Quote wire-quin="wire-quin"Maybe not but Clubby single handedly was responsible for 2 tries-One where Sammutt ran over the top of him and one where he ran forward from the defensive line and marked a hole creating another for Sammutt to walk into.
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I think some of the criticism of Clubby is getting silly now, there's a lot of confirmation bias going on with comments like that, people who've decided in advance and are just singling out things that suit the argument. I think he had a solid game, he was far better today than Howell, he put in some good passes and in particular made some hard yards up the middle when we needed it, especially towards the end when ball retention was crucial.
We played above our weight today, Burnett, Bailey,Temata and Ellis were my pick of the pack. Particularly good to see Karl driving us forward again, there was one run in the first half when he drove 3 Crusaders defenders nearly 10 metres down the field after they'd grabbed him, that's the sort of thing that raises a side. Another good performance from Krasniqi who is looking every bit a first grade prop, he's out playing Ward who is a seasoned pro.
What is encouraging is that we're holding back on the brain farts, those moments where in the last couple of seasons we'd have done a crazy offload or a panic pass, we're thinking about it and then thinking better, so where we'd give away easy possession we now retain. The kicking game was also decent, nothing special, but just solid percentages, Sammut may offer plent of creativity but today or halfbacks offered a solid work ethic and it paid off.
