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- Mar 7, 2008
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You're so so right. My close mate (the Cronulla guy who won the 50k in the Sportsbet tiping comp and wasn't found for three months!!) said straight after the gf 'we just belted the *****'. Quite the wordsmith my mateThis is never as obvious than watching any team that plays Melbourne. They never beat Melbourne by playing cute and efficient, every time Melbourne lose a game it's because the opposition came in and want to smash them. It's how Cronulla have a good record against them, they're not afraid, they go in and rattle them. Melbourne are so good that it doesn't always work, but when you play hard and sting in defence, the attack is always going to be a bit more hesitant to take on the line, think twice before they run, make mistakes while they pass because they're afraid of getting belted. It's not the magic trick to winning the game like you say, but when your base line is tackling and hurting them, the footy follows.
It's frustrating stuff. The first 30 minutes against Melbourne we were monstering them and it showed on the scoreboard, then we went back to passive rubbish defence and we fell apart.
His point is well made, bashing Melbourne works but sure, only half the time. You also need fearless heavy hitters throughout your team and we just don't have many of them. TPJ and Flegs, Carrigan sometimes, reserve Te'o and possibly Haas if someone could make him angry enough.