Re: Warrington : Sun Jun 26, 2011 8:46 pm  

C'mon guys we can't point the blame at one man alone. A defence consists of 13 men, collectively drilled together in keeping the opposition out, and taking responsibility for marking their man or their zone. We had that at the begining of the season.....and we need to get it back soon.

I'm sorry to say that I think we'll get a right hiding from the Wires, unless we focus on unsettling them somehow and not letting them play to their game plan. If TM is half as good as some think he is, then it is this type of game that is the proving ground. I don't expect a win, but any old coach could take us to a 40 or 50 pt loss and good one as some think TM is, could help us make a good account of ourselves!

Re: Warrington : Sun Jun 26, 2011 8:50 pm  

Horatio Yed wrote:

Who are your ins and outs this week ?

For us i'd say Morley and King may be missing possibly Louis Anderson too

Joel Monaghan to return

bit off topic but how many wire fans thought we would have been saying that when we were nearly relagated a good few years back, feel good time to be a wire atm

Re: Warrington : Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:02 pm  

Hoping it can't be any worse then our last game with wire, hoping.

Re: Warrington : Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:08 pm  

Towns88 wrote:

Hoping it can't be any worse then our last game with wire, hoping.

We were on fire, white hot even that day though, i expect the game to be a lot closer than last time.

Re: Warrington : Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:40 pm  

There's a section of our fans that don't think having a solid defence is important and that it's all about playing an entertaining brand of rugby, so prepare for a big score. I'll be there, but I think I'll be shaking my head in dismay more than I'll be clapping my hands in celebration.

Re: Warrington : Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:43 pm  

In a fans forum(this is 2nd hand info btw) Tony Smith said all the work he does is on Defence, he does nothing in attack and lets his players figure it out for themselves.

Re: Warrington : Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:53 pm  

Horatio Yed wrote:

In a fans forum(this is 2nd hand info btw) Tony Smith said all the work he does is on Defence, he does nothing in attack and lets his players figure it out for themselves.

We work the other way around by the looks of it.

Train on attack and let the players work out to defend.

Re: Warrington : Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:21 am  

Horatio Yed wrote:

In a fans forum(this is 2nd hand info btw) Tony Smith said all the work he does is on Defence, he does nothing in attack and lets his players figure it out for themselves.

This is why your club is where it is. Its not rocket science either sort your defence out and you are well on the way to what you want to achieve.

The annoying thing for us is we can do it...the Huddersfield game at home springs to mind (before we lost half of our props though)

Re: Warrington : Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:50 am  

One rather bizarre fact to consider heading into this game is that there are only four teams that have beaten Warrington this season and we've beaten every one of those four...

Re: Warrington : Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:15 am  

Horatio Yed wrote:

We were on fire, white hot even that day though, i expect the game to be a lot closer than last time.

Might only be 61 - 0 .