Saints are class...But that kick chase was unacceptable

Errors, penalties, huge gaps in defence, missed tackles, no clue on attack.

If we avoid a 50 point beating I'll be amazed.

Utter garbage spineless performance from some, beaten before we got on the field. Ava non existent again Prior pure trash, their starting props just walked through us, second week in a row starting props no show.
If people think we need one more prop their way off need 3-4 new props.

This was clearly going to happen after last week.

Apparently everyone was beating their conditioning scores from the return and looking fit, hate to see what they were before.

Some similar traits as last week. Clear a econd best in terms of physicality in contact (defence and attack), speed of movement and speed of thought. Error count is crippling. Bouncing/falling off too many tackles in defence. Going for forward the players don’t seem on the same page, not running the right lines, taking the ball static etc. We turned it round last week, getting a real roll on, fingers crossed we can repeat that, but I’m not seeing it.
Sadly this side is underpowered physically, and undercooked from a coaching perspective. Three quarters lack physicality or pace. Pack lacks size and physicality to get any go forward, getting run over the top of by Saints. Gale again looks like he’s trying to thread passes but players aren’t running the lines he wants, too often stood still. Mclelland does look more involved than Lui was last week.

Is this the Rich Agar effect we all secretly knew was going to appear sooner or later?

This forum is going to be fun this week


We have been bloody awful, but the over reaction on here will be epic.

Doug: "I dont want to go, lets go back, we can win this"
Colby: "Who said that?"

When the pack no show, it’s hard for the halves, the front row has been appalling and Prior has missed half of the teams tackles.

We’ve been so poor in defence we’re getting rolled and marched downfield. Saints have been pretty good but far from perfect.

I’ve said from the start that Agar is a really nice bloke, and he understands what is happening in fine detail, but he’s not capable of fixing it. It’s been the same at every club he’s been at.

The squad isn’t great by any means, But they are capable of much better than they are putting out tonight. Let’s see if the words of wisdom from our coaching team will make a difference for the second half. Unless we complete more tackles, dominate some collisions, and hold onto the ball, this is going to get ugly...

Doug: "I did"
Sid: "It's not as though we're being slaughtered skipper"

2 performances like these and people are entitled to rubbish the team, I dont think its an over reaction, they've been truly awful.

Seth what was you expecting in this game?

No backbone as shown by that first line break of the 2nd half.

Yes they have been awful I won’t argue with that.