Re: Todays Game V Catalans : Sun Mar 01, 2015 2:46 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

Really not being pedantic W/O but I'm a big Dad's Army fan.

It's Captain Mainwaring.

you stupid boy!

Re: Todays Game V Catalans : Sun Mar 01, 2015 8:40 pm  

This might sound a bit radical but we have a management system in place which is supposed to iron out anything that is going wrong. The team has limped along since the beginning of last season without a positional field kicker so why haven't our stopgap kickers learned to improve their kicking games in all that time ? Do they practice field kicking with input from the coaches? Why do we not have variations on our so called game plans ,when we see so called lesser teams do a fine job on our defence? The team, from players right through to management, seem to be going backwards with each season.

Re: Todays Game V Catalans : Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:04 am  

ninearches wrote:

This might sound a bit radical but we have a management system in place which is supposed to iron out anything that is going wrong. The team has limped along since the beginning of last season without a positional field kicker so why haven't our stopgap kickers learned to improve their kicking games in all that time ? Do they practice field kicking with input from the coaches? Why do we not have variations on our so called game plans ,when we see so called lesser teams do a fine job on our defence? The team, from players right through to management, seem to be going backwards with each season.

For this to be actioned you need quality players and quality coaching and management staff, have we got both or either?

Re: Todays Game V Catalans : Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:41 am  

ninearches wrote:

Do they practice field kicking with input from the coaches? Why do we not have variations on our so called game plans ,when we see so called lesser teams do a fine job on our defence? The team, from players right through to management, seem to be going backwards with each season.

No, I doubt they ever practise. They just slob around at training, chatting to their mates.

Re: Todays Game V Catalans : Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:43 am  

Snaggletooth wrote:

For this to be actioned you need quality players and quality coaching and management staff, have we got both or either?

No, we have none of them. No props as good as any in Super League. No reigning Man of Steel. No top try scorer from Super League last year. No successful coach who has won GFs, CCs and LLSs. No recently retired players on the coaching staff who everybody says we miss. None of those in place.

Re: Todays Game V Catalans : Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:45 am  

Re: Todays Game V Catalans : Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:47 am  

ninearches wrote:

This might sound a bit radical but we have a management system in place which is supposed to iron out anything that is going wrong. The team has limped along since the beginning of last season without a positional field kicker so why haven't our stopgap kickers learned to improve their kicking games in all that time ? Do they practice field kicking with input from the coaches? Why do we not have variations on our so called game plans ,when we see so called lesser teams do a fine job on our defence? The team, from players right through to management, seem to be going backwards with each season.

The epitome of the Warrington RLFans poster ladies and gentlemen.

We win our first two games, conceding 3 tries, and then narrowly lose to an NRL side. All is well. We get well beaten, by a good team, who've had 2 weeks off, and all of a sudden the sky is falling in. The reaction on this place if we lose to Hull KR next Sunday will be the equivalent of a cross between the Walking Dead and Loose Women.

I can't remember what round we got to in the play offs and CC last season but I think it was quite late on. I don't know how this season will pan out but can't we at least wait until we've settled down before we start with this crap?

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Todays Game V Catalans : Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:11 am  

I'll be honest, i'm not that arsed, don't get me wrong, there's things i can be slightly concerned about but just from Saturdays game, i'm not knee jerking.

Have we fans not learnt from 12 months ago about moaning too soon? we ended up 3 injuries by wigan naughty person tactics away from making the grandfinal last year.

As for kicking, i think o'brien's kicking game is alright, there's certainly room for improvement, but there's some revisionist history going on looking back at briers' immaculate kicking game. Yes in recent years he got a level of consistency, but for a large part, a lot of people on the terraces used to get on his case, and on here for his inconsistency.

SAturdays game was a post cup final performance, after the lord mayors show, we were knackered, if we were REALLY that bad and catalans were THAT good, they would have put easy 60 points on us, like we did in 11 to teams.

Re: Todays Game V Catalans : Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:24 am  

I agree with FMC no knee jerking, it was Cats away after a massive game against St George, its out of the way lets move on to KR and hopefully bounce back with a good performance and this will be forgotten.

Re: Todays Game V Catalans : Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:40 am  

Could be worse, could have had KR at their place.....