7 Ratchford & 6 Bridge. Lessons Need To Be Learnt. : Sun Mar 01, 2015 10:02 am
Lessons need to be learnt from last season! Early season 2014 we couldn't buy a win.
An injury Myler and Bridge puts up his hand to play stand off.
Ratchford at 7 and Bridge at 6....
BOOM!
Our season completely rights itself.
For the next 6 or 7 league a cup games, we beat all before us.
The highlight being a blitzing of Saints at the Magic Weekend.
Then TS decides to bring back Myler and our games begin to wane, although just having enough to win.
Unfortunately our biggest game v Leeds (CC), playing Myler at hb was the major undoing.
TS finally relented and at ht puts Bridge back at hb from right centre, we had a dig but unfortunately we were just too far behind at ht to pull it back.
What gripes me is that during the blitzing run of games we had TS said that Bridge is the best half in SL but put him back at right centre when Myler gets fit?
Doh!
We have to look at putting our best players closest to the ball.
Ratchford and Bridge are proven to be our best hb combo.
Note
I'm not writing off GOB, he is continuing to develop.
We have to go back to that shape and structure and build from it.
Put our players back into their natural position, Yes Ratchford would be our best fb, but in balance he is at his best as a hb too, but he will have more influence over the game at 7 than he would from fb.
I would go...
Ratchford 7
Bridge 6
Joel right centre
Wheeler bench or left centre.
Wheeler just had an opportunity to make his claim at 6 but unlike Bridge last season he bombed it.
I'm gonna get a right backlash from the purest on this forum but imo this needs to be addressed.