Re: Squad vs Salford : Mon Apr 14, 2014 6:52 am  

Oh and Walker. I know he's one of Franny's faves but he's just plain outmuscled by everyone.

Re: Squad vs Salford : Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:08 am  

bradfordlegend wrote:

From the 50th minute salford's pack looked out of it but we weren't smart enough to get some of our stronger runners or backs one on one with them. (Other than the kear try) There were also times when hock and particularly chase lost their discipline. Gale and Gaskell should have had Fakir or Mullaly running straight at chase on the next play to rile him further, instead we went the opposite way. As a team we pick the wrong play far too often and don't capitalise on situations.

There is an alarming lack of leadership when Diskin is off the pitch. Part of this that our travails have left us with very few dominant characters who have been at the club long enough. As far as the pack is concerned Ferguson and Donno could develop into leaders but when Diskin is off there is almost no chat. The pack did OK but with a bit more no how we could have got on top of Salford.

Gaskell has played 3/4 games and is still only young and I'd like to see Kearney involved more. That leaves Gale.

Re: Squad vs Salford : Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:43 am  

Chev did play as a prop mainly. Which I thought was odd for a guy who was a centre 2yrs ago, especially when we had 4 props available.
From the 19man squad, I thought Kear or Henry would miss out. Chev would play 2nd row, Blythe would go into the backs. Either as a straight change with Henry, or as a centre/wing combination with Purts on the wing and Kear missing out.
Then you could have the standard 2 props, 1 hooker & 1 2nd row man (Olbison/Addy or Bridge) on the bench.

Oh well. We'll see what the weekend brings.

At least we've spread the 4 fixtures out over the 2 week Easter period as best we could - Friday/Thursday/Monday/Sunday.

Re: Squad vs Salford : Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:41 am  

I think the lack of game time Fakir has had would have affected where Chev played. Unless I missed him coming back on, he managed about 10 minutes before half time and a short stint after.

Re: Squad vs Salford : Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:02 am  

I agree with Hindle about Henry, one possible solution could be kear to full back, George when fit to right wing & take a chance with Kearney to right centre. That should sort Defence on that side & utilise Kearneys attack and good hands to put George into space.

Re: Squad vs Salford : Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:05 am  

Oh and the less said about walker the better, he shouldn't have been near the team Friday never mind starting prop.

Re: Squad vs Salford : Mon Apr 14, 2014 1:38 pm  

From the comments i made friday night i wasnt blaming Bentham for anything to do with the loss, i was just stating the mere fact that he cant seem to see forward passes and as usual the touch judges were no help,

The thing that lost us the game was not respecting possession of the ball, especially in the second half, instead of being smart with it we tried to throw it around which cost us a few tries.

Re: Squad vs Salford : Mon Apr 14, 2014 1:52 pm  

For me Diskin should not of been playing, clearly not fully fit and seemed to slow the game down, When o'brien came on we seemed to play better and alot faster, Gaskell wasnt too bad and although more than likely not fully fit they watched him like a hawk, everytime he looked like he could produce something he was quickly closed down.

Re: Squad vs Salford : Mon Apr 14, 2014 3:50 pm  

pulsator2k7 wrote:

Gaskell wasnt too bad and although more than likely not fully fit they watched him like a hawk, everytime he looked like he could produce something he was quickly closed down.

If only we'd taken the same attitude to Chase, instead of standing back and letting him do whatever he wanted....

Re: Squad vs Salford : Mon Apr 14, 2014 4:53 pm  

paulwalker71 wrote:

If only we'd taken the same attitude to Chase, instead of standing back and letting him do whatever he wanted....

Indeed, was about to post the same. It's easy to boss a game if the opposition stand about and admire your skills.