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    tyrael said:
    If you watched that last 20 minutes we lost the arm wrestle AND our kicking couldn’t get us out. TMM performs well when the other pack gets dominated by ours. We need to get Metcalf back into the team even though I hate him for packing a sad.
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    I must have watched a different last 20 to you. We were right in it and had three opportunities to score - one was TMM ran it on the last and Laban was denied by a great tackle (and a lack of support) another was a knock on from Ford but the try would have been scored by TMM. The third time TMM put TT to the outside of his man and he couldn't deliver the final pass.
    So the player you are saying was not good in the last 20 was involved in every one of our try scoring opportunities.

    I know your point was about the arm wrestle, but it wasn't true that we lost the arm wrestle in the last 20. That last 20 was end to end with both teams having lots of opportunities. I also have concerns about our kicking game with Martin as a long term 7, but if you interpreted that last 20 as TMM struggling behind a dominated pack that was a narrative you bought into the game it wasn't what actually happened.
     
    The 1st game in a while I have not been able to watch live due to being in the air.....
    I watched 5 mins of highlights on nrl.com and will wait until they post the full replay but damn, going down by 2 to the best team of this generation must be a confidence boost.
    The fact that this was advertised by the NRL as the game of the round when Melbourne were playing Sydney is testament to how far this team has come.
    I, being a long term Warriors tragic, just wanted us to not embarrass ourselves in the spotlight that was put upon us.
    Not only did we not embarrass ourselves, we put on a performance that should send a message....
    We are here and we are good and we deserve to be feared.
     
    Just read the neutrals thread on that game.

    Starts out with the usual quips and mockery of players and Refs.

    By the second half though, Rabbit, Eagle, Eel, you name it are calling it the game of the season, the grand final preview, "these teams are light years ahead of the rest of the competition".

    And a lot commenting about how enjoyable it is watching traditional footy being played.

    We go as favorites into every other game this year.

    Not one commentator or fan is gonna think this club is going to be easy to beat, and that really is Andrew Websters greatest achievement.

    What we in the dark days, identified as even more important than winning a title, to be a side that everyone respects and fears, one you feel proud of when they lose, is as good as it gets.
     
    I'm good with last night's result. Disappointed because we had the game but we weren't good enough to capitalise.
    They converted their opportunities and we missed 3 or 4.
    They've been doing what they did for nearly a decade and it showed. We're learning.
    And learning quickly. It was so good to see our guys playing on an even footing with the best in the business. We have improvement in us. They are at the top of their game
    Good times
     
    Pompey didn't lose us that game. Don't get the hate towards him. He was busy all night taking carries when our forwards were buggered and nailed an important kick that should have given us the W. The Alamoti try was on AKP: if you are going to rush in, you have to make sure you get your man which he didn't. So if you are going to pin this loss on anyone, it's not Pompey.

    It was just a great game of Rugba Leeg where the bounce of the ball didn't go our way and we lost the little moments. It happens. We move on. Play like that in 2 weeks and we'll be smoking the sharkies minus AFB, Brailey and probably Hynes. It will be good to be going back home.
     
    Flew over from the US to watch this one live. Despite the loss, it was well worth it. 16-6 at half time I thought was a poor reflection of the game. We were the better side for larger portions of that first half. But we lost the little moments: i) Ali not timing his run to be on side and ii) CHT getting the timing of the pass wrong leading to it being forward. We ice those, and we could have easily been up 16-6. Not to mention the BS call against Ford: no way he touched that!

    On any other day, each of these things go our way and we go on to win that game. But either way I don't think this loss impacts our situation at all. As I see it, this game was basically house money anyway: with the favorable results this week, we were still guaranteed to be outright 2nd no matter what happened. The minor prem might be a bit tough now, but top 2 is all we need for 2 home finals.

    Onwards and upwards. We've only lost a battle against these guys: the war has just begun. Can't wait for rd 23 when they come to MSS.

    As always, Up the Wahs!
     
    That was a high quality game and we left tries out there.

    As much as I always want us to win I get the feeling that was a good one to lose. Gives us a kick mid season that tells us we still need to improve.

    Thought Taine was our player of the match, TSS not far behind.

    A few players finding out that they need to focus for the whole 80

    Onwards! We will be so much better for this game.
     
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    Game of the year

    A few individual errors cost us. A missed tackle, a mis step, a slightly forward ball but yeah, you cant be too upset at that.

    If that doesnt give the boys confidence that they can win the big one, I dont know what will. Absolutely pushed them and they were almost perfect.

    Ironically, one of the more complete performances ive seen from us
     
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