jodragon40
Staff
The stats at half-time indicated we were matching the Cowboys. The stats at full-time showed what I feared they were playing in 3rd gear with another 3 to go. The Cowboys still had a gear left at the end. 2 forwards ran for 100m + Sua and Mcguire. Lawrie would have easily run the 100m + had he not spent 41 min sitting on the bench. Now that is a head scratcher. The Cowboys showed they had contingency plans just in case plan A wasn't working. Their coach showed he could read the game and re adapt . So he targets Hunt in the defensive line standing next to Bird with his young backrowers. On the other side of the field he targets Amone with another dragons discard Leilua . Sua is there to help Amone . Sua makes 35 tackles missing 4, Amone makes 14 tackles missing 8. This eventually wears out Sua hence the hair pull. I have said this all season Amone is not 1st grade standard in defence and because he is constantly targeted his offensive game is non existent. At half time we had missed only 16 tackles so we were on target to reach an acceptable 30 odd per game but 2nd half we missed 28 tackles both Hunt and Amone missing 8 each. This is why we have a for and against record now worse than all but 4 other teams even the Bulldogs sitting below us have a better record. With defensive stats like this yes Griffin and Gentle should go. Personally I cannot see us being a competitive top 4 team until at least 2025 based on the current staff and playing group and that saddens me greatly.