Sleeping walking to a loss here, no urgency or motivation it seems ๐ย
Yep. Najjarine, Armiento, Nagasawa, Piper aren't collectively going to terrorise sides. Mileusnic and LBS don't lift it except for fresh legs and some different strengths and weaknesses. Solid but not spectacular. And ultimately not enough. But I thought the effort was there and they kept their heads up this time.
That said we were close to Sydney and without Eze.
Lesser sides coming up. So some hope still of getting a bit of a run on.
Armiento had several crossing chances in the first half and proved he is no Devries. Thought Retre was solid and constructive but faded a bit - prob just lack of game time. People will disagree but Rufer's yellow was fair, but also why we love him, combative and physical. The goal was a bit soft but incisive from Sydney. Tuiloma a bit slow covering after the ball in behind, I thought, and the match ups to stop the cut back seemed hesitant.
Kind of happy to see a less calamitous and better worked game.ย Long periods of us being the better side. But ultimately undone once and couldn't find the finish up front.
We'll want to take Perth and see if Greenie can build cohesion and finish and just tidy up those moments at the back.