Re: Sheffield CC : Mon Apr 20, 2015 11:08 am  

knockersbumpMKII wrote:

Did we?
Sa (though from what I've seen that's debatable) Sneyd, Ellis and Watts were the only ones not playing that should have been in the starting/strongest 17 by rights.
Saints had 2 teenagers making debut, one of them 17.
They had missing; Burns, Walsh, Lomax, Wilkin, Vea and Percival, possibly you could include Arm waver (Wellens) as he usually gets a bench spot.
If you put the two strongest teams out there, Saints would win every single time.

We won but let's not kid ourselves, aside from the odd flashes of individual excellence we are disorganised in attack at best, luckily for us we have had a pretty good defence so far this year (& well done to the team/coach for that). Leeds/KR aside we've kept things tight but as mentioned upthread we aren't winning the tight games more than we are losing and just don't look capable of scoring against well organised defences that often unless a bit of luck comes our way. Sure 'lucky' tries apply to everyone but we are poor in attack compared to most other clubs.
That said if we win every game until the end of the season then being poop in attack, relying on individual brilliance, 'lucky' tries & a good defence who am I to criticise?

It's telling that although you credit the team/coach on the decent defence you put it down to luck,and when we score against good sides it's also down to luck.

Re: Sheffield CC : Mon Apr 20, 2015 12:51 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

It would really benefit Radford if he brought someone in to help him keep his job. There must be plenty of people that would come here from England or the NRL who could improve our attack..

could not agree with your comments more
The problem is if you have a despot in charge that guards everything so steadfastly as it seems that situation will not even be a passing thought, because LR would see that as an admission of failure not and admission of all help is welcome help as it should be, any organization or business worth its weight in salt should always be looking for the "next big thing" who can pop up and help its admin, or streamline its output but lee simply is not the transparent type is he, he hides his cards carefully so we can forget additional help , I hope i am wrong but so far we have had no suggestion that anyone is even being considered apart from rumour..
I would love to get Cooke or similar on the team and cream his knowledge and experience but it simply isnt going to happen ...
150 years of history celebrations looking decidedly average

we lack creativity and that is sad given the players we have in the squad, you know its bad when Yeaman is noted as a ball player ha ha
Only kidding of course but we do need someone to step up and start pushing us around the pitch again ala Hudds first game but we just seem to be a team living on apathy and that old FC "let someone else do it" attitude again
we have class all over the team but no glue to pull that fabric together , were 1 yard away from being a really good side,

Re: Sheffield CC : Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:12 pm  

shauney wrote:

And why oh why (like yesterday) do we persevere with a chip on the last tackle to what looks like the best catcher on the field? The one who also has a great step and makes yards and yards on their return?

We did that against Rovers time and again. A stupid chip over, straight to Manky-tomato or Kelly. Never worked once.

Rankin might be a good fullback, but he's a dreadful halfback. I've said it before, but if he's got one eye on going home, I see no point in him being part of future plans. I'd start putting HTW or Reece Dean on the fast-track.

Re: Sheffield CC : Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:15 pm  

[quote="Diablo1967"

Rankin might be a good fullback, but he's a dreadful halfback. I've said it before, but if he's got one eye on going home, I see no point in him being part of future plans. I'd start putting HTW or Reece Dean on the fast-track.[/quote]

i know what you mean but just because he is going we cant dismiss the fact he is a super player in broken play and we need all the speed we can muster right now

Re: Sheffield CC : Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:17 pm  

So, we keep him in until he goes, at the expense of a young, keen halfback who actually is playing in that position every week?

When Rankin then leaves, we suddenly realise, "Oh, fsck! We haven't got anyone ready!"

Re: Sheffield CC : Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:32 pm  

Diablo1967 wrote:

So, we keep him in until he goes, at the expense of a young, keen halfback who actually is playing in that position every week?

When Rankin then leaves, we suddenly realise, "Oh, fsck! We haven't got anyone ready!"

No of course not clearly i am not saying that but surely you can see that whilst he is here is a valid part of the current squad, and very much putting his hand up to play, whilst he is in the squad, at the club and taking up valid cap space does that not qualify him to actually play ???

and may i say play to a high standard presently

[Kosh]

Re: Sheffield CC : Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:38 pm  

FCFALERNA wrote:

could not agree with your comments more
The problem is if you have a despot in charge that guards everything so steadfastly as it seems that situation will not even be a passing thought, because LR would see that as an admission of failure not and admission of all help is welcome help as it should be, any organization or business worth its weight in salt should always be looking for the "next big thing" who can pop up and help its admin, or streamline its output but lee simply is not the transparent type is he, he hides his cards carefully so we can forget additional help , I hope i am wrong but so far we have had no suggestion that anyone is even being considered apart from rumour..
I would love to get Cooke or similar on the team and cream his knowledge and experience but it simply isnt going to happen ...
150 years of history celebrations looking decidedly average

we lack creativity and that is sad given the players we have in the squad, you know its bad when Yeaman is noted as a ball player ha ha
Only kidding of course but we do need someone to step up and start pushing us around the pitch again ala Hudds first game but we just seem to be a team living on apathy and that old FC "let someone else do it" attitude again
we have class all over the team but no glue to pull that fabric together , were 1 yard away from being a really good side,

Back in the UK again so soon?

Re: Sheffield CC : Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:43 pm  

Kosh wrote:

Back in the UK again so soon?

No actually sat on my terrace overlooking Stroboli enjoying the sun and having lunch as we speak, trying to decide between us whether to go to the beach or just jump in the pool to be honest??

and lee radford thinks he has problems eh ?? ha ha ha

Re: Sheffield CC : Mon Apr 20, 2015 2:00 pm  

FCFALERNA wrote:

could not agree with your comments more
The problem is if you have a despot in charge that guards everything so steadfastly as it seems that situation will not even be a passing thought, because LR would see that as an admission of failure not and admission of all help is welcome help as it should be, any organization or business worth its weight in salt should always be looking for the "next big thing" who can pop up and help its admin, or streamline its output but lee simply is not the transparent type is he, he hides his cards carefully so we can forget additional help , I hope i am wrong but so far we have had no suggestion that anyone is even being considered apart from rumour..
I would love to get Cooke or similar on the team and cream his knowledge and experience but it simply isnt going to happen ...
150 years of history celebrations looking decidedly average

we lack creativity and that is sad given the players we have in the squad, you know its bad when Yeaman is noted as a ball player ha ha
Only kidding of course but we do need someone to step up and start pushing us around the pitch again ala Hudds first game but we just seem to be a team living on apathy and that old FC "let someone else do it" attitude again
we have class all over the team but no glue to pull that fabric together , were 1 yard away from being a really good side,

I cant believe people would want cooke back,is it because he is doing such a good job with donny,averaging 12 pts a game,played 9 lost 9 ?Sounds like just what we need,apart from what he did to us.

Re: Sheffield CC : Mon Apr 20, 2015 2:01 pm  

Drew peacock wrote:

I cant believe people would want cooke back,is it because he is doing such a good job with donny ?

I would have Schofield here if i thought he could help mate