Re: Tonights game : Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:08 pm  

GiantJo wrote:

Cynical! You must be joking. A very fit and well coached defence where 3 players make tackles and seek to dominate the player in possession. If you want 7's or tag rugby go elsewhere. The refs do not 'tolerate' anything. They do understand the rules.

Did you not see anything else with the Giants? The improved fitness - such as D Griffin - for a team that were not too shabby in 09. The improved transition work. There were many variations in attacking options including much more strike in the back row.

For Cas notwithstanding the failure to play owen at fb there appeared to be some indecisiveness around the hookers/halves and poor conditioning. The fitness issue is a surprise as everybody seems to see it bar TM.

Good luck for 2010 on and off the field.

And if you like wrestling so much move to the US.

Re: Tonights game : Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:30 pm  

Barry Clegg 2nd wrote:

And if you like wrestling so much move to the US.

i understand the rules of RL. What we do is control the guy in possession. If you don't like the rules of the game...tough.

Re: Tonights game : Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:39 pm  

No i just don't like wrestling.

Re: Tonights game : Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:47 pm  

Barry Clegg 2nd wrote:

No i just don't like wrestling.

I don't suppose you would.

Re: Tonights game : Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:30 pm  

All that and 5 quality first teamers to come back aaswell.

Re: Tonights game : Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:38 pm  

poppys mum wrote:

Thing is CT it wasn't the same team as last week.
Last night we had chase/sherwin/owen/westerman/ferres none of these played last week. So imo that makes it evenmore worrying.

Right, I might be scrapping the barrel of optimism here, but......

Last night we used chase/sherwin/owen/westerman/ferres and were not as good as without them in France. Noone would suggest these are not in our best 17. But does this really mean we have more depth than we expected and there is considerably more competition for places than we first thought.

If these players did not perform sufficiently there is little doubt in my mind they should be contenders to miss out in favour of those who are performing.

Brave decisions often follow successful teams around.

TM is a brave coach IMO

Re: Tonights game : Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:56 pm  

Cheshire Tiger wrote:

TM is a brave coach IMO

Some say brave some say clueless & inept

Re: Tonights game : Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:06 pm  

Gaslight wrote:

Some say brave some say clueless & inept

I don't. In every season from 2006 to 2009 we have seen considerable progression.

Re: Tonights game : Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:04 am  

Exactly Tony. Still fans will have ago though. Given up on this season before it's started. Will fill the players with masses of confidence.

Re: Tonights game : Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:32 pm  

Barry Clegg 2nd wrote:

By my reckoning you will do Leeds and will be all over the forums crowing how good you are

On the button.