Saints game and the WCC : Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:41 pm
These two games show what a gulf there is between the top two and the rest. Even with the salary cap the distance between the top teams and lower seems to be growing. Saints looked like they were in a different league to out Watson coached plodder side. Their speed, execution and defence were far superior to ours, and with our current crop i will be suprised if we make the playoffs this year, as anticipated we have noone at all in the middle of the park who has the speed off the mark or ability to attack the line and cause disruption in the opposition line. Clunes looks like more of the same, a decent distributor and kicker but not smone who will attack the line. Oh for someone of the ilk of Stanley Gene, Brandon Costin, Danny Brough, Luke Robinson, who could exploit a forward getting their nose through the line and attack.
Wigan in the WCC were utterly ruthless and unlike Watson in the CC final, continued to try to strike the killer blow even when ahead. The kick through for French, even though fractionally offside, shows what a champion team does when ahead, go for the throat. We curled up into a ball in the CC final , 20 minutes from the end of the game, turning the ball tamely over and trying to defend to a win. With more guts that game was ours for the taking and i will never forgive Watson for ruining the once in a generation chance we had for silverware on that day with his horrible negative tactics.
Never mind Watson, you will be on your way soon enough, the team you have assembled is total gash, with no exciting players to watch and so little flair in the spine. Another season of mediocity and failure should see you gone.
