Player ratings
1. Sailor 2/10 worst game ive seen him play, just looked disjointed in attack and made a lot of errors, almost a 1/10
2. Mariner 6/10 one bad read in defence and one average error, but scored 2 tries, one he shouldn't have scored & that was pretty cool
3. Kotoni 6/10 had some real ticker but made a few annoying errors , stinging D
4. Cobbo 4/10 threatening but kept on dropping it early in the set. He looks gassed. I think a week off could do him wonders.
5. Karapani 7/10 I thought he was our best back, few good runs, no errors and alright in D
6. Ezra 5/10 bit one dimensional tonight, but tried to make things happen. Also looks super fatigued.
7. Jock 3/10 that first play kick really set the tone of the night, where was our direction? not good at all.
8. Haas 6/10 first stint was... Kinda bad? Second run was average Haas which is better than 90% of nrl props
9. Billy 7/10 actually thought Billy had a decent game, was threatening with his runs and defended fairly well
10. Jensen 6/10 quiet... Perhaps too quiet. Didn't notice first stint, and 2 good runs in the second.
11. Piakura 3/10 brain dead in first half and then retracted into shell in second half
12. Riki 5/10 I think he was both good and bad. His chance down on Latrell was epic and he tried to put some hits on but it just wasn't coming off.
13. Patty 6/10 big effort but he looks fatigued as well.
Hetherington did nothing 4/10
Gosiewski did just slightly more than nothing 4.1/10
Smoothy was pretty one dimensional and non-threatening 5/10
Weapon X was the only sub that had impact, and for mine he was our best forward last night 7/10
Overall, we look tired, slow and dumb. Not ideal. It's not looking pretty for the boys, I think tonight showed that Sailor can probably fill the void if Reyno is playing, and Jock can fill the void if Reece is playing... But they can't operate a spine together. Those 2 and Piakura were our three worst, sailor by a pretty comfortable margin.
The problem is no Reyno, but I don't know the answer. Probably just play safe as hell and try to frustrate the opposition into making mistakes. It's just whether or not they, as a group, can do that right now. Everyone looks wrecked.