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Game Day thread - Rnd 18 vs Norf
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Apologies if pointed out earlier, and not sure what thread to post this in, so I'll put it here.
For all that happened or didn't happen today, there was one mistake that was totally unforgiveable, and our players keep making it.
Zurhaar's last goal, ultimately the match winner, was due to the most amateurish set-up around a stoppage imaginable. To not have player at the front of the throw in, with the stage the game was at and where the throw-in took place, and another player between the front of the contest and the goal, primarily to prevent Zurhaar having an easier shot at goal, is beyond belief.
That Zurhaar managed to get that ball and move through the contested area untouched or challenged to kick a goal is mind-blowing. If he is good enough to do it under pressure from other players, so be it. But he was under no pressure whatsoever. None.
If you watch the footage of it, we have four players between the goal and the contest. Only two have a direct opponent, Pickett and Tarrant. Miller and Vlos do not have direct opponents. Yet if you look at it, these four players are really covering a corridor of about 10 meters. And all to the side of the contest.
Pickett does go to cut off Zurhaar but cops a very intelligent shepherd from his opponent which knocks him to ground. Miller dives to try and smother, but by then it is all over.
And to cap it all off, we have no one on the goal line. So Zurhaar has the luxury in that situation of grubbing the ball through rather having to kicking it higher, which due to the angle has a higher level of difficulty.
I seriously doubt this is poor coaching. This is on the players.
For all that happened or didn't happen today, there was one mistake that was totally unforgiveable, and our players keep making it.
Zurhaar's last goal, ultimately the match winner, was due to the most amateurish set-up around a stoppage imaginable. To not have player at the front of the throw in, with the stage the game was at and where the throw-in took place, and another player between the front of the contest and the goal, primarily to prevent Zurhaar having an easier shot at goal, is beyond belief.
That Zurhaar managed to get that ball and move through the contested area untouched or challenged to kick a goal is mind-blowing. If he is good enough to do it under pressure from other players, so be it. But he was under no pressure whatsoever. None.
If you watch the footage of it, we have four players between the goal and the contest. Only two have a direct opponent, Pickett and Tarrant. Miller and Vlos do not have direct opponents. Yet if you look at it, these four players are really covering a corridor of about 10 meters. And all to the side of the contest.
Pickett does go to cut off Zurhaar but cops a very intelligent shepherd from his opponent which knocks him to ground. Miller dives to try and smother, but by then it is all over.
And to cap it all off, we have no one on the goal line. So Zurhaar has the luxury in that situation of grubbing the ball through rather having to kicking it higher, which due to the angle has a higher level of difficulty.
I seriously doubt this is poor coaching. This is on the players.
Nah, I don't agree. l bet the coaches have been through it with them a thousand times
The players have to see that for themselves. They had all the time to set up for the contest as it was a throw in. No one showed the required leadership to assess the situation and direct players in to position.
Have to say that if we had some luck early on instead of lolnorf fluking goals from every angle and ball bouncing their way, it would've reduced the pressure for us to concentrate.
They didn’t execute what they had been coached, that’s on the players.
Dimma was angry about that one, highlighted in the presser
Kind of getting sick of Dimma press.
Tells us why we lost and how we can improve.
Next week, we lose the same way. Tells again how we lost and how’ll we’ll improve.
Following week we lose again the same way.
Same old story. No improvement
That’s doesn’t necessarily have to be the case in this day and age.
I assume the coaches also coach them to kick like 3 year olds too?? Sometimes the players have to take the responsibility and some of them failed miserably.
Vlas, Grimes, Broad, Pickett, Nank plus whoever else was at that stoppage who are multiple premiership players should be able to work that stuff out. Gotta say Grimes as Captain has been a disaster. He is a backline general, but an awful leaders of the team. Makes more critical mistakes than anyone
When you kick 22 points it’s not about luck it’s about poor goal kicking and absolutely wasting opportunities.
Tony Braxton-Hicks
There are no stupid ideas, just stupid people
Next year we'll be taking two steps backwards so we can take three steps forward.
Another Two steps backwards and we’ll fall off the cliff.
Yeah it was the misses that hurt us. Sure North kicked some out of their arse, but seriously Nank missed 2 shots at goal, 1 from barely 15 out dead in front and the other a set shot from about 20 out, missed both. Goldstein smashed one through from outside 50. The 2nd Nank one was a killer, they went straight down the other end and kicked 1 of their 2 goals in the 3rd quarter.
Is that because they’re not listening to the coaches anymore or do they just don’t care
Some real bad signs around our energy levels. Tired legs, missed tackles, lack of run and spread, fumbles, dropped marks, missed easy shots at goal. All signs of fatigue and looks like we've spent all our gas tickets for the year. Again questions need to be raised about our conditioning guys.
