Its easy for us to identify the negatives from tonight. But we have a second chance, so I'm now thinking if what we can capitalise on from tonight, and have come up with the following:
1. I thought JSL has only been solid so far this season, but tonight he was very good. A number of offloads that have been missing to date. We need that to continue to establish more go forward
2. I actually thought we started well. Yes, only until their first try, but initially we defended like the Manly of old, and made a few metres, again, something to build on
3. We showed pride in scoring those last four tries - something that appeared to be missing for the first 60 minutes
4. We all saw what happened on our left wing - that can be rectified by making a simple change
5. A lot of the play that contributed to those tries was quite accomplished - we still have good attack in us
6. Lyon's goal kicking - 4 from 4, mostly from very wide out
7. With luck we won't lose whoever plays hooker next week after 20 minutes (by the way, I hope Hodges is OK - he was playing alright too)
8. The performances of Stewart, Matai, Lyon, Foran, TRed, JSL and Lui were all OK
9. We scored 24 points against a red hot side
10. Neither Melbourne or Bulldogs are as good as Souths
Anything else?
1. I thought JSL has only been solid so far this season, but tonight he was very good. A number of offloads that have been missing to date. We need that to continue to establish more go forward
2. I actually thought we started well. Yes, only until their first try, but initially we defended like the Manly of old, and made a few metres, again, something to build on
3. We showed pride in scoring those last four tries - something that appeared to be missing for the first 60 minutes
4. We all saw what happened on our left wing - that can be rectified by making a simple change
5. A lot of the play that contributed to those tries was quite accomplished - we still have good attack in us
6. Lyon's goal kicking - 4 from 4, mostly from very wide out
7. With luck we won't lose whoever plays hooker next week after 20 minutes (by the way, I hope Hodges is OK - he was playing alright too)
8. The performances of Stewart, Matai, Lyon, Foran, TRed, JSL and Lui were all OK
9. We scored 24 points against a red hot side
10. Neither Melbourne or Bulldogs are as good as Souths
Anything else?