Re: catalans away : Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:57 pm  

Juan Cornetto wrote:

Yet without them we wouldn't have scored enough points to win!

Note I was talking about the defence.

Re: catalans away : Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:33 am  

Aiton - dead leg, could've come back on if absolutely necessary but we started to pull away in those final 20 mins so not risked, so might be fine for next week.

JJB - hamstring, possibly a tear so looks like he'll be missing several weeks.

Re: catalans away : Sun Mar 29, 2015 6:41 am  

Andy Gilder wrote:

I'll give you the assist on the Watkins one.

The other two though? One was a pass from dummy half and is entirely down to Singleton's running angle and strength in contact. The McGuire try had as much to do with the interplay between Hall and Moon than anything Burrow did at the beginning of the move.

Arguably, if he isn't on the field and being hidden in defence then Cardace doesn't score because Hall isn't worried about him getting trampled by Pomeroy.

He did some good stuff while he was on. Unfortunately it seems some people's prejudices mean they see everything he does as being golden.

I would say that is spot on. He certainly made the difference, and offered us something nobody else was doing which we needed, but his performance individually wasn't anything to write home about. His ignoring of McGuire for a certain try in somehow believing he could take on Escare on the outside was particularly disappointing.

Re: catalans away : Sun Mar 29, 2015 6:44 am  

ThePrinter wrote:

Aiton - dead leg, could've come back on if absolutely necessary but we started to pull away in those final 20 mins so not risked, so might be fine for next week.

JJB - hamstring, possibly a tear so looks like he'll be missing several weeks.

That's dissapointing. I am no big fan of JJB but think he is one of our better players early season, and certainly better than Ablett has been so far. We looked better with him on the field last night. With him out, and a man out of form, certainly is limiting the options for us.

Cas is a particular game you want a player like JJB.

Re: catalans away : Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:36 am  

hats off to your lads..2 great comebacks..one against hull earlier in the season and yesterday against catalan....if only our lot could do that..(thats what we should have done against hull kr)..well done!

Re: catalans away : Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:37 am  

Burrow poor?! Am I reading this right?!

Re: catalans away : Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:21 am  

We lost a lot when Burrow came on and Aiton went off. Aiton was tremendously solid in defence and an absolute menace at dummy half. Burrow finally got into the game in the last 10 minutes.
Achurch , Delaney and Burrow contributed to our defence falling off beginning of the second half. I thought we were the better side first half and handled Cats, who chucked the ball everywhere, pretty well.
I'm sure the plan would never have been to take Aiton off at that time against Cats big pack, in the circumstances you can't really blame Burrow who is brought on to do a particular job these days but you have to say we took some time to adjust. You just have to compare the way Aiton was dynamic and quick at dummy half to Burrow's static slow passing.

Also, what was it with ignoring Watkins for most of the match. He was up against a forward the entire game. The Sky team are not exactly razor sharp but even they knew that if Watkins was given some early ball he could cause havoc. Moon was very good though, probably my Leeds MOM.

Overall a good result against a desperate Cats side missing some quality. Boys showed character to turn Cats second half momentum around, especially losing JJB and Aiton who were so dynamic.
Cas will fancy it though, especially if Aiton is missing.

Re: catalans away : Sun Mar 29, 2015 10:12 am  

Is Burrow the new 'Kirke' then???
Reading some of these comments, you'd think we were at the bottom of the table and just been hammered by Wakefield.
I say very well done for an overall good TEAM performance.
Bring on the Tigers.

Re: catalans away : Sun Mar 29, 2015 10:29 am  

craigizzard wrote:

Note I was talking about the defence.

I know you were. But rugby is all about scoring more points that the opposition and IMO without Burrow yesterday this would not have happened. With regard to Sutcliffe I have been critical of him in the past and still have to be convinced that 6 is his best position, however he got better as the game went along and played his part in the victory with a self assisted try, 4 tackle busts, 2 clean breaks and 21 tackles with no misses! So like I said on this occasion we did need them both on the field at the same time contrary to your point.

Re: catalans away : Sun Mar 29, 2015 10:44 am  

xparksider wrote:

Is Burrow the new 'Kirke' then???
Reading some of these comments, you'd think we were at the bottom of the table and just been hammered by Wakefield.
I say very well done for an overall good TEAM performance.
Bring on the Tigers.

I don't think either side would be happy with their error count or their 5th tackle options, or some of their defending, but the game was on a different planet entertainment wise to the bore-athon that Salford and Widnes presented us with on Thursday. There were some great offloading skills shown by both tems and McGuire's try was absolutely fabulous. Moon was immense the whole game.
However, if Aiton is missing along with JJB (which looks likely) and Ablett, Delaney and Achurch don't get up to speed, we are going to get beaten by Cas who will be bouncing at home against us. We can't cough up the ball as much and we can't give away as many stupid penalties. Kylie coming back would hardly add much energy either based on his showings so far. Going to be tight.