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thebloodbath wrote:

Jamie B wrote:

What baffles me is that we are struggling to make yards so the most obvious route for me would be to attempt some 40/20s or some variation on kicks.

When we had a kick put through during the wakey game and the ball bounced and rolled on towards the posts splitting the full back and winger the halftime buzzer went off briefly, the guy next to me asked "what was that?" I said that it was probably to signify that Leeds had actually managed to get a good kick away.

Leeds when carting ball back from their end, ususally we wait until tackle 3 til we see a forward slamming it up. Then play 4 we will put it casually through the hands then kick. Too easy to read.

When the props are getting hold of it it often goes through 2 paris of hands (from hooker to first receiver then prop) until they get in central. A half decent line speed from opponents mean they are going to struggle to make Jack ground.

Our half-arsed nature with ball in hand is coupled in defence. Lazy line speed and void of any regular massive hits.

it's all a bit boring.com

I think the problems in our play are one of momentum. we defend poorly so when the other team are on the kick they do so offensively and we are on the back foot.

Couple that with our fullbacks walking the ball back rather than running it with purpose, and its no wonder our forwards struggle to get back.

then because we don't have many forward carries, we don't make the ground we want so our kick is from in our own half giving the returning player a better opportunity to run it back, and start their attacking set on the front foot.

On any particular set it doesn't make a huge difference, but over the course of a game, or even a season you start to notice it.

Personally, I'm a fan of shifting the ball wide of a tap penalty. It make the defenders think and have to move. Its more liekly to result in a break, or a quick play, than lining up one of our big blokes against 3 of theirs.

tvoc wrote:

So do I but I think that's correct. The one coming at Warrington, IIRC.

Bearing in mind the above - Leeds by comparison have conceded 8 over the same games.

That's the only one I have too. Didn't we score from the repeat set?

Very poor in comparison.

In 14 years of marriage my wife has gone from 36-28-32 to 38-34-32 should I be worried about these numbers.

finglas wrote:

In 14 years of marriage my wife has gone from 36-28-32 to 38-34-32 should I be worried about these numbers.

As long as it isn't yer pin number or bank account details then no!

finglas wrote:

In 14 years of marriage.

Enough said. I'm sorry.

Got to agree with BB for fleshing out the jist of my post. It is massively boring.com also. How many yards did Hall make? Going forwards? spent most of his time running sideways trying to get someone to take on the line.

finglas wrote:

In 14 years of marriage my wife has gone from 36-28-32 to 38-34-32 should I be worried about these numbers.

I daren't go near my wife with a tape measure. I bet you know her real age as well!

finglas wrote:

In 14 years of marriage my wife has gone from 36-28-32 to 38-34-32 should I be worried about these numbers.

Definitely, her ar5e is getting bigger quicker than her chest.....

Of course in my 14 years of marriage (same as you spooky) I have remained an oil painting and my wife prefers my now grey hair and expanding waistline.....

In my 15 (or is it 16, perhaps even 17) years of marriage one important number has remained constant.

4.

She gets all 4 inches now just like she did when we first met.

G1 wrote:

In my 15 (or is it 16, perhaps even 17) years of marriage one important number has remained constant.

4.

She gets all 4 inches now just like she did when we first met.

Well some girls like them that wide...