bondiblue wrote:
Paddycripps wrote:
I still can't get over the second quarter. Yes we have away frees and in turn territory and momentum BUT for the whole quarter we had no numbers at the ball, the entire group just stopped trying.
Isn't it incumbent on the coach, ultimately to fix this continual problem relating to lack of consistent effort?
Dead right.
Outnumbered at every contest in the 2nd.
Strange stuff TBH.
Fitness? Concentration? Game Plan?
I was at the game... I try to get to most.
I watch match ups, strategies etc..
Despite clangers and some poor performances.... We lost the game in the 2nd quarter.. No doubt...
It's the WHY which is the worry.
From where I sat, this is what I saw...
Brisbane clearly came out fired up (instructed?).... They went straight at the ball,....
We were meek.. Worse... We were slow and thinking about going to the contest...
It's no coincidence some Brisbane players got knocks, head cuts etc... We didn't.
Not only did we start taking 'smaller steps', Brisbane went full (Robbo style) at it, but we looked slow, missed tackles etc..... as expected when we started second guessing.
Interestingly, the umps saw it too and got on board (for Brisbane)... They paid the frees to those making the play (not us) and ignored the throws etc....not blaming them... they too were reacting to the 'momentum shift'....
A BIG WORRY.....
That was the difference in the game (plus about 3 extra clangers)
Go Blues