Reflections on a bad afternoon at Widnes : Sun May 29, 2016 10:41 pm
'Don't panic Captain Mainwaring !!'We will not get relegated there I've said it.
We could win the cup !! There I've said it.
On our day with the players we have we can beat anyone but unfortunately our day appears to be a bit like the roll of a dice which comes up 'snake eyes' far too often.
Today was typical of our season another case of flattering to deceive.
Much as the selection of Scot Grix made sense last week at Newcastle the horrible looking plastic pitch today was made for Ryan Brierley his speed and step would have been lethal. The only justification for the change last week was pick a team to win a game so why not this week too ?
Eorl looked shattered after his first stint, Rapira didn't but he was interchanged, Roberts this week was the 'cameo player' on a hot afternoon where we defended far to much to not play Roberts a full stint was 'questionable' to say the least.
Hot as our back line was last week it wasn't very good this week and only a combination of some good pressure defending and Widnes forcing plays stopped them scoring at least twice in the first half.
But at 16-0 OK 16- 4 we should have been managing the game like Widnes did at 24-20 steady progress decent kick and if you can go 90 yards in five plays and score you deserve to win but we won't make it easy. We couldn't in the last 10 minutes.
Im not asking for sackings but 'for Gods sake' how many more times are we going to play dumb rugby league and snatch defeat from the 'jaws of victory ?'
What did the coach tell them at half time ?? Surely it was not what they actually did ?
The optimism was there amongst the fans today as usual, they got behind the team but at 24-20 as the clock counted down the last ten minutes I can't recall us looking like scoring in a must win game I find that baffling.
Right time for Castleford lets hope it's not Snake Eyes again and we perform for the full 80 minutes !!