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Re: Dewsbury Away : Tue Apr 07, 2015 4:05 pm  
I don’t think our front rowers have a problem dominating the collision but our back row is a little lightweight sometimes and can get turned over. Versus Fax we had Pitts, Olbison and Addy in the backrow which I think is too small a combination and as a result we got dominated in the tackle and lacked a bit of go forward. This meant we were kicking on the last tackle well inside our own territory during the first half and hardly created any chances.. Fax had some big lads and they got numbers into the tackle. It was a bit reminiscent of last year when we played without any bona fide props. I hope Lowes learns from this.

If you add Walshaw and Ferguson into the second row we’re a different proposition. I’d say we need those two fit going into the 8s. If you look back to when we used to win trophies we had 4 big props but our second rowers were capable of playing prop too plus they were very mobile.

There’s no denying the PTB is much slower in the Championship. That might not be by design but just a symptom of having players that are slower due to them being part time as Nothus says. Refs have to be pragmatic and they aren’t going to set unachievable standards and turn matches into penalty festivals. That said I think some of the lying on is comically OTT. I think the 8s will be step up if we suddenly got to SL speeds.

I bet if you timed the PTB in both competitions the Championship PTB is on average at least a second slower.
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Re: Dewsbury Away : Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:00 am  
Well oviously Leigh do have more experience of the teams and opposition players in this league. They're also accustomed to the difference in how a game is refereed so that has to be of some advantage. I'm not quite sure quite how big that advantage is but I think they're worthy of being labelled the best team in the Championship (the table doesn't usually lie). But I'm pretty comfortable with Leigh building up a bit of hype and allowing us to cruise under the radar a bit more than perhaps we would of. Their fans and head of rugby seem to be doing a good job of pissing off other clubs so let them be a bit of a target that they're setting themselves up for.

I've seen supporters moaning because Leigh are putting teams to the sword most weeks but we've had a few games where it's been close. There are no prizes for being in good form now, we have to pace ourselves and build slowly for the important part of the season. You could argue there is perhaps a small advantage for finishing top in this league but even that is questionable depending on how you see things.
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Re: Dewsbury Away : Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:04 am  
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If you add Walshaw and Ferguson into the second row we’re a different proposition. I’d say we need those two fit going into the 8s. If you look back to when we used to win trophies we had 4 big props but our second rowers were capable of playing prop too plus they were very mobile.



I think this is a good call. Against Dewsbury Walshaw made more metres after the initial contact than anyone else. Ferguson, Walshaw and Addy in the back three is mobile but powerful. It'll be good to see what Peterson is like to add into the mix. I'm also looking forward to seeing Davies again. I think he went well in the pre season friendlies and will hopefully be in front of Lauaki and Fleming.
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Re: Dewsbury Away : Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:50 am  
As much as I get the point about the size of the back row, I think some may be doing Pitts a disservice.
IMO, he's been one of our best players this season. Not only in attack, but don't underestimate his importance in defence. One recent home game (I forget if it was Fax or Workington) he made a number of really important tackles that were essentially try savers, when others were dropping off or missing them.

Ferguson coming back in I agree would be a huge boost. But if I was picking our best back row, I'd have it as Ferguson, Pitts & Addy at the moment, with Olbison off the bench. Walshaw despite his size, hasn't stood out quite so much for me, but perhaps I'm expecting him to do more than he does because he's so big (kind of like Sidlow).
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Re: Dewsbury Away : Wed Apr 08, 2015 12:25 pm  
I agree Pitts has been good, but with the likes of Sidlow, Ferguson, Lauaki and Tahraoui spelling and running at people, tiring the opposition out, we have a decent go-forward. Obviously somebody has to be benched and somebody has to be dropped but if everyone is fit then we do have the grunt up front that looks impressive going forward.
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Re: Dewsbury Away : Wed Apr 08, 2015 12:30 pm  
If everyone's fit I'd have Addy on the bench with Samir, Davies (provided he proves to be as good as it seemed in pre season) and Lauaki.

Backrow of Pitts, Walshaw and Ferguson at loose.

I agree Pitts should be in the line up for his workrate and his offload game.
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Re: Dewsbury Away : Wed Apr 08, 2015 1:54 pm  
No Sidlow, then?

Also I think it's a shame we never signed Junior Sa'u, cos then we would have had the option of picking the smooth and lively combination of Samir, Davies, Junior.
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Re: Dewsbury Away : Wed Apr 08, 2015 2:27 pm  
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No Sidlow, then?


Sidlow would be starting prop with Clough.

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:
Also I think it's a shame we never signed Junior Sa'u, cos then we would have had the option of picking the smooth and lively combination of Samir, Davies, Junior.


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Re: Dewsbury Away : Wed Apr 08, 2015 5:12 pm  
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Well oviously Leigh do have more experience of the teams and opposition players in this league. They're also accustomed to the difference in how a game is refereed so that has to be of some advantage. I'm not quite sure quite how big that advantage is but I think they're worthy of being labelled the best team in the Championship (the table doesn't usually lie). But I'm pretty comfortable with Leigh building up a bit of hype and allowing us to cruise under the radar a bit more than perhaps we would of. Their fans and head of rugby seem to be doing a good job of pissing off other clubs so let them be a bit of a target that they're setting themselves up for.

I've seen supporters moaning because Leigh are putting teams to the sword most weeks but we've had a few games where it's been close. There are no prizes for being in good form now, we have to pace ourselves and build slowly for the important part of the season. You could argue there is perhaps a small advantage for finishing top in this league but even that is questionable depending on how you see things.


I think its very important that we finish above Leigh. If we cant finish above them in the league I wouldnt be confident of beating them in the Middle 8's at their ground. And thats a game I think we will have to win.

I agree that we should be pacing ourselves but I think we'll need to step up a gear when we travel to Halifax and London at the end of May. If we get through those games ok then the objective should be for Lowes to know his best 17 and start stepping things up for final 5 games of the regular season.
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Re: Dewsbury Away : Wed Apr 08, 2015 5:29 pm  
Halifax in may is at Blackpool and I happened to watch a sky football match that was there and it looked like they where playing on the beach the pitch looked trashed.

To progress we need to beat Leigh and an SL team, I think we have it in us but we need to improve drastically, and if we can put London to the sword on sunday and give KR a good game we will go along way to showing that.
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