@RiverRat I like Army and how he puts in RR, it's just that IMO we need an injection of players who are hard at it and also have a bit more class in terms of not only how they shut down players but how they hurt the opposition in more positive ways.
Cachia is starting to show some of this but Army and Curnow don't IMO - or at least not enough. Carrots was also in that latter category last night.
Yes, Carrots could well turn things around and I hope he does. I don't think we'll actually get rid of him yet, but he may be challenged to hold his place in the 22.
Did anyone notice how lacklustre the team song was sung after the game? Didn't look good. I think a big problem with this side is they have too many introverts and not enough that show genuine leadership qualities.
The only teams who sing the song with much gusto when they beat a bottom 4 side, is other bottom 4 sides.
Yeah, you wouldn't want to pay the 'Aints the compliment of singing the song with gusto after beating them>
Talking commentary team again Brian "Blues Trasher" Taylor and Luke Darcehole are a disgrace and their bias knows no bounds. Just a couple of motor-mouth morons who provide no meaningful analysis or insights into the game. Are they having a lend of us? Just a constant stream of biassed drivel - Foxtel please note, "Get Rid of Them please!"
Where was Garlett tonight ?? Hardly saw him at all.
What did people think of the physical aggression in the first quarter ?? Thought it was a good sign but it didn't actually help us perform any better than what we normally do.
I was happy to see a few of our players lining up to whack Clint Jones who was tagging Murph!
While I'm happy to get the win I'm not getting carried away with that performance - we need to play better than that if we are to beat North next week in what is almost a finals elimination game.
I would like to see us stick with Hendo up forward now - we need to look for another KPD to replace him IMO. Rowe also did well and we need to persevere with him as a forward.
Watson kicked very well apart from one lapse and did a few things but I must say I've have doubts about him making it. There was one occasion I recall when his man got goal side of him and he was literally glacier-like in getting back - in fact he made no effort at all - a worry, but we'll see I guess.
Making hard work of this against a very ordinary team. Still having the lapses. Rowe and Hendo looked dangerous at times, let's hope we see more of that in the 2H and that Murph's leg holds up.
re: Milne....gets off on the crowd booing him and loves to stick up opposing cheer squads etc....I hope we leave it alone and just play footy and he doesnt get too much insperation from being heckled.
Interesting choice for MM will be who plays on Reiwoldt...do you play Henderson forward and leave Jamo on NR which means McInnes would probably have to play on Tom Lee. IF Jamo gets NR you know it will be the same old same old from NR dragging Jamo up the ground and leaving a big hole down forward for Milne to work in..
In the earlier Saints game NR mercilessly dragged Jamo around the ground and ran him into the deck. We should certainly avoid that same pitfall. If Riewoldt leaves our defensive zone then someone else should go with him or pick him up. I would be tempted to think of Walker - try to spoil and then exploit him on the rebound?
We are not in good shape atm IOT - maybe tonight we can turn it around?
Four games just past to define our season or draw a line in the sand. We didn't. I'm not sure about those kinds of games anyway. How many of us thought we had draw a line in the sand in R3 2012 when we physically smashed a team which had traditionally bullied us?
I am interested to see how our guys play though. I expect a comfortable win but it's a dead rubber so I want to see if they just go through the motions.
The line in the sand I want to see is the one that says that whenever we take to the field we each give our absolute 100% utmost for the team. That's the most important thing for us atm. Making a start on that one would be good and keeping it up for the rest of the year would be even better!
If anyone wants to talk "Line in the Sand" then this one is it.
That's a few times I've seen this game referred to as a "Line in the Sand" game. We're talking about a team sitting which has cemented a spot in the bottom 4 - we're in worse shape than even I thought if this is line in the sand stuff.
We are not in good shape atm IOT - maybe tonight we can turn it around?
