Reds 2014

[RugbyReg]

Me. But not feeling as overly enthused as normal. Putting it down to tiredness hopefully.

 

[tigerland12]

Are we at the point now that we can start looking at Richard Graham's position?

Bloody frustrating, which is becoming a habit.

Aside from Slipper and Cooper, everyone is either playing very poorly, or just going through the motions.

Very very frustrating.

 

[Ash]

Not only that, but the game plans are very questionable, and it even seems like the players often don't even know what they are doing.

The decision making from Genia, Cooper and Lucas was very poor in the last 10.

 

[TheKing]

All true, but geez the reds turned it on from 50-65 minutes. The hype music worked a treat, atmosphere really got going at that point.

Maybe the Reds just need to play the game to a soundtrack for the entire 80..


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[tigerland12]

I thought the music is the worst thing ever.....

 

[TheKing]

At the very least it was better than 2011 and 2012s forced We Are Red chant...


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[tigerland12]

At the very least it was better than 2011 and 2012s forced We Are Red chant.


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Well yeah, but that's not a high bar to reach! Hahaha

 

[Scoey]

Loved the we are red chant. A few times a year or two ago I got close to my whole section doing it.
Heard it towards the end tonight as well! Thumbs up from me!


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[RugbyReg]

Steve Meehan must be under the pump too. Forwards were good today. Excellent in the 2nd half. Backs not so.

 

[Scoey]

Steve Meehan must be under the pump too. Forwards were good today. Excellent in the 2nd half. Backs not so.

Yeah I can't work out if we're kicking it away so much because that's our game plan (coach) or because we have no idea how to break the line (attack coach).


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[tranquility]

Steve Meehan must be under the pump too. Forwards were good today. Excellent in the 2nd half. Backs not so.

Yeah their is no way Style's isn't pulling his weight, if anything our forwards are better than in previous years given the cattle.

 

[I like to watch]

Who's in charge of buying the fucking cattle?
You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear.
You guys don't want to see it,but three or four of your rock stars from 2011 are holding you back in 2014.

 

[Sandpit Fan]

Steve Meehan must be under the pump too. Forwards were good today. Excellent in the 2nd half. Backs not so.

True story. The backline seems to be working from a standing start most of the time.

We won't go into the handling errors, they look like they were introduced 10 minutes before kick off the way they are now.

 

[Sandpit Fan]

Is it just me, or is our scrum a lot better when Jono Owen is on the field?

The brumbies scrum was on roller skates a couple of times in the second half.

 

[cyclopath]

Is it just me, or is our scrum a lot better when Jono Owen is on the field?

The brumbies scrum was on roller skates a couple of times in the second half.

Hard to know what turned it though(not discounting Owen though ) The Brumbies had Sio and Alexander off then, so that was probably a factor too. Scrum turnaround was noticeable. Slipper was going well most of the game I thought.

 

[Train Without a Station]

Who's in charge of buying the fucking cattle?
You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear.
You guys don't want to see it,but three or four of your rock stars from 2011 are holding you back in 2014.

In all seriousness, which 3 or 4?

Genia? Who else would you consider?

 

[qwerty51]

Fainga'a and Tapuai, not sure who the other 2 are.

 

[tranquility]

One thing you never had to worry about with Link is selections. He is the best selector in the country, he gets in right every week. The only times I can remember him getting it really wrong is when he played Genia at 10 midway through a game, and when he played Tirinui on the wings for the Tahs against Habana.

RG is a bad selector, and uses his squad as a whole poorly.

 

[gel]

Difficult to see how Richard Graham can turn this around now, the players look to have lost so much confidence that even if he did do things right from now on the players probably wouldn't respond properly.

It's not only the coach though, I don't think I've ever seen a team of professional anythings in any sport seemingly lack the skills to play the sport they have chosen to make living off. I can't believe that is solely down to poor coaching, that must be guys not doing their homework or something else.

Lamentable.

 

[kiap]

Yeah I can't work out if we're kicking it away so much because that's our game plan (coach) or because we have no idea how to break the line (attack coach)

Don't forget that they did break the line (and got over the try line) tonight, only for the ball to be dislodged before Cooper got the touch down. They were close enough to win but weren't quite good enough—or lucky enough—to do it. Same as last week, even though I think they are putting in the effort.

The team has slid back since 2011. Coaching might be part of it but it's not all down to coaching. The Reds haven't been clinical enough in cutting and recruiting players—IMO. Still a decent side but not a top contender now.

Add in some losses and adverse calls earlier in the season and you know this is not the Reds' year.