Have we got the softest pack in the comp??

[Guest]

Which makes the decision to let Ryles go all the more STOOPID !!!

Spot on mate letting go Ryles our forward leader was a brainless move. Kennedy will have to step up and lead the pack as JWH and Tasi are no more than bench props at this stage. I don't know what game some of you were watching but JWH had 9 hitups for 66 metres which is just not good enough for a starting prop.

[Guest]

Absolute rubbish in our last 13 games against them before today we led 8wins to 5

It just must be me then. Every time that I have been out to the SFS in the last decade & watched the Roosters V Penrith, Penrith have won.

[The General]

That's 2 forwards out of 10 mate.. Very damning evidence in my opinion..

Yeah to be fair I think you've got a point there. I just think we have so many other problems out there other than our pack.

[Guest]

It just must be me then. Every time that I have been out to the SFS in the last decade & watched the Roosters V Penrith, Penrith have won.

Does this tell you something mate?? Stay home... hheheehhee

[Guest]

No blinkers required

We had as much if not more chances than the riff today.

When you have a kicking and attacking game as inept as ours, you are giving away mtr after mtr with no effort at all.

WE have a young pack, kick to the corners, find touch, repeat sets.

Midfield Farken Bombs and kicking the farken ball dead should not be in the game plan.

But it must be because that is all we seem to do.

Mate from kick offs they were getting over half way.

That's the real problem same as last week. We can't stop teams at the ruck. From the kick off after they scored their 1st try our markers were caught in no mans land and the hooker made a 50 yard break, it's not good enough.

That's the real problem. Yes today we were shit in attack but look at teams like Melbourne and St George. They win games with their defense and wrestle nothing else. They are the most boring teams with the ball, if you score 20 against those teams you win.

[Guest]

No they aren't soft - they are either poorly coached or dumb or both, they don't hunt as a pack in either attack or defence.

I'd say the same for Pearce and Friend.

[Guest]

Alot comes back to when we give them the ball

It seems to take an eternity to give the big blokes the ball, by the time they get it they are running at a brick wall

Many times today we had 3 good hit ups and play the ball's only for Mitchell, Pearce and Braith to go bilnd or go from dummy half.

Totally wasting the momentum built

Spot on.

The whole d/h running gameplan is old and other coaches have figured it out a long time ago.

Our props get the ball with the defensive line in their face.

[OMR]

You're kidding right.. They gave us no go forward at all & were pissweak in defence !!! Can't attack without some sort of dominance... But in saying that even if they had contributed anything today we haven't got the backs to capitalise..

I stand corrected, but I read somewhere that we were tackled 27 times inside their 20 in the 1st half!!!!! FMD Big Fella how many more chances you want? With some creativity and/or some 2nd phase play and decent decoy runners, we should have scored at least 2 tries from that amount of possession.
Pearce was kick happy when at times a short ball or a cut out pass would have been a better option.

[Guest]

Our backline has nothing in attack. Same as last year.

In 2010 it was all Carney feeding SKD.

[Guest]

Kennedy and JWH went good. The rest were woeful.

[Pass the Ball]

I must have watched a different game because I thought JWH was a big pansy yesterday..

He set the whole game up with that first sissy hit-up of the match in which he got dominated and it just continued from there..

One shoulder charge is not enough for me.

The boys were clearly not prepared for the match...

I spoke to Matt Elliott a few weeks ago and he told me there will be plenty to look forward to, but to also expect a lot of inconsistency this year...

[Guest]

I spoke to Matt Elliott a few weeks ago and he told me there will be plenty to look forward to, but to also expect a lot of inconsistency this year...

He meant to look forward to the end of the season because this nightmare will be over.

Which cricket team is coming?

[Guest]

Our backs need to stop so much dummy half running and pass the ball to our forwards. They will have more touches of the ball and get more of a roll on!

[Guest]

Sack Fitzy.

[stsae]

Our backs need to stop so much dummy half running and pass the ball to our forwards. They will have more touches of the ball and get more of a roll on!

You see when Mini passed the other day???

Geez imagine Carntey and Pezz getting in on the act.