Big Pete
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Time for Sydney to put this one to bed.
Souths have nothing tonight.
Souths have nothing tonight.
Big Pete
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14 to go and I reckon both teams would be happy to hear the full-time siren.
Awful stuff at the moment.
Awful stuff at the moment.
Morkel
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What's happened to the Burgess twins? They used to be able to drag 4 defenders 20 metres at will. It's not fatigue, per se, as if it were they'd start well and fade. But maybe they're trying to conserve energy in order to last decent minutes? Or they've just expected that Sam returning would mean they get an easy ride now?
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So glad I tipped the Rorters.....shit match though. The Rorters were determined from the outset.
Big Pete
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SKD has been Souths best tonight.
Sets up another try, this time to Cody Walker.
There's still time...
Sets up another try, this time to Cody Walker.
There's still time...
BroncosAlways
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If anyone caught Hastings fist pump after the siren, there's about 10,000 memos you could make out of it.
Morkel
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We have our new shake-weight ambassador for one.
Porthoz
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Is there a worse pair of centres than souffs?
Jeez they miss Reynolds organisation and kicking game. GI and SBurger are ordinary too at the moment.
Jeez they miss Reynolds organisation and kicking game. GI and SBurger are ordinary too at the moment.
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Inglis looked like he doesn't give a shit. Hardly involving himself in attack and his kick returns were soft.
Alec
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Goddamn I hate Souffs so much. How the **** could you let the Poosters beat you.
Alec
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Napa is quality though. Him and McGuire could dominate for QLD in the near future together.
Big Pete
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That win should give the Roosters a lot of confidence.
Souths may not have been at their best, but Sydney had a say in that. The way they opened the game, absorbing Souths attack, asserting themselves physically it took it's toll on Souths and they weren't able to shake it. Suddenly after all that early ball, it seemed as if Souths were rushing trying to conjure up something out of nothing without any real direction. Sydney were able to survive and walk away with a nice upset victory.
It's going to be an interesting couple of weeks ahead for both sides.
Sydney take on Penrith, St George Illawarra and Newcastle. If they can build on what they produced tonight, it wouldn't be surprising to see them go at least 2/3 if not 3/3 and suddenly they're 4-5 and back in the hunt.
Meanwhile Souths have to travel to Queensland in order to play the reigning grand finalists. @ North Queensland then @ Brisbane - it maybe one of the toughest road trips in the game at the moment and if their recent form is any suggestion they could be starring at the barrel of 3-5. If things continue to get worse they could be 3-7 pending what Wests Tigers or Parramatta outfit shows up.
And in the interest of consistency. Last night I was critical of Josh Dugan's performance. Now a lot of people rated that performance, they thought he went well and I can somewhat see their point. Tonight his State of Origin opposite had a shocker and I'm beginning to have some serious concerns over GI. A few weeks back, I thought Dugan out-played GI and if we were weighing up performances I think Duges would get it again on points. I can't count out a champion like GI but his form is concerning.
Souths may not have been at their best, but Sydney had a say in that. The way they opened the game, absorbing Souths attack, asserting themselves physically it took it's toll on Souths and they weren't able to shake it. Suddenly after all that early ball, it seemed as if Souths were rushing trying to conjure up something out of nothing without any real direction. Sydney were able to survive and walk away with a nice upset victory.
It's going to be an interesting couple of weeks ahead for both sides.
Sydney take on Penrith, St George Illawarra and Newcastle. If they can build on what they produced tonight, it wouldn't be surprising to see them go at least 2/3 if not 3/3 and suddenly they're 4-5 and back in the hunt.
Meanwhile Souths have to travel to Queensland in order to play the reigning grand finalists. @ North Queensland then @ Brisbane - it maybe one of the toughest road trips in the game at the moment and if their recent form is any suggestion they could be starring at the barrel of 3-5. If things continue to get worse they could be 3-7 pending what Wests Tigers or Parramatta outfit shows up.
And in the interest of consistency. Last night I was critical of Josh Dugan's performance. Now a lot of people rated that performance, they thought he went well and I can somewhat see their point. Tonight his State of Origin opposite had a shocker and I'm beginning to have some serious concerns over GI. A few weeks back, I thought Dugan out-played GI and if we were weighing up performances I think Duges would get it again on points. I can't count out a champion like GI but his form is concerning.
mitch222
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Souths were pretty ordinary
they really look like they are desperate to get Reynolds back for some direction
they really look like they are desperate to get Reynolds back for some direction
Porthoz
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This is typical GI though... going a bit shit at the start of the season, until Origin arrives and suddenly he finds form and destroys everything around him.
He is getting older, so it may take him a bit longer to get going, but dismissing that guy is asking for trouble.
He is getting older, so it may take him a bit longer to get going, but dismissing that guy is asking for trouble.
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He's to fat GI. I wouldn't even have him in my origin side. He's done as a player of force
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Big Pete
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I know Souths are missing Reynolds but if you look at season so far it doesn't bode well for their future.
Round 1 v Roosters - Crushed an ordinary Sydney outfit starting from square one. They took advantage of Ferguson who was playing out of position and a rookie defensive formation and prospered.
Round 2 v Knights - Crushed an ordinary Knights outfit who were in a similar position to Sydney except they were even further behind than the Roosters.
Round 3 v Dragons - Were only able to score the one try against a toothless Dragons outfit and lost.
Round 4 v Bulldogs - Were completely destroyed by the Bulldogs in one of the worst halves of footy you'll see.
Round 5 v Sea Eagles - Blew the Sea Eagles off the park in the opening 15 minutes. Managed to hang on against an attack missing it's key playmaker...and only just.
Round 6 v Sydney - Lost against a winless Roosters outfit. Both tries came off of unforced errors by SKD.
Outside of that opening fifteen minutes against Manly, they've been very ordinary over the past month of football. Reynolds should provide them with more structure but I struggle to see them posing any real threat come September. Burgess trio or no Burgess trio.
Round 1 v Roosters - Crushed an ordinary Sydney outfit starting from square one. They took advantage of Ferguson who was playing out of position and a rookie defensive formation and prospered.
Round 2 v Knights - Crushed an ordinary Knights outfit who were in a similar position to Sydney except they were even further behind than the Roosters.
Round 3 v Dragons - Were only able to score the one try against a toothless Dragons outfit and lost.
Round 4 v Bulldogs - Were completely destroyed by the Bulldogs in one of the worst halves of footy you'll see.
Round 5 v Sea Eagles - Blew the Sea Eagles off the park in the opening 15 minutes. Managed to hang on against an attack missing it's key playmaker...and only just.
Round 6 v Sydney - Lost against a winless Roosters outfit. Both tries came off of unforced errors by SKD.
Outside of that opening fifteen minutes against Manly, they've been very ordinary over the past month of football. Reynolds should provide them with more structure but I struggle to see them posing any real threat come September. Burgess trio or no Burgess trio.
