T Robinson

[Headless Chook]

we got 2 tries off a blatant forward pass and a knock on that should never have been awarded. That's 12 undeserved points free from the ref. Why complain and make our club look like a bunch of sore losers and whingers? Without refs mistakes the game would have been lost 18-6.

Now he's got a $40,000 fine and still has a team that can't hold onto the ball. What was gained?? I think Robbo should be tongue lashing and dirty on the players complete lack of respect for the ball not harassing officials. Officials can't fix up our error rate. Thanks to them we got two illegal tries yesterday. What's Trent on about? We were the team that got the most wrongfully awarded points - 12 in all. It should never have been 20-8 but 18-6. A two point penalty then would have made no difference at all.

You don't think he's been giving it to them in private? From all reports he blasted them at half time but I don't think it would help anybody's confidence if he came out in the press and said the team aren't worth a pinch of shit.

[Headless Chook]

This is true,

so maybe Robinson should be focusing on why we did lose to an absolute rubbish St.George team.

Like things that we can control,
Respecting the football..
Defensive structures..
Use of the interchange..
Using our attacking weapons
Discipline..

Nobody will like it because it is easier to blame someone else...

Excellent call, some good points there. We were excellent for the first 20 mins then Mitchell dropped that bomb and the heads went down. Ball control from then till half time was terrible. I think our defence will improve enormously with Pearce inside Ferguson and as for the use of the interchange....well I don't think Frei is really up to it and Vunekece is only just in front of him. We get SST back as well as JWH and Lui and all of a sudden we can go to the bench with some confidence again. I like the idea of Watson or Nikorima coming on to give Friend a spell and trying to blast teams open up the middle, hopefully now that we are getting back close to full strength that will happen

[roosterchook]

You don't think he's been giving it to them in private? From all reports he blasted them at half time but I don't think it would help anybody's confidence if he came out in the press and said the team aren't worth a pinch of shit.

You're right. Does anyone have any idea why we have been and still are the most error prone side in the comp? I'm baffled that it's never fixed even with different players. This error rate rubbish has gone on for years and hasn't helped our cause.

[mattyh]

2013/14/15 we had star players who could over come lopsided penalty counts and possession counts. now we dont , we have to play more disciplined dare i say conservative type of game because ...sbw, maloney, jennjngs , rts aee not there to pull off the big play...pretty simple.

[mattyh]

also confidenxce level of said team was very hifh, they knew they were a champion team...sbw was a winner so were others..i doubt the current team is quite as confident ao in a tight game with 5 to go that confidence becomes increasingly important. just a thought.

[John Corey]

I'm thinking this thread must be a joke, coz no one could be that idiotic.

If we said to any opposition coach last year, "It's your lucky day, you can remove any 6 players from our team for today's game". Who do you think they would pick? I will tell you.
RTS
Jennings
Maloney
Pearce
Cordner
JWH

Our 6 most influential players from last year. Now take the 6 best players from the Cowboys. You think Paul Green would be sitting pretty? Or try the 6 best from Broncos.

Then you look at the 'spine' if our team. We have lost 3/4 of it. Not only lost it, but replaced it with 3 teenagers.

Now we all know that 3 of those 6 moved on so we were never going to have them. It was always going to be tougher but Mitchell Pearce really through a spanner in the works. Hastings was supposed to keep learning from him. Alongside him. It was always the case that Nikorima was supposed to play like his older brother. To last 20 or 25 mins against tired forwards. Instead the Pearce situation put paid to all that and Robbo was forced to do things he never intended. Like start Nikorima.

If some supporters can't see that there are valid reasons for our current position then honestly you need to give it away. Nothing at all has gone our way this year. Even down to losing to both Canberra and Manly because of poor goal kicking. From memory I don't think Robbo missed those conversions.

If we had a similar team to last year, or had not lost 6 of our best with the spine issues, then maybe you have a point. I think it's only Tako we are missing now, so let's see how we respond. Let's see how Hastings does now he has Pearce helping him.

[roosterchook]

I can see the truth in what most of you say here and agree. I support our coach, but his performance must be held accountable when we are the most error prone side in the comp 3 years running. Forcing passes, pushing passes, blindly passing, poor ball carries, poor catching, making risky plays near our own line like going for an intercept surrendering a repeat set, passing into touch, kicking into touch, throwing SKD looong passes near our line with no defence, 5 run ups then high ball - are we trying to surprise the opposition?

On a wet day I expect errors but the one consistency about our side is the error rate. No matter which roster we have, no matter what new rookie appears on the scene it's a dropathon. We average around 12-13 errors per game and we expect to win???

Is it the lower grade coaches? Is it Robbo's intense playing style? Whatever, it's too forced and needs to be totally revamped as we can't win games with this error rate.

The buck stops with the coach so he needs to address this 3 year old problem. That's all I'm asking. Fix the errors Trent and I'll be your number one fan. He's had 3 years and the handling is atrocious and appalling. Anyone remember Johnny Brass and how we used to be renowned for our handling. What's happened to us?

[mattyh]

let me make this clear i support robinson fullstop. most of what has happened is beyond his control, but yea i dont have rose tinted glasses telling me we are the best team in the comp when we currently are not. i think some posters on here are overly optimistic, some are overly pessismistic, i think well be right but this year may be a mid tabe finish...just saying.

[mattyh]

let me make this clear i support robinson fullstop. most of what has happened is beyond his control, but yea i dont have rose tinted glasses telling me we are the best team in the comp when we currently are not. i think some posters on here are overly optimistic, some are overly pessismistic, i think well be right but this year may be a mid tabe finish...just saying.