03-24-2017, 11:45 PM
(03-24-2017, 11:21 PM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:Spot on, I wasnt suggesting it was due to lack of speed.No problem - my mistake. RR is spot on - we sagged off especially from mid way through the first qtr to half time. I think we only had about 25 tackles to half time. It meant the Tigers had time and space to break away from clearances, and they had more numbers at the contest than us. Last year I thought our pressure around the ball was good, but it really looked poor in the JLT and it continued during Rd1. If we don't fix that up we will get spanked hard against the better teams.
We were competitive in games last year because we were hard to score against. Thursday night was back to the bad old days - 132 pts and 32 scoring shots against us, by a team that is middle of the road at best IMO. I pray we can flick the switch during the week on this or it's going to get ugly.