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Re: Enough is enough : Tue Apr 12, 2016 6:27 am  
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Sutcliffe was never IN form. Whenever he played, Sinfield was on the bench to rescue the situation. Sutty at one good game vs Wakefield when he played full back.


Apart from those games/wins Sinfield missed vs Wigan, Catalans and Cas.

Off the bench 4 times, we were already well ahead of Saints when he came on. He didn't rescue us vs Warrington at home (but Sinfield was poor when he started vs Wire in Round 5). We beat Hull at home when Burrow was in the halves and Sutcliffe was filling in for Hardaker at FB. And Cas at home we lost which I put down to GH refusing to move the Sunday game vs Wakefield forward even though we were then playing on Thursday and unsurprisingly looked like we could've done with an extra day or two.
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Re: Enough is enough : Tue Apr 12, 2016 6:48 am  
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Sutcliffe was never IN form. Whenever he played, Sinfield was on the bench to rescue the situation. Sutty at one good game vs Wakefield when he played full back.

I guess you missed the games Printer listed then?
Prior to injury he was OUR FORM HB simple as. :CRAZY:
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Re: Enough is enough : Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:51 am  
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Unbelievable cobblers about Sutcliffe on here. His collapse in form is entirely understandable.

Young halfbacks thrown in at the deep end will almost inevitable be the first to lose confidence when the team is playing badly because they have so much more responsibility than anyone else.

We haven't had a decent forward come through the Academy since Ward 5 years ago.


Agree with both those points. It would have been difficult enough for Sutcliffe if he wasn't coming back from a serious injury and the pack was actually playing well. McGuire really struggled when he came back after his knee reconstruct in 2011. Wasn't until near end of season he got back to his best.
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Re: Enough is enough : Tue Apr 12, 2016 8:36 am  
I must have missed Sinfield coming off the bench to rescue the situation at Saints, when Sutcliffe created two tries in a dominant first half performance.
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Re: Enough is enough : Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:29 am  
Sutcliffe is one of the comparitively few recent Academy graduates (of those allowed to make 1st grade) who should be persevered with. He needs a game managing, experienced half alongside him to take some of the responsibility away if he's going to develop into a quality running stand-off.
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Re: Enough is enough : Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:07 am  
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I must have missed Sinfield coming off the bench to rescue the situation at Saints, when Sutcliffe created two tries in a dominant first half performance.


The cross field kick for Handley's third try was fantastic, Sutcliffe tormented the Saints left edge the entire game and should have been the man of the match.
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Re: Enough is enough : Tue Apr 12, 2016 11:44 am  
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Too simplistic to show a clear factual example of where a change of Coach worked at a club with plenty of injuries at the time of change??.


Because the sun might shine today does not mean it will shine tomorrow. It shows a random example that does not take into consideration other important factors. In all Wakefield's wins since their change of coach their main two halfbacks (with Finn a successful kicker too) have been major factors as indeed they were when they beat us by 4 points.

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In terms of me backing Suttcliffe i still do 100% but he was never going to be the leader that Sinfield was neither was Mcguire something i clearly also said at the time..


Yet you still were happy to have both Sutcliffe and McGuire play together in the halfbacks! I cannot follow your logic Rhinoms. Sutcliffe would need to be along side Cooper Cronk to be effective as a 6. IMO he quite obviously should not play in a pivotal position (apart from perhaps fullback) as he is not a decision maker or a game changer. This does not mean he should not figure in the squad. I have said many times his skill set is better suited to centre and he has been useful as a bench utility player too.


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Not replacing "Sinfield/JP" is clearly meant in terms of on field Leadership and as we are witnessing off field influence not nescersarily positionally..
Ok then for which position would you have recruited a leader and goal kicker.


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Also re-Sinfield/JP the Coach himself has reiterated on numerous occasions over previous seasons the amount of input they had on/off the pitch so not just what i believe a fact backed up by the Coaches comments..


What is you definition of numerous? and did you ever consider that by giving credit Mac is showing motivational management skills? It is quite usual in professional sport for the coach to allow the captain, senior players and assistant coaches to run parts of training sessions to give imput and practice among other things decision making and on field leadership. This in no way means Mac's role in our success is diminished as you have tried to insinuate.


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Did he ask for replacements? He was pretty vocal in backing who we'd signed & how we had enough in the group already id say that indicates not..


Come on now Rhinoms he is hardly likely to say to the media that he is disappointed with the signings is he? He has to tow the company line and has to try and motivate the players is has got.


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Ive already said GH takes a portion of the blame but also the teams we've had available could & should have performed better you accuse me of being simplistic with certain opinions but for you its straight forward to blame HB's??.


Who is responsible for the recruitment at Rhinos and the purse strings? Now I do not know the conversations between BM and GH regarding recruitment matters and neither does anyone else. So to keep asking for the coach to be sacked without this knowledge is unfair. Other clubs have recruited some quality at halfbacks in the same timescale and if necessary we should have been prepared to use the marquee budget if necessary to try and replace Sinfield's role in the side.

Now I do agree that despite the very serious and ongoing injury list (which I think is worse than most other clubs) we still should have collected more wins and put on better performances. But this has been down to the other major factors which is the loss of form of so many players and in particular the senior ones. Again form comes and goes with experience players and novices alike and then eventually magically returns too.

So I have not said it is simply a lack of quality at halfback but an accumulation of several factors which include: disruption in pre season training, long term injuries to key players, additional serious injuries in training and from the first two games onwards including our new captain and creative half back that meant we could not field a settled side. On top of this we had poor form from senior players and a failure to replace our main game manager at half back. These in themselves should not have been game breakers but when added together have become a recipe for disaster. I believe most if not all coaches would have struggled in the same way that BM has struggle with these particular problems.

Why I keep highlighting our failure to recruit a quality half back as a major problem is because this has now unbalanced our squad. Although McGuire has improves his all round game he still is essentially a runner whose first instinct is to make a break. Burrow and Sutcliffe are both runners too. So all these type of players need a creative passer as do the rest of the team. Lilley shows signs of being creative but it is asking a lot to come in and run the side. This major weakness has been cruelly exposed after we lost McGuire in the first game. This weakness has been proven with the complete failure of our attack which should have won us at least four of the close games we have lost and had that happened we would be sitting in 5th place now without all the panicking.

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Hmmm anyone watching us knows clearly its not just down to HB's the whole shape with & without the ball has been pish more often than not even with Mcguire & Burrow running the show..


To be fair to McGuire it seems he still isn't fit yet but without a creative player our shape will never look right. Confidence is low but there were some better signs I felt against Salford. When Burrow went to acting half back we did at least cross the line three times and on another day would have scored three and won the game. Form has to return soon and with the all elusive confidence and momentum and then you get some run of the ball too. For a new coach to come in just when things are due to change seems unfair.


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I'll also add even with plenty of players available we hardly ever look like winning & we certainly look short of any sort of game-plan..


Or the ability to play to a game plan. I am sure dropping the ball over the line or dropping a high bomb was not in the game plan.

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Cas are riddled with injuries which include a HB & their go to FB yet they are often more competitive than not & have a clear plan & shape no matter how basic we have neither.


Their main goal kicking play-maker half back has played most if not all their games this season so not a fair comparison. Had we had McGuire all season I think we would have won at least enough to be ahead of them.
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Re: Enough is enough : Tue Apr 12, 2016 11:47 am  
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Prior to injury he was OUR FORM HB simple as. :CRAZY:


Only because Sinfield was out of form for a number of games. Had he not been Sutcliffe would have been on the bench.
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Re: Enough is enough : Tue Apr 12, 2016 1:07 pm  
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Only because Sinfield was out of form for a number of games. Had he not been Sutcliffe would have been on the bench.

How he got in the team is irrellevant if as he did he was clearly worthy of that spot once in & he showed clearly he has enough to be a 6.
Also he only list that place due to serious injury not loss of form.
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Re: Enough is enough : Tue Apr 12, 2016 1:15 pm  
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Sutcliffe is one of the comparitively few recent Academy graduates (of those allowed to make 1st grade) who should be persevered with. He needs a game managing, experienced half alongside him to take some of the responsibility away if he's going to develop into a quality running stand-off.


He definatley plays his best when he can focus on opening up defences instead of trying to move a team around. I never saw him play much in the academy but it seems to me that he is not a natural organisor and needs a halfback partner to help him out in that regaurd. That is why it is a little baffling to me that he hasnt played a full game next to Mcguire yet this season.
He has shown he has the ability to throw good passes and put in good kicks but only when the 7 and 9 is moving the team around effectively.

We must remember that Mcguire only really developed as an organisor when he was about 30.
Also I dont think Milford can organise much but he is still probably the best 6 in the world atm.
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