Different class..... : Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:39 pm  

All you can say really!

I've been a bit down after a few of our losses this season but today don't really feel that way, came out more appreciating how good Wigan are as opposed to how poor we are.

We mafe the silly errors again and a few were under par, but Wigan are just so far superior it's untrue.....that style and that brand is exactly what we should aspire to as we head to Newmarket...

Lets not forget a few seasons ago our academy beat Wigan's, both over the course of a season, in the eliminator and then in the final. It's key to our future that we nurture our own players and bring them through and keep them together.

A couple of highlight being another good crowd, the weather holding out and a couple of cracking tackles from Aiton thought Mathers answered a few critics with a solid display aswell....

Ripped apart by Hock and Tomkins, two great, great players....the rest aint bad either.....

Lets just hope we can pick up a little though and not just peter out to a disappointing end to the season.

[PopTart]

Re: Different class..... : Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:55 pm  

upthecats wrote:

All you can say really!

I've been a bit down after a few of our losses this season but today don't really feel that way, came out more appreciating how good Wigan are as opposed to how poor we are.

We mafe the silly errors again and a few were under par, but Wigan are just so far superior it's untrue.....that style and that brand is exactly what we should aspire to as we head to Newmarket...

Lets not forget a few seasons ago our academy beat Wigan's, both over the course of a season, in the eliminator and then in the final. It's key to our future that we nurture our own players and bring them through and keep them together.

A couple of highlight being another good crowd, the weather holding out and a couple of cracking tackles from Aiton thought Mathers answered a few critics with a solid display aswell....

Ripped apart by Hock and Tomkins, two great, great players....the rest aint bad either.....

Lets just hope we can pick up a little though and not just peter out to a disappointing end to the season.

I agree. There are people being critical of defense and coaching on here and facebook but they were just better than us today. We got stuck in and there was no lack of effort from anyone but when they speeded things up we just couldn't stay with them.

Re: Different class..... : Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:59 pm  

PopTart wrote:

I agree. There are people being critical of defense and coaching on here and facebook but they were just better than us today. We got stuck in and there was no lack of effort from anyone but when they speeded things up we just couldn't stay with them.

And they have every right to do so, 52 10 at home to another SL team, no doubt Wigan are a different class but some of the tackling today was below whats expected at this level.


Lets hope we can learn and improve quickly.

Re: Different class..... : Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:04 pm  

The game was over after half an hour. Is Glover still sticking to the 'we haven't suffered any embarrassments this season' line?

Re: Different class..... : Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:06 pm  

I've been critical of our defence in recent defeats to Leeds and Bradford but today it's hard to be anything other than in appreciation of how good Wigan are!

Re: Different class..... : Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:08 pm  

El Rey wrote:

And they have every right to do so, 52 10 at home to another SL team, no doubt Wigan are a different class but some of the tackling today was below whats expected at this level.


Lets hope we can learn and improve quickly.

How many more times are we going to say that.

Re: Different class..... : Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:12 pm  

Summed up perfectly, we played well for 20 minutes then the class started to show, the simple facts are we are a poor side compared to wigan and many other top superleague sides. It will take years to improve to wigans level and it wont happen with this current crop of players. It starts with the coach, bye bye agar if we ever want to be a success.

Re: Different class..... : Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:30 pm  

Taking into account Wigan class, i don't think they had to do anything outstanding to score, notwithstanding Tomkins chip. It was made far too easy with sloppy possession and poor positioning. I would hazard a guess that most SL sides would've beating Trinity today, bar London. The fact it was Wigan shouldn't cloud matters.

Re: Different class..... : Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:32 pm  

What was our % completion rate for the match?
Any team in the RL would lose with such a lousy rate
We have every right to be annoyed tonight

Re: Different class..... : Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:32 pm  

We were in it for 20 minutes or so but when they went up a couple of gears, we were out of the contest.

Hard to fault the effort - the application wasn't always great, but that's the ability level of some of the players we have - there's nothing that RA can do about that.

Not a great start from Lee Smith, but a bit of a big ask to start training mid-week and then show up well against the best side in SL.