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I will take the win and loved that try. They seemed relaxed and started to play the way we all hope for in the last 3 minutes. Hopefully a few more confidence building matches and we can start being positive again. Go force!
OK so it might not be right - but he runs, and he.....tackles - I think he'll actually be an import back who gets another go next week - as opposed to the guys last year.
Force ground this one out, the Reds were absolutely abysmal, but the Force deserved it.
I liked the way the Force locked the game away.
Thought Lance is good enough for the job.
Liked the way DHP & Masirewa gave people something to think about.
The scrum held early on, but had some real moments
To be fair The Force won,and the Ref and the Commentators, (term used lightly) absolutely crucified us.
Force 6/10 Red 2/10 Enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Winning ugly still beats losing ugly. If we can just build some confidence along with persisting at attacking we could click together a bit.
I thought that Prior also gave us an improvement with a bit faster service.
With so much personnel change at the Force it takes a few real games to gel. Tapuai was electric in the first 20 last week but was pretty quiet today. It's good that we have some backs with speed and skill. I think we'll win a few this year....it wont be the Brumbies. They look like title contenders to me but its a long and unfair competition. Its a lottery.
I see Sevenmoles is in for a bit of niggle. Shasta is a Force supporter. That's why he's on a Force supporters forum. He's also a mungo. His team wins regularly. Just sayin
Interesting commentary on the duality of Shasta. There is more to Shasta than is dreamt of in your philosophies sevenmile
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How about some rugby discussion Gunny. The Force were good in defence. Hodgson was all over there mid field runners. RG coached sides are not renowned for intelligent play. They had us out wide. The NZ teams will kill us. Our lineout is dodgy and our scrum is crocked
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I think its horrible to watch a once dynamic player like Alby get fat and slow. I wish he would retire so I could remember him from last year and the year before
Its nice to get a win. Not a lot of go forward from the pack. We have some really talented ball runners like Mafi Cottrell and McCalman. We need some pick and drive from our 1-3 and some carries and offloads to get over the advantage line. We now have some backs with speed and skill. Too much trying to be pretty. Appeasing the swing-it-wide brigade doesn't win games...need to go forward first. We should win a few games though.
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