Our first line defence is non existent these days. Too many missed tackles which puts the opposition on the front foot very quickly.
I agree with the ref but we have only ourselves to blame this past weekend. The game was there for the taking and our simple mistakes cost us in the end. One thing that gets to me... WHERE ARE THE TOUCH JUDGES? They are useless at their jobs! How they can not see forward passes when they are in line with the play is mind boggling. They need white cards!
Anyone heard anything about the fight and the players? That was disgusting. The NZ okes dont try to stop the fight but rather get stuck in. The one oke was uppercutting even! JP tried to stop one barny and got klapped himself. Disappointing from everyone involved.
I agree with this. I thought Kankowski was fairly accurate at half time in saying that we needed to get our structures back, both for attack And defense. That was SORELY lacking this last game... It seemed like no-one was sure of their place/tactics. While I think we are being hit with the most harsh bias so far in the S15, poor defense is our achilles heel right now.
I say this tentatively, but for me this also suggests lack of PROPER leadership when the actual onfield leaders (Lambie/Bis) are absent from the game. I agree with Mephisto on Jannie and Marius. I'm not sure where Jannie got his qualification from, but he certainly doesn't show much intelligence on the field - ala slapping Hurricane dude propogating mass hysteria onfield - and I don't recall the last time I saw him actually try breaking a tackle instead of just hitting the deck to try set up the next phase.
And as for Marius, he was supposed to be our solution to the lack of decent centre pairing. A winger is performing better than him and Whitehead is to me the best centre we've had in ages. I also have very little affection for Bosman as a centre, but feel he still does a better job as a replacement than Marius.
I realise this may be harsh on some of the guys who haven't necessarily played badly, but then look where we are on the log. This isn't the level to allow guys who play 'OK' to go forward.
I too would like to know the outcome of that citing HB... I think Jannie will probably come off the worst, even though technically the Hurricanes started it. Agree'd though... shocking display by those who fought!
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