Re: Today’s game v Catalan : Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:55 pm  

The kick that Dufty missed in the Catalan game wasn`t a high kick at all.

It was just a speculative kick and the bounce deceived him and favoured Tom Johnstone.

Should he have done better....probably, but it certainly wasn`t a high kick.

Re: Today’s game v Catalan : Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:56 pm  

There is a proactive defence to protect Dufty (and Thewlis, let’s be honest!) which comes down to stopping them kicking from attacking positions. We leak meters so quickly at times. I think we’re terrified of giving away penalties, but if you watch Wigan and Saints, they don’t care about the whistle. They care about the tempo and owning that tempo. If they give away a penalty, so what. They have a breather and defend again and get back in control of the speed of the game.

For us, we are in reverse unless we get a miracle kick. We don’t strangle or suffocate teams. We desperately need to learn to respect the whistle, not fear it.

Re: Today’s game v Catalan : Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:57 pm  

We were basically blown away at the start of both halves before finding our way back into the tussle. 40 minute involvement from the outset would have seen Catalans off. We need to be aware from the very start to compete with the top teams.

Re: Today’s game v Catalan : Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:29 pm  

I see it as progress that they needed a full team to beat us this time!

Re: Today’s game v Catalan : Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:13 pm  

ninearches wrote:

We were basically blown away at the start of both halves before finding our way back into the tussle. 40 minute involvement from the outset would have seen Catalans off. We need to be aware from the very start to compete with the top teams.

Im sure I read that we would "learn lessons" again...

Re: Today’s game v Catalan : Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:17 am  

Wires71 wrote:

Im sure I read that we would "learn lessons" again...

Would be worse if they didn’t say this.

Re: Today’s game v Catalan : Thu Apr 04, 2024 8:36 am  

Captain Hook wrote:

Would be worse if they didn’t say this.

Yeah it's all just BS words for "we loved up again".

Re: Today’s game v Catalan : Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:16 am  

Let's be realistic , how many times have we been caught napping by so-called lesser teams & found ourselves chasing the game? Proactive rugby instead of reactive is what we need.

Re: Today’s game v Catalan : Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:39 am  

Wires71 wrote:

Yeah it's all just BS words for "we loved up again".

They have to say something and acknowledging publicly that there is work to do is no more than they expect. In fairness it was an horrific start where everything Catalans do d resulted in a score. Not a problem Burgess has seen before in this team and it needs to be worked on. Catalans are a top 3 team, we aim to be but aren’t there yet.

Re: Today’s game v Catalan : Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:41 am  

Captain Hook wrote: They have to say something and acknowledging publicly that there is work to do is no more than they expect. In fairness it was an horrific start where everything Catalans do d resulted in a score. Not a problem Burgess has seen before in this team and it needs to be worked on. Catalans are a top 3 team, we aim to be but aren’t there yet. Yes I understand that. Catalan are a better side. We were slow out of the blocks first half, then second half shows our inability to remedy of slow start in the second half. Slow starts are a theme with us. Did a core of the players not learn from ... https://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/ ... st-helens/ I don't think it's about lessons. I think it's about the squad not being good enough to compete with the top teams.

Captain Hook wrote: They have to say something and acknowledging publicly that there is work to do is no more than they expect. In fairness it was an horrific start where everything Catalans do d resulted in a score. Not a problem Burgess has seen before in this team and it needs to be worked on. Catalans are a top 3 team, we aim to be but aren’t there yet. Yes I understand that. Catalan are a better side. We were slow out of the blocks first half, then second half shows our inability to remedy of slow start in the second half. Slow starts are a theme with us. Did a core of the players not learn from ... https://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/ ... st-helens/ I don't think it's about lessons. I think it's about the squad not being good enough to compete with the top teams.