The FOOTBALL GODS

[Geohood]

Hate us!!!!!!!!!!

[TheLoneRooster]

They sure do but the team doesn't help them because the football gods only help those who help themselves first.

[Geohood]

Why did we have to lose in the last minute!!!
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[elo]

Probably cause we did nothing for about 40 mins in the middle of the match other than give the Titans easy ball and walk over tries.........it ain't the Football Gods, it's us.

[Geohood]

Just agree with me to make me happy until I get over it.......

[Guest]

Nothing to do with the gods. We knocked it on with no pressure when should have wrapped the game up. Then we let them go 90m and earn a dropout, and finally SKD panics and rushes out of the line.

On top of all the stupid mistakes and poor defence in the first half we only have ourselves to blame. I am only happy that we are starting to play with some heart.

[Guest]

Just agree with me to make me happy until I get over it.......

ill agree with you i want to feel happy too.

[Guest]

the game was lost in the last 15 minutes before half time. one less error would mean one less try, which would mean we win.

story of the year - critical errors at critical times

[Hawkeye]

the game was lost in the last 15 minutes before half time. one less error would mean one less try, which would mean we win.

story of the year - critical errors at critical times

Precisley !
How many times this year have we conceded two or three or four quick tries in that lead up to half time ?
It seems to be a weekly occurence !

[elo]

Two of them barge overs as well..........soft as butter up the middle this mob.

[Guest]

Precisley !
How many times this year have we conceded two or three or four quick tries in that lead up to half time ?
It seems to be a weekly occurence !

as i said, story of the year. this can be attributed to 3 main things

1. fitness - our forwards are buggered by this time, not moving up as a group up to meet the attack, leaving holes in out defence, which teams expoilt.

2. attitude/ heart - at this point, like Daley said tongiht we either give up, or get cocky. critical lapses in concentration leading to linebreaks, missed tackles, repeat sets and ultimatley tries. we start the game well or end well and then hit a brick wall, we cant go the full 80, just like our fitness. we needed that incident with braith for the team to show some heart.

3. poor coaching - we cant get one rock solid team on the field, i.e the team always get changed every week, with one or two players out of position, swapping around etc. this screws up any combinations that have [B]been developing[B] or have formed, especially in the backline. this is not to mention players have been playing out of position for weeks - sa, perrett (at centre) etc.

it is the combination of these three things together that result in us loosing, weather its by 40 or 4. all 3 of these things have to be fixed for us to win. not just 1 or 2 of them, like the previous weeks.

[Guest]

Hate us!!!!!!!!!!

I think you mean Robert Finch hates us. Titans were offside for most of the match tonight, and the match officials have been against us for three years now.

[Guest]

Precisley !
How many times this year have we conceded two or three or four quick tries in that lead up to half time ?
It seems to be a weekly occurence !

First half EXACTLY the same as the Storm game!!! When we are up at the 30minute mark you know exactly what will happen.

This has carried on from the back half of last year.

While we have been belted a few times this year, we have been in a lot of games against good opposition but drop our bundle at crucial times. I would love to know what is causing this because it is breaking my heart!!

[melon....]

Why did we have to lose in the last minute!!!
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Because we ****ed up in the last 10 in the first half giving them soft tries.

[TheBigFella]

I agree we had that bad spell. but we really picked up the attitude in the 2nd half...

I think it's more mental attitude than physical fitness.