Re: Penalties and offloads : Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:23 pm  

tugglesf78 wrote:

Thought sammuts kicking was v good tonight too. Very different shape to them than I’ve seen us play for a while.

Ok ish with ball in hand especially in the 2nd half.

Clubb looks shot to me though. Offered zero and that’s sad to see. A player I’ve always enjoyed watching.

I agree about Clubb, he’s just ambling in at a jog at best,so easy for a man of his size to take down, shame Hamlin or Isa don’t have his frame.

Re: Penalties and offloads : Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:23 pm  

Brick with eyes wrote:

How did Isa get penalised and sin binned for making a tackle ? Terrible decision

Hicks is the video referee...

That said, he's past it anyway, but Westwood should never play a game of RL again.

That's assault and Escare should press charges.

Re: Penalties and offloads : Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:28 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

We were talking about Clubb at the game and commented he looks either injured or just ready to call it a day. I’ve never seen a player look as uncomfortable trying to just get around the field.

I’m exactly the same as well in that he’s been a real favourite. I hope he’s got a resurgence in him.

He looks slower than a 35 year old Terry O’Connor playing for Widnes.

Carrying about 500 kg of strapping on his knees can’t be helping though.

I’m not the type to scape goat players however I think he’s been the biggest passenger in the entire squad this season.

It’s as you say. He just looks incapable of moving around the park.

Our fault for being very light in the propping department though. He should not be in the match day squad at all.

Re: Penalties and offloads : Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:29 pm  

Well I think that was a big step forward when compared to recent weeks. We looked far better with Leuluai at 9. Williams had a much better game and Sammut was good. Hardaker was excellent all game.
We were beaten by a better side but there was improvement and we have a lot more of it in us. We move on.

Re: Penalties and offloads : Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:32 pm  

Our front row is championship standard, Flower is the best of a bad bunch (our current leading try scorer, how bad iis that), Clubb is ineffective every game and Tautai needs cant stay on the field but when he does he’s giving daft penalties and knock-one away for fun.

Re: Penalties and offloads : Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:33 pm  

Bigredwarrior wrote:

Well I think that was a big step forward when compared to recent weeks. We looked far better with Leuluai at 9. Williams had a much better game and Sammut was good. Hardaker was excellent all game.
We were beaten by a better side but there was improvement and we have a lot more of it in us. We move on.

Can’t disagree with any of that. Especially the comments on Tommy and Zak.

Promising signs and need to carry momentum

Re: Penalties and offloads : Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:33 pm  

tugglesf78 wrote:

Appreciate you seem a reasonable poster for a wife fan.

You are totally wrong re the Isa yellow card though

Disgusting decision by Thaler

Annoyed he never checked the charnley try (escare knock on) for offside.

Him and philbin (I think) looked 10 yards offside

Who knows? Perhaps he was evening it out from the missed shoulder charge on Austin? We all know Thaler is sh!t3!

Re: Penalties and offloads : Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:33 pm  

Bigredwarrior wrote:

Well I think that was a big step forward when compared to recent weeks. We looked far better with Leuluai at 9. Williams had a much better game and Sammut was good. Hardaker was excellent all game.
We were beaten by a better side but there was improvement and we have a lot more of it in us. We move on.

Leuluai at hooker and Hardaker were the two main positives. I thought Sammut was pretty anonymous though, bar a few decent kicks.

Re: Penalties and offloads : Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:34 pm  

MattyB wrote:

Our front row is championship standard, Flower is the best of a bad bunch (our current leading try scorer, how bad iis that), Clubb is ineffective every game and Tautai needs cant stay on the field but when he does he’s giving daft penalties and knock-one away for fun.

Flower has been superb this season in all facets of his game. Missed him tonight.

Re: Penalties and offloads : Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:36 pm  

Sammut was a huge improvement on Powell, with Tommy at 9 and Shorrocks off the bench we looked much better.

A kicking game at last...praise the Lord.