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Broncos legend Gorden Tallis feels the Sharks are lacking X-factor in their bid to match the best teams in the competition. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re just lacking the X-factor and that\u2019s what most sides have,\u201d Tallis said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen they\u2019re going, they\u2019ll get in a grind, they fight over a bone, but when someone can come and do something out of nothing, they\u2019re probably lacking that.\u201d <\/p>\n
However, Anasta believes the Sharks have X-factor, but can’t seem to deliver when it matters most. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve got the X-factor, but it\u2019s the X-factor under the bright lights, big moments under pressure,\u201d Anasta said. <\/p>\n
\u201cBrailey and Nicho and Nikora they have X-factor. You see it in week-to-week games. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe last couple of weeks have been bad, but normally you see it throughout the season, these guys they almost suck you in. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou think, maybe they can do it this year, but then they fail when it matters.\u201d<\/p>\n
Solly on Allianz, Haas & Humphries | 08:23<\/p>\n
After thrashing the Titans in Round 1, many thought 2026 could be the Sharks\u2019 year, but back-to-back losses to the Panthers and Dolphins has put those hopes on ice. <\/p>\n
\u201cAfter week one, I was going, they can win the top this year,\u201d Read said. <\/p>\n
Carayannis agreed: \u201cBraydon Trindall and Will Kennedy amazing performance in week one, then they go up against the Panthers and that\u2019s who you have to beat. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey defended really well, then they conceded two tries in the last five minutes of that first half to lose the game and the Dolphins loss was an embarrassing performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat performance on the weekend was well off the top four side.\u201d <\/p>\n
RTS linked to shock Warriors exit | 00:49<\/p>\n
Read revealed a pre-season chat with Fitzgibbon where the Sharks coach admitted he feels his team is disrespected given their consistency. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was talking to Fitzy in the pre-season about their team, and Fitzy was saying, he sort of feels like they don\u2019t get the respect they deserve,\u201d Read said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI said, Fitzy this is the problem you\u2019ve set for yourself. You\u2019ve set such a high bar now, they\u2019re making the top four. That\u2019s just a pass mark. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey need to win. They need to win Grand Finals, be in Grand Finals. That\u2019s the bar you\u2019ve set with that football team and if they don\u2019t get there, it\u2019s a failure.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Craig Fitzgibbon has inked a Sharks extension through to the end of 2029, but their remains doubts he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[18743,4614,62785,64,63,276635,277436,18194,4810,118613,4738,4565,38449,61783,13774,277441,4746,277476,761,762,158,16228,13390,50264,74197,3509,277477,2625,277481,277480,4439,98320,85,14869,277478,277479,4456,69444],"class_list":["post-563196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-adam-reynolds","tag-addin-fonua-blake","tag-allianz","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ben-teo","tag-blake-scolly","tag-braith-anasta","tag-bright-lights","tag-broncos-legend","tag-craig-fitzgibbon","tag-cronulla-sharks","tag-elite-teams","tag-finals-footy","tag-football-team","tag-haas-humphriesnrl","tag-mark-st-john","tag-multiple-stars-off-contract","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-pass-mark","tag-payne-haas","tag-player-exodus","tag-preliminary-finals","tag-question-marks","tag-rethink-outside","tag-roger-tuivasa-sheck","tag-rugby-league-supporter","tag-sharks-spine","tag-south-sydney-rabbitohs","tag-spine-issues","tag-sports","tag-super-league","tag-title-doubts","tag-warriors-legend","tag-william-kennedy","tag-winning-side"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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