We always say Moran has alot of influence buying players, msn-ing Mr Johns, finding us quality pre match entertainment etc but to riff on what has been said.

Maybe the whole club is complacent as is is actually not present alot but his money is if needed. Long as you keep saying the rights, can give the impression that the ship isnt sinking. That is until you notice the rats have gone.


But we got a A grade license....

did anyone see the highlights of the game when we it was 18 all and the catalans player got sin binned by the ref , and the ref was a disgrace tbh, when james lowes signaled 4 the 2 points he was relaxed on a chair in the box doin nothin in my opinion it looked like he could not be bothered watchin the game and makin decisions

Lowes body language is not at all positive, at best he looks totally bored - in fact he has never inspired me at all.

I would like to see him showing a bit of enthusiasm when things go well and anger when his plans / tactics (??!!) are not followed by the players.

And his media sound bites are becoming rather annoying - honesty is all well and good, but being honest about your own personal failings week after week is a bad career move.

Finally - this is not a 2 game slump - this is the continuation of last seasons 6 /7 match capitulation - we are on a major slide, needs sorting.

Anyone got Tony Smith's mobile number ??

Hopefully Simon Moran.

Now here's another point about the coaching staff. How come we can only do a reverse kick under the sticks for a chaser when Bridge is on the pitch. Is Riley not quick enough, Anderson or many others, yet we only seem to play for that when Bridge is there.

How come we very rarely use the bomb?

How come we very rarely use a high kick to King?

Again, and I'm sick of repeating myself, why does Hicks have to take the kick offs when he's goal kicking? Last Sat, on at least 2 kick offs in the 2nd half, there was almost 20 metres of empty touchline for a short hard kick, yet Hicks puts a dolly up 15 metres out.

I seen the highlights of Manly against Quins t'other day, and this is something I've noticed with the other Aussie halves (Cronk, Thurston etc.), their kicking to the corners is fantastic, the variation they have is fantastic, sometimes it's a low hanging kick which can be plucked out of the air at speed (like Robertson's 1st try), and sometimes it's a hanging bomb (like what King would often win for the Storm). I never see us doing this on either side, our short kicking game lacks so much imagination it's untrue, is it the coach? The players or both?

We should have twisted the knife & gone for 6. Having said that, we got the 2, got the ball back & were unlucky with a Briers 40/20. If that would have gone our way, then as you say, he would be a hero on here.