Charlie Sheen wrote:The lack of grunt in the middle really told in that second half, especially in defense. No doubt many will be looking for the nearest window to jump out of, but we did better than I thought we would, but if you make errors in your own half and invite pressure on yourselves, your're always going to struggle. Not sure it's fair to blame Handley or Briscoe, but neither of them could catch a cold this season, and I get the feeling McDermott is losing patience (hence the BJB rumours).
I think we can beat Cas this season, but we'll need to at full strength to do it.
but BJB has similer issues. johnstone is the guy to get if we can.
I enjoyed the game and thought we had a real dig. for all the handley/Briscoe comments, and i'm one. it was gales supurb kicking that undid us. he was the difference.
macdermott needs to sort out the halves. McGuire was ok in parts but moon, devastating with ball in hand, doesn't have any other half back skills. not a criticism just how it is.
had we had gale I think we might well have won that game.
as a few have said a quality half back is a must. i'd love lilley to have a run of a few games but sadly it looks like his days are numbered.
all in all I think if we got cas in a major game or final i'd be confident we could go very close to winning.
I said early in the season it would be the team who has all there major players fir come finals time that would win it and I stand by it. its still wide open
