As a total neutral Tony Archer seemed to do plenty to ensure Lockyer went out on a winning note and that Thurston injury was shocking.
Yeah Archer sure blew his whistle in Qld's favour plenty of times. Too bad if was for awarding tries...
Waiver the blame? lol Qld had Set after Set after set after Set after set after set after set in the first half. As i said you fruit loop, Mini played ****, But im not gonna direct all the blame on him when QLD were so dominating. There kicking game was perfect and there defense was strong, Each time we got the ball in our half we only made 30m. Our forwards were trampled and (excluding Gallen) were all running side ways. Uate was running the ball harder then our forwards. You go ahead and blame 1 man. I Agree he played **** but QLD were just too good. and our "Mobile" pack back fired, QLD were ready for them tonight.
**** whats the go with the video ref on hannants try , see it every weekend in the nrl team mates pushing their bloke forward in tackles and no one gives a toss . another one is hodgo gets called held as he passes the ball ref stops play and tells hodgo to play the ball, every week in the nrl its a scrum and feed to the opposition with the ref saying sorry to the ball passer on the mike. ****ed if i know whats going on here.
I think in the first instance they didn't want to see the score blow out to 50 . In relation to Hodgo, I believe the run changed recently where if it was passed at the same time the ref has called held, they play the ball.
Well let's see, Mini dropped the ball from his first touch. He ****ed it when Creagh passed to him. He stood and waited for the ball to bounce his way. So when he got it the QLD boys just rolled him into the in goal. He let it bounce off his legs which QLD then regathered and took it over for a try. He then failed to be anywhere near where the ball was being played in our 20. Hence leading to many breaks and clean passage to the try line. He knocked on from Pearce's pass down QLD's end. He tried to run out of his in goal up right against 4 QLD players and got **** ****ed into the in goal. Again. He dropped the ball running loose carries twice. So yeah he was ****ing horrendous, and that 70% possession was literally ushered on by most of the above mistakes. His worst performance I have ever seen, it really annoyed me because as a seasoned player he shouldn't have made ANY of the above mistakes, and neither would have 4 years ago.
This. In the first half we were averaging bout 5m a hit up and QLD was just running over us and averaging about 13m a run. We really need some quality big men.
We have some, they just neglected to use them... Tom Learoyd-Lars, Hindmarsh, Heighington to name a few... All would have slotted in perfectly...
I'm out of OZ so have missed most of the season but was suprised Tom Learoyd-Lars wasn't playing and does Hindy still make himself available?
Yeah mate, Hindy has made himself available for years, but has been snubbed for a long time. Which is rediculous he had been top 3 tacklers for years... Most consistent and best 2nd rower of the decade...