It can only be game defining if the team has enough quality to capitalise on strokes of good luck. Good teams punish every inch given to them, and have the resilience to turn things around in spite of poor calls from the referee.
The decision not to sin bin Sezar could well have been "game...
We never want a situation like in other sports where it is acceptable to shout and swear in referees faces. The way soccer players carry on towards the ref is an embarassment.
This stuff filters down to local footy too. If young kids (even some adults) see that kind of behaviour, more often...
Its a fair point, I think where we might disagree is that imo at this stage based on form in inferior competitions, all mentioned bar maybe matamua and s fainu would be significant downgrades on Twal and Seyfarth. Im not happy about it, but i think thats the reality.
I just dont think...
Yep, I think they are just names on paper to a lot of people. I'm convinced they haven't actually seem them kick a ball this year.
Reality is all those guys have individually struggled at different points in the lower grades this year. Kit Laulilii has looked out of his depth on several...
Yep they dont have the cattle, but theres things wrong beyond a lack of talent imo. The decision making, lack of composure and total inability to build pressure are things that are so ingrained at this club
Understand what you are saying mate but to me defence is mainly effort. Our defence has improved 10 fold compared to the end of last year, but it terms of points conceded we are almost exactly where we were at this point last season. If we dont win some games expect our defence to get worse...
Blaming the ref is easy. We were so bad in that 2nd half. The attack is dreadful, discline is worse. Maybe I dont get it but I dont see where our points are coming from on their line. We were out muscled and out worked. Things are grim
I know he has better cattle around him, but the way Sexton drops back and totally dominates is what Sullivan should be doing. Thing is Sullivan has dominated this level before. He looks worse than when he started