didn't keep giving the broncos the ball back time and time again, we made so many errors in the first 30 that our forwards were spent. We need completions and a good long kicking game. Momentum wins matches the players are the same pretty much week in week out. I know there are some carrying injuries but that's no different to any other pack this time of the year.

[Guest]

Completion wins matches.

We can ramble on about effective hit-ups and bending the advantage line, but at the end of the day, that comes with posession and not conceding repeat sets.

Can't expect a team to do much after they defend 6 or sets in a row back to back.

[BUDDY]

Agree 100% BigMike.

We can blame the forwards, individuals having a bad game, bad decisions but they all go hand in hand with completions.

Our completions have dropped off the last three of weeks which means the opposition has better field position and puts pressure on our forwards by using more energy making more tackles and our attack because we panic and try to score off every set.

Here are the stats for our last 10 weeks. If our completions were up near 80% the last 3 weeks I have no doubt that we just about win each game.

Easts 79% vs Storm 70%
Easts 76% vs Warriors 77%
Easts 71% vs Raiders 73%
Easts 76% vs Souths 83%
Easts 77% vs Dogs 84%
Easts 80% vs Broncos 66%
Easts 77% vs Eels 69%
Easts 56% vs Dragons 74%
Easts 68% vs Sharks 79%
Easts 69% vs Titans 84%

[elo]

Agree 100% BigMike.

We can blame the forwards, individuals having a bad game, bad decisions but they all go hand in hand with completions.

Our completions have dropped off the last three of weeks which means the opposition has better field position and puts pressure on our forwards by using more energy making more tackles and our attack because we panic and try to score off every set.

Here are the stats for our last 10 weeks. If our completions were up near 80% the last 3 weeks I have no doubt that we just about win each game.

Easts 79% vs Storm 70%
Easts 76% vs Warriors 77%
Easts 71% vs Raiders 73%
Easts 76% vs Souths 83%
Easts 77% vs Dogs 84%
Easts 80% vs Broncos 66%
Easts 77% vs Eels 69%
Easts 56% vs Dragons 74%
Easts 68% vs Sharks 79%
Easts 69% vs Titans 84%

Wow 56% against the Dragons and only 1 point behind until the 77th minute or whatever it was. I've actually been really happy with our general play defence since the Eels match, if we can fix those completions we are good to go.

[roostwin]

Agree 100% BigMike.

We can blame the forwards, individuals having a bad game, bad decisions but they all go hand in hand with completions.

Our completions have dropped off the last three of weeks which means the opposition has better field position and puts pressure on our forwards by using more energy making more tackles and our attack because we panic and try to score off every set.

Here are the stats for our last 10 weeks. If our completions were up near 80% the last 3 weeks I have no doubt that we just about win each game.

Easts 79% vs Storm 70%
Easts 76% vs Warriors 77%
Easts 71% vs Raiders 73%
Easts 76% vs Souths 83%
Easts 77% vs Dogs 84%
Easts 80% vs Broncos 66%
Easts 77% vs Eels 69%
Easts 56% vs Dragons 74%
Easts 68% vs Sharks 79%
Easts 69% vs Titans 84%

I agree Buddy.

Hopefully the Halves get back to basics and start mounting pressure with a good kicking game and then hopefully the opposition will make the silly mistakes we are making.......and going by those stats we are on the increase.

[BUDDY]

Agree 100% BigMike.

We can blame the forwards, individuals having a bad game, bad decisions but they all go hand in hand with completions.

Our completions have dropped off the last three of weeks which means the opposition has better field position and puts pressure on our forwards by using more energy making more tackles and our attack because we panic and try to score off every set.

Here are the stats for our last 10 weeks. If our completions were up near 80% the last 3 weeks I have no doubt that we just about win each game.

Easts 79% vs Storm 70%
Easts 76% vs Warriors 77%
Easts 71% vs Raiders 73%
Easts 76% vs Souths 83%
Easts 77% vs Dogs 84%
Easts 80% vs Broncos 66%
Easts 77% vs Eels 69%
Easts 56% vs Dragons 74%
Easts 68% vs Sharks 79%
Easts 69% vs Titans 84%

None of our forwards made over 100M, we made 40 more tackles, missed 14 more tackles, they made 240M more. But imo the telling factor was that we completed 77% today. Actually the second half was near perfect (I think we only stuffed up 2 completions). Plus of course they scored their two tries only when Koups was on the field