Re: Isn't the big question.... : Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:33 am  

vb1981 wrote:

After beating us last night, I think the big question is...

Can you beat Wakefield on Monday?

As has been said: very big ask. We'll have done very well indeed if we manage it.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:32 pm  

vb1981 wrote:

Why was that?

suffering from the illness which several players had been affected by during the week. Although given halleys excellent performance last night I wouldnt expect him to be anything more than a bench player on monday.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:36 pm  

vb1981 wrote:

Why was that?

I think it was more to do with Halley having an absolute stormer than Platt being rubbish. This may be thanks to Wakefield a little

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: Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:52 pm  

mat wrote:

suffering from the illness which several players had been affected by during the week. Although given halleys excellent performance last night I wouldnt expect him to be anything more than a bench player on monday.

The T & A were quite categoric: he was dropped.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:34 pm  

Halley was picked by McNamara ahead of Platt.

Selecting teams is what coaches do. It doesn't mean he'll always pick Halley, or always pick Platt, but whatever the reasons behind the selections, only a blind halfwit would fail to see the great improvement which has been brought about in Halley's play.

Of course, the way he played might be
(a) because of McNamara, dropping him, loaning him out to Wakefield etc and generally telling and showing him what he needed to do to mve on to the next level; or
(b) maybe Halley has always played that well, but nobody ever noticed.

My own view is that Halley has at times shown up very well, and shown promise, but at other times lost application and been inconsistent. For my money, he has come back from his Wakefield experience a better player, and last night he had easily his best game for the club.

Does the coaching staff get any credit for that? they do from me, but of course, it may be nothing at all to do with them, his performance might have been a complete "fluke", if that's what you want to believe.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:46 pm  

I think we can beat Wakefield, theyve only had a short tiurn around aswell. We should be able to beat them.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:46 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Does the coaching staff get any credit for that? they do from me, but of course, it may be nothing at all to do with them, his performance might have been a complete "fluke", if that's what you want to believe.

You are missing the point, I fear?

Whenever anything goes wrong, its entirely the coach's fault. When it goes right, the credit accrues entirely to the player. Simple!

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:49 pm  

Terry Monster wrote: I think we can beat Wakefield, theyve only had a short tiurn around aswell. We should be able to beat them. I think we can beat anybody. On our day. As could probably any other club. Whether we WILL or not will depend on a lot of things, not least how well our lot can back up the menatl as well as the physical effort. Lynch has something to say about that here

Terry Monster wrote: I think we can beat Wakefield, theyve only had a short tiurn around aswell. We should be able to beat them. I think we can beat anybody. On our day. As could probably any other club. Whether we WILL or not will depend on a lot of things, not least how well our lot can back up the menatl as well as the physical effort. Lynch has something to say about that here

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:40 pm  

All the players have a positive attitude, good morale around. I think we will win this one, the players will be up for it again

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:04 pm  

Lynch keen to kick on

Lynch keen to kick on