staker

terry smith rules · Mon 28 Jul 2008 11:53am

sorry if this has already been talked about

however in the 2nd quarter who was playing on staker

it seemed fairly obvious that he was keeping them in the game and was running brilliantly through the middle

I kept yelling at the tv, who is on him?

saintbob · Post: # 611030Post **saintbob** » Mon 28 Jul 2008 12:23pm

That would've been Dal Santo.

Staker could have had both legs amputated and he still would've ran away from Dal, as Dal wasn't interested in manning up or chasing!!!

I'd say RL must've given Dal a fair serve at half time as he came out with a different attitude, all too late as the damage was done.
Staker and the Eagles already had their tails up..

spert · Post: # 611031Post **spert** » Mon 28 Jul 2008 12:27pm

I couldn't see any one even close to him when he had the ball and was running -no attempts to get near him. I think for us, the only player who ran hard all day to make a contest was CJones

terry smith rules · Mon 28 Jul 2008 12:29pm

in my mind this cost us the game

staker was playing like nick r the last two weeks

he lay down the gauntlet to his team mates "follow me and we'll be ok"

it made all his team mates run faster, run taller and play harder because they could see a belief

I understand dal may not be the best chaser so why not put gilbert on him or someone who can run.

no point in trying to teach dal a message or prove a point the damage was done by half time

we had given a team with no confidence and no belief a sense and belief that something was possible

fonz_#15 · Post: # 611034Post **fonz_#15** » Mon 28 Jul 2008 12:32pm

the annoying thing about this is that staker is no more than a GOP..

this highlights our attitude to the game as we showed him no respect.

terry smith rules · Mon 28 Jul 2008 12:34pm

fonz_#15 wrote:the annoying thing about this is that staker is no more than a GOP..

this highlights our attitude to the game as we showed him no respect.

exactly

he even inspired the Q who has not had a kick since 2006 to get involved

saintsRrising · Mon 28 Jul 2008 1:20pm

Staker was this years Metropolis.

Every year it seems like that over there that some WC GOP stand up and turns the game against us.

This in part of course comes from not paying each and every opponent due respect.

Lynch was also largely ingnore late in the game.