Re: "Excellent Performance"! : Sat Aug 16, 2014 8:04 am  

After last week I really wanted to see us start well and we didn't in fact we started poorly again. I want to see our early completion rates high and us defending the opposition in their own half. We were good in the second half and had a good spell in the first half.

I thought Atkins was very good again, he is looking much more like his former self these days. Grix looked sharper, we have really missed this guy, him playing also allowed Harrison to play prop and I think it suits him there. With hill it's got to the point that we don't even need to review his performance. We were pretty good all over the park Russell solid in defence and got a nice try assist for ratchford which was good to see, more of that in attack please matty. Rhys Evans came up with 2 try saving tackles and 2 tries so a good return from him. Those 4 props for the rest of the season would be nice.

Re: "Excellent Performance"! : Sat Aug 16, 2014 8:10 am  

We really shouldn't be conceding so many goal line drop outs against an excellent reserve set up or defending so many sets early in the game. Poor handling & a resulting massive defensive effort were our undoing last week.

Re: "Excellent Performance"! : Sat Aug 16, 2014 9:51 am  

I thought our attack was poor again and we lack direction, we desperately need a proper halfback.

Re: "Excellent Performance"! : Sat Aug 16, 2014 9:55 am  

I don't think we played particularity well, but did TS know that we would win this game so reigned the Lads in a bit.

Only to let them loose from here on in against the Giants, Saints & Wigan and then on in to the Play offs.

Re: "Excellent Performance"! : Sat Aug 16, 2014 10:00 am  

mark_m wrote:

I thought our attack was poor again and we lack direction, we desperately need a proper halfback.

I was thinking this. Will we ever see someone as great for us as Lee was?
The problem is real quality half backs just don't grow on trees.

My mate was saying last night that we do have a wonder kid half back in our 16s that could be a great but that is ifs & buts and even if he did make the grade then we wont see him for another 5 seasons.

Re: "Excellent Performance"! : Sat Aug 16, 2014 10:02 am  

Major highlight - Russell didn't pass the ball forward and gave an assist.

Re: "Excellent Performance"! : Sat Aug 16, 2014 10:59 am  

Winslade's Offload wrote:

That performance made me realise just how far we have fallen from a couple of years ago. Despite missing half their team Cas played with energy and enthusiasm and were exciting to watch. Lots of darting runs, always a player backing up and they ran hard onto the ball.

We could do with a bit of that.

have a word with yourself and get behind your own team....they had poop loads of possession and created love all just like Leeds in the first half last week. When Castleford gave us similar amounts of possession we slapped 48 points up their booty.

I despair at the apathy towards our club. we had to suffer a poop attendance last night by wire fans and now we've got people saying they want us to be like a club that brought twenty fans and drum having just secured a wembley spot and who's team were totally and utterly clueless.

Moran was stood behind me last night and was vexed off with the attendance. If he chucks it all in. maybe we'll be a bit more like Cas and everyone will be happy eh?

Re: "Excellent Performance"! : Sat Aug 16, 2014 11:25 am  

Fatbelly wrote:

I was thinking this. Will we ever see someone as great for us as Lee was?
The problem is real quality half backs just don't grow on trees.

My mate was saying last night that we do have a wonder kid half back in our 16s that could be a great but that is ifs & buts and even if he did make the grade then we wont see him for another 5 seasons.

I am not aware of this wonder kid and I have watched them every game this year.

Sorry to say there isn't anyone like the Lee Briers we signed at 17 years old. Not sure there will ever be at this rate, the game has changed.

Re: "Excellent Performance"! : Sat Aug 16, 2014 11:48 am  

Winslade's Offload wrote:

That performance made me realise just how far we have fallen from a couple of years ago. Despite missing half their team Cas played with energy and enthusiasm and were exciting to watch. Lots of darting runs, always a player backing up and they ran hard onto the ball.

We could do with a bit of that.

I'm sorry but Cas did not play well.
They had moments but how many times did the ball come out from the ptb to a clueless HB stood still with no move set up? Or passes going to the wrong player? At one point the hooker picked the ball up and stood on the spot looking around as no one was making themselves available. He gave up and just ran the ball straight in making about 3 yards.

Is that really exciting to watch?

Re: "Excellent Performance"! : Sat Aug 16, 2014 12:07 pm  

the flying biscuit wrote:

have a word with yourself and get behind your own team....they had poop loads of possession and created love all just like Leeds in the first half last week. When Castleford gave us similar amounts of possession we slapped 48 points up their booty.

I despair at the apathy towards our club. we had to suffer a poop attendance last night by wire fans and now we've got people saying they want us to be like a club that brought twenty fans and drum having just secured a wembley spot and who's team were totally and utterly clueless.

Moran was stood behind me last night and was vexed off with the attendance. If he chucks it all in. maybe we'll be a bit more like Cas and everyone will be happy eh?

We were made to look average by what was essentially an 'A' team. If Cas didn't have their eyes on next week I wouldn't have been surprised if we saw a repeat of Easter Monday.

I think your Cas dig is unfair, not many people are able to afford a Friday night away game sandwiched between the semi and final. They have played some fantastic football this year and deserve nothing but praise, especially when you consider the budget and facilities available to Powell in contrast to our set up at Warrington.

Two years ago I was one of about 50 people who watched London put 62 points past us. Attendances have been poor this year but there has been no effort to market at all. If it looks like the club sing interested you're going to struggle getting people in. Don't knock a club that is working really hard on and off the field.