Re: RD 3 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:34 pm  

Briscoe was useless, butchered the chance to put tindall down the wing on 46 mins, did absolutely everything you would want your centre to do wrong, didnt draw his man, didnt even get his attention, then through a high rubbish pass to tindall, the defender just drifted off briscoe and crunched tindall...Awful centre play

Re: RD 3 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:38 pm  

batleyrhino wrote:

In which case Agar is part of the problem not the solution.

I'm starting to think he is anyway.

Re: RD 3 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:43 pm  

Nobody calling a knee jerk yet or after very similar performances last year is everyone fearing the same?

Re: RD 3 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:50 pm  

I don't know how anyone can argue Agar isn't front and centre a large part of the problem. A lot of the squad is his. All of the selections are his. There's no sense of dynamism at all, and it just looks like a plodding coach picking fellow plodders to play a nothing style.

Re: RD 3 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:53 pm  

Seth wrote:

Nobody calling a knee jerk yet or after very similar performances last year is everyone fearing the same?

I still think it’s a bit knee jerk, we have got the players, its a combination of injuries and lack of confidence IMO. We had a few chances to win that game and we constantly dropped the ball or took a poor option.

I thought Sezer was a lot better than last week.

I tell you what though, ive not had a drink for over two years and im very tempted to go home warm up and open that bottle of Brandy ive got stashed, today has been the pits.

Re: RD 3 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:57 pm  

No excuse for that performance. Absolutely miles off where we need to be. That was an awful performance.

Cant single anyone out for praise or criticism. The whole team has to get it together quickly cos that was unacceptable.

Re: RD 3 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:57 pm  

I don't think the injuries can excuse that level of abject performance. This week was no better than last. Cats were missing 4 of their pack.

My feelings on Agar is the last year there was mitigation from many factors, this year he's had a preseason with a full squad and the side available should produce way better than that. Looks all very 2021 to me.

Re: RD 3 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Thu Feb 24, 2022 11:02 pm  

Seth wrote:

I don't think the injuries can excuse that level of abject performance. This week was no better than last. Cats were missing 4 of their pack.

My feelings on Agar is the last year there was mitigation from many factors, this year he's had a preseason with a full squad and the side available should produce way better than that. Looks all very 2021 to me.

We did reach the semi finals in 2021 though, we are only 3 games in, a lot can change, but it needs to start next week

Re: RD 3 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Thu Feb 24, 2022 11:15 pm  

We 'reached the semi finals' from 5th. We beat a Wigan side praying for the season to end and in our first proper test Sts wiped the floor with us. This year we are supposed to be better - new halfbacks, fewer injuries and a full off season. Never mind competing with Sts, we look likely to be in another season where our peers are Wakefield, Toulouse and co.

[Frosties.]

Re: RD 3 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Thu Feb 24, 2022 11:18 pm  

Tough to take that one, considering they lost a forward for a HIA aswell as having quite a number missing for the game. An opportunity missed for sure. If agar is going to pick players out he needs to look at Sezer this week as that was very poor from him, I would genuinely be looking at bringing Sinfield in next week.