Re: Erm.........WOW! : Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:50 am  

Mugwump wrote:

Two games ago there were people saying we wouldn't win another game. With this in mind it's a bit silly to expect a perfect performance away from home against a tough opponent.

Look on the bright side - we played some spectacular stuff and scored a lot of points. I'd say that's something to be happy about given all the griping which has gone on about "negative football".

Whatever gets said about the game on Friday, I don't think anyone can suggest it was boring. End to end throughout with loads of points scored; similar to all our games against Cas this season in that respect.

We are at a stage of the season now where we need to be looking at building up that clinicalness going into the next few weeks. As the score shows, we showed some good signs with the ball IMO. Plenty of individuals came up with big plays for tries (Roby and Walmsley, Wilkin etc) and we threw the ball around a fair bit.

For me though, we need to be more clinical at times and defensively we were poor. I thought we defended well against Leeds but on Thursday we made it too easy for them. We have some huge games to come and we need to have that intent about us. At 18-0, I think, Wilkin was held up over the line. Chances like that need to be taken and for us to do well over the next few weeks we can't let 18-0 leads slip. You just can't do it and we need to develop that ruthless streak by taking our chances and doing the basics to a high level no matter what the score is.

Defensively we obviously need to improve for next week. We missed to many one on one tackles and it has been an issue for large parts of the season. We have struggled to contain sides who shift the ball and have an element of unpredictability, at times, about their play.

I'm just praying Walmsley is OK. He is a big, big part of what we do as a team and we need him fit and leading us forward.

Re: Erm.........WOW! : Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:56 am  

Tez the Saint wrote:

Whatever gets said about the game on Friday, I don't think anyone can suggest it was boring. End to end throughout with loads of points scored; similar to all our games against Cas this season in that respect.

Yes but what does it say about our game, top clubs and such weak defences? it ends up seeming more like tick rugby at times.

Re: Erm.........WOW! : Sun Sep 13, 2015 10:10 am  

jaybs wrote:

Yes but what does it say about our game, top clubs and such weak defences? it ends up seeming more like tick rugby at times.

When its entertaining I,ve no problem with weak defences, give me fast open rugby any day rather than barging up the field, slowing down the PTB and then a kick.