Hasbag:
We say it every week but we are absolutely crying out for some second row presence back. Really like Hardaker and how hard he works but he's just not a threat at the line.
Our red zone attack will improve greatly once we get Cartwright and Lane back. I feel defences at the moment simply don't worry about our 2nd row and know that the dummy runners are just exactly that, and can afford to ignore them and just keep sliding preparing for the ball out the back. Cartwright will 100% put doubt in the defences mind and attract defenders, giving us the space on the edge.
Had enough good ball to still win that game around the 65 minute mark and just didn't look create enough. Too much trying to power over and when we did spread it it was just easily covered.
The problem is, we can't do anything about it, if they're out injured. We have to go with what we've got in reserve. We're doing it tough right now and it's not gonna get any easier in the next two away games.
Still plenty of race left to go though, and we certainly look like a team that's gonna fight for one of those play-off spots. I think most of us would have taken that at the start of season. Who knows what we could do if we got our strongest 13 on the field.
