Game Round 12 - Bulldogs vs Dragons - 3 2 1

[Captain Ibis]

These get less interesting with every game but let's do it.

Kyle gets my 3 - bar a few dead runs I thought it was his best game this year.. a lot more involved, running further into the line and looking sharper. Good in defence as always.
Dufty gets my 2 - a few crappy moments but some nice efforts in attack.
Kiraz gets my 1 - a few nice runs, some really impressive catches, and good in defence.

special mention goes to Schoup who gave Lomax nothing and made some nice dominant tackles as usual... really love his work in D.

 

[Old Woof Woof]

and the captain gets my zero for not saying a word to the team when we was actually in front for a while and for fucking up a few good looking raids in attack by standing wide on the wing and gettingt in the way and breaking down the flow of the game .

 

[Captain Ibis]

and the captain gets my zero for not saying a word to the team when we was actually in front for a while and for fucking up a few good looking raids in attack by standing wide on the wing and gettingt in the way and breaking down the flow of the game .

Bloke needs a rest.. as much as guys can be applauded for doing a lot of defensive work it burns them out.. Jake Trbojevic is another example, has lost his Origin spot and just looks super sluggish this season.

 

[spiritofaslan]

Bloke needs a rest.. as much as guys can be applauded for doing a lot of defensive work it burns them out.. Jake Trbojevic is another example, has lost his Origin spot and just looks super sluggish this season.

That or the games moved past players of their ilk.

 

[Captain Ibis]

That or the games moved past players of their ilk.

Another good point. But I do think 5 years of mostly defence is wearing on him both physically and in regards to his confidence.

I've always said that we moved too many senior players on in a short period and left Jackson with a lot of inexperienced players.. that was a big part of why we are where we are now.

 

[spiritofaslan]

I think in his case hes gotten so used to losing games its impacting him.

 

[Captain Ibis]

I think in his case hes gotten so used to losing games its impacting him.

Oh 100%. He's been a good captain over the years as far as leading with actions but it wouldn't appear he's the most vocal fearsome leader like Graham was, so coupled with the fact he's slowing down it's impacting our resilience/belief, or lack thereof. I sense a lot of changes coming.