Re: Tonights games : Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:17 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

sandydick is a tactical genius. he keeps allowing sides to run up big leads in the knowledge that they'll put the cue on the rack and allow rovers back in the game. Inspired

Then he will get the sympathy off the deluded dobbins by mounting valiant fightbacks...when in reality...his team cant defend and blow up.

Re: Tonights games : Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:32 am  

Jake the Peg wrote:

sandydick is a tactical genius. he keeps allowing sides to run up big leads in the knowledge that they'll put the cue on the rack and allow rovers back in the game. Inspired

Or the slow start can be attributed to a 3 hour wait on the M62 for a second coach to take the players onto St Helens. Rovers arrived at the stadium at 19:20 had to get changed strapped and warmed up in 40 minutes. We then finally got into the game after 20 minutes 26 down and dominated the rest of the game as Saint simply couldn't handle our pack.

Re: Tonights games : Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:34 am  

Easty wrote:

Or the slow start can be attributed to a 3 hour wait on the M62 for a second coach to take the players onto St Helens. Rovers arrived at the stadium at 19:20 had to get changed strapped and warmed up in 40 minutes. We then finally got into the game after 20 minutes 26 down and dominated the rest of the game as Saint simply couldn't handle our pack.

Did your coach break down on the way to manchester or on the way to caravan park when you played warrington the other week, or on the numerous other occassions this season when you've gone some way behind the opposition?

Re: Tonights games : Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:36 am  

Broughton is a great player. Wish he'd gone to Uni in Hull. Rumoured he's also going to saints next year. Will be interesting if they have turner, broughton and manu on their left hand side

Re: Tonights games : Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:37 am  

Jake the Peg wrote:

Did your coach break down on the way to manchester or on the way to caravan park when you played warrington the other week, or on the numerous other occassions this season when you've gone some way behind the opposition?

As you mention it the coach has broke down twice this season. Last night it didn't technically break down it ran out of fuel :O
Either way sat on the roadside for 3 hours waiting for a coach Isn't the best preparation for a game of rugby league and not hard to see why we started so slowly.

Re: Tonights games : Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:45 am  

Easty wrote:

As you mention it the coach has broke down twice this season. Last night it didn't technically break down it ran out of fuel :O

Actually, the real issue is who has the most of the ball at given times in the game. We've seen more this season than ever before that games can swing dramatically when teams get a run of posession. Maybe the reduced interchanges is affetcing things and defences are struggling to hold teams for multiple sets. Refs do seem to get caught up in things and amplify the effect by penalising defending teams when the attacking team gets on top. Certainly at the etihad, rovers had overwhelming posession in the 2nd half and it told in the end

Re: Tonights games : Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:50 am  

Jake the Peg wrote:

Actually, the real issue is who has the most of the ball at given times in the game. We've seen more this season than ever before that games can swing dramatically when teams get a run of posession. Maybe the reduced interchanges is affetcing things and defences are struggling to hold teams for multiple sets. Refs do seem to get caught up in things and amplify the effect by penalising defending teams when the attacking team gets on top. Certainly at the etihad, rovers had overwhelming posession in the 2nd half and it told in the end

You didn't listen to the game last night then?

Latus drops a ball near own line under no pressure and Saints score. Horne drops ball under no real pressure when on attack, Saints go upfield and score on tackle one. Saints kick on the last near our try line Green for some bizarre reason keeps the ball in play and Saints score. Latus gets across to make a tackle near the corner but gets swatted off like a fly in a tackle a four year old should make, Saints score.

Saints had no right to score these tries and we shouldn't have gone 26-0 down. Possession had nothing to do with it. It was concentration which we lacked for 25 minutes.

Re: Tonights games : Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:00 am  

Easty wrote:

You didn't listen to the game last night then?

Latus drops a ball near own line under no pressure and Saints score. Horne drops ball under no real pressure when on attack, Saints go upfield and score on tackle one. Saints kick on the last near our try line Green for some bizarre reason keeps the ball in play and Saints score. Latus gets across to make a tackle near the corner but gets swatted off like a fly in a tackle a four year old should make, Saints score.

Saints had no right to score these tries and we shouldn't have gone 26-0 down. Possession had nothing to do with it. It was concentration which we lacked for 25 minutes.

You forgot to copy and paste the bit where the ref gave saints the game in the end. Just another deluded rovers fan who is convinced they're a whisker away from putting together 80 minute performances on a consistent basis.

Face it, teams get miles in front of rovers and mentally switch off. Fair play to rovers for taking advantage on occassion but don't fool yourself it's anything other than that and rovers getting a high % of posession

Re: Tonights games : Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:02 am  

Salford were excellent last night despite Wire being under strength. What did people think to Holdsworth?

Re: Tonights games : Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:05 am  

PAUL M wrote:

Salford were excellent last night despite Wire being under strength. What did people think to Holdsworth?

Better than horne. Still don't think seymour and holdsworth is a great combo