Re: RD 8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:07 am  

batleyrhino wrote:

We have no mental fortitude, and the reason for that is the culture running through the playing side of the club accepts mistakes far too easily. That stems from the CEO and the Coach and manifests in the playing groups. Until that changes we will continue to have the occasional good performance surrounded by mediocrity and a few humpings by the better teams.

Fully agree Bats. There’s a lack of quality leadership on the field too. We don’t have many players who stand up and be counted, when the going gets tough they capitulate

Re: RD 8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:08 am  

Seth wrote:

listening to smiths interview hes starting to really panic and that shows, previously hes not overly leant on decisions going our way but hes grasping at that now too.

He looked like he knew he’s under big pressure now

Re: RD 8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:18 am  

Jack Burton wrote:

The game management at times is just amateurish. 2 minutes to half time, we try throwing a few silly passes and give the ball back on half way, which resulted in them kicking a penalty.
McDonnell having to kick on the last tackle of the first set of the half.
Miller almost knocked the wall down to give them a 7 tackle set just after O'Connor's try, which totally gave the momentum back to Huddersfield.
And finally, the drop out from hell.

We had the opportunity for a drop goal when 12 points up prior to the Miller kick on the last, didn't seem to enter anyone's mind.

Re: RD 8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:43 am  

To concede that number of try’s at home is scandalous. The Swift one from 3 yards out past 2 defenders was an absolute shocker. First half we played reasonably well, picked up the giants running lines and tackled them, then punched holes in the giants defence. Croft showed some decent form, then second half we collapsed. Not certain about the Newman injury, seems a bit strange if he was injured why not replace him at half time.
As for fus, feel desperately sorry for the lad . On the field leadership woeful, Smith shows no signs of inspiring the team . Doesn’t seem much team spirit either. As I have stated on many occasions this team is deeply flawed, most of it unfortunately can be attributed to the coach and some of his signings.

Re: RD 8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:46 am  

I rather foolishly looked on BBC Sport app hoping for a "Rohan leaves Leeds" type headline.... alas... no!

Re: RD 8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:59 am  

I generally try an be positive.

For the first 4 games or so I thought we’d turned a corner in terms of defensive resilience and was just Waiting for the offense to click, plus Handley was on the end of some good stuff.

I wasn’t overly bothered by the first saints game, I thought we were competitive. But then for me we’ve got worse. Out of all our losses, last nights was the worst because I know we’ve talked a lot about only turning up for a half, but yesterday it was so stark.

Re: RD 8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:27 am  

Broadacres wrote:

We had the opportunity for a drop goal when 12 points up prior to the Miller kick on the last, didn't seem to enter anyone's mind.

I said the same thing last year when we were 6 points in front of Hull KR . In front of there posts with one and a half minutes to half time I'm screaming for a drop goal but instead our great team hand the ball over and KR go the length to score. At least a drop goal eats a bit of clock time up . There is no one in the team with a rugby brain.

Re: RD 8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:30 am  

FlyingScottyDonald wrote:

I rather foolishly looked on BBC Sport app hoping for a "Rohan leaves Leeds" type headline.... alas... no!

I wish

Re: RD 8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:31 am  

FlyingScottyDonald wrote:

I rather foolishly looked on BBC Sport app hoping for a "Rohan leaves Leeds" type headline.... alas... no!

That was Foolish , Gary says we are in a good place .

Re: RD 8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:58 am  

Trebor1 wrote:

He looked like he knew he’s under big pressure now

He was right about the tackle leading to the drop out, tackle was complete then a second man comes in and the lift and drag him and the last try was a clear knock on, but we put ourselves in those positions, 6 trys in second half and they scored 3 on the bounce without us having the ball.

Smith looks broken, hope he walks before having to push him, either way think almost everyone now thinks he’s not the man for the job.

We have to replace him whilst we can salvage the season not wait until its mathematically not possible to make the play offs, because if he stays we won’t.