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Reserve Grader
The good:
In terms of players - Hoppa at fullback superb job covering for Brett. Buhrer at odd position of centre was also superb. Watmough very strong all night and seems to have cut down the dumb stuff a bit thank god. King and Kite both strong running efforts. Foran superb again and is going to win us a premiership in next few years. Oldfield really excellent. As reliable and wonderful as he's been in the past you've got to now question how Robbo can be picked ahead of Oldfield in 2011. Tim Robinson exc off bench (how good was that 50 metre bust). Like Robbo I now also question how George can be picked ahead of Robinson. Harrison off bench also a good young star of future. DCE still needs time but there's some good things in there. Pretty hard to be a superstar in just 4 games it's taken Foran a season and a half to get to where he is now in dominating games.
In terms of general performance - I really liked our attack tonight - a lot of deep penetrating sweeping plays across the park - we created a lot of holes in their defence. Plus our guts to come back from 32-14. I bet I wasn't the only one to think at 32-14 we might get 50 put on us. In the end the score slightly flattered us as Souths played very well and prob deserved it more, but we showed we are right in every game and it was a great fightback to the end. If we make sure of what should be strong wins against Cron (A) and Warriors and Pen (Brookie) we'll be in good shape.
The bad:
Not much overall. A few lapses in defence tonight - but perhaps a tough call to criticise too greatly given their 3 damaging second half tries were all just great attacking play and Inglis would have run through 99% of players on that bust he made. You couldn't blame Lyon for missing him Inglis is a huge man.
The ugly:
Brett being out. Man that scared me but hopefully a hammie twinge only and no big deal. Plus hated seeing a 50% fit Lyon out there who was a shadow of himself, but there's better days ahead, and let's not forget he did put on the superb chip kick for Oldfield to score.
Summary:
I'm gutted as always when we lose, but taking a deep breath it wasn't too bad, Souths played very well, and despite some setbacks we nearly pulled off a miracle. Foran is just getting better and better and better. Let's now smash the Sharks, Warriors and Penrith.
In terms of players - Hoppa at fullback superb job covering for Brett. Buhrer at odd position of centre was also superb. Watmough very strong all night and seems to have cut down the dumb stuff a bit thank god. King and Kite both strong running efforts. Foran superb again and is going to win us a premiership in next few years. Oldfield really excellent. As reliable and wonderful as he's been in the past you've got to now question how Robbo can be picked ahead of Oldfield in 2011. Tim Robinson exc off bench (how good was that 50 metre bust). Like Robbo I now also question how George can be picked ahead of Robinson. Harrison off bench also a good young star of future. DCE still needs time but there's some good things in there. Pretty hard to be a superstar in just 4 games it's taken Foran a season and a half to get to where he is now in dominating games.
In terms of general performance - I really liked our attack tonight - a lot of deep penetrating sweeping plays across the park - we created a lot of holes in their defence. Plus our guts to come back from 32-14. I bet I wasn't the only one to think at 32-14 we might get 50 put on us. In the end the score slightly flattered us as Souths played very well and prob deserved it more, but we showed we are right in every game and it was a great fightback to the end. If we make sure of what should be strong wins against Cron (A) and Warriors and Pen (Brookie) we'll be in good shape.
The bad:
Not much overall. A few lapses in defence tonight - but perhaps a tough call to criticise too greatly given their 3 damaging second half tries were all just great attacking play and Inglis would have run through 99% of players on that bust he made. You couldn't blame Lyon for missing him Inglis is a huge man.
The ugly:
Brett being out. Man that scared me but hopefully a hammie twinge only and no big deal. Plus hated seeing a 50% fit Lyon out there who was a shadow of himself, but there's better days ahead, and let's not forget he did put on the superb chip kick for Oldfield to score.
Summary:
I'm gutted as always when we lose, but taking a deep breath it wasn't too bad, Souths played very well, and despite some setbacks we nearly pulled off a miracle. Foran is just getting better and better and better. Let's now smash the Sharks, Warriors and Penrith.