Re: Dave fifita : Sun Jul 10, 2022 5:33 pm  

Our problem was the usual one, we cannot handle adversity at all well. We fell apart as soon as we were put under a bit of stress and that for me comes down purely to the mentality of a majority of the players. The catalyst was Fifita, but the rest of them have to man up as well. They didn’t.

Re: Dave fifita : Sun Jul 10, 2022 5:56 pm  

Sacred Cow wrote:

Our problem was the usual one, we cannot handle adversity at all well. We fell apart as soon as we were put under a bit of stress and that for me comes down purely to the mentality of a majority of the players. The catalyst was Fifita, but the rest of them have to man up as well. They didn’t.

It must be me !!! It was all just so unnecessary .. 4/5 secs on the clock ! A game we had to win … a team struggling to find form … a team struggling to field a settled side !!! It cost us the game … he’d been enjoying the “ oh David Fifita “ chants not long before he did this … they must have still been whizzing round his head !!

Re: Dave fifita : Sun Jul 10, 2022 6:13 pm  

I have said before we had half time to work out a plan to cover the 10 minutes Fifita was absent. It looked like we just didn’t bother or were incapable of changing.
We are now facing the final phase of the season having lost our points advantage over three games. The team below us have beaten us twice in recent games which makes every game a final. We cannot go into any believing that the performance is more important than the result, it wasn’t the case this Saturday and is definitely not for the remaining fixtures.

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Re: Dave fifita : Sun Jul 10, 2022 6:18 pm  

I think the point made about performance is that concentrating on performance gets you a win. Concentrating on the win makes you nervous and you try to win on every play.

Re: Dave fifita : Sun Jul 10, 2022 6:33 pm  

PopTart wrote:

I think the point made about performance is that concentrating on performance gets you a win. Concentrating on the win makes you nervous and you try to win on every play.

It didn’t yesterday, nor the week before or the week before that but the points conceded are reducing so maybe by our last game we will have cracked it.

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Re: Dave fifita : Sun Jul 10, 2022 6:38 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

It didn’t yesterday, nor the week before or the week before that but the points conceded are reducing so maybe by our last game we will have cracked it.

I think it exactly did happen. We are panicking and going away from game plan with silly plays rather than calmly continuing what worked well.
Yesterday is a perfect example.

But you don't need to argue with me. I was just explaining what Willie meant as you obviously misunderstood.

Re: Dave fifita : Sun Jul 10, 2022 6:45 pm  

cocker wrote:

It must be me !!! It was all just so unnecessary .. 4/5 secs on the clock ! A game we had to win … a team struggling to find form … a team struggling to field a settled side !!! It cost us the game … he’d been enjoying the “ oh David Fifita “ chants not long before he did this … they must have still been whizzing round his head !!

I don’t disagree that it was a brain fart of the highest order. But it doesn’t have to follow that we fall apart spectacularly like we did. The fact that happened is down to his 12 mates on the field.

Re: Dave fifita : Sun Jul 10, 2022 7:06 pm  

PopTart wrote:

I think it exactly did happen. We are panicking and going away from game plan with silly plays rather than calmly continuing what worked well.
Yesterday is a perfect example.

But you don't need to argue with me. I was just explaining what Willie meant as you obviously misunderstood.

What's all this talk about "Game Plan"? I don't think we have any variations in a game plan. We play the same boring, unadventurous rugby whether it's against Saints or Tolouse. How often do we put a player into space? Why do we always turn the ball back inside in the middle of the field to the point where we've just received the damn thing from. Why can't we create overlaps; the opposition always have us marked man for man? Why do we always give the opposition ten meters at the play the ball? Game plan?? We don't know the meaning of the words

Re: Dave fifita : Sun Jul 10, 2022 7:32 pm  

Redscat wrote:

What's all this talk about "Game Plan"? I don't think we have any variations in a game plan. We play the same boring, unadventurous rugby whether it's against Saints or Tolouse. How often do we put a player into space? Why do we always turn the ball back inside in the middle of the field to the point where we've just received the damn thing from. Why can't we create overlaps; the opposition always have us marked man for man? Why do we always give the opposition ten meters at the play the ball? Game plan?? We don't know the meaning of the words

Re: Dave fifita : Sun Jul 10, 2022 7:37 pm  

Why are posters blaming Fifita he did something silly but the blame lies firmly at the feet of Robert Hicks because no way was that a yellow card. Penalty yes but yellow card never